festival

hills · festival

Kalash rotate among the volunteers during the Mahamastakabhisheka festival at the Hassan district of Karnataka. The colossal monolithic statue of Gomateshwara or Bahubali is situated at Shravanabelagola, 158 km away from Bangalore.

festival · sport

Thousands of people from all over the country gather to see Mysore Dasara. Tight security arrangements for Mysore Dasara in Karnataka can be seen.

festival · ceremony

A member of Royal family of Mysore performs rituals on Dasara. Mysore Dasara is a Royal Festival Celebrating victory of Truth over Evil.

Karnataka·festival · sport

Mysore Dasara is a Royal Festival Celebrating victory of Truth over Evil. Legend has it that the Goddess Chamundeeswari or Durga slew the demon Mahishasuran on Vijayadashami day.

Bengaluru, Karnataka·festival

Devotees gather and take part in Karaga festival in Bangalore. People of bangalore are watching the Karaga procession from their roof top they also click pictures and make videos from their mobile phones.

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Large number of crowd gather to take participate and witness the Karaga festival. Priest rubs sandal wood or turmeric paste on devotees. Karaga is one of the oldest and widely celebrated festivals of Karnataka.

festival · livestock

Farmers from different villages of Karnataka come here with their cattle for display and sale at Ghati Subramanya. The major attraction of this fair is Hallikar bulls.

sport · festival

Punjabi bikers performing breathtaking stunts on their bullet during the Kila Raipur Sports Festival. Kila Raipur Sports Festival, popularly known as the Rural Olympics, is held annually in Kila Raipur (near Ludhiana), in Punjab, India.

Chhattisgarh·sport · village

Tug of war at Kila Raipur - dum laga ke haisha! Kila Raipur Festival or Rural Olympics is a very popular annual sports meet. An interesting part of the event is that all participants are given enough time to show off their ability.

sport · festival

This man lifts a heavy gunny-sack with his teeth and then adds the weight of a child to top it off! Kila Raipur Festival or Rural Olympics is a very popular annual sports meet.

sport · village

A Punjabi man wearing a baniyan or vest and pulling a tractor at the Rural Olympics in Punjab, India! According to the Rural Olympics website: It was in 1933.

sport · festival

Dog Race at the sports festival is another event that is famous and witnessed by many people. This sport is very exciting for the huge audience that comes to witness the event. Dogs are specially trained for this purpose.

Chhattisgarh·sport · festival

Kila Raipur Festival or Rural Olympics is a very popular annual sports meet. An interesting part of the event is that all participants are given enough time to show off their ability.

Chhattisgarh·sport · village

Kila Raipur Festival or Rural Olympics is a very popular annual sports meet. An interesting part of the event is that all participants are given enough time to show off their ability.

Chhattisgarh·sport · village

Tug-of-war competition at Kila Raipur Rural Olympics in the Indian state of Punjab. It was in 1933.

sport · festival

Two teams compete with one another to win the loading and unloading competition at Kila Raipur sports Festival in Punjab.

Chhattisgarh·sport · festival

In February each year, Ludhiana becomes the destination for hundreds of sports enthusiasts, including foreigners.

sport · festival

All participants trying hard to lift a tyre in tyre lifting competition during Kila Raipur Sports Festival, 2015.

festival · bazaar

Festive fervour has gripped the city of Amritsar as a Shobha Yatra is taken out. The procession consists of tableaux of Indian gods and goddesses started from Golden temple area.

Chhattisgarh·sport · festival

An elder Sikh man lifts a heavy sack during sack lifting competition at Kila Raipur Sports Festival in Ludhiana, Punjab. He lifts a sack and wal on the festival ground.

dance · festival

Bhangra dancers are preparing for the big event and many crowds seem to watch as it happened and the media people taking pictures and asking questions about the performance, while many crowds seem to have a lot of options to watch during th…

ceremony · festival

A view of Muslim devotees taking out Muharram procession on the streets of Old Delhi. During the procession, they all beating their chest in the remembrance of Imam Hussein ibn Ali.

festival · politics

Naga tribals selling chicken liver, chicken fry, pork sausage, pork fry, pork with bamboo shoot and pakoras of chive leaves at Tribal Food Festival in Delhi, India The first of its kind grand “Tribal Food Festival-2015” got a kick start by…