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monsoon · forest

The Monsoons in Kerala do not take the pattern of incessant rains continuing for weeks. Virtually it rains for a few hours with sunny interludes.

dance · flowers

Young tea garden workers performing Jhumur dance. While men are playing dhol and manziras...... Assam’s tea workers are known for their hard work. Day after day, they work plucking nascent tea leaves.

flowers · industry

Tea garden workers on their way back home carrying baskets and some holding umbrella. Protecting them from heat and village people are riding on bicycles.

flowers · industry

Tea garden workers on their way back home carrying baskets and some holding umbrella. Protecting them from heat and village people are riding on bicycles.

flowers · industry

Workers with baskets on their back returning from tea garden after plucking tea leaves in Assam.

dance · music

A man playing flute while women performs Jhumur dance, men beat dhols and manziras...... Assam’s tea workers are known for their hard work. Day after day, they work plucking nascent tea leaves.

flowers · industry

Driving through a tea garden in Assam, India. Tea plantation, tea estates and the tea industry as a whole has been seriously hit by the explosive environment in Assam. Militancy is telling heavily on the industry.

West Bengal·industry · flowers

Tea leaves dryer machine inside Tea Museum in Darjeeling. Over the years several tea gardens in Darjeeling have closed down or have been taken over by the other tea estates. Once there were well over 100 tea estates.

West Bengal·industry · flowers

Tractor is loaded with raw tea leaf bags and workers before loading weighing the bags. Over the years several tea gardens in Darjeeling have closed down or have been taken over by the other tea estates.

West Bengal·industry · flowers

Tea garden workers are going for work in the tea plantation of Darjeeling, West Bengal. Over the years several tea gardens in Darjeeling have closed down or have been taken over by the other tea estates.

flowers · industry

Tea garden workers walking down the village roads holding umbrella protecting themselves from the heat. They are back from their work after along trying day.....

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Women in Kerala carrying out the tea leaves from the tea garden.

West Bengal·industry · flowers

Inside view of Tea Museum where one can see tea leaf sorting machine, packed boxes of tea and the panoramic view of the room.

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A view of a tea garden in Kerala, South India.

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Tea garden roads, tea bushes and old tenements. Fascinating sights on a tea garden in Kerala, south India. In this video you will get to see the amazing tea gardens of India. Camellia sinensis - the tea bush!

hills · flowers

Tea garden establishing shot, Bagdogra, West Bengal. Also, see a Cheetah Indian Army helicopter as seen flying through the trees of the tea garden, on a sortie from the nearby air base at Bagdogra, West Bengal, India.

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Tea garden in Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh is home to at least 26 major and over 100 sub -- tribes, each with its distinct tradition and customs.

Arunachal Pradesh·flowers · crafts

Arunachal Pradesh also produces a considerable amount of high quality tea from it's many tea gardens spread over the State.

industry · flowers

A Mahindra Scorpio SUV belonging to the assistant manager of the tea garden stands by, as he supervises the picking, packing and cleaning of tea leaf on his garden.

industry · flowers

Two Indian women are seen pruning tea plants with a smile on their faces and enjoying their work. A group of Indian people are pruning tea plants with sickles in a tea garden located in Arunachal Pradesh, North-East India.

flowers · industry

Man makes use of heavy duty petrol grass cutter to prune tea plants in a tea garden. The use of machines is productive as more work can be done within a short period of time.

West Bengal·flowers · railway

See the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway or Toy Train of Darjeeling chug up to 8000 feet altitude and into the tea town. See the Makabari of yore, in the hey-day of Raja Banerjee.

flowers · politics

Cupping is the quickest way to get acquainted with the characters of different teas and to compare different quality selections of the same tea variety. It is also the trade’s main gate in quality control.