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Relatives of Kumaoni groom singing devotional songs before wedding as a ritual in Uttarakhand. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

ceremony · farmland

A wedding, for many, brings thoughts of love, family gatherings, tradition and beautiful attire. It is just the same for the people of Manipur.

ceremony · farmland

A wedding, for many, brings thoughts of love, family gatherings, tradition and beautiful attire. It is just the same for the people of Manipur.

ceremony · farmland

A wedding, for many, brings thoughts of love, family gatherings, tradition and beautiful attire. It is just the same for the people of Manipur.

ceremony · festival

Baraat is a bridegroom's wedding procession in India.In Indian communities, it is customary for the bridegroom to travel to the wedding venue (often the bride's house) on a mare, accompanied by his family members.

Uttar Pradesh·ceremony · festival

Maha Shivratri is a Hindu festival celebrated every year in reverence of Lord Shiva. It is also known as padmarajarathri. Shivaratri literally means the great night of Shiva or the night of Shiva.

Uttar Pradesh·ceremony · festival

Baraat is a bridegroom's wedding procession in India.In Indian communities, it is customary for the bridegroom to travel to the wedding venue (often the bride's house) on a mare, accompanied by his family members.

ceremony · festival

Groom's relatives singing holy songs playing dhol and harmonium at the jagrata before the wedding... Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

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Kumaoni ladies performing kirtan before wedding in Uttarakhand. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

ceremony · festival

Groom leaving for his bride's house riding on a horse, elderly women folk takes the name of Gods and Goddesses before the procession starts... Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

ceremony · festival

Elderly folks from the groom and bride blessing the couple at Kumaoni wedding. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

dance · festival

Choliya dancers performing at a Kumaoni baraat procession in Uttarakahnd, India. Choliya is a dance form practised in the Kumaun region of Uttarakhand.

desert · ceremony

Newly married couple comes in a rickshaw during the Rann Utsav carnival in Gujarat. Participants try to show the importance of marriage registration under the Indian law.

festival · ceremony

Karva Chauth is an annual festival and celebrated by the Hindu married women in India. On this day women do fast, pray for her husband's long life and progress.

ceremony · festival

Kumaoni groom along with his family members and priests performing 'havan' before his wedding in Uttarakhand. Ladies singing wedding songs during 'havan'...

ceremony · farmland

Manipuri bride gets a warm welcome by groom's family as she enters the house after the wedding. A wedding, for many, brings thoughts of love, family gatherings, tradition and beautiful attire. It is just the same for the people of Manipur.

ceremony · farmland

Meitei elderly womenfolk hand bride's horoscope to groom's mother as part of the pre-wedding rituals in Manipur. A wedding, for many, brings thoughts of love, family gatherings, tradition and beautiful attire.

ceremony · farmland

Elderly women folk of bride's family prepare bedding for groom as part of the Manipuri wedding rituals in Manipur. A wedding, for many, brings thoughts of love, family gatherings, tradition and beautiful attire.

ceremony · festival

Jaimala ceremony underway, the bride's relative takes aarti of the groom and bride comes out with varmala. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

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ceremony · farmland

A wedding, for many, brings thoughts of love, family gatherings, tradition and beautiful attire. It is just the same for the people of Manipur.

ceremony · farmland

A wedding, for many, brings thoughts of love, family gatherings, tradition and beautiful attire. It is just the same for the people of Manipur.

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Holi is a religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus, as a festival of colours. It is one of the major festivals of India, celebrated with enthusiasm and gaiety on the full moon day in the month of Phalgun which is the month of March as…