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festival · hills

Hemis Monastery along with Hemis guesthouse and Hemis museum. The gathering of monks and Ladakhi women here signifies the Naropa festival time.

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Hemis is an idyllic village in Ladakh, in Northern India . The town is just over 40 km southeast of the town of Leh. Hemis is home to the Hemis Gompa a pre- 11th century monastery that was re-established in 1672.

festival · village

Hemis is an idyllic village in Ladakh, in Northern India . The town is just over 40 km southeast of the town of Leh. Hemis is home to the Hemis Gompa a pre- 11th century monastery that was re-established in 1672.

ceremony · festival

Probably the only video where you see a monk leading the prayer wearing cool sunglasses. At the Naropa festival 2018 in Hemis, monks from all around the world gather.

Uttar Pradesh·festival

Rites of spring! A pre-summer pageant called Holi Festival in India, when colour, water and revelry (indeed, even rowdiness!) come together and everyone unravels their hair and puts on a show of fun and fervour.

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Soumitra Chatterjee says "Well in the first place I do not know if there is such waiting as you say but I am pretty sure that some of the festivals like Venice or Cannes are much more important than our festival in Delhi.

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Christmas is mostly celebrated by Christians all over the world. Yet it is also a time of enjoyment for everyone. A Christmas fair in India in the cold month of December complete with lights and music.

Uttar Pradesh·festival · politics

Fueled by religious nationalism and Hindutva movement, Kar Sevaks or volunteers of the Ayodhya movement fill the streets during LK.Advani's Ram Rath Yatra in 1990.

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Street vendor shops are filled with colourful Rakhis as Raksha Bandhan approaches. Customers pick Rakhis of their choice as a gift for their siblings.

festival · politics

Thousands of Hindu supporters welcome BJP political figure, Lal Krishna Advani for his return in New Delhi in 1990. He is received with flowers and religious prasad by Hindu Nationalist supporters.

festival · crafts

Shoppers at a crafts mela in India shopping. Garments and accessories with an Indian touch are displayed. The artisans also display home decor items, gift items and toys crafted in India.

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Ganesh Chaturthi, a festival for the pot-bellied elephant god, Ganesha is celebrated all over India. But the Pune Festival dedicated to the god is a formal event with cultural displays from all over India.

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Women Shopping at the venue of Teej Utsav in Northern India. Bangles in varying colours and designs and other accessories are displayed in the temporary stalls. A crowd gathers around performers at the Teej festival venue.

festival · old town

India's rich cultural heritage highlighted at the Pune Festival in Maharashtra. The celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi was started in Maharashtra and it is still celebrated with the grandest affair in this state.

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Amidst rain and a sea of people, participants wearing saffron turbans and with with huge decorated wooden shields as their only protection from a shower of stones, arrive with great enthusiasm at the venue of Bagwal Mela.

festival · monsoon

Shops of different varieties are open at the venue of the Teej Festival in India. From ethnic garments to bangles and other accessories. Women pick bangles and earrings while toddlers enjoy the crowd.

festival · monsoon

Teej festival is mostly celebrated by women in the northern part of India. The festival heralds the arrival of monsoon and it is also called the monsoon festival of women. Women visitors get beautiful patterns of henna on their hands.

monsoon · festival

Young and old enjoy the Teej Utsav in India. The festival is celebrated by Hindu women at the start of monsoon. People throng the stalls selling garments, accessories, draperies and food.

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Devotees gather in thousands at the Maa Barahi Devi Temple in Uttarakhand for the Bagwal Mela. Men in turbans are jumping and chanting on the muddy ground as they prepare for the game of Bawal or pelting stones.

festival · monsoon

People under a sea of umbrellas gather outside the Maa Barahi Devi Mandir in India as they anticipate the strange game of Bagwal at the Bagwal Mela.

festival · river

Devotees of Ganesha walk into waist-deep water with the idol of Ganesha on the occasion of Ganesh Visarjan. Devotees take the idols of Ganesha to immerse them in a water body, usually a river.

festival · monsoon

Amidst heavy downpour, devotees gather outside the Maa Barahi Devi Temple in Devidhura, Uttarakhand. The participants of the festival shout and jump in anticipation of the action to follow.

festival · temple

Thousands gather at the premises of the temple of Maa Barahi Devi for Bagwal Mela in Devidhura. Devotees gather outside the temple and inside in anticipation of the game of Bagwal.