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river · street food

A food stall at Yamuna ghat during Chhath Puja is selling street food like Kachori, Dahi Bhala and preparing Bread Pakora and also selling water.

ceremony · festival

Langer during Durga puja festival, people are standing in line to take the food near Safdarjung New Delhi. Puri is being cooked in a big kadhai, Suji ka Halwa, and potato ki sabji. All these foods will be distributed as prasadam.

Madhyamaheshwar, Uttarakhand·village · temple

Devotees perform puja prayers and encircle the temple at Maa Rakeshwari Temple in Ransi village of Ukhimath around Rudraprayag, as the camera pulls back smoothly and super wide to show the step fields and terrace cultivation around this mid…

ceremony · temple

A pandit pujari heads the ceremony while the women in their bridal finery attend, and also circle the Ficus / banyan tree, and tie threads around the trunk, in order to marry it! The women all wear giant nath or nose rings from the Kumaon…

Odisha·temple · ceremony

Pandit prepares for the evening aarti at the Jagannath temple in Puri, Odisha.

village · temple

Food distribution at a temple in Orissa during puja, as people partake of a langar on disposable plates made with leaves, and consuming rice, dalma / dal / lentils and rice dessert or Kheer. Food distribution in a village temple of Odisha

Gujarat·temple · ceremony

Devotees have come to the Iskcon temple to have darshan, and the Pandit there is performing puja and giving blessings to the devotees.

Bihar·ceremony

दुर्गा पूजा के त्यौहार के दौरान बिहार के दरभंगा जिले के नवादा भगवती स्थान पर भारतीय श्रद्धालु एकत्रित होते हैं। नवादा भगवती स्थान के पास एक प्रदर्शनी है, जिसमें बिहारी लोग प्रदर्शनी के चारों ओर घूमते हैं। मेले में खिलौने बेचने वाले को अपने…

Bihar·ceremony

बिहार में दुर्गा पूजा के अवसर पर नवादा के ग्रामीण भगवती स्थान पर एकत्रित होकर बकरे की बलि देते हैं। बिहार में नवादा भगवती स्थान पर दुर्गा पूजा के दौरान पुजारी एक अनुष्ठान के रूप में बकरे की बलि देते हैं। नवादा के लोगों के लिए अष्टमी या नौमी…

Odisha·ceremony · temple

The evening view of the sacred Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha, carries a deeply spiritual and serene atmosphere. As dusk settles over the coastal town, the temple complex glows softly under the fading light of the sky.

Rajasthan·ceremony · temple

Devotees are attending aarti and praying to God, with people standing in line to worship at Karni Mata temple, Bikaner, Rajasthan.

ceremony · highway

भारत में बाल विवाह गैरकानूनी है, लेकिन चूँकि यह कुछ जगहों पर एक पारंपरिक प्रथा है, इसलिए राजस्थान के कुछ हिस्सों में यह प्रथा अभी भी जारी है। यहाँ के कुछ गाँवों में 6 और 8 साल की उम्र के बच्चों की शादी कर दी जाती है। माता-पिता दूल्हे के गले…

Ranchi, Jharkhand·ceremony · temple

Devotees perform rituals at Maa Dewri Temple. A goat is sacrificed to celebrate the fulfilment of a deity's wish.

Jharkhand·temple · ceremony

The devotees have been standing in line for a long time and are performing puja at Maa Dewri Temple Ranchi Jharkhand. Maa Dewri Temple

Uttarakhand·bazaar · festival

Holika dahan in Landour bazaar, Mussoorie: The Holika bonfire night before Holi. A woman explains to us the cultural and religious signifiacance of the Holika Dehan bonfire.

Uttarakhand·ceremony · bazaar

Holika Dahan takes place the night before Holi, see this festive occasion in Landour bazaar, Uttarakhand Holika Dahan, also known as Holika Deepak or Chhoti Holi, marks the eve of the vibrant Holi festival.

river · ceremony

Snowfall in Delhi? Nope, just good old detergent foam and water pollution in the Yamuna-Ganga riverine basin.

ceremony · highway

Shatrughan Sinha & Poonam Sinha celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary party.

ceremony · festival

Holika Dahan, also known as Holika Deepak or Chhoti Holi, marks the eve of the vibrant Holi festival. This ancient ritual celebrates the victory of good over evil, symbolized by the burning of an effigy of the mythical demoness Holika.

West Bengal·ceremony

Archival footage of Durga Puja idol making In the Calcutta / Kolkata of yore, in the 1990's.

Uttar Pradesh·ceremony · river

Not just women, but male devotees also perform Chhath Puja rituals along the polluted Yamuna River at Noida, praying to the sun god.

ceremony

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ceremony

With a Koel calling in the background audio, Kashmera Shah tells us: "We met exactly a year back. Tomorrow is our anniversary. He is a very nice boy.