India is always known to the world for its Brilliant Colours...
Enjoy some of its colour...
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| To honor the dead, lanterns are hung from poles stuck into the banks of the Ganges during Akash Deep Puja, the sky lantern festival. |
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| Decorated elephants carry tourists past the Jaigarh and Amber Forts in Jaipur, Rajasthan, constructed beginning in the 15th century. |
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| The Baha’i House of Worship in New Delhi is better known as the Lotus Temple |
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| Women in bright saris crowd together as they walk in a bridal procession in Mandawa, Rajasthan. Rajasthan is the largest state in India—a land of extremes—encompassing steamy forests, dry plains, and the snowy Himalaya. |
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| Bangalore’s Brigade Road hums, a reflection of how quickly India’s industries have grown in response to globalization |
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| Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji train station, formerly the Victoria Terminus, is notable for its mix of traditional Indian and Victorian Gothic Revival architecture |
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| Two women in Jaipur hold candles to celebrate Diwali, or the Festival of Lights. |
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| Fishing is an important source of income in Kerala |
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| During the ten-day Ganesh festival in Mumbai, devotees carry a statue of the elephant-headed Hindu god into the sea. |
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| A cow lies in the middle of the Golden Quadrilateral, a superhighway that opened in 1998 linking India's four main cities: Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata (Calcutta), and Delhi. |
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| The hands of a woman in Jaipur are covered with mehndi patterns painted with henna |
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| The rolling hills near Munnar, Kerala, are covered with tea plantations that were originally planted by a Scotsman in the late 19th century. |
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| In Mumbai, a bride feeds the groom at a Jain wedding, which requires a series of rituals thanking deities. |
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| A woman in Deshnoke, Rajasthan, stands outside the Karni Mata Temple, a monument to the rat goddess |
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| The Ladakh region, culturally Tibetan, is home to Buddhist temples and gompas, or monasteries, including Lamayuru. |
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| Kolkata’s omnipresent rickshaws are part of its image—something it would like to change. |
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| Cows, such as these two in Varanasi, are a common sight on India’s congested streets. |
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| Hindu pilgrims bathe in the Ganges hoping to wash away their sins. Every 12 years millions take part in the 45-day Kumbh Mela, or Grand Pitcher Festival, which includes ritual bathing in this and other rivers. |
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| Sikhs reach to touch a chest containing a copy of their holy book, the Guru Granth Sahib, as it’s carried into Sachkhand Sri Hazur Sahib, a temple in Nanded, during the 300th-anniversary celebration of the book’s consecration. |
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| A young girl walks through Mumbai's Dharavi slum, home to about a million people. |
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| The Taj Mahal, one of the most enduring symbols of India, is popular with tourists, drawing more than two million each year. |
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| The Mogul emperor Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in Agra as a tribute to his favorite wife, who died in childbirth in 1630. |
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| Tourists flock to Agra to see the world-famous Taj Mahal, only to realize that the area is home to many other astonishing buildings, among them the 16th-century Red Fort, which once surrounded a Mogul imperial city. |
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| A man steps through a doorway at the Varadarajaswamy Temple in Kanchipuram, “city of a thousand temples.” Kanchipuram is also known for silk saris—a thriving business here. |
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| Passengers peer out the windows of a train in a station in Varanasi, a 3,000-year-old holy city filled with religious statues and temples. |
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| An open market by the Chamundeshwari temple ... |
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| Indian Plate |
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| Indian flag at Olympics |
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| Indian elephant getting decorated for procession |
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| Carrying water in pots to their place |
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| Beautiful Agra Fort |
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| Holi Celebrations in Rajasthan |
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| Train near Taj mahal |
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| Girl in flower market |
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| Market |
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| Puppet show ,which is famous in India |
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| Kid Purchasing things at market |
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| Holi |
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| Charminar,Hyderabad,India |
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| At Delhi on Republic day. |
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| Famous kerala dance,Kathakali |
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| Devotees in temple for the blessings of God |
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| Indian Dance |
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| Dancing as tigers during processions in some villages |
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| Green fields |
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| Christians in church |
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| Ganesh nimarjan |
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Two men wrestle during a festival in Himachal Pradesh, which means “region of snowy mountains.”  Colourful Indians   Colourful "Holi"   |
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