architecture

Telangana·old town · architecture

Mecca Masjid, also Makkah Masjid, is one of the oldest mosques in Hyderabad in India, And it is one of the largest Mosques in India. It is located in the common capital area shared between the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

temple · ceremony

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar; Muslims worldwide observe this as a month of fasting. This annual observance is regarded as one of the Five Pillars of Islam.

Telangana·architecture · industry

An aerial view of Char Kaman, Makkah Masjid and the traffic around Char Minar in the Hyderabad city of Telengana state in India. Char Kaman is a historical structure in Hyderabad, India. It is located near Charminar.

ceremony · temple

Eid al-Adha (Arabic: عيد الأضحى‎ ʻĪd al-'Aḍḥá, IPA: [ʕiːd al ʔadˁˈħaː], "festival of sacrifice"), also called Feast of the Sacrifice, the Major Festival,[1] the Greater Eid, Kurban Bayram, Eid al-Bakr and Bakrid, is an important religious h…

music · temple

A group of men sitting inside the mosque with cap on their head are singing while two men are playing instrument like drum and harmonium.

architecture · temple

An amazing antiquity Jama Masjid, largest mosque in Asia. The austere grandeur of this structure is sure to impress at the first glimpse.

architecture · temple

Fly over Jama Masjid in Chandni Chowk in Old Delhi surrounded by densely populated market of Chandni Chowk. The boundaries of Red Fort and the railway line to Old and New Delhi railway station can be seen at a distance.

ceremony · architecture

Friday prayer services do not always happen in a mosque. University students often arrange Friday prayers in an empty hall or auditorium.

music · architecture

Vishesh and Rahul of Musica Medicina bring forth a healing experience through their music at Hazrat Sufi Inayat Khan Dargah Memorial.

music · architecture

Vishesh Kalimero and Rahul Jigyasu of Musica Medicina create a healing atmosphere through their music. For this particular musical set, Vishesh plays the erhu (Chinese two-stringed fiddle).

music · architecture

Vishesh Kalimero plays a Persian lute (Tar or Setar) along with Mongolian throat singing (Musica Medicina never use any words or lyrics it is all kind of their own tongue and certainly not gibberish).

music · architecture

An aural wonder is what we got to experience after listening to Mongolian throat singing and Inuit singing (throat singing from Alaska).

music · architecture

Vishesh Kalimero and Rahul Jigyasu of Musica Medicina create a healing atmosphere through their music. For this particular musical set, Vishesh plays the shaman drum. On the other hand, Rahul lets his fingers do the magic on the pakhawaj.

architecture · highway

Ashok Leyland defence vehicles pass over iron bridge in Sikkim. Wreathed in clouds, Gangtok, the capital city of Sikkim is located on a ridge at a height of 5500 feet.

hills · river

A yak herder brings in his yak herd from the upper reaches of the Teesta river, in Sikkim, India. The yak, Bos grunniens, is a long-haired bovine found throughout the Himalayan region of south Central Asia.

aerial · hills

Road building has dented the hillsides, and caused erosion. Meanwhile, the buildings of Gangtok seem to grow and grow in size, in an unbridled fashion.

Uttarakhand·hills · temple

Wispy clouds swirl around the high precipitous ridge of Landour - the first real ridge of the Himalaya from the plains... Clouds in time lapse in Landour.

Uttar Pradesh·temple · architecture

Hindu activists try to bring down the Babri mosque in Ayodhya. The destruction of the 16th-century mosque in the holy town of Ayodhya in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh was a seminal event in the relationship between Muslims and…

architecture · monsoon

A bridge collapses due to heavy rain and flooding in Araria district of Bihar, just as a mother tries to cross it with her two children.

architecture · monsoon

Viewer discretion advised due to possibly graphic content A bridge collapses due to heavy rain and flooding in Araria district of Bihar, just as a mother tries to cross it with her two children.

Maharashtra·temple · hills

10 lesser-known unique ancient Indian caves with rock-cut architecture: 1) Pandavleni Caves - Nasik, Maharashtra - 100 BC-200 CE The Nasik Pandavleni Caves, located in the Trirashmi hills, comprise a group of 23 Buddhist caves carved betwee…

temple · architecture

Watch Gurpurab being celebrated at Sis Ganj Gurudwara in Delhi, with chants of 'Wahe guru'. Sikh girl and boy bands put up a show from Bhai Joga Singh Khalsa Girls Senior Secondary School and other colleges from New Delhi.

fort · old town

Delhi is way more than just a melting pot of various cultures, religions and heritage. Not just that, Delhi also knows how to show it off.