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monsoon

Heavy monsoon rainfall in Delhi, India, focusing on the heart-shaped leaves of a Peepal tree (Ficus religiosa). Fresh green leaves sway gently in the wind as continuous rain falls through the frame.

monsoon

This slow-motion footage captures monsoon rainfall in Delhi, India, focusing closely on raindrops striking standing water on the ground. Each drop creates a small splash, circular ripple and temporary bubble on the water's surface.

Rajasthan·monsoon · ceremony

With a full band playing, a pair of bulls pull a Rajasthani carriage out of Tripolia Gate in Jaipur, during the Teej Festival - a monsoon festival in the desert state of Rajasthan in India.

livestock · village

Herd of cows graze on monsoon greenery in Orchha, Madhya Pradesg, India. What a lovely old world image from the Old India - truly bucolic India at her rural and happiest best! This historic village on the banks of the boulder-strewn Betwa R…

livestock · river

What a good life for these Indian cows, far removed from the drudgery of bovine life in the city! A herd of cattle walks in the middle of an enclosure at a farm in Maharashtra. Lush green natural pasture in the monsoon for this herd.

industry · village

Bulls being used to run and power a grain mill, in an old world western Himalayan village in Uttarakhand, India. This Kolti - Kimui area village is not far from Landour and Mussoorie.

highway · monsoon

A truck was swept away after river water entered the parking premises. No loss of life was reported in both of these accidents. Torrential rains have once again thrown life out of gear in Himachal Pradesh.

monsoon

A ride from Pooh to Nako in Himachal Pradesh. The roads are filled with water during the monsoon and post-monsoon period.

Odisha·temple · monsoon

Mahakala - Mahakali Temple is a shrine without a superstructure situateded beyond the eastern compound wall of Lingaraja temple on the right side of the temple road leading to Hatasahi, Old Town, Bhubaneswar.

railway · monsoon

Puri Railway Station in Orissa squirming with cycle rikshaw riders outside the station. With a grey sky hinting towards the rain to follow it seems that Puri had just seen a good rainfall considering the water on the ground.

old town · monsoon

A heritage walk during the monsoon season in Mehrauli, a 'monsoon retreat' for the last Mughals. Mehrauli village is surrounded by Mughal architecture on all its sides.

architecture · old town

A heritage walk during the monsoon season in Mehrauli, a 'monsoon retreat' for the last Mughals. Mehrauli village is surrounded by Mughal architecture on all its sides.

old town · monsoon

A heritage walk during the monsoon season in Mehrauli, a 'monsoon retreat' for the last Mughals. Mehrauli village is surrounded by Mughal architecture on all its sides.

old town · music

A heritage walk during the monsoon season in Mehrauli, a 'monsoon retreat' for the last Mughals. Mehrauli village is surrounded by Mughal architecture on all its sides.

old town · monsoon

Zafar Mahal, in Mehrauli village, in South Delhi, India is considered the last monumental structure built as a summer palace during the fading years of the Mughal era.

old town · music

A heritage walk during the monsoon season in Mehrauli, a 'monsoon retreat' for the last Mughals. Mehrauli village is surrounded by Mughal architecture on all its sides.

old town · architecture

A heritage walk during the monsoon season in Mehrauli, a 'monsoon retreat' for the last Mughals. Mehrauli village is surrounded by Mughal architecture on all its sides.

old town · river

A heritage walk during the monsoon season in Mehrauli, a 'monsoon retreat' for the last Mughals. Mehrauli village is surrounded by Mughal architecture on all its sides.

old town · village

A heritage walk during the monsoon season in Mehrauli, a 'monsoon retreat' for the last Mughals. Mehrauli village is surrounded by Mughal architecture on all its sides.

monsoon

Help us identify this tree. Is it an Albizia or Rain tree? The seed pods certainly suggest that it could be.

flowers · monsoon

The astringent neem tree has long been used in India for brushing teeth and the leaves have been used for saving books from insects, by placing dry neem leaves within a book's pages.

flowers · monsoon

Large, handsome and spreading, the Rain Tree is easily recognized by its umbrella-like canopy of evergreen, feathery foliage, and puffs of pink flowers.

monsoon

Palm trees grow in a planted row in New Delhi, near Jantar Mantar in central Delhi's Connaught Place area. Sirens of ambulances and car horns dominate the audio-scape.