festival

Shimla, Himachal Pradesh·festival

Necklaces and anklets selling at a jewelry stall during Sair Fair in Himachal Pradesh. The Sair Fair is celebrated at Shimla in Himachal Pradesh, India.

festival · crafts

One can see huge crowd gather to witness the popular bull fighting at Sair fair at Arki in Himachal Pradesh. Himachal Pradesh is very famous in terms of its culture, fairs and festivals.

Shimla, Himachal Pradesh·festival

The Sair Fair is celebrated at Shimla in Himachal Pradesh, India. It is an extremely popular fair of the area and brings lots of liveliness and fun along with it.

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Stalls selling varieties of items like key-holders, garments, bags etc during Sair Fair in Himachal Pradesh. We also see a stray hungry dog searching for food. The Sair Fair is celebrated at Shimla in Himachal Pradesh, India.

Shimla, Himachal Pradesh·festival · bazaar

Stalls selling varieties of items during Sair Fair in Himachal Pradesh. The Sair Fair is celebrated at Shimla in Himachal Pradesh, India. It is an extremely popular fair of the area and brings lots of liveliness and fun along with it.

village · ceremony

Yodeling and chanting traditional song Angami folks in traditional attire joins the stone pulling procession at Kigwema village. The stone pulling was a part of Honbill Festival.

Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh·river · festival

Panyor River Festival is organized every year at Yazali, a beautiful valley near Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh. The festival started from 21st November to 25th November.

village · festival

Womenfolk preparing ‘Pithaguri’ with the help of traditional Assamese ‘Dheki’ (wooden rice pounder) for making ‘Pitha’ ahead of the Bhogali Bihu festival at Chandrapur village of Assam.

Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh·river · festival

Adi men performing cultural dance during Panyor River Festival opening ceremony at Yazali village, Arunachal Pradesh. Panyor River Festival is organized every year at Yazali, a beautiful valley near Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.

livestock · festival

A horse dances during a competition at the annual Cattle fir of Pushkar in Rajasthan, India.

Pushkar, Rajasthan·livestock · festival

Women painting a wall - a traditional art form of Rajasthan showcased during Pushkar mela in Rajasthan.

festival · village

Villagers catching fish in river Aglar. People gather to celebrate Maund Mela 2014 which is also known as Fish killing Festival. Villagers standing in the middle of the river are ready with their fishing nets to catch fish.

Uttarakhand·festival · village

Maund Mela is a yearly fishing festival of Garhwal and its origin can be dated back to the pre-independence feudal era, initiated by the then Maharajah of Tehri. 'Maund' is a local term meaning the state of drunkenness or addiction.

Uttarakhand·festival · village

Villagers dancing on 'Garhwali' songs during Nanda Devi Festival at Sutol Village in Chamoli District, Uttarakhand. The three-week-long Nanda Devi Raj Jat is a pilgrimage and festival of Uttarakhand in India.

Uttarakhand·village · festival

Three week long Nanda Devi Raj Jat is one of the world's famous festivals of Uttarakhand in India. People from entire Garhwal division-Kumaon division as well as other parts of India and the world participate in Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra.

festival · village

Villagers catch fishes in River Aglar during Maund mela. People are gather to celebrate festival which is also known as Fish killing festival.

river · village

People gather to celebrate Maund Mela 2014 which is also known as Fish killing Festival. Villagers standing in the middle of the river are ready with their fishing nets to catch fish.

village · festival

A group of veiled women beat men with sticks during 'Lathmar Holi' at Barsana in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh Barsana a village in Uttar Pradesh, celebrates Holi in most traditional way.

ceremony · festival

Two groups from different clans throw stones at each other while trying to protect themselves with large wooden shields. The participants do not care about the injuries they receive.

festival · river

People walking down towards Aglar river to participate in Maund Mela, Garhwal - Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·village · festival

Villagers who lived near Aglar river of Uttarakhand participate in fish killing festival. Maund Mela is a yearly fishing festival of Garhwal and its origin can be dated back to the pre-independence feudal era, initiated by the then Maharaja…

village · river

Participants show fishes caught by him in the Maund mela . Villagers from nearby village gather to celebrate this festival. They make fishing net to catch fish. This festival is also known as Fish killing festival.

festival · village

Villagers ready with their fishing net marching forward to take part in Maund Mela. Maund Mela is a yearly fishing festival of Garhwal and its origin can be dated back to the pre-independence feudal era, initiated by the then Maharajah of T…