festival

music · festival

Voice of India Sushil Lata Mangeshkar and the world famous Shehnai player Ustad Bismillah Khan is to be honoured with India's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna for their invaluable contribution in the field of music.

dance · festival

Two danseuses and doyens of yesteryear cinema come together to dance at a local festival in Maharashtra. Watch Hema Malini and Meenakshi Seshadri in a scintillating dance performance.

festival · politics

Sushmita Sen who was crowned Miss Universe at Manila in May has since been living in Los Angeles often playing the role of India's Cultural Ambassador with several heads of states all over the world.

festival

Esha Deol wishes India a happy Holi, speaks of her songs. Holi has been my No. 1 most favourite festival. Apart from Diwali, this is the only festival when we Indians let our hair down and go completely insane!

ceremony · festival

Watch Rishi Kapoor along with the family, in this video. Film actor Randhir Kapoor gets espoused to actress Babita. Raj Kapoor who is father of Randhir Kapoor can be clearly seen in this video.

festival · music

Boxer Mary Kom sings ' What's Up' by Non Blondies at North East Festival 2021

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Mrinal Sen speaks at film festival 2017. He says " I came here because I was to attend seminar and I know that the seminars are all meant to confuse people and conclusions are what compounded by very many tall claims by the participants so…

festival · forest

Film Director and Cinematographer Goutam Ghose speak about his film 'Abar Aranye' being shown in the film festival. He says," The film has been already released in Bengal on 16th of May.

hills · festival

See the uplift of the trans Himalaya and Ladakh range, from the under the ocean, as you study the folds in the ranges here, exposed as they are to the elements.

festival · coastline

Not a sea urchin, not the surface of the moon, but a Ladakh landscape from Lamayuru Yes, it is not a moon surface landscape but a beautiful aerial view of Lamayuru in Ladakh.

West Bengal·festival

A Bengali salesman at a local fair shows an Indian Pied Hornbill to customers at this Kolkata mela.

livestock · festival

A cow herder brought this Nilgai to sell at Asia's largest cattle fair, Sonepur Mela, in India's state of Bihar.

festival · livestock

Illegally wild caught parakeets for sale at Sonepur Animal Fair in Bihar, India. The Sonepur Cattle Fair/Mela or Harihar Kshetra Mela is held on the full moon day (Purnima) of the Hindu lunar month of Karthik in Sonepur, in the Saran distr…

West Bengal·ceremony · festival

The dates of Durga Puja celebrations are set according to the traditional Hindu calendar and the fortnight corresponding to the festival is called Devi Paksha, 'Fortnight of the Goddess').

West Bengal·ceremony · festival

Buying the right kind of fish is a talent according to Bengali culture. Durga Puja is widely celebrated in the Indian states of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Manipur, Odisha, Tripura and West Bengal, where it is a five-day annual holiday.

sport · village

Man lifts 51kgs weight with his ear at the annual Kila Raipur or Rural Olympics sports festival in Punjab.

sport · village

Man breaks thick metal chain as he ties it between hips and feet and pulls it at a competition during Rural Olympics in Punjab.

sport · village

Punjabi men participate in tyre lifting competition at Kila Raipur Sports festival near Ludhiana.

sport · village

A Sikh man lifts 150kgs weight at bench press competition during the annual Kila Raipur Sports festival in Punjab.

sport · village

Youngsters participate in a track cycling race during the annual Kila Raipur or Rural Olympics sports festival in Punjab.

Chhattisgarh·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 · village

Young Taekwondo performers showcase their talent at Kila Raipur Rural Sports Festival 2017 near Ludhiana. Taekwondo, also known as Taekwon-Do and Tae Kwon Do, is a Korean martial art.

Chhattisgarh·sport · festival

Paragliding, one of the latest additions to adventure sports was a part of the Rural Olympics or Kila Raipur Sports Festival held every year at Kila Raipur near Ludhiana, Punjab. Sukhcharan Brar paragliding in Punjab.