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livestock · festival

Parakeets from India are sold as cage birds at this animal fair - these include the Rose-ringed, Blossom-headed / Plum-headed and the Alexandrine or Large Parakeet.

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Arunachali tribals cook bat meat for feast as they celebrate the Bat Killing Festival in India. The Adi tribe organizes the 200-year-old “Bat Killing” festival in Arunachal.

festival · sport

Nihang warriors showcase their Gatka skills at Kila Raipur sports festival in Ludhiana, Punjab, India. Gatka is the name of an Indian martial art associated with the Sikhs of the Punjab region.

Punjab·festival

People eat at Langar or free kitchen in Hola Mohalla at Anandpur Sahib. Women makes chapati for people eating in langar.

Punjab·festival

People of Sikh community gather at Hola Mohalla in Anandpur Sahib. People distribute Shaheedi Degh. Earlier the Sikh warrior used to drink it so that the can fight without feeling tiredness. Nihngas prepare the mixture of Shaheedi Degh.

Punjab·festival · politics

People of Sikh community at the festival of Hola Mohalla in Anandpur Sahib. One can see the Nihangs at Hola Mohalla with their weapons.

festival · sport

Sikh soldiers, Nihangs in blue turbans gets ready for a horse race. Horses are decorated with colourful beads and they are feeding the horse for the race. Some soldiers are seen grinding the mixture shaheedi degh.

Punjab·festival · music

Hola Mohalla or Hola Mahalla or simply Hola is a Sikh festival that takes place on the first of the lunar month of Chet which usually falls in March.

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Nihang warriors perform sword fight at International Gatka Festival during Hola Mohalla at Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib in Punjab, India. Gatka is the name of an Indian martial art associated with the Sikhs of the Punjab region.

Uttar Pradesh·festival · ceremony

Sikhs worship at Kumbh Mela - the Kumbh is clearly not just for Hindus. Kumbh Mela is a mass Hindu pilgrimage of faith in which Hindus gather to bathe in a sacred river.

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Nihangs performing stunts during a Shoba Yatra in Delhi. An impressive religious procession (Shoba Yatra) is taken out with great enthusiasm and zeal by the Sikh Sangat on the eve of Gurpurab in the Delhi.

Punjab·festival

Nothing taboo about it - very much a part of Indian culture and cuisine! Sikhs prepare bhang or bhaang (derived from the commonly found wild Indian hemp plant) at Anandpur Sahib Mela, in time for the Hola Mohalla Holi festival.

festival · temple

Thousands of Sikh devotees reach Bangla Sahib Gurudwara to celebrate Baisakhi in Delhi. They offer prayers eat Kadha prashad on occasion of this festival.

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Sikh devotees sweeping streets for Nagar Kirtan procession on the 480th Birthday Anniversary of Guru Ram Das Sahib Ji in Delhi.

festival · temple

Sikh distribute food at Rakab Ganj Gurudwara on the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder Prophet of Sikhism and the first of the ten Sikh Gurus.

festival · temple

People visit exhibition portraying the evolution of Sikhism at Gurudwara Bangla Sahib on Gurpurab. Gurpurab is a very auspicious and important celebration for Sikhs, which marks the birth or death anniversary of the Sikh Guru.

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Hundred of Sikh devotees gather at Tilak Vihar Gurdwara in Delhi for Gurpurab festival celebration...

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Huge number of devotees gather on the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti at Tilak Vihar gurudwara, New Delhi.

festival · music

Thousands of Sikh devotees thronged the gurdwaras around the city to mark Gurpurab - the birth anniversary of Sikhism's founder, Guru Nanak Dev.

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Huge gathering of Sikh devotees at Gurpurab Festival's procession on the 480th Birthday Anniversary of Guru Ram Das Sahib Ji in Delhi.

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An impressive religious procession (Shoba Yatra) is taken out with great enthusiasm and zeal by the Sikh Sangat on the eve of Gurpurab in the Delhi.

festival · music

Nihangs display various warrior skills with weapons during 'Anhad Naad', a Punjabi Mela in Delhi, India. A three-day festival celebrating the musical heritage of Punjab opens at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.

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Sikh devotees gather to celebrate Gurpurab festival in Delhi. Guru Nanak Gurpurab also known as Guru Nanak's Prakash Utsav and Guru Nanak Jayanti, celebrates the birth of the first Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak.