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festival · village

Villagers ready with their fishing net marching forward to take part in Maund Mela. Maund Mela is a yearly fishing festival of Garhwal and its origin can be dated back to the pre-independence feudal era, initiated by the then Maharajah of T…

Uttarakhand·festival · river

Maund Mela is a yearly fishing festival of Gharwal and its origin can be dated back to the pre-independence feudal era, initiated by the then Maharajah of Tehri. 'Maund' is a local term meaning the state of drunkenness or addiction.

Mizoram·village

Village women in Baktwang returning after their work. Baktwang is about 70 km southeast of state capital Aizawl. It is a village where the worlds largest family lives.

Uttarakhand·festival · village

Villagers are gathering at Aglar valley for Maund fishing mela near Yamuna bridge. Maund Mela is a yearly fishing festival of Garhwal and its origin can be dated back to the pre-independence feudal era, initiated by the then Maharajah of Te…

village · ceremony

Villagers gather for the traditional stone pulling ceremony at Kigwema village. The stone pulling added flavour to the Hornbill Festival.

Uttarakhand·festival · village

A pair of young girls dance to welcome villagers for Nanda Devi Festival at Sutol Village in Chamoli District, Uttarakhand. The three-week-long Nanda Devi Raj Jat is a pilgrimage and festival of Uttarakhand in India.

festival · village

Participants which include both young and old enthusiastically participate in Maund mela. Everyone try to catch fish with their fishing nets. The villagers wait for fish to fall in the respective nets of the individuals.

festival · village

Men and women dress up and ready for the Lathmaar Holi festival celebration in Barsana, Uttar Pradesh. Barsana celebrates Holi in most traditional way.

Guwahati, Assam·village · river

Assamese villagers participate in community fishing during the Bhogali Bihu celebration at Goroimari Lake in Panbari village, some 50 kilometers (31 miles) in Guwahati,Assam, India.

village · river

Banana plantations, coconut groves and local retailers in Kerala, India. See plantains on a tree. A local villager packs wares onto his bicycle to retail at a neighbouring village.

sport · village

Kila Raipur Sports Festival, popularly known as the Rural Olympics, is held annually in Kila Raipur (near Ludhiana), in Punjab, India.

Madhya Pradesh·forest · wildlife

Local village neighbours sitting outside their mud-fabricated house at Panna in Madhya Pradesh. Panna is a city and a municipality in Panna district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is famous for its diamond mines.

village

Men of this village in South India can be seen excavating the land manually and removing rocks. They do this to clear the land so that farming is possible. In this small village, one can see the cleanliness maintained by the villagers.

village · livestock

On a misty morning, a man is seen riding on a bullock cart as he prepares to go to his fields. How often does one see a bullock cart in India these days? The baels or bulls are carrying a plough with them as well.

sport · village

Amateur weight lifters give the clean and jerk a shot! Also, para sailing, para gliding and motorized solo flight.

livestock · village

Along with agriculture, cattle farming in Madhya Pradesh has unique and critical role to boost up its overall economic scenario. Madhya Pradesh has a primitive economy.

livestock · village

Along with agriculture, cattle farming in Madhya Pradesh has unique and critical role to boost up its overall economic scenario. Madhya Pradesh has a primitive economy.

sport · village

Rural Olympics in Punjab - Kila Raipur - they embody the best of the Punjabi spirit which seems to have got lost in our bigger cities! In what seems to be a loud and colourful crowd of people to the untrained eye, is a well thought out even…

village

Views from rural life in Tamil Nadu - we see a man collecting raw rubber and a man selling coconut water.

village · river

Driving on the roads of rural Karnataka. Karnataka is a state in south western region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act.

Chhattisgarh·sport · village

Man bends an iron rod with neck at annual sports event called Rural olympics or Kila Raipur Sports Festival in Ludhiana, Punjab, India.

sport · festival

Punjabis and Indians perhaps need to consider the appropriate-ness of this practice. Animal cruelty should not be committed. Kila Raipur Festival or Rural Olympics is a very popular annual sports meet.

Chhattisgarh·sport · village

A camel dressed in colorful attire dancing to the tune of dhol at Kila Raipur Sports Festival, Ludhiana - Punjab.