Ceremony — Clipahoy

Workers put on minds together for a beautiful Pandal, in Delhi

ceremony · festival

Idols being prepared in full gusto for the upcoming Durga Puja celebrations in Delhi. It is a grand festival for most most parts of North and East India, but the most fanatically followed in West Bengal.

Idols of gods and goddesses being readied for Durgotshav, in Delhi

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Idols being prepared in full gusto for the upcoming Durga Puja celebrations in Delhi. It is a grand festival for most most parts of North and East India, but the most fanatically followed in West Bengal.

Here to bless everyone: Durgotshav preparations, in Delhi

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Idols being prepared in full gusto for the upcoming Durga Puja celebrations in Delhi. It is a grand festival for most most parts of North and East India, but the most fanatically followed in West Bengal.

Nagaland beckons: Hornbill Festival calling!

festival · farmland

Nagaland hosts India's most fun occasion - Hornbill Festival! Start making plans for we're less than two months away now, to December 2013...

The intricate beauty of the Durga idol: CR Park in Delhi

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Idols being prepared in full gusto for the upcoming Durga Puja celebrations in Delhi. It is a grand festival for most most parts of North and East India, but the most fanatically followed in West Bengal.

Build up for Durgotsava in Delhi

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Durga Puja, also referred to as Durgotsava or Sharadotsav is an annual Hindu festival in South Asia that celebrates worship of the Hindu goddess Durga.

The week-long tercentenary celebrations of the founding of the Khalsa Panth, in Punjab

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The year 1999 marked the Tercentenary of the Birth of the Khalsa. To commemorate this event, the Chief Minister of Punjab S.

Tercentenary celebrations of the founding of the Khalsa Panth, in Punjab

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The year 1999 marked the Tercentenary of the Birth of the Khalsa. To commemorate this event, the Chief Minister of Punjab S.

Thousands of devotees gathered to mark the Tercentenary of the Birth of the Khalsa, in Punjab

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The year 1999 marked the Tercentenary of the Birth of the Khalsa. To commemorate this event, the Chief Minister of Punjab S.

Aromatic Rhododendron anthopogon grows in the higher Himalaya, in Uttarakhand

flowers · hills

In the background is a boggy meadow of Primula stuartii. One of the smallest flowering Rhododendron shrubs of talispatra, as seen above Dodital in May 1994, in Uttarakhand, India, at around 12, 500 feet altitude.

Rhododendron campanulatum is larger then the smallest Rhododendron anthopogon, in Uttarakhand

flowers · hills

In the foreground is the Rhododendron campanulatum - the larger shrub Rhodo of the Himalaya while in the background is a boggy meadow of Primula stuartii.

Devotees voluntarily offering cash in Grudwara

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Offerings of cash are usually made to help carry the expenses of running the Gurdwara and community work carried out by the Gurdwara.

Beating of the retreat: Delhi

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Beating of the retreat in India it officially denotes the end of Republic Day festivities. It is conducted on the evening of January 29, the third day after the Republic Day.

Beating of the retreat - the end of Republic Day festivities

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Beating of the retreat. In India it officially denotes the end of Republic Day festivities. It is conducted on the evening of January 29, the third day after the Republic Day.

Beating of the retreat marks the end of Republic Day festivities

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Beating of the retreat. In India it officially denotes the end of Republic Day festivities. It is conducted on the evening of January 29, the third day after the Republic Day.

'Mamta ki moorat meri bharat mata' - A dance performance at the Beating of the retreat ceremony

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Beating of the retreat. In India it officially denotes the end of Republic Day festivities. It is conducted on the evening of January 29, the third day after the Republic Day.

Military bands performing on Beating Retreat ceremony

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Beating of the retreat. In India it officially denotes the end of Republic Day festivities. It is conducted on the evening of January 29, the third day after the Republic Day.

Military bands sound the retreat during the Beating the Retreat ceremony, in Delhi

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Military bands sound the retreat during the Beating the Retreat ceremony in New Delhi. Beating of the retreat, in India it officially denotes the end of Republic Day festivities.

New Delhi witnesses Beating the Retreat ceremony

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New Delhi witnesses Beating the Retreat ceremony. The ceremony is a culmination of Republic Day celebrations and dates back to the days when troops disengaged themselves from battle at sunset. Beating of the retreat.

Beating of the Retreat rehearsals - New Delhi

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Beating of the retreat. In India it officially denotes the end of Republic Day festivities. It is conducted on the evening of January 29, the third day after the Republic Day.

The holy flame - Dhupa

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Dhupa involves the offering of incense before the picture of a deity, as a token of respect. Dhupa is, in dharmic religions, the ritual offering of incense during puja to an image of a deity, or other object of veneration.

Mounted bands at Beating Retreat ceremony

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Beating of the retreat. In India it officially denotes the end of Republic Day festivities. It is conducted on the evening of January 29, the third day after the Republic Day.

Priest performing aarti rituals before Heigru-Hidongba, in Manipur

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Priest performing aarti rituals before Heigru-Hidongba . Heigru-Hidongba is a major boat festival of Manipur.