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festival · ceremony

The devout receive blessings from the juggernaut god by way of prasadam or a holy food offering from the gods. With out-stretched hands and piety, devotion and prayer on their lips and minds, they receive the same with gratitude.

festival · flowers

Much festive fervour, chanting, clashing of hand cymbals, rose petals being showered and more... They bring the idol out swaying, jhulo-ing it like it is being swayed in a palanquin.

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Crowd pulls the chariot of Sree Jagannath during Rath Yatra 2022

festival · hills

The crowds come together to catch fish after stunning them with a local anesthetic powder obtained from a shrub, and crowd into a stream. This practice ruins the riverine ecology.

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Vivek Oberoi talks about how he landed up playing the role of Kesu Firangi in Omkara. Omkara is a 2006 Indian crime drama film adapted from William Shakespeare's Othello, co-written and directed by Vishal Bhardwaj.

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Bipasha Basu on playing Billo in the film Omkara: "I laughed. When he said you have to play the role of Billo.

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Ajay Devgn talks about his film Omkara and says he needed to work on the language his character uses in the film.

dance · festival

A woman dancer's dress billows as she rotates in a dervish like fashion. Kathak dance performance at Sree Jagannath Mandir as part of Jagannath Rath Yatra celebrations 2022 Traditional Kathak dance performance at Sree Jagannath Mandir cultu…

dance · festival

An Odisi / Odishi dance performance at the Sree Jagannath Mandir on the occasion of Rath Yatra 2022 in Delhi.

dance · festival

An Odisi / Odishi dance performance at the Sree Jagannath Mandir on the occasion of Rath Yatra 2022 in Delhi.

festival · hills

More a male bonding fest and a cultural practice than a fishing festival, but riverine plunder, nonetheless. Every fish caught is proudly displayed, even if it is still and should have been left to breed.

festival · hills

Every fish caught is proudly displayed, even if it is still and should have been left to breed. These men are killing fish for entertainment.

festival · hills

Every fish caught is proudly displayed, even if it is still and should have been left to breed. These men are killing fish for entertainment.

festival · hills

Camaraderie much, but at what cost? Fishing festival or riverine destruction? Maund mela on Aglar nadi behind Mussoorie leads to ecological damage. Locals band together in the river, to collect all the fish they have stunned.

Uttarakhand·festival · hills

Fishing festival or riverine destruction? Maund mela on Aglar nadi behind Mussoorie leads to ecological damage. Locals band together in the river, to collect all the fish they have stunned.

festival · river

Men behave rowdy and rambunctious, excitable and in a festive mood at the Maund Mela fish killing festival in the western Himalaya.

music · festival

Song: Phir Aah Dil Se Nikali Tapka Lahu Jigar Se Singer: Zohrabai Ambalewali Music Director: Naushad Lyricist: Shakeel Badayuni Actor: Dilip Kumar, Nargis Film: Mela (1948) गीत: फिर आह दिल से निकली टपका लहू जिगर से गायक / गायिका: ज़ोहराबाई…

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What is with Indians and their fascination with whitening creams? And now Indian men are on the bandwagon in a big way, it seems... And when beauty is the business, Shehnaz Hussain is on board.

Haryana·festival

Meetha Paan varieties from India: The humble sweet paan now has multiple iterations, and all without supari, as marketed by this salesman at the Surajkund Mela in March 2022. Medha Paan varieties at Surajkund Mela on 29th March

Haryana·dance · festival

Men jerk their hips and dance to Rajasthani beats and cymbals. Massive ground drums of Dhol nagara at Surajkund mela, from Rajasthan: Men dance to percussions

Haryana·festival · dance

A group Bharatnatyam classical dance performance from India, at the Surajkund Mela 29th March.

festival · ceremony

Bringing alive the mask-making traditions of India, from artistic and religious to cultural and ritual, masks have been used for a variety of reasons in India.

Haryana·festival

The gauntlet is thrown at the public! This man takes on various stunts and acrobatic maneuvers in public, daring the viewers to join him or exceed his flexibility and push his body through two bent bows firmly tied together.