village

politics · ceremony

Mass Child Marriage being performed in the town of Alwar of Rajasthan, India. Child marriages are illegal in India, but are still performed in some places, due to local religious and cultural beliefs which support and justify the cultural p…

Chhattisgarh·sport · festival

In 1933. Philanthropist Inder Singh Grewal visualised an annual recreational meet where farmers from areas surrounding Kila Raipur could get together and test their corporal endurance.

Chhattisgarh·sport · village

Kila Raipur Festival or Rural Olympics is a very popular annual sports meet. An interesting part of the event is that all participants are given enough time to show off their ability.

sport · village

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

Chhattisgarh·sport · village

Kila Raipur Festival or Rural Olympics is a very popular annual sports meet. An interesting part of the event is that all participants are given enough time to show off their ability.

Chhattisgarh·sport · village

Kila Raipur Festival or Rural Olympics is a very popular annual sports meet. An interesting part of the event is that all participants are given enough time to show off their ability.

Chhattisgarh·sport · village

A colourful horse dancing competition was held at Kila Raipur Sports Festival, Ludhiana Punjab. Kila Raipur Sports Festival, popularly known as the Rural Olympics, is held annually in Kila Raipur (near Ludhiana), in Punjab, India.

sport · village

Participants volunteer to have the large wheels of a laden Farmtrac tractor run over them! Only in India and Only in Punjab! Kila Raipur Festival or Rural Olympics is a very popular annual sports meet.

livestock · farmland

Flock of sheep grazing in a dry field in rural village of India. Sheep are domesticated for wool, meat and milk products.

village · school

An Uttarakhandi woman teaches Hindi poems to little kids at a rural village school in Garhwal, India.

wildlife · birds

Migratory Demoiselle Cranes flying over rural Khichan village in Rajasthan, India. The demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo) is a species of crane found in central Eurasia, ranging from the Black Sea to Mongolia and North Eastern China.

sport · village

Players in full action during a Kabaddi match at Kila Raipur Sports Festival, India. Kila Raipur Sports Festival, popularly known as the Rural Olympics, is held annually in Kila Raipur (near Ludhiana), in Punjab, India.

farmland · village

At the beginning of this clip, one sees maize / corn / bhutta being grown. Rural India and crop cultivation. According to Wikepedia: "Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) is the most widely grown type of millet.

Chhattisgarh·sport · village

Kila Raipur Festival or Rural Olympics is a very popular annual sports meet. An interesting part of the event is that all participants are given enough time to show off their ability.

Chhattisgarh·sport · village

Weight lifting, para-sailing, para gliding, powered hand gliding, bull race, bull show, bullock cart race and Gidda dance performance by Punjabi women, bhangra by Panjabi men, improvised polo, gatka martial arts and more...

school · village

Students queue up for morning assembly in the school of rural Rajasthan. Majority of India still lives in villages and so the topic of rural education in India is of utmost importance.

Chhattisgarh·sport · village

Bikers performing outstanding stunts during the Indian Rural Olympics Bike Stunt Competition, Ludhiana - Punjab.

village · farmland

Uttar Pradesh, abbreviated U.P., is a state located in northern India. It was created on 1 April 1937 as the United Provinces with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and renamed Uttar Pradesh in 1950.

sport · village

Punjabis and Indians perhaps need to consider the appropriate-ness of this practice. Animal cruelty should not be committed.

farmland · village

Along a busy and international style highway, with fast trucks plying on it, an old farmer ploughs his fields in the most traditional fashion possible. An Indian farmer ploughing field in a traditional Indian style using bulls.

sport · village

Horse riders in full action during the horse racing competition at the Rural Olympics, Kila Raipur - Ludhiana.

sport · village

The annual rural olympic games at Qila Raipur Village near Ludhiana is an event that captivates sports lovers from across the country and abroad.

sport · village

Kabaddi is a wrestling sport from India and is the state game of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh in India. It is the national game of Bangladesh.