ceremony

dance · ceremony

Bhuta Kola, an ancient ritual dance, is the worship of spirits, by the Tulu community of Tulu Nadu, which includes Kasaragod taluk in Keralaand Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts in Karnataka.

dance · ceremony

Mara cultural troupe presenting Solakia or Sawlakia dance during Anthurium festival in Mizoram. This is an impressive dance originating from the Pawi and Mara communities in the southern part of Mizoram.

dance · ceremony

An impressive Solakia dance during Anthurium festival in Mizoram, Northeast state of India. A Beautiful performance by boys and girls of Mizoram, the unique warrior dance without song but they dance with the beat of the drums, gongs and cym…

Haryana·dance · ceremony

Sidi Goma tribal dance performers perform at Surajkund fair with peacock feathers, painted faces, they enacted the various bird. Sidi Goma performs in a group of twelve, four lead musicians drummers and singers and eight dancers.

dance · ceremony

A group of women performs Ghoomar, the traditional folk dance of Rajasthan. With elegance and poise, they perform the dance decked up in beautiful colorful dresses.

dance · ceremony

Bollywood actress Hema Malini performs Indian Classical Dance. Hema was born in the Tamil-speaking Chakravarthy household on October 16, 1948 in Ammankudi, Tamil Nadu. Her dad's name is V.S.R.

Haryana·dance · ceremony

Folk dancers of Tamil Nadu perform Parai Attam at Surajkund Mela in Haryana. Parai Attam is a special type of dance in Tamil culture in which folks beat Parai and dance to its rhythm. This is one of the oldest traditional dance.

dance · ceremony

A notes Odissi and Bharatnatyam dancer Sonal Mansingh has been dancing for Republic Day for quite some time now has been a day to present a new choreographic offering to the public.

festival · ceremony

Hemis is an idyllic village in Ladakh, in Northern India . The town is just over 40 km southeast of the town of Leh. Hemis is home to the Hemis Gompa a pre- 11th century monastery that was re-established in 1672.

dance · ceremony

Indian Odissi dancer offers a heartfelt act to Goddess Durga on Durga Puja. Odissi, also referred to as Orissi in older literature, is a major ancient Indian classical dance that originated in the Hindu temples of Odisha – an eastern coasta…

dance · ceremony

Indian Odissi dancer offers a heartfelt act to Goddess Durga on Durga Puja. Odissi, also referred to as Orissi in older literature, is a major ancient Indian classical dance that originated in the Hindu temples of Odisha – an eastern coasta…

dance · ceremony

Biswarupa puja committee organises dance program during Durga Puja in Delhi. Two young Indian Odissi dancers perform a heartfelt act on the occasion of Durga Puja.

ceremony

Men offer prayer at the Nizamuddin graveyard on Friday night as Muslims observe Shab-e-Baraat.

ceremony

People getting ready for a burial in common Islamic style, as per their traditional rituals.

Uttar Pradesh·festival · ceremony

The Masjid-i Jahān-Numā, commonly known as the Jama Masjid of Delhi, is the principal mosque of Old Delhi in India.

hills · wildlife

View of Munnar hills in Kerala. People walk over an old bridge in the middle of this town. It situated at the confluence of three mountain streams is one of the most popular hill stations located in Idukki district, Kerala.

fort · temple

Muslim devotees in large number gather at Feroz Shah Kotla Fort mosque to offer prayer, food and cold drinks are served to the devotees.

ceremony

End of life rituals in Islam (called Janazah in Arabic) follow fairly specific rites, though they are subject to regional interpretation and variation in custom.

bazaar · ceremony

Kids wait for the seniors ( the moulavis) to begin the namaaz as they would follow and do the same. There is no age for god to seep into people's lives in most of the religions of the world. As it's god that guides each one's lives.

bazaar · ceremony

The mass gathers for namaaz for regular prayers on friday during ramzaan. Ramadan (also known as Ramadhan or Ramzan) is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar.

bazaar · ceremony

The mass gathers for namaaz for regular prayers on friday during ramzaan. Ramadan (also known as Ramadhan or Ramzan) is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar.

bazaar · ceremony

The mass gathers for namaaz for regular prayers on friday during ramzaan. Ramadan (also known as Ramadhan or Ramzan) is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar.

ceremony · bazaar

The mass gathers for namaaz for regular prayers on friday during ramzaan. Ramadan (also known as Ramadhan or Ramzan) is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar.