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Hindu pilgrims bathe in the Ganges hoping to wash away their sins.
Buddha from bodhgaya- Bodh Gaya or Bodhgaya is a religious site and place of pilgrimage …
During the ten-day Ganesh festival in Mumbai,..
Photograph of the Buddhist monastery of Ki. …
Two men wrestle during a festival in Himachal Pradesh, which means “region of snowy mountains.” This resort area in the foothills of the Himalaya is an Indian favorite.
Two women in Jaipur hold candles to celebrate Diwali, or the Festival of Lights.
A cow lies in the middle of the Golden Quadrilateral,
Sikh devotees perform Gatka, an ancient form of Sikh martial art during a religious procession
Sarnath-The Dharmarajika Stupa is one of the few pre-Ashokan stupas remaining,…
A young girl walks through Mumbai’s Dharavi slum, home to about a million people.
The hands of a woman in Jaipur are covered with mehndi patterns painted with henna.
Cows, such as these two in Varanasi, are a common sight on India’s congested streets. Hindus revere cows, believing that they offer sustenance and ask nothing in return.
Women tear off the clothes of men as they play huranga in Dauji temple near the northern Indian town of Mathura March 12, 2009.
Sikhs reach to touch a chest containing a copy of their holy book,
colourful mask-Masked characters, usually divinities, are a central feature of Indian dramatic forms,
Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji train station,
Women in colourful Saris walk in a bridal procession, in Mandawa Rajasthan.
Bangalore’s Brigade Road hums, a reflection of how quickly India’s industries have grown in response to globalization.
Bananiers en paix- These are plants Monocotyledon perennial of the family Musaceae whose fruits in general are the bananas .
To honor the dead, lanterns are hung from poles stuck into the banks of the Ganges during Akash Deep Puja, the sky lantern festival.
Passengers peer out the windows of a train in a station in Varanasi, a 3,000-year-old holy city
Varanasiaranasi People often refer to Varanasi as “the city of temples”,
Kolkata’s omnipresent rickshaws are part of its image—something it would like to change.
Republic day is celebrated in India with great enthusiasm on the 26th of January every year.
Decorated elephants carry tourists past the Jaigarh and Amber Forts in Jaipur,
Tourists flock to Agra to see the world-famous Taj Mahal, ..
The customs and etiquette when visiting Hindu temples have a long history and are filled with symbolism,
Portuguese house-Goa A former Portuguese colony, is India’s smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population.
The rolling hills near Munnar, Kerala, are covered with tea plantations that were originally planted by a Scotsman in the late 19th century.
The lotus is sacred to both Hindus and Buddhists…
On the Eastern side of India, famous sun temple is situated at Konark in Orissa; Konark sun temple
Fishing is an important source of income in Kerala. People in the southwestern state also have the highest literacy rate in India and enjoy the best health.
A woman in Deshnoke, Rajasthan, stands outside the Karni Mata Temple,
In Mumbai, a bride feeds the groom at a Jain wedding, Jainism is another largely practiced religion in India and was introduced by the Parsvanathas
India a table- Thali, meaning “plate” is a Western, Central, and North-Western Indian meal …
Mulagandha Kuti Vihar is a welcome break from architectural monotony in Sarnath.
A man steps through a doorway at the Varadarajaswamy Temple in Kanchipuram, “city of a thousand temples.
Bara Imambara is an imambara complex in Lucknow, India, built by Asaf-ud-daulah,
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these are such beautiful images from India, you took me back there…I lived in Mumbai for almost a year and a half and miss the colour, chaos and beauty so much!