festival

Pushkar, Rajasthan·festival

The music of Rajasthani folk excites all. Guests from other countries join the dancers with their performance.

livestock · festival

Tattooed, coloured, painted and bedecked, these camels are made to look their brightest for this desert festival! Camels are royalty at Rajasthan's famous Pushkar Mela or Pushkar Camel Fair.

Rajasthan·festival · livestock

Covid lockdown and ruined travel plans do not mean we should miss out on virtually touring the Pushkar Fair at night.

Rajasthan·festival · livestock

Centripetal force in action! These riders not just ride but also perform stunts and interact with the pumped up crowd while taking circular trips around the wall of death or 'Maut Ka Kuwa'.

Rajasthan·festival

Riveting with its dose of adrenaline rush is the 'Wall of death' and its performers who defy gravity with their daring carnival show. These are real life daredevils who put their lives on the line for entertainment.

Rajasthan·festival · livestock

The bikers manage to snatch the currency notes on offer to them, from the audience! Riveting with its dose of adrenaline rush is the 'Wall of death' and its performers who defy gravity with their daring carnival show.

Rajasthan·festival

The President Awardee Sand Artist Ajay grew up in Ganhera near Pushkar, where playing with sand wasn’t just a game—it was where his passion began.

festival · music

This remarkable archival footage captures the vibrant energy and spiritual grandeur of a Mahakumbh Mela procession as thousands of devotees, Naga Sadhus, musicians, and pilgrims move through the festival grounds.

ceremony · festival

This old footage captures the spiritual grandeur of the Kumbh Mela, one of the largest religious gatherings in the world.

festival · ceremony

This archival footage from 2001 captures a thoughtful and unusual moment at the Kumbh Mela. A learned man, seated in a wheelchair, speaks candidly about ancient Mayan ideas of time and cycles, explaining how they believed the world would en…

Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh·festival

Its 5:30AM. The temperature is 3 degree celsius, the water will be even colder, And then they come in white, one "Akhara' after the other. This is not the ordinary walk to the Ghaat. The entire retinue proceeds towards ghaats.

Uttar Pradesh·festival

The naga sadhus in their nudity, matted hair, and ash-smeared bodies, this manifest the historical continuity of the process that began in 8th century.

Uttarakhand·festival

The best of Kumbh Mela 2013 at Haridwar, Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand·festival · river

The much-awaited Maha Kumbh Mela in Haridwar on the banks of the Ganges is here even when the whole world is reeling under the global pandemic.

river · festival

'Har Har Mahadev' chants from orange-clad ascetics and sadhus if the Hindu religion at one of the largest festivals in North India.

Uttar Pradesh·festival · river

Millions of Hindu devotees participate in this Hindu festival held on the banks of the holy rivers in North India.

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Naga baba sadhus sit around and rest at a Kumbh Mela in the 1990's, with their bodies smeared in ash. They answer questions about their lives and habits and way of living.

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"They meet each other, they interact with each other and they meditate and pray here at the holy confluence. They give their message to the people and they transform people.

festival · river

Millions of pilgrims gather for the Ardh Kumbh Mela in Pyaragraj on the banks of river Ganga in chilling winters.

festival · ceremony

The Kumbh Mela is perhaps the only event in the world where no invitation is required yet millions of pilgrims gather to celebrate the holy event.

Uttar Pradesh·festival

In Prayagraj, hearing the word “Kumbh”, creates the picturesque vision of Triveni Sangam in one’s mind. At the sacred confluence of rivers, huge multitudes filled with a sense of devotion move like waves in the ocean.

festival · ceremony

Shahi Snan is much adorned and wondered ritual of Kumbh Mela in India. It is also called Rajyogi Snan. It is a Ceremonial Bath in Kumbh Mela.

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Millions of pilgrims gather to bathe in sacred water of Triveni Sangam during the Ardh Kumbh Mela in Pyaragraj.