2014-08-18 Photo gallery

Mathura : Bollywood actress and BJP MP Hemamalini during Janmashtami celebrations at Sri Krishna Janamsthan temple in Mathura on Monday. PTI Photo

New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a meeting with Founder of Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Swami Dayananda Saraswati and Swami Paramatmanandaj in New Delhi on Monday. PTI Photo

Children dressed up as Lord Krishna on the event of Sri Krishna Janmashtami celebration at Kadri Temple in Mangalore on Sunday. Photo/ Govindraj Javali

Mumbai: Parsi community members celebrate their new year outside the fire temple in Mumbai on Monday. PTI Photo

Indian youth form a human pyramid to break the 'Dahi handi,' an earthen pot filled with curd, an integral part of celebrations to mark Janmashtami in Mumbai, India, Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. Janmashtami is the festival that marks the birth of Hindu g...

Devotees try to form a human pyramid to break a clay pot containing curd during the celebrations to mark the Hindu festival of Janmashtami in Mumbai August 18, 2014. Janmashtami, which marks the birthday of Hindu god Krishna, is being celebrated a...

Mumbai: A Parsi family prays outside a fire temple on the occasion of Parsi New Year in Mumbai on Monday. PTI Photo

An Indian artisan adds finishing touches to an idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha at his workshop in Allahabad, India, Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. The idols are being prepared ahead of the Ganesh Chaturti Festival that is celebrated as the birth...

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav offering flowers on statue of Lord Krishna on the occassion of Janamastami festival at Police Line in Lucknow on Sunday. PTI photo

Artist showers flower petals on another artist dressed as Lord Krishna (C), as they take part in a play during celebrations to mark Janmashtami festival in New Delhi August 18, 2014. Reuters photo

Artist dressed as Lord Vishnu, whose incarnation is Lord Krishna, takes part in a play during celebrations to mark Janmashtami festival in New Delhi August 18, 2014. Reuters photo

Devotees try to form a human pyramid to break a clay pot containing curd during the celebrations to mark the Hindu festival of Janmashtami in Mumbai August 18, 2014. Reuters photo

Amba Vilas Palace Mysore reflects in rain, on the eve of World Photography Day in Mysore on Monday. - DH Photo

President Pranab Mukherjee shows her affection towards a kid dressed up as Krishna while visiting Shiv Mandir on the occasion of Janamashtami at President's Estate in New Delhi on Monday. PTI Photo

God gives every bird his worm, but He does not throw it into the nest. DH photo

Deer and a peacock together at Bandipur tiger reserve forest in Chamaraja Nagar district . DH photo

A child receives polio vaccination during an anti-polio campaign on the outskirts of Jalalabad August 18, 2014.  Reuters photo

Sharada Vidyalaya students hold umbrella perform huge replica of camera design by Punik’s Digital at a ‘Chayacharana,’ celebration of World Photography Day at School Ground in Mangalore on Monday. –DH photo

Children decorated their faces with colours during the Janmashtami festival in Nagpur on Monday. PTI Photo

'In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous'. Kashmir scenery

'In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous'. Kashmir scenery

'In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous'. Kashmir scenery