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Indian women look out for best wedding outfits, jewellers, accessories etc at an exhibition organised by Wedding Asia at Ashoka hotel, New Delhi.

ceremony

Indian women look out for best wedding outfits, jewellers, accessories etc at an exhibition organised by Wedding Asia at Ashoka hotel, New Delhi.

crafts · ceremony

Jewellery items by top designers put up for sale at an exhibition organised by Wedding Asia at Ashoka hotel, New Delhi.

Rajasthan·ceremony · crafts

Jewellery for women in Rajasthan plays a vital role in their lifestyle. The Rajasthani jewelleries are a part of the daily ornamentation and a mark to describe their present status as well.

crafts · ceremony

An Indian goldsmith works on pieces of gold jewellery as his wife performs puja at his workshop. Goldsmiths have been an integral part of Indian society for ages.

ceremony · flowers

Groom's family members offering jewellers to bride on a Bengali wedding ceremony. Bengali marriage ceremony takes place in the state of Bengal or between Bengali people. The wedding ceremonies in Bengal are quite long and elaborate.

ceremony · crafts

Bangles hold a special place in jewellery items for Indian women. Out of all the jewellery pieces worn by women in India, bangles have a lot of ritualistic and traditional value in their lives.

ceremony

Indian women look out for best wedding outfits at an exhibition organised by Wedding Asia at Ashoka hotel, New Delhi.

ceremony

Child grooms wearing garlands of money with traditional Rajasthani wedding music played with rather unconventional musical instruments - in this case, a Scottish bagpipe and a horn! The car in the background is a Hindustan Ambassador (Morri…

hills · river

Tangtse lies on the valley floor through which the Harong stream flows. Surrounded by mountains, the village lies on flat arid ground with greenery to be seen only along the Harong stream.

ceremony

NCC cadets from gather to celebrate United colors of Yoga. Some of them wear saffron clothes, some of them wear, white and some of them wear green. They all represents the all three stripes of the Indian flag.

sport · ceremony

The opening ceremony of NorthEastIndia Tamchon Football Tournament. Wung United Wung (Ili pharakasang ngalei) and Muivanlai FC standing for their National Anthem. The North East Tamchon Football Trophy is held in memory of late (L) Mr.

sport · ceremony

Large number of people performs PT in the opening ceremony of Asian Athlectics Championship in 1989 held in India. Mass comes hoisting flags of saffron, white and green colour forming the Indian flag.

Chhattisgarh·ceremony · sport

Gatka is a traditional South Asian form of combat-training, developed by Sikhs, in which wooden sticks are used to simulate swords in sparring matches.[1] In modern usage, it commonly refers to the northwestern Indian martial arts, which sh…

music · festival

All participants gather on the stage during prize distribution ceremony of the grand finale of K-Pop Festival 2014. Sparsh Bajpai wins the gold prize at song category and one can see N.Sonic present on stage to support the participants.

ceremony · festival

While Vijayadasami is celebrated with religious fervour all over, thousands of persons of Nerani thanda and Kothapet and adjoining villages resort to a fierce stick fight called Banni utsavam around midnight on Vijayadasami festival in Deva…

ceremony · village

Bizarre festival of beating each other. Men gather with their sticks to beat each other on the occasion of Bani festival in Devargattu.

ceremony · festival

South Indian men dancing with sticks and ready to have a real fight with each other. They all are dancing with fire. This bizzare festival is known as Banni festival.

ceremony · festival

Men of south India with full zeal now ready to take participate in this beating each other with sticks or Banni festival.

ceremony · festival

Devotees come to Devargattu temple for worship god. While Vijayadasami is celebrated with religious fervour all over, thousands of persons of Nerani thanda and Kothapet and adjoining villages resort to a fierce stick fight called Banni utsa…

ceremony · festival

Devotees from South India gather at Devaragattu to celebrate Bani festival. Some of them playing flute, pellet drum etc. Devotees also break coconut and offer coconut water to the God.

festival · old town

Kuki Cultural Troupe Imbung representing Kuki tribe performs an indigenous game Numei Kichep (Girls Game) during the Hornbill Festival at Kisama Heritage Village in Nagaland.

festival · old town

Touphema Village Cultural troupe presenting indegenous game Cho-Cho during Hornbill Festival, Kisama Heritage village, Nagaland. This particular game is played by adult boys of the village during festivals to show their skills.