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ceremony

Hrishikesh Mukherjee says "Anari was a big hit. Then people started offering me two lakhs of rupees those days for directing a film and I knew they are not offering me they are offering to my success because when Musafir failed even with Di…

ceremony · river

Men prostate themselves on the ground, in an abandonment of ego, while women stand in freezing cold post monsoon waters in the polluted Jamuna river in Delhi, coconuts in hand, for the sun god worship Chhat Puja festival prayers.

Maharashtra·ceremony

Thousands of people gather at Mumbai airport to receive Michael Jackson. People in traditional attire with their instruments reach the airport to welcome him.

ceremony

Charles, Prince of Wales speaks at the opening ceremony of the 19th Common Wealth games in India - "My wife and I are so pleased to be able to join you here in Delhi, where I have been asked by the queen to represent her majesty at this spl…

temple · ceremony

Devotees crowd outside a temple in Bihar in the early morning and evening hours for prayer. They offer their prayers to the idols of different gods and goddesses inside the temple by lighting diyas or clay lamps and incense sticks.

ceremony · dance

Priest and devotees gather around the spot marked in banana stems and dance to the rhythm of drums and flute.

ceremony

New Delhi, the National Capital of India known for its pluralistic composition and the home of numerous Mughal architecture boasts of historic monuments, worship places from the earlier empires.

ceremony · festival

Award ceremony of the Paryatan Parv festival in Delhi underway at Rajpath Lawns in New Delhi.

snow · ceremony

After a heavy snowfall a family visits the grave of their dead to clear off the piling snow from the grave. A woman prays near the grave.

ceremony · sport

The opening ceremony of 67th All India Police Athletics Championship in Delhi. After the opening speech, the police officials release doves along with tri-coloured balloons in the air.

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Rare footage of Atal Bihari Vajpayee swearing-in ceremony. He is being wished by the members of the parliament both ruling and opposition party members wish him for his term.

river · ceremony

Women dressed in their best finery to celebrate Chhat Puja on the banks of River Yamuna in Delhi.

Ladakh·festival · ceremony

The points headgear worn by these men are worn during the marriage ceremony or during a traditional or a welcome occasion when a high order of respect needs to be shown.

ceremony · livestock

Parents line up around a pile of cow dung covered in flowers to dip their children in a bizarre ritual in Betul Village in Madhya Pradesh. The ritual is performed after Diwali and after performing Govardhan Puja.

livestock · ceremony

After the last day of Diwali celebrations, the folks in Betul, Madhya Pradesh initiating the Govardhan rituals with chants and firecrackers and they prepare the pile of cow dung for dipping the children.

festival · ceremony

Buddhist monks chant and play instruments like Tibetan chod Damru and Tibetan bell with Dorje, during the Naropa festival 2018 in Hemis, Ladakh. Hemis is an idyllic village in Ladakh, in Northern India.

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Muga silk is the main product in the weaving industry from Assam. Muga silk is extracted from the cocoon of the endemic silkworm from Assam. In Assam, it's a wedding ritual to present the bride with Muga silk saree.

festival · ceremony

Naro Photang or the Naropa Stupa being visited by Buddhist devotees during the Naropa 2018 festival. Beside the Stupa is the latest revealed world's largest Thangka of Buddha Amitabha.

ceremony · festival

Probably the only video where you see a monk leading the prayer wearing cool sunglasses. At the Naropa festival 2018 in Hemis, monks from all around the world gather.

ceremony

Devotees join hands to hold up a priest high as he performs a religious ritual. The priest and elderly men chant and dance to the rhythm of dhols as women and children gather around them.

ceremony

An Odiya groom arrives in a decorated car at his wedding venue in Odisha. Brides brother performs a ritual as he holds a coconut in his hand, wipes his feet and welcomes him.

Uttarakhand·temple · ceremony

Pilgrims bathe in the boiling hot sulphur water at Jamnotri or Yamunotri temple in Garhwal, Uttarakhand. This temple is prat of the Char Dham quad of the four more important temples at the sources of the Ganga and its tributaries.

ceremony · temple

Devotees of lord Shiva queue up outside the Baba Dharmeshwar Nath Mandir in Bihar. Men, women and children bring offerings of holy water and flowers as they offer prayers and perform religious rituals in and around the temple premises.