A Truly Indian Cultural


A Hindu priest is in a pot of water and make offerings to the fire while performing "Parjanya Varun Yagam", a special prayer for rain in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Hindus believe that prayer soothes the god Varuna, who favors the rain, if you perform the ritual.


A mahout is between elephants participating in the festivities on the occasion of the annual harvest festival of Onam in a temple on the outskirts of the southern city of Kochi.


A man takes a nap on a bed being carried by the cycle rickshaw in Amritsar.


An Indian participant to a balancing bike competition during 71st Rural Olympics in 2006 in the village of Kila Raipur, in the northern Indian state of Punjab. The games are a mix of cultural events, including horse racing, Kabaddi, loading and unloading the truck and trailer and control as well as musical and theatrical presentations and sports.



Indians try to repair a taxi in a submerged in water to Mumbai street. Financial and entertainment capital of India has received a deluge overnight monsoon rains that left streets and homes flooded.


An Indian boy carries Mahisasura leader, who was killed by the goddess Durga in Hindu mythology, after the immersion of idols in the river Mahananda during the Dusshera or Vijaya Dashami Festival, the final day of the festival of Durga Puja, Siliguri.



Indian travelers through a rain shower in Hyderabad. Monsoon rains are a key factor for global commodities markets, strengthening the production of various crops in India, which could help alleviate the third largest Asian economy in its battle with high food prices .


Indians sitting near the promenade as dark clouds gather on the horizon of the city of Mumbai. Agriculture in India gets 60 percent of its rain and a bad monsoon can spell financial disaster 235 million farmers in the country.


Indian Hindu faithful form a human pyramid to break the Dahi Handi, the curd-pot, suspended in the air during celebrations of Janmashtami, marking the birth of the Hindu god Krishna. Hindu men and children are rewarded for building a human pyramid until it is high enough for the tallest man to reach the pot and claim the contents after breaking it.


An India against Corruption (IAC) activist takes portraits of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (in blue turban) and the Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari on his buttocks and feet during a protest in New Delhi.


A riot policeman with a fellow climbing a wall decorated with movie posters, while taking positions during a violent protest in Gurgaon, a suburb of New Delhi Indian police.


A man works on a sculpture called "Mountain of India" because of oranges and lemons, February 15, 2013 in Menton, on the French Riviera, before the start of the "Lemon Festival" (lemon carnival) . The theme of this 80th edition, February 16 to March 6, 2013, is "The World Tour is 80 days" (80 days around the world).


Workers remove kites tangled in power lines after the end of the season kite in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.


A villager balance your bike on a boat crossing the river in the village gupti Bhitarkanika in the Indian state of Orissa. A plan to form a joint development bank BRICS emerging world's most powerful struggle to take off and fight to match the experience of the World Bank, said the president of the World Bank Robert Zoellick.


Children are immersed in the sea in a fishing port to cool on a hot day in the south Indian city of Chennai. Temperatures in Chennai on Friday reached 38 degrees Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit), according to information published on the website of the Department of Metrology India.

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