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Uttarakhand·festival

Imagine mopping the stone-laid banks of the Ganges in order to get rid of Corona infection before the Kumbh Mela.

Uttarakhand·festival

The largest super spreader event of the globe! When tens of thousands of fiathful bathe in the Ganges at the same time, only faith can save them from Covid19, and even that failed...

Uttarakhand·river · festival

With the neon and LED lights glaring and the loud speakers blaring, and on receiving instructions from the powers that be, Hindu devotees jump into the controlled flow canal of the Ganges at Haridwar, to follow through with their ablution p…

Uttarakhand·river · ceremony

What a fabulously dangerous occasion to catch Covid19. Just what was the government thinking? What can the lone cop do, to prevent Covid, to ensure law and order and ensure distancing? No chance for the distancing bit, certainly! The Ganga…

Uttarakhand·festival

Thousands of devotees crowd together at Haridwar for the 2021 Kumbh Mela, held during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Uttarakhand·river · ceremony

The largest super spreader event of the globe! When tens of thousands of faithful bathe in the Ganges at the same time, only faith can save them from Covid19, and even that failed...

Uttarakhand·river · ceremony

A havan is held on the banks of the Ganga canal at Haridwar, to the chants of 'Ganga Maa ki jai'.

Uttarakhand·festival

No Social distancing and of course no masks. The Haridwar Kumbh Mela of 2021 was quite a COVID19 disaster in the state of Uttarakhand. Faith can only protect you so far... Naga sadhus wait for their holy dip in the Ganga during Kumbh Mela

Uttarakhand·river · festival

Naga sadhus as well as sadhus clad in saffron, wait to go in for their Ganga snan during one of the Shahi snans of the Haridwar Kumbh Mela of 2021.

Uttarakhand·festival

Hundreds, if not thousands of sadhus, take a dip in the Ganga during the Haridwar Kumbh Mela of 2021 at Har Ki Pauri. Can you try to spot a single mask?

Uttarakhand·river · architecture

Ganga river bridge time lapse from Haridwar during Maha Kumbh Mela 2021 The orange girders of the bridge stand out as a stark oddity.

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A monastery on wheels? The tableau of Sikkim state during the 72nd Republic Day of India. The tableau features the Pang Lhabsol festival which celebrates the deity of the Kanchenjunga.

festival · dance

Longer days in India and people seem to assume Corona will vanish. Quite a crowd at this bonfire in South Delhi. Maskless dancers circle around the bonfire with young and old, women, men and children participating in the festivities.

festival · dance

Longer days in India and people seem to assume Corona will vanish. Quite a crowd at this bonfire in South Delhi. Maskless dancers circling around the bonfire with young and olf, women, men and children participating in the festivities.

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Longer days in India and people seem to assume Corona will vanish. Quite a crowd at this bonfire in South Delhi. Maskless dancers circling around the bonfire with young and olf, women, men and children participating in the festivities.

festival · dance

Longer days in India and people seem to assume Corona will vanish. Quite a crowd at this bonfire in South Delhi. Maskless dancers circling around the bonfire with young and olf, women, men and children participating in the festivities.

festival

Longer days in India and people seem to assume Corona will vanish. Quite a crowd at this bonfire in South Delhi. Maskless dancers circling around the bonfire with young and olf, women, men and children participating in the festivities.

Uttarakhand·festival

The arduous monsoon time Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra that culminates in the Roopkund trek. The tarn of Rupkund lies at a high altitude, in the shadow of Nanda Devi, and is the target of the Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra that takes place once every…

Uttar Pradesh·politics · highway

When the government has let its citizens down, and organized the Kumbh Mela and state level elections, it then falls upon the local police and Indian Army to provide relief.

Uttarakhand·festival

Free COVID-19 testing booth set up by the Government of Uttarakhand during the Kumbh Mela held in Haridwar earlier this year during the COVID-19 pandemic.

bazaar · festival

What a daily fight living in India has always been - for water, for parking, for electricity, for shade, for light, for food, for life...

music · festival

Solo Guitar Recital by Máté Palásti, Hungary As part of the 12th Delhi International Arts Festival, the Hungarian Information and Cultural Cenrte presents a live guitar concert by Máté Palásti.

music · festival

Help us identify the piece that he's playing! Solo Guitar Recital by Máté Palásti, Hungary As part of the 12th Delhi International Arts Festival, the Hungarian Information and Cultural Center presents a live guitar concert by Máté Palásti.