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village · ceremony

Enjoying a happy home made meal of local cuisine, after a hard day spent hard at work at the Stone pulling Ceremony in Viswema village.

Madhya Pradesh·birds · wildlife

No sadder story could any stone have told! This is the spot where a brave woman committed Sati or jumped on her dead husband's funeral pyre to kill herself and commit sati or be cremated with her husband.

Maharashtra·wildlife · festival

Devotees from various parts of Mumbai and India gathered to take part in the Ganesh immersion on Anant Chaturdashi. People celebrated and bid the farewell to the elephant-headed god.

Maharashtra·ceremony

Hindu devotees perform stunts with fire during Ganpati Puja in Pune, Maharashtra. See the boys jump through a ring of fire. Another group performs a balancing act. They play drums and Manjiras and dance to the beat of it.

Bodh Gaya, Bihar·temple · ceremony

Devotees chanting mantras and offer prayers seeking blessing from Lord Buddha at the Thai Monastery in Bodhgaya, Bihar - India.

temple · ceremony

Large golden statue of Lord Buddha inside the Thai monastery. Devotees offer prayers, chant holy mantras and seek blessings from Lord Buddha at the monatsery, Bodhgaya in Bihar.

ceremony

Pilgrims offer prayers and seeking blessings from Lord Buddha at a monastery in Rajgir, Bihar.

ceremony · village

Kalpana Kumari a resident of Darbhanga district in Bihar paints a Mithila painting on the wall which is also called Madhubani Paintings.

ceremony · festival

Durga Puja pandals illuminate at night in Bihar. Women devotees light diyas and incense sticks on edge of a pandal. Religion teaches mankind about humanity and love.

festival · ceremony

Durga Pooja festival being celebrated by Navrang Durga Pooja Committee in Darbhanga district of Bihar. A Bihar police officer offers his prayers to Goddess Durga the Hindu priest helps him with rituals.

bazaar · ceremony

Hindu people worship Goddess Durga during the festival of Durga Puja while the women light the oil lamps in Darbhanga district of Bihar.

ceremony

Dholakpur city from the fictional Indian cartoon television show 'Chhota Bheem' during the occasion of Durga Puja in Darbhanga district of Bihar.

ceremony · festival

Hawan during the festival of Durga Puja in Darbhanga district of Bihar. One can see the Bihari women offer her prayers before the idol of Goddess Durga.

ceremony

A Hindu priest performs Aarti during the festival of Durga Puja while a group of local drummers plays drums in Darbhanga district of Bihar. One can see the men and women pray standing in the Pandal while the priest chants the Aarti.

bazaar · festival

Indian people walk at the fair during Durga Puja in Darbhanga district of Bihar. There are Indian street food stalls, ice cream stalls, artificial jewelry shop, sweet shop, toy shop and thrilling rides of kids.

ceremony · festival

A Hindu priest performs Aarti during the festival of Durga Puja while a group of local drummers plays drums in Darbhanga district of Bihar. One can see the men and women pray standing in the Pandal while the priest chants the Aarti.

ceremony · festival

Indian women worship Goddess Durga while the Hindu priest chants Mantras during the festival of Durga Puja in Darbhanga district of Bihar. They apply Sindur on the foreheads of each other. They give the Prasad to each other after the Puja.

ceremony · festival

A Hindu priest performs Durga Aarti holding oil lamp and holy bell in his hands while the other men chant the Mantras during the festival of Durga Puja in Darbhanga district of Bihar.

festival · temple

Shiv Temple is decorated with fairy lights, flowers and colorful clothes during the festival of Durga Puja in Lehariasarai in Darbhanga district of Bihar. indian people walk on the street near the temple at the fair.

bazaar · festival

Indian sweet dish jalebi is being made at a sweet shop in Darbhanga district of Bihar during the festival of Durga Puja. There are toy shops, sweet shops, the clothes shop in the market. A person sells horn for kids in the market.

ceremony

Indian women buy Chunari and artificial flower garlands to offer to Goddess Durga from a shop in Bihar during the festival of Durga Puja. There are photographs of the Goddess Durga, Bangles, Chunari and Aarti books at the shop.

festival · ceremony

Indian people buy sweets, clothes and toys for their children at an exhibition during the festival of Durga Puja in Darbhanga district of Bihar.

ceremony · festival

Indian people worship the Goddess Durga during the festival of Durga Puja in Bihar. One can see the idol of Goddess Durga holding the evil Mahishasur from his hairs and there is also the idol of Lord Ganesh.