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Your best pics: Celebrating the spirit of India
We invited you, dear readers, to share your BEST photograph of the year.
We have been flooded with e-mails. Thank you for your overwhelming response! We look forward to many more photographs.
This is Biswajit Mohapatra's best picture of 2013. "It was India's 67th Independence day. Almost everybody was celebrating the day.
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Share your UNIQUE, ORIGINAL, ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME photographs. They can be FUNNY, they can be TOUCHING or just PLAIN WEIRD -- your BEST SCENES that are captured on a lens for posterity.
Simply e-mail your photograph to getahead@rediff.co.in (Subject line: My best photograph of the year).
Please mail us ONLY ONE photograph that you think is your best.
Also make sure to include a brief write-up of where and when you clicked the photograph and what makes it your best/favourite photograph of the year.
We will publish the best entries right here on Rediff.com and India Abroad.
NOTE: Mails with multiple photographs will not be considered.
Disclaimer: The photographs featured in this series are, to the best of our knowledge, original entries submitted by readers. Rediff.com does not assume any responsibility for their originality
Lansdowne, Uttarakhand
Sumit Arora clicked this photograph at Lansdowne, Uttarakhand.
"A very misty morning made the shot difficult and I had to somehow turn it to my advantage. The result I feel does some justice to that beautiful morning and the views in the lower Himalayas. The mist, it seems, flows like a 100 rivers through the valleys below," writes Sumit.
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Waking upto the morning sun
Donarun Das captured this photograph he has captioned: Waking upto the morning sun.
Location: Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.
"I was lucky to find everything for that perfect birding sunrise picture," says Donarun.
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Talakad, Karnataka
Nagendra Murti captured this photograph of the Indian Roller, state bird of Karnataka, at Talakad.
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Cubbon Park, Bangalore
Vijaya Verma took this picture early morning at Cubbon Park, Bangalore -- a favourite place for many Bangaloreans for their morning walks.
"(I) Was just struck by the beauty of the rays bursting through the branches -- giving a soft glow to the landscape -- magical!" is how he describes the scene.
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Sheshnag mountain enroute Amarnath Shrine
This is Sheshnag mountain enroute Amarnath Shrine captured by Prateek Mudia. "Trust me it's a divine feeling seeing this! You just can't stop clicking pics at this place," says Prateek.
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Bruno's pose
This is Abhijeet Kumar's dog Bruno. "He loves to do this pose," says Abhijeet.
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Mudumalai Reserve Forest
Parthiban B captured this red whiskered bulbul in Mudumalai Reserve Forest. "It is chirping and inviting us to look at it. It gave good time for us to take this good shot," writes Parthiban.
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Trichy, Tamil Nadu
This was taken during a pilgrimage to Trichy, Tamil Nadu, last September by Arunkumar. "It was taken minutes before that joyous moment, when the divinity blessed us with blissful showers on a pleasant evening. Blessings, showers, evening, hot tea and happiness made to frame this pic!" writes Arunkumar.
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In search of destination
Ankit Joshi clicked this picture while going to Alibaug in a ferry. "All the birds were coming near the boat to enjoy the waves. I liked this picture as this bird seemed focused and determined to reach its destination," he writes.
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That cozy feeling
Two dogs coiled in square," writes R Santhosh about this photograph.
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Chhota Imambara, Lucknow
This is Chhota Imambara, Lucknow, clicked by Arun Khanna on a wintry night during Moharram.
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Bharatpur Bird National Park, Rajasthan
Jai Shiv Chawla captured this picture at Bharatpur Bird National Park, Rajasthan.
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Redij Beach, Maharashtra
Sanjay Dalvi shot this picture during a trip to coastal Maharastra. It shows the Redij Beach as seen from the walls of Redij Fort, one of the historical forts during the Maratha reign.
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Skyfall
I have titled the picture Skyfall, writes Shrikant Prabhu.
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