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Pineapples from Manipur are well known for its distinctive taste and flavour. Like any other cash crops, pineapple has also found a place in the soils of Manipur and the state is also becoming the safe breeding ground for it.

Karnataka·festival

Varieties of jackfruit on display at Jackfruit festival, Bangalore. The jackfruit has a mega appeal. It is eaten as a fruit as well as vegetable.

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Varieties of mango for display at Delhi international mango festival in Janakpuri. Neelam, Haati zool, Rhim,zhim, Tum tum, Rasbhari, Simi Izzkin, Kezrli,Fakira, Kisim, Begum pasand, dasheri, Suraiya, Ameen, Khaso Khass are some of them.

festival · temple

Parsi community of India gather to celebrate Navroze Festival as their New Year at Parsi Anjuman hall in Delhi. For about three hundred years after landing at Sanjan, a town in Gujarat, Parsis are said to have lived in peace.

farmland · festival

Pongal celebrations 2014 at Tamil Nadu House, New Delhi. Pongal is a harvest festival celebrated by Tamil people at the end of the harvest season.

sport · festival

Perhaps you will be tempted to play this clip more than once, but see what happens when the fellow in the red shirt, in the throes of showmanship, tries to pull the bull's tail in an attempt to tame the bull.

bazaar · farmland

Time to harvest and sell in Tamil Nadu. Locals beat mini drums. An old woman is earning his bread and butter by drumming as well. Local banana, Haldi, sugarcane is being sold in the market. Pongal is a Tamil harvest festival.

Tamil Nadu·festival

Participants paint their faces as they get ready for Angalamman festival in a small town called Kaveripattinam in Tamil Nadu. Angalamman is celebrated every year in Tamil Nadu.

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Participants paint their faces as they get ready for Angalamman festival in a small town called Kaveripattinam in Tamil Nadu. Angalamman is celebrated every year in Tamil Nadu.

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Participants paint their faces as they take part in the procession of Angalamman festival in a small town called Kaveripattinam in Tamil Nadu. Angalamman is celebrated every year in Tamil Nadu.

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Participants paint their faces as they take part in the procession of Angalamman festival in a small town called Kaveripattinam in Tamil Nadu. Angalamman is celebrated every year in Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu·festival · temple

A journey to Tamil by a travel show in Tamil Nadu. One can see the beautiful view of the ocean and fisherman as the sun is setting in. The local boats for these fisherman is still their main source of income though it is vintage.

ceremony · festival

Trangenders or Hijraj cry to mourn the death of Aravan near Koothandavar Temple in Koovagam village. Priest cuts their mangalsutra abd breaks their bangles.

ceremony · festival

Transgenders crying after the death of Lord Aravan in Koovagam. Koothandavar festival of Koovagam, is one of the most bizarre rituals observed in India.

ceremony · festival

Trangenders or Hijras mourn the death of Aravan near Koothandavar Temple in Koovagam village. Priest cuts their mangalsutra abd breaks their bangles. Koothandavar festival of Koovagam, is one of the most bizarre rituals observed in India.

festival · village

A variety of fruits on sale at a local market in Koovagam village of Tamil Nadu state. Fruits like apples, grapes, berries, pomegranate and more, all fresh from local markets.

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The Pongal feast mainly consists of rice. Similarly, the food that is being distributed has rice pullao, black channa and sweets along with other assortments. The people can be seen enjoying the food being distributed at the Tamil House.

festival · farmland

People are standing in line one by one getting food served to them in their plate during the celebration of the harvest festival Pongal. Pongal is one of the most popular harvest festivals of South India, mainly of Tamil Nadu.

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Pongal is one of the most popular harvest festivals of South India, mainly of Tamil Nadu. Pongal falls in the mid-January every year and marks the auspicious beginning of Uttarayan - sun's journey northwards.

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Pongal celebrations are held every year by the Tamil government at the Tamil House in New Delhi. Pongal is one of the most popular harvest festivals of South India, mainly of Tamil Nadu.

farmland · festival

Young girls perform Indian Classical dance for Pongal Celebrations at Tamil Nadu House, Delhi. Pongal is a four-days-long harvest festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu, a southern state of India.

farmland · festival

A musical performance at Pongal celebrations in Tamil Nadu House, New Delhi. Pongal is a four-days-long harvest festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu, a southern state of India.

farmland · festival

Pongal is a four-days-long harvest festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu, a southern state of India. For as long as people have been planting and gathering food, there has been some form of harvest festival.