indian culture and heritage
A Sufi Kalandar (wandering ascetic) performs an act of torture itself devotion to annual Urs (death anniversary) of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer. Also known as Gharib Nawaz or "benefactor of the poor," established the Chisti order in the Indian sub-continent and is the most famous Sufi saint of the Chishti order in the region.
A vendor poses with bunches of live frogs for sale at a market in Dimapur April 3, 2013. Frogs, which are a delicacy among the Nagas northern states of India tribes are found in abundance in Nagaland between April and October and part of the tribal population in the state to earn a living by catching frogs and sell market.
An Indian dancer performs during the press presentation of the exhibition "India" in Frankfurt. The program, produced at a cost of 7 million euros and 75 dancers, artists and musicians will travel to Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Vienna and Brussels.
Indigenous to the Arabian sea at high tide youth jumps, while the landmark India Gate monument is seen in the background, in Mumbai.
An Indian boy plays in a water street records after a monsoon season in Delhi. The monsoon rains, a key to the economy of India, covered the whole country, but was 23 percent below average, officials because of fears of its impact on the production of two states grain.
Indian Avathar costumed interpreters expected during the final procession of the eleven-day traditional festival of "Bonalu ', a ritual offering to the goddess Sri Mahakali Akkanna Madanna Mahankali Temple in Hyderabad. Goddess is honored mostly by women during Bonalu festival with offerings of food and dancing.
Children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi arrive on a bus to attend March 1 peace in Kolkata. Four one hundred eighty-five children of training resources and care for children, a charity for single mothers and children living without support in the stations participated in a peace March on Sunday in an attempt to create a Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people dressed as Mahatma Gandhi.
Children cycling on his return home after a dip in a canal in the Chachura village in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
A woman pumps mustard oil on the right ear of a child of two years, according to his mother who suffers from Mithua or protein-energy malnutrition (PEM), along a road in the city of Kaudihar Northern State of Uttar Pradesh in India
A member of the audience waves of Japanese American illusionist parasite "Cyril" as he toured in what seems to be suspended in the air from a lamppost in Mumbai. The waterfall is part of the promotional tour for a new TV show with Cyril.
A child with his body painted like a tiger waiting between racks before during the festivities on the occasion of the annual harvest festival of Onam in the south Indian city of Kochi. The 10-day festival held each year in the state length on the south coast of India, Kerala to commemorate the return of King Mahabali to meet his beloved subjects.
Ask visitors with an employee dressed as a dinosaur theme park Adlabs Imagica "in Khopoli, about 75 km (46 miles) from Mumbai April 20, 2013. Adlabs Imagica a theme park of 80 hectares built at a cost of about $ 294 million, was opened to the public April 18, 2013. The park has 21 attractions, including rides, movies and shows from the Bollywood and Indian mythology.
India Hindu gods Hanuman dress poses during a religious procession on the basis of Durgiana temple of Amritsar 24 October 2012 on the occasion of the Hindu festival of Dussehra. At the end of the Navratri (nine nights) Festival, Dussehra symbolizes the victory of good over evil in Hindu mythology. On the night of Dussehra, fire crackers and stuffed effigies of Ravana are burnt in an open field across the country.
Participants try to keep a bull during a traditional bull taming festival called "Jallikattu" in Palamedu near Madurai, around 500 km south of Chennai, January 15, 2013. Jallikattu is a bull taming sport played in Tamil Nadu as part of Pongal celebrations.
A worker carrying tomatoes walking along a road near a vegetable wholesale market in Old Delhi on May 14, 2013. Inflation in India slowed for the third consecutive month in April to 4.89 percent, a comfortable level seen for the central bank to persist with monetary easing to boost the ailing economy.
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