2013-12-24 Photo gallery

Different parts of Gujarat players participate in the Khel Mahakumbh closing ceremony 2013, in Ahmedabad on Monday. PTI Photo

People walk past decorations on a street ahead of Christmas day celebrations in Colombo December 23, 2013. REUTERS

Bollywood actress Kangna Ranaut at the launch of a book in Mumbai on Monday. PTI Photo

A bird lover with macaw during a bird show in Kolkata on Tuesday. PTI Photo

Students dressed up as Santa Claus enjoy a ride ahead of Christmas celebrations in New Delhi on Tuesday. PTI Photo

A family walks along the snow covered road at Anantnag District of South Kashmir on Tuesday. PTI Photo

Parrots and a squirrel eat food grains at a park in New Delhi on Tuesday.PTI Photo

Women take part in earthen pitcher race at an sports event organised for women in Faridabad on Tuesday. PTI Photo

A snow cutter clears the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway after heavy snowfall at Anantnag District of South Kashmir on Tuesday. PTI Photo

Trucks move towards from Srinagar to Jammu afte traffic reopened one-way after a three-day long closure due to heavy snowfall on Tuesday. Plains in Kashmir Valley received season’s heavy snowfall on Sunday. PTI Photo

Bollywood actors Neha Dhupia and Sonu Sood participate in an event at Kingdom of Dreams in Gurgaon on Monday. PTI Photo

Photo of a lonley tree in Nandi Hills

Water droplets on a leaf

Picture of a flower

A boy wearing an illuminated devil horns waits for customers as he sells Christmas merchandise, outside the Sacred Heart’s Cathedral in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013. Though Hindus and Muslims comprise the majority of the population i...

Street children sell balloons outside a church on Christmas eve in Bangalore, India, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013. Though Hindus and Muslims comprise the majority of the population in India, Christmas is celebrated with much fanfare. AP Photo

A worker installs decorative lights on the gate of the Sacred Heart’s Cathedral on the eve of Christmas in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013. Though Hindus and Muslims comprise the majority of the population in India, Christmas is celebra...

People watch a daredevil perform in a “Wall of Death” at the Mahim fair in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013. Devotees throng the ten day-long fair that is held in the honor of the 13th century Sufi saint Makhdoom Ali Mahimi. AP Photo

A vendor sells cotton candy ahead of Christmas at a beach in Puri, in the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, India, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013. Though Hindus and Muslims comprise the majority of the population in India, Christmas is celebrated with m...

A Kashmiri man hold his baby as he smokes a hookah, or a hubble bubble, at a local market in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013. The Kashmir valley continues to reel under intense cold wave for the past few days with widespread snowfall in th...

A snow cutter clears the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway after heavy snowfall at Anantnag District of South Kashmir on Tuesday. PTI Photo