ceremony

sport · dance

Players scores goal during a penalty shot out at the 8th Tamchon Football final in Delhi. The 8th Northeast Tamchon Football Tournament kicked off with a colourful cultural extravaganza at the Ambedkar football stadium on 19th November 2014…

sport · dance

A match between the reigning Champion Hmar FC and the Nagaland base Hornbill FC at 8th Tamchon North East Football match in New Delhi.

sport · dance

The 8th Northeast Tamchon Football Tournament kicked off with a colourful cultural extravaganza at the Ambedkar football stadium on 19th November 2014.

sport · dance

Hmar and SSPP players in action during the Tamchon Football final in Delhi. The 8th Northeast Tamchon Football Tournament kicked off with a colourful cultural extravaganza at the Ambedkar football stadium on 19th November 2014.

ceremony

Winter rains and humidity favouring a swarm of mosquitoes in Delhi. Quite a disturbing sight when you think of dengue and malaria but the course of nature has to take place.

Uttar Pradesh·river · ceremony

Short-cut nectaring for apis florea bees! A swarm of Honeybees, Apis dorsata swarm around food items offered by devotees to Hindu gods. Rolling in balls the honeybees swarm on the puffed rice lying on the offering plate.

ceremony · politics

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…

ceremony · politics

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…

ceremony · village

Child Marriages in Alwar, Rajasthan: banned in India, yet a continuing practice in India, continuing under a cultural and religious garb.

Uttarakhand·festival · ceremony

The three-week-long Nanda Devi Raj Jat is a pilgrimage and festival of Uttarakhand in India. People from the entire Garhwal division-Kumaon division as well as other parts of India and the world participate in Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra.

ceremony · temple

Wilderness Films India brings you this little known Himalayan festival - the first time it has EVER been filmed and brought to the outside world! Becoming a mother is arguably one of the greatest joys for a woman.

festival · ceremony

Holi is a religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus as a festival of colours. Happy yaoshang, folks! It is primarily observed in India and Nepal.

temple · architecture

Church members give money as part of the offering for God during Christmas celebration at a church in Mizoram. The majority (87%) of Mizos are Christian in various denominations, predominantly Presbyterian.

temple · architecture

The Dimapur Ao Baptist Arogo (DABA) is a Church serving the Ao tribe of Nagaland at Dimapur. With a congregation of about 5000 families and 15000 baptized members, it is the largest Baptist Church in India.

temple · architecture

Christian community in Delhi gather for service on the eve of Christmas at Cathedral Church of Redemption.

Nagaland·ceremony · hills

Leaving the traditional Naga wedding, today's modern and Naga Christian converts have switched to Christian wedding ceremonies with the bride wearing a white gown.

Nagaland·hills · ceremony

Tourist's visit and take pictures of the oldest Catholic Cathedral in North-east, India. The Cathedral is located on Aradura Hill in Kohima. It is one of the biggest cathedrals in North East India.

ceremony

Christian priest offering prayers to God before distributing the Lord's Supper on Christmas.

ceremony

Christian priest offering prayers to God before distributing the Lord's Supper on Christmas.

Karnataka·ceremony · temple

Roman catholic devotees gathered for Novena prayer at St. Mary's Basilica in Bangalore, Karnataka.

Tamil Nadu·coastline · temple

Devotees at Cristian Memorial in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu. This memorial has a cross at the top. There is a never ending flame in the middle of this memorial.

Karnataka·ceremony · temple

Devotees gather for the flag hoisting on the first day of 'Novena' at St Mary's Basilica in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

ceremony

A Bengali woman makes Chicken curry for a wedding in India. Chicken curry is a common delicacy in South Asia, Southeast Asia, as well as in the Caribbean (where it is usually referred to as "curry chicken").