flowers

Jammu and Kashmir·flowers

Archival footage showcases the Model Agriculture Centre in Biama (Wagoora), Baramulla, Jammu & Kashmir, featuring vibrant ornamental flower displays.

West Bengal·flowers · bazaar

Widows in white sarees and regular Calcutta folks buy flowers from the flower market in old Kolkata city, in the old days. White Flower - shaped 'flowers' are also fashioned out of the pith of a banana stem.

Tamil Nadu·flowers · bazaar

Indian women makes fresh Gajras from jasmine flowers and sells them at market in Chennai, India. Women are wearing colorful sarees and they are busy making fresh gajras and selling it.

Tamil Nadu·bazaar · flowers

Flower market where flowers are bought by weight by people who have small stalls where they make garlands, there are also many people making garlands in the market itself.

Tamil Nadu·flowers · bazaar

Flower petals being sold at a market in chennai. India's share in global floriculture trade may not be significant but the country has, of late, shown enough potential to eventually turn itself as a favourite destination of flower importers…

Karnataka·flowers · bazaar

Malleswaram flower market is one of the traditional market places in Banglore. One can find flower garlands, flower buckeye and different types of flowers for decoration and gifts.

Tamil Nadu·flowers · bazaar

Fresh flowers are being sold at a wholesale flower market in Chennai. The farmers’ market at Tiruvallur caters to over 50 per cent of Chennai’s ornamental needs. From miles away, the enchanting fragrance of fresh flowers fills the air.

Jammu and Kashmir·flowers · river

A Kashmiri man brings in fresh flowers to sell off his shikara boat on Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir state, India.

bazaar · flowers

A young boy makes flower shaped jalebis at a temporary market during Durga Puja in Guijan, Assam. Roadside stalls selling sweets like laddoos, boondi, namakpare, shakkarpare, etc.

flowers · bazaar

Well decorated stalls of Malviya Nagar market in Delhi, India. A busy setting where vendors sell marigold flowers and flower garlands made with Marigold flowers for Diwali festival in India.

Tamil Nadu·temple · bazaar

Women sell a variety of local produce at a market in Vellore, Chennai such as bananas and strings of flowers.

flowers · monsoon

Beautiful view of Balsam flower and Impatiens flower in a flower garden during monsoon season of India. The Balsam flower with rich red petals and the white petals.

flowers · industry

Common Morning Glory is a morning glory vine native to Mexico and Central America, but widely naturalized in India.

flowers · bazaar

A young vendor at the Ghazipur Phool Mandi shows the camera the making of a flower bouquet. Watch how he arranges different flowers and make them into a bouquet.

flowers · bazaar

On the day before Valentine's Day in India, it's roses, roses and roses at this stall in Ghazipur as Valentine's Day arrives.

bazaar · flowers

Cardboard boxes of Gerbera being packed in smaller lots of half a dozen stems in one newspaper wrapping, at the Ghazipur flower market of New Delhi. These boxes will be shipped onwards outside Delhi, for the smaller satellite towns.

flowers · bazaar

Who would have thought India would develop a Valentine's Day culture? But then what would explain a single stem of red rose retailing for over US$2 in New Delhi when the normal price is under US$0.10 per stem? See the flower markets flooded…

flowers · bazaar

At most Hindu religious ceremonies, the ganidha or marigold is used to make garlands and adorn the statues of gods and goddesses or to put onto the necks of humans, including grooms and others being honoured.

flowers · ceremony

A flower vendor weaves flower garlands with yellow, orange marigolds at a roadside near Badlapur in Maharashtra. Floral arrangements ready for sale are on display along with fresh flowers. A flower garland hangs outside the shop.

flowers · bazaar

Wholesale flower sellers do brisk business at the Ghazipur flower market, Delhi's largest. They sell bori fulls of rose and marigold (gaindha) patels as well as whole flowers and malas or garlands of gaindha.

flowers · temple

Amid the busy trafficky stretch between IIT Delhi and Bhikaji Cama Place is a small Ram mandir temple opposite Safdarjung Enclave. This duo sells gaindha or marigold garlands, after stringing together the flowers, to temple visitors.

Tamil Nadu·flowers

Gajra made of motiya or bela flowers, also popularly referred to as the Indian jasmine flower.

flowers · bazaar

A roadside flower market scene in Green Park Market shows a variety of fresh floral arrangements. Large bunches of pink, yellow, and white lilies are displayed in the background.