2017-01-25 Photo gallery

Ravi Nath poses for a photograph with a cobra snake in Jogi Dera (Snake charmers settlement), in the village of Baghpur, in the central state of Uttar Pradesh. Reuters Photo

Sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik makes a sand sclupture on the eve of Republic Day at Puri beach on Wednesday. PTI Photo

 President Pranab Mukherjee addressing the nation on the eve of 68th Republic Day at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Wednesday. PTI Photo

 People enjoying boat ride on the eve of Republic Day at Upper Lake in Bhopal on Wednesday. PTI Photo

 A view of Rajpath decked up for Republic Day Parade in New Delhi on Wednesday. PTI Photo

Three thousand five hundred school children make a huge Rangoli in an attempt to register it in the Guinness World Records, during an awareness program for voting on the National Voters Day in Mirzapur on Wednesday. PTI Photo

Security personnel with sniffer dogs at a security inspection ahead of Republic Day parade at Red Road in Kolkata on Wednesday. PTI Photo