Rajasthan

festival

Lath mar Holi is a local celebration of the Hindu festival of Holi. Holi is a religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus, as a festival of colours.

desert · river

Rājasthān, known as "The land of kings", is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India.

desert · river

Rājasthān, known as "The land of kings", is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India.

politics · ceremony

Mass Child Marriage being performed in the town of Alwar of Rajasthan, India. Child marriages are illegal in India, but are still performed in some places, due to local religious and cultural beliefs which support and justify the cultural p…

lake · river

Waders silhouette sunset over the salt pans of Sambhar Lake, Rajasthan, India. The Sambhar Salt Lake, India's largest inland salt lake, sits 96 km south west of the city of Jaipur (Northwest India) and 64 km north east of Ajmer along Nation…

wildlife

wildlife around a Bishnoi village in Rajasthan. The Bishnoi care for wildlife and feed them, thus making the animals confident around human beings. The Chinkara (Gazella bennettii) is a species of gazelle found in south Asia.

music

It was 150 glorious years of the Indian police, on the occasion of which bands of various State police and paramilitary forces staged the Great Indian Police Band Show.

hills · river

Aravalli Biodiversity Park The Aravallis are among the oldest mountain ranges having evolved about 1500 million years ago, and extend from Gujarat through Rajasthan to Haryana--Delhi.

forest · fort

Archival olden days footage of Sawai Madhopur, Ranthambhor / Ranthambore in Rajasthan. Ranthambhor Fort is a massive enclave and quite high.

ceremony

Children marriage: A mass wedding affair. Tonk, Rajasthan, May 2010. 96 couples got married on this one occasion, all in the same tent with an outside temperature of 50 degrees Celcius! Most of the brides and grooms were in the 12 to 18 yea…

aerial · river

The aerial view of crowed Pushkar town in Rajasthan. Pushkar is a town in the Ajmer district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.

wildlife · birds

Migratory Demoiselle Cranes flying over rural Khichan village in Rajasthan, India. The demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo) is a species of crane found in central Eurasia, ranging from the Black Sea to Mongolia and North Eastern China.

old town · flowers

View of the Samode Palace, the palace is known for its architecture designs. And top view of dining area at the palace.

livestock · festival

A group of tribal women sit on a cart as one of them eats 'ganna' or sugarcane during Pushkar Mela in Rajasthan. Foreigner tourists click pictures of the mela.

livestock · festival

A horse dances during a competition at the annual Cattle fir of Pushkar in Rajasthan, India.

monsoon

Grasslands of Shokhalia have been green and grassy since the monsoon. Cattle have been brought out by the locals to graze on the grass.

wildlife · forest

Leopard or panther in Jai Samand Wildlife Sanctuary. Jaisamand wildlife Sanctuary is situated about 50 kms far from Udaipur rajasthan. The Jaisamand wildlife sanctuary have a large area about 52 sq kms of forests.

At the peak of the breeding season, two male peafowl (what we popularly call peacocks or Pavo cristatus) threaten one another, in an effort to oust the other from its territory, so that it can mate with more females.

temple

The Karnimata temple at Deshnoke, 30 km from Bikaner, in its present form was completed in the early 20th century in the late Mughal style by Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner.

wildlife · birds

The hills of Jawai Badh looks drenched in gold as the sun sets amidst the hills of Jawaibandh. Dusk approaches Jawaibandh as the sun sets and darkness starts to overlap the hills.

Tables and chairs all set with tree barks covered in fancy led lights make a beautiful ambience for the Rajasthani folks to enjoy the evening after a playful and exhaustive day of festivities on the occasion of Holi.