ceremony

Amritsar, Punjab·ceremony · bazaar

Punjabi women shop for bridal bangles or chooda for their forthcoming weddings, at Bazaar mai sewa market in Amritsar.

Punjab·ceremony · bazaar

Punjabi women shop for bridal bangles or chooda for the wedding at Bazaar mai sewa market in Amritsar. Hindu women around the world used to wear chooda on their wedding day as apart of wedding ritual.

temple · ceremony

One can see Jama Masjid at night when lights illuminated the mosque and muslim devotees going back to their home after Iftar.

ceremony

People eating biryani at a stall set up outside Jama Masjid during the ocassion of Eid-Ul-Fitr in Old Delhi.....

ceremony · festival

A view of Muslim devotees taking out Muharram procession on the streets of Old Delhi. During the procession, they all beating their chest in the remembrance of Imam Hussein ibn Ali.

temple · ceremony

Muslim devotees coming out from from Jama Masjid after offering namaz on occasion of Ramazan or Ramadan in Old Delhi. The Masjid-i Jahān-Numā, commonly known as the Jama Masjid of Delhi, is the largest mosque in India.

West Bengal·ceremony · street food

Egg rolls being prepared in a roadside stall for the visitors of the Durga puja pandal. Egg rolls are one of the most favorite snack options in Kolkata, especially during Durga puja.

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As part of a Hindu remembrance prayer ceremony, an Uttarakhandi family serves a langar lunch after memorial prayers for a departed, to their family and friends in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand.

ceremony · street food

Durga Puja special food preparation and Dinner at Katwaria Sarai, New Delhi. As you can see here, women are cutting green vegetables and men are cooking food.

Tamil Nadu·coastline · temple

View of south Indian fishermen at sea, just off the coast of Kanyakumari. After pushing the fish towards the net, the fishermen are in the process of drawing their net into their boat.

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Artisans making the facial part of the sculptures. Incomplete idols are line up for drying. Kumortuli is a traditionally potters' quarter in northern Kolkata (previously known as Calcutta), the capital of the east Indian state of West Benga…

ceremony · crafts

Bangle making in India is one of the main handicraft industries of the country. Bangles are more than a mere ornament in India.

West Bengal·ceremony

Kumortuli is considered as abode for idol makers as we can see so many idols are in the process of making.

ceremony · flowers

Woman frying fish for curry at a Bengali wedding. Bengali marriage ceremony takes place in the state of Bengal or between Bengali people. The wedding ceremonies in Bengal are quite long and elaborate.

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Using an open furnace, the traditional process employed in India for glass bangle manufacturing. "Bangles or Churi are traditional ornaments worn mostly by South Asian women, especially Hindus.

ceremony

Do you know how bangles are traditionally made in India? If not then, see how people in Awagarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, make glass bangles in a small furnace.

crafts · ceremony

Artisan polishing idol before giving a final touch during the process of clay idol making, idol making is one of the ancient traditional art form in India. The artist also giving shape to the idol.....

ceremony · river

The largest religious festival of the Bangali Hindu community—Durga Puja would be held within a week. Artisans from different places are busy in making idols for the festival around the clock in around shops.

hills · ceremony

Amazing view of Snowy Himalayas with movement of clouds above it and 73% of Himalayas are in India. Below Himalayas, there are freshwater lakes and green valleys.

West Bengal·ceremony

Bengali woman polishes shankh bangles and polas, dries them in Kolkata. She first makes a mixture of Asian paints polish along with other ingredients. She runs the set of bangles through that before hanging them to dry off.

birds · ceremony

It is quite a scene on this dry tree at our Wilderness Sanctuary in Delhi. A Coppersmith Barbet (Psilopogon haemacephalus) is seen with a big fig in its mouth and flying towards its nest in the hollow of the tree.

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The male cheel drops a tid-bit of meat from its beak as it gets into the throes of the ritual... Winter is here in New Delhi and Black Kites or Pariah Kite (Milvus migrans govinda) have started their annual breeding ritual.

highway · ceremony

In a breakthrough, our Grey Hornbill couple seems to have won the battle of occupancy at this tree trunk near a busy traffic intersection at Saket in south Delhi.