ceremony

ceremony

Prayer beads are an important part of rituals for most religions in India. Women in an Indian village are dyeing the beads by mixing the beads with the desired colour. The beads are then sun-dried and give a fine glossy look to the beads.

ceremony

Ladies of Safdarjung help preparing for Sashti Pooja during Durga Pujo 2019. Mahasasthi is perhaps the most important day during the Durga Pujas. The preparations for the Puja are completed on this day.

ceremony

Anant Ambani can be seen enjoying the high chair on a horse along with his elder brother Akash Ambani during Isha Ambani's wedding festivities. Radhika Merchant seems occupied on her phone and Anil Ambani receives guests.

ceremony · music

Archival footage of the Beating of Retreat ceremony from way back in 1993. See the old Mercedes being driven down with the heads of state and the Hindustan Motors Contessa car.

festival · ceremony

A young man asks a priest to pierce his skin during the annual procession of Charak Puja in West Bengal. Paparazzi surround a young man as he gets his lip pierced during the procession.

ceremony

India has a huge population and all the more a huge amount of people amongst the populations falls even below the poverty line. They struggle to get even a square meal a day.

Rajasthan·ceremony · festival

Sufi Kalandars or wandering ascetics puls out their eyes using a knife and iron rods, pierce their cheeks and tongue using iron rods during a procession of Ajmer Urs in Rajasthan. Located in the heart of Rajasthan, Ajmer is a small town.

festival · ceremony

Married hindu women sing Karva Chauth puja songs in group and pass their thalis around in the circle. Married Hindu women seeks the longevity, prosperity and well-being of their husbands on the occasion of Karva Chauth in Delhi.

festival · ceremony

Beating the drums with two sticks on and on, continuously the devotees pay their respects and prayers to Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Mata Subhadra.

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Devotees offer flowers, lit incense sticks and offer prayers at the Dargah Hazrat Shah Turkman Bayabani in Delhi. However, women devotees are not allowed to enter in Dargahs but in this Dargah, women can go and worship.

Ajmer, Rajasthan·ceremony · temple

Located in the heart of Rajasthan, Ajmer is a small town. Ajmer is a popular pilgrimage center for Muslims as well as Hindus. Ajmer Sharif is a shrine of the sufi saint, Moinuddin Chisti.

ceremony · dance

Indian Kathak dancer Shovana Narayan performs at 400 years old Gopinath Temple in Vrindavan with her group during the Re-Marriage ceremony organized by Sulabh International. She performs a musical play on the issue of Re-Marriage.

ceremony · industry

Workers craft Durga Puja Pandal in Darbhanga of Bihar. Indian workers make Pandal with Bamboo and wooden sticks at a temple during the festival of Durga Pooja in Darbhanga district of Bihar.

ceremony · temple

Hindu priests chant the Mantras during the wedding ceremony of a young widow at 400 years old Gopinath Temple in Vrindavan organized by Sulabh International. Old widows sit around the mandap and witness Vineeta being married to Rakesh.

Uttarakhand·ceremony · temple

A 23 year old widow Vineeta Devi lost her husband in 2013 Kedarnath tragedy and Sulabh International organized her Re-marriage ceremony in 400 years old Gopinath temple in Vrindavan with Rakesh.

ceremony · festival

Diwali is known as festival of light, people lit up their buildings with electric lights and earthen lamp. And children are attract to crackers on the occasion of Diwali.

temple · ceremony

The wintry view of Lotus temple in Delhi. The iconic structure in the midst of green vegetation and it is made up of pure white marble. Around the blooming petals there are nine pools of water, which light up, in natural light.

temple · festival

Thousands gather to celebrate Jagannath Rath Yatra at Tyagraj Nagar Jagannath temple, in front of Tyagraj Stadium, Delhi to show their devotion to Lord Jagannath on the occasion of Rath Yatra.

Telangana·temple · ceremony

Devotees gather for Lord Krishna's evening aarti at Shri Shyam Baba temple of Kachiguda in Hyderabad. Hindu devotees receive blessings by a priest. Sri Shyam Temple is found at Kachiguda in Hyderabad district of Telangana State.

Telangana·temple · ceremony

Devotees gather for Lord Hanuman's evening aarti at Shri Shyam Baba temple of Kachiguda in Hyderabad. Hindu devotees receive vermilion on forehead by a priest. After that priest distributes holy water and prasad among devotees.

West Bengal·ceremony

People visit a Durga Puja pandal in Calcutta. Before bidding adieu to the Goddess, the ladies assemble near the Idol, apply vermilion on the Goddess's feet or forehead and then smear vermilion on each other.

music · ceremony

Before the internet, before cell phones , there was a time.... when Robbie Hart was the most popular singer around. You have no other option but to listen his songs and every damn word he say, because he has the microphone.

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Tibetans Buddhist monks recite their sutras and chant prayers inside a monastery in Dharamsala. The voice sounds deep and multi-phonic, more like the growl of a wild bull.