Yeh Hai India: It's Time For Lohri

IMAGE: A man carries a large kite on a bike on the eve of Lohri, the winter folk festival, in Amritsar, January 12, 2022.
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IMAGE: People buy kites and other decorative items on the eve of Makar Sankranti in Thane, January 12, 2022.
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IMAGE: A worker rolls the kite thread (dor) on a kite spool (charkhi), ahead of Lohri on the outskirts of Amritsar, January 11, 2022.
the kite flying season peaks in Amritsar on Lohri, which marks the culmination of winter and is celebrated in January every year.
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IMAGE: Workers process the dor (kite thread) with colours and other local ingredients, ahead Lohri on the outskirts of Amritsar, January 11, 2022.
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IMAGE: A Bhela Ghar (makeshift shelter) created around the theme of the fight against COVID-19 for the harvest festival Magh Bihu at Raha in Nagaon, Assam.
The festival is celebrated all over the state like Lohri in North India with the burning of Meji and Bhela Ghar.
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IMAGE: Lieutenant General D P Pandey, the Chinar Corps commander, with a child passenger on the train from Anantnag to Qazigund, January 12, 2022.
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IMAGE: Indian Army soldiers distribute essential items required for daily survival to the families of daily wage labourers after incessant snowfall resulted in the road from Shahpur village to Poonch being cut off, January 12, 2022.
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IMAGE: A monkey is undaunted by heavy snowfall in Shopian, Kashmir, January 11, 2022.
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