livestock

Jammu and Kashmir·hills · livestock

Kashmiri woman carries a metal pitcher filled with water on her head as men wade through a stream while another woman milks a cow in her village in Kashmir, India. Jammu and Kashmir is a state in northern India.

industry · farmland

A Rajasthani woman works in her fields, fallow as they appear, framed through a sprig of blossom on Calotropis procera or accra. She collects the dry stock from the past crop, as feed for her cattle.

Ajmer, Rajasthan·monsoon · livestock

With their buffalos for company, a group of Rajasthani village women walk in the monsoon rain, towards their village near Ajmer. One girl is particularly tall, even for a Rajasthani. A big black goat comes along, too.

village · livestock

This Rajasthani woman has veiled her face with a dupatta. In a tiny village called Sonkhaliya on the Kota Cross Road, time has its own speed and the folk culture is the only culture.

Gujarat·livestock · ceremony

Maldhari women wash clothes by the river, around the habitat of the Indian Lion, in Gir National Park, Gujarat, India. Maldharis are nomadic tribal herdsmen who live in the Gujarat state of India.

farmland · livestock

Woman carries animal fodder on her back and walks down a road in Sikkim, India. Feed and fodder is the single factor with very functions in enhancing the productivity of livestock.

livestock · festival

A group of tribal women sit on a cart as one of them eats 'ganna' or sugarcane during Pushkar Mela in Rajasthan. Foreigner tourists click pictures of the mela.

hills · livestock

A worker says "I have been working here for the past 6 months and I was trained here at Hifeed (Himalayan Institution for Environment Ecology Development) as well.

livestock

"So now we are getting our feet dirty, bare feet safari. We have cow dung which is really healthy its an anti-bacterial, its green, organic and we have got a binding agent by the name of Manda.

street food · village

Women making chapati on the earthen stove with a wood fire in a village of Rajasthan. Chapati or roti is a traditional Indian bread made with stoneground wholemeal flour, traditionally known as atta flour and is generally cooked over firewo…

Uttar Pradesh·livestock · village

Indian village woman lays out cow dung patties to dry near Meerut in Uttar Pradesh. Cow dung or manure is indigestible plant material released on to the ground from the bowels of a cow.

village · livestock

On a misty morning, there is action in a central Indian Madhya Pradesh village. The family's buffalos are fed, village children take in air pollution in the form of a fire's smoke.

livestock · river

Clear canals brimming with water from the monsoon, such a relief for the buffalos and young boys frolicking in the water. A trio of women in colourful clothing riding on a buffalo cart on the way home.

farmland · livestock

With Black Partridge calling in the fields, these women cut and uproot grass and weeds out of the edges of their fields, in order to clear them for post monsoon planting. They would also be creating fodder for their cows, in the process.

livestock · farmland

Indian cattle and goat grazers take their livestock for grazing in paddy fields. Livestock plays an important role in the socio- economic life of India.

Rajasthan·desert · livestock

Desert safaris on camels have become increasingly popular around Jaisalmer. Domestic and international tourists frequent the desert seeking adventure on camels for anything from a day to several days.

Rajasthan·desert · livestock

Desert safaris on camels have become increasingly popular around Jaisalmer. Domestic and international tourists frequent the desert seeking adventure on camels for anything from a day to several days.

Jaisalmer, Rajasthan·desert · livestock

Desert safaris on camels have become increasingly popular around Jaisalmer. Domestic and international tourists frequent the desert seeking adventure on camels for anything from a day to several days.

Rajasthan·desert · livestock

Desert safaris on camels have become increasingly popular around Jaisalmer. Domestic and international tourists frequent the desert seeking adventure on camels for anything from a day to several days.

village · livestock

A man from the plains carries back headloads of fodder for his goats, with the pack walking alongside. They are heading home to the low-altitude forested village in Sikkim, India.

village · livestock

Rajasthan has variety of village life depending on topography, history, caste system and traditional festivals like cattle fairs, Haat and religious fairs. Village life in Rajasthan has a rich cultural heritage.

livestock · festival

A horse dances during a competition at the annual Cattle fir of Pushkar in Rajasthan, India.

livestock · village

The above video shows an Indian cowshed, mostly found in village areas. This kind of Cow sheds is mostly maintained by the Indian farmers who rear cattle too.