Pudhiyaramban theyyam

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Annual Competition Travel 2017

© Srivatsan Sankaran

Theyyam refers to “GOD” and it’s a kind of worship where man appears dons the guise of god and placates the god through possessed dancing. It’...

Darter Couple

1st Position

May - July'19 inPA Nature Contest

© SUNDEEP KANCHERLA

Shot this image at near by lake. With dried up trees and cloudy sky i felt perfect opportunity for silhouette.

The cat on a nap!

2nd Position

Sep'19 inPA Nature Contest

© Mahesh S

Id: leopardess Location: Kabini From the oldest tree of the woods, she found the luxury of wilderness, lying in a regular bedpose, with legs and tai...

A tale of a tail!

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Sep'19 inPA Nature Contest

© Mahesh S

Id: Tiger - male Location: Bandhavgarh It was a moody noon where even the alarm calls of the langurs were very relaxing for this cat. Bamera son, th...

War N love

2nd Position

Oct - Nov'19 inPA Nature Contest

© Praveen Pai

Tug off War & Love. Wild can get rough & tough over love at times. Wildlife as aways is absolutely unpredictable. Having your mind set and conveyed...

Behavioral shot of Endangered Asiatic Elephant

1st Position

Oct - Nov'19 inPA Nature Contest

© Trikansh sharma

The scenic beauty of these endangered ASIATIC ELEPHANTS & other biodiversity with scenic landscapes are all about Corbett NP.Before going to safari,i...

Immersion of Goddess Durga

2nd Position

Oct - Nov'19 inPA Travel Contest

© Sourav Das

Durga Puja is one of the most famous festivals celebrated in West Bengal and particularly in Kolkata, in honour of Goddess Durga during the period of...

Eyes of garden

3rd Position

Oct - Nov'19 inPA Nature Contest

© SUNDEEP KANCHERLA

This is a picture of ant mimic jumping spider on plant in our garden. Jumping spider are fascinating, they are cute, curious, intelligent and innocen...

Galaxy on earth

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Oct - Nov'19 inPA Nature Contest

© SUNDEEP KANCHERLA

Galaxy on earth made by Little grebe

Unity is Strength

1st Position

Oct - Nov'19 inPA Travel Contest

© Biman Dey Sarkar

Unity is strength. . . when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.

Fishing

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Dec'19 inPA Travel Contest

© Shibasish Saha

A group of men were fishing near the bank of Shilaboti River in West Bengal.

Arrival of a new life - Giraffe birth

2nd Position

Annual Competition Nature 2019

© sharon james

2018 September Masai Mara , Kenya visit was an amazing experience . While travelling on safari vehicle ,we noticed one giraffe standing alone in...

Colorful Street

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Dec'19 inPA Travel Contest

© Saurabh Sirohiya

On the Jodhpur's old beautiful blue and narrow serpentine street an old woman looking for sarees while walking. The traditional shopkeepers display di...

A Strong Connection

1st Position

Dec'19 inPA Travel Contest

© Biman Dey Sarkar

Lane of Kolkata is full of stories.One need to see from all perspectives to feel them.To some people doing household chores is full of physical activi...

Waiting lynx

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Annual Competition Nature 2019

© RIPAN BISWAS

At the evening, lynx spiders wait on a grass tip. It is the resting time for tiny insects. Insects who chose this grass as a resting place would becom...

wasp

1st Position

Annual Competition Nature 2019

© RIPAN BISWAS

In high altitude, clouds are often descend down to the land. I took this picture in the hill town kalimpong, where a wasp is vibrating it's wing soake...

Grass blue

Position

Annual Competition Nature 2019

© SUNDEEP KANCHERLA

Multi-exposer image of grass blue butterfly and background made with motion blur of trees in the area.

Playtime

1st Position

Jan'21 inPA Travel Contest

© Shibasish Saha

Kids in rural areas playing sack race during the golden hour of the day was framed.

Waterlily harvesting

Position

Jan'21 inPA Travel Contest

© Shibasish Saha

This image was taken bu drone to show the working time of rural people during the monsoon season in the wetlands of West Bengal.

Entering in spot light...

Position

Jan'21 inPA Nature Contest

© Geeta Godbole

It was a usual evening in Mara with golden light all over, the appearance of this Mother - Cub in the spotlight made it very special...

King strolling around prey...

3rd Position

Jan'21 inPA Nature Contest

© Geeta Godbole

One of the marsh pride boys moving around at the early morning hour. Gazelles are alert as he passes by... The pic is composed to align the predato...

The Enchanted Woods

1st Position

Jan'21 inPA Nature Contest

© Mandar Ghumare

After unlock when travel started but still everyone was staying at home my passion towards photography was bigger thn this pandemic so I started visi...

Thirsty Warriors

Position

Jan'21 inPA Nature Contest

© Mandar Ghumare

As per recent research honeybees are important living being on this planet and they are known for their warrior or aggressive behaviour but everyone n...

Cinderella of the Ghats

2nd Position

Jan'21 inPA Nature Contest

© Mandar Ghumare

A terrestrial snail endemic to the western ghats, Indrella Ampulla is the only species in the monotypic genus, Indrella. The species is polymorphic th...

Jute cultivation.

Position

Jan'21 inPA Travel Contest

© avik saha

This photo was captured at "Bartir bill" in Beraberia, a small village in West Bengal. This is a photo of jute harvesting in the wetland named "Bartir...

Fishing.

3rd Position

Jan'21 inPA Travel Contest

© avik saha

Two fisherman try to catch fish with net at same pond.

Evening Fishing

2nd Position

Jan'21 inPA Travel Contest

© Soumya N Ghosh

Burmese fisherman during evening catch at isle lake

Turtle Timelapse

1st Position

Feb - March'21 inPA Nature Contest

© Arghya Adhikary

Nature had moved once again in a contradictory facet at Rushikulya in 2018. Mass nesting of the Olive Ridley sea turtles had happened for the second t...

Natures glow

2nd Position

Feb - March'21 inPA Nature Contest

© Pratik Chorge

A colony of the Zoanthids glows under the ultraviolet flashlight with the backdrop of the Mumbai's skyline near Priyadarshani Park in Mumbai, India. Z...

Coexistence

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Feb - March'21 inPA Nature Contest

© Sushil Kumar

Io moth caterpillar eating Taad (Hindi name) plant leaf and Mantis waiting for the prey. The thorns of the moth can be poisonous and defends it from p...

Vegetable Sellers in Dal Lake

Position

Feb - Mar'21 inPA Travel Contest

© Ravikanth Kurma

Vegetable Sellers in Dal Lake, Kashmir.

Floral Bath Tub

3rd Position

Feb - March'21 inPA Nature Contest

© Mousam Ray

In India, the Autumn days are hot and humid but the nights are pleasant. In the morning, dew drops are found on the edge of grass, flowers and sometim...

Blooming Together

2nd Position

Feb - Mar'21 inPA Travel Contest

© Saurabh Sirohiya

Local Bengali children are playing with the blooming yellow sunflowers. Their houses are around the farms at South 24 paragana, West Bengal.

Study Time

3rd Position

Sep'-Oct'21 inPA Travel Contest

© Soumya N Ghosh

Local young monks on their traditional way of study thru sharing in early morning in their natural habitat.

Devotees At Gajan Festival

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Dec'21 inPA Travel Contest

© Saurabh Sirohiya

More than 500 years old and a week-long festival continues till the end of Bengali New Year. The devotees assemble near the temple to perform some rit...

Kulasekarapattinam Dasara

Position

Annual Contest Travel 2021

© Ravikanth Kurma

A devotee dressed as goddess during kulasekarapattinam Dasara in Tamilnadu

In Dreams

2nd Position

Annual Contest Nature 2021

© Kallol Mukherjee

Gathering of high altitude elusive Grandalas in the middle of murmuration. The stage was set under azure sky amidst snow powdered peaks of upper Lache...

Monsoon - The harbinger of Life : Bush frog egg

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Annual Competition Nature 2016

© Vipin Baliga

A tiny life form developing inside a tiny egg. Such a beautiful thing isn't it? The random wriggling and tail flicking induces a sense of awe!

Blue city all day.

Position

Annual Competition Travel 2016

© Joshua Karthik Rallapati

The thing about Jodhpur is that it's blue city by day, and blue city by night. Here, ambient light bounces off the indigo walls of Jodhpur city in Ind...

Father Calling

1st Position

Annual Competition Nature 2016

©

A male humayun's night frog with his eggs, an endemic and endangered frog from western ghats.It was very risky to make this image. It was very misty a...

Fight for Food

3rd Position

Annual Competition Nature 2016

©

These two Common Kingfishers perched close two each other for days and would often get into scuffle with each other to show their might over this part...

The waterfall of gods

Position

Annual Competition Travel 2018

© Rajiv Sinha

Godafoss, the waterfall of gods is very famous in Iceland. The morning rays were hitting the snow capped mountain in background.

The little Goddess

2nd Position

Annual Competition Travel 2018

© Shibasish Saha

This shot taken in Kulasai, Tamil Nadu during the famous Dussehara Festival.

Night Moves

1st Position

Annual Competition Nature 2017

© Pratik Pradhan

It is a Phantom crane fly hanging to stem and continuously making repeated movements in air.Why they are called “phantom” crane flies: Their legs...

Morning Light

1st Position

Annual Competition Travel 2018

© Sourav Das

A Cycle Racer in A Sea Beach

Colors of Chennai!

Position

Annual Competition Travel 2018

© rakesh baro

Besant Nagar beach is one of my favorite beaches in Chennai. The beaches lined up with colorful boats and the blue waves looked beautiful when I comps...

Traveling to heaven

Position

Annual Competition Travel 2018

© Trikansh Sharma

A traveler is seen riding across Ram Jhula bridge in India. When I was at this location, I suddenly noticed a man on a bicycle coming towards the brid...

A single tree can create a landscape... A single idea can start a trend.

3rd Position

Annual Competition Travel 2018

© Harsha Vardhana

From many days I was waiting to get awesome click. Finally on one winter morning clicked this beauty of nature long with beautiful icon of our nation...

"The Beginning"

Position

Annual Competition Nature 2016

© Pradyuman Samant

I capture this tiny bush frog inside the egg during my tour to Amboli this year. It was really amazing to see these tiny lives growing inside the egg...

Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon

Position

Nov'18 inPA Travel Contest

© CHIRAG KHATRI

<p style="text-align: justify;"> J&ouml;kuls&aacute;rl&oacute;n is a large glacial lake in southeast Iceland, on the edge of Vatnaj&ouml;kull Nation...

JOURNEY TO THE EAST

2nd Position

Annual Competition Travel 2016

© RETAM SHAW

Malabar Gliding Froglet

Position

Annual Competition Nature 2016

© Aboli Thosar

Wanted to photograph some interesting shot apart from using just camera flash while capturing amphibians in night. So arranged the lights (torch and m...

MOICHARA

1st Position

Annual Competition Travel 2016

© Somraj Sahu

A TYPICAL COW RACING GAME NAMED "MOICHARA" IS CELEBRATED IN INDIAN VILLAGE BY THE FARMERS. THEY WELCOMES THE MONSOON BY DOING THIS. MONSOON BRINGS THE...

The moment

Position

Annual Competition Travel 2016

© Shibasish Saha

This is moment from Moichara , which is a bull race organised in West Bengal . Here the man is biting the cow's tail to make it more aggressive so the...

Colors of Daily Life

3rd Position

Annual Competition Travel 2016

© Somenath Mukhopadhyay

A washerman is spreading sarees on the river ghats in West Bengal.

Stripped Symmetry

Position

Annual Competition Nature 2016

© Souvik Kundu

Play fighting among siblings is an important part of growing up of a tiger, as it establishes hierarchy among the litter and prepares them for future...

Underwater Heaven

Position

Annual Competition Nature 2016

© vinod patil [ baiju ]

This picture was taken at Andaman Islands. Underwater photography is the most difficult photography. It requires physical as well as mental stability...

THREAD OF LIFE

Position

Annual Competition Nature 2016

© Bhanu Singh

A life-time natural history moment for me occurred in Manas National Park of East India. The stand-still life (lizard) was hanging from the mouth of d...

Sunset kiss

Position

Annual Competition Travel 2016

© Nakul sharma

jaislamer sunset,