ceremony

ceremony

A recitation from the holy book followed by mass mourning. Not quite with a purely musical intent, but chest thumping of Muharram-mourning Shia of India does create a most percussive rhythm that appeals to our baser fondness of beats and pe…

ceremony

A recitation from the holy book followed by mass mourning. Not quite with a purely musical intent, but chest thumping of Muharram-mourning Shia of India does create a most percussive rhythm that appeals to our baser fondness of beats and pe…

Maharashtra·railway · ceremony

Aarti Chhabria spotted at Mumbai Central railway station - Do Bollywood stars really commute or travel by train?

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Amitabh Bachchan seen at Aishwarya and Abhishek wedding, in an orange safa turban and a white goatee, with much shaadi band noise.

ceremony · music

Prem Chopra at the wedding anniversary of ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas: "Very lovely couple. Very nice to be here. We're good friends with them." Boney Kapoor seems to be joining the celebrations as well.

Maharashtra·highway · ceremony

Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai wedding day and the ensuing traffic chaos in Mumbai, as celebrities crowd around to enter the venue. Help us recognize the faces!

hills · ceremony

Past rain forest like valleys, and thick Himalayan middle altitude forests one drives up the Teesta river valley from Gangtok and the lower hills towards the north.

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Zayed Khan wears his thick rimmed glasses and speaks on marriage: "For marriage, love is very important. The partner should be a friend. She should be your best friend. You should love and protect her.

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Aarti Chhabria in golden stiletto boots with Sameer Dattani on location for film Dhoom Dadakka. Arati scream to Arvind and then for a mirror and hair brush, and then wants a fan turns on for the picture.

ceremony · sport

Do these long grey locks, dark glasses and grey goatee beard belong to a filmi villain, godman or just plain old Vijay Mallya at the McDowell Indian Derby races? Vijay Mallya: "We have been sponsoring this race for twenty years.

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In a red tie and dark blue suit is Vijay Mallya with Vivek Oberoi in tow, at the opening ceremony of McDowell Indian Derby.

sport · ceremony

Vijay Mallya in his heady days, at the opening ceremony of his new Race course: "You know Cyrus, we first started sponsoring this event twenty years ago, we wanted the Derby to be the biggest racing even in all India, and across the country…

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This Indian man has two wives: Is this even legal under Hindu Marriage Act? This Indian man has two wives: Is this even legal under Hindu Marriage Act?

Rajasthan·temple · ceremony

Karni Mata temple : Aerial view of Bikaner town where rats are worshipped in bizarre ritual. Dshnoke town seen aerially, from the air. A dual lane highway seems to run alongside the town.

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Rohit Roy with wife and kid, and Amrita Arora poses with giant teddy, at a toy shop opening ceremony

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Aarti Chabria on Dhoom Dadakka: "Aarti Chabria: Look at the press. I feel I'm making Oscars Red carpet entry. Maybe there's some kind of intuition or deja vu that this will happen in the future? I've worked with Govinda ji and Akshay.

Rajasthan·temple · ceremony

Rats eat gram or channa from trays filled for them at Karni Mata Mandir in Bikaner, Rajasthan Rats are treated like royalty here, fed milk from bowls at Karni Mata Mandir Bikaner, Rajasthan Near the India - Pakistan border and around 30 kms…

Odisha·ceremony

Shilpa Shetty stares adoringly at Amitabh Bachchan, in deep hero worship, even as he speaks to Manisha Amitabh Bachchan, Manisha Koirala, Amrish Puri and Shilpa Shetty at a function.

temple · ceremony

Near the India - Pakistan border and around 30 kms from Bikaner in Rajasthan, India, lies a small town called Deshnoke. The town is famous for its ancient temple, known as Karni Mata temple, which goes back 600 years.

Maharashtra·ceremony

Who do you recognize as they leave the wedding venue? Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan Wedding guests leave the venue in Mumbai

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Not one but two of them! Lucky Dulha : Groom gets a huge garland of currency notes on his wedding day. Everyone seems to come along and place yet one more garland or other embellishment upon him!

ceremony · politics

Vinod Khanna at painting exhibition: "I'm not a collector. I started collecting them in the early 70's when they were not so expensive. Plan is doing a great job of creating awareness about primary education.

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Says Aishwarya Rai coquettishly: "Come read my Autobiography! It's been a lot of fun doing this film.