Kite flying day!
A misty evening sky over Jaipur got beautifully decorated with kites on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a harvest festival popularly known as kite flying day and celebrated on January 14 every year. Thousands spent a busy day on roofs of their houses flying kites while the streets bore an almost deserted look! (Photo date: January 14, 2010)
A Sankranti impression
Kites stuck on overhead wires and many others in the sky beyond, create a characteristic impression of Makar Sankranti festivities in this photograph taken from the Jaipur walled city. (Photo date: January 14, 2010)
A peppered sky!
The evening sky above Lal Kothi area got generously peppered with kites on January 14, 2009, on occasion of Makar Sankranti, a harvest festival popularly and fondly regarded as kite flying day.
Ajmeri Gate, pigeons and a kite
Freshly painted Ajmeri Gate, Pigeons and a kite stuck on wires! (Photo date: November 28, 2007)
A dusk collage!
An electricity pole, wires, a leafless tree, a street lamp and a stuck kite merge in silhouette at dusk to create an interesting and artistic collage! Photograph taken near Chand Pol bazaar, Jaipur, on December 21, 2006.
Collecting kites!!!
Kids climb up a steep mountain slope (below Nahargarh fort) to collect kites stuck there. That’s how passionate kite flying can get in Jaipur! (Photo date: December 31, 2006)
Kites stuck on trees
A common and lovely sight in Jaipur, particularly from January to March every year, of kites flown on occasion of Makar Sankranti festival stuck on trees! (Photo date: December 21, 2006)
Young kite flyer
A young boy flies a kite from the old path that leads to Nahargarh Fort from Jaipur walled city. The kite season—that roughly falls between November and January—peaks on January 14 on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a harvest festival popularly regarded as kite flying day. For kids all over Rajasthan, the kite season is an exciting time when some even give up Cricket to fly kites! (Photo date: December 21, 2006)
Preparing to fly..
Children prepare to fly a kite from a roof off the old path leading to Nahargarh Fort, Jaipur. (Photo date: December 21, 2006)
Flying kites
Children flying kites at dusk, from a rooftop near Chandpole Bazaar. I loved the criss-cross pattern that overhead wires were creating at this place, together with the silhouettes. (December 21, 2006)
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