India's moods and moments captured by TOI's lensmen Photogallery

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On the World Photography Day, we asked TOI photographers to share their most memorable pictures of the year. Here's a selection:

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India's moods and moments captured by TOI's lensmen

A pair of Giraffes gets green feeding from a keeper at its enclosure at Indira Gandhi Zoological Park in Visakhapatnam. (Photo: A Sarath Kumar) (BCCL)

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Muslim children participate in the Bakrid (Eid al-Adha) prayers at Railway institute last year in Visakhapatnam. (Photo: A Sarath Kumar) (BCCL)

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Children take a selfie before a performance at the All India Dance Festival competition organized by Natyaravali at Jathara of Shilparamam in Visakhapatnam. (Photo: A Sarath Kumar) (BCCL)

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A flamboyance of flamingos at Nalabana Bird Sanctuary in Odisha, a part of the Ramsar site and the magnificent Chilika lake. Flamingos migrate to Chilika from distant Iran and from the Rann of Kutch. Thousands of them have made Chilika their home for years now.

(BCCL)

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Young Buddhist monks light lamps at the premises of Maha Bodhi Society to celebrate Guru Poornima to pay obeisance to Lord Buddha in Bengaluru.
(BCCL/Chethan Shivakumar)

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Rescue teams shifted a body they recovered from the landslide site at Puthumala near Meppadi in Wayanad in Kerala, dated 9/8/2019. (Photo: E Gokul) (BCCL)

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The moment when luxury apartment block Jain Coral Cove at Maradu in Kochi was demolished using controlled implosion. The tower was the fourth to fall and the third apartment complex which was razed following a Supreme Court order against the Coastal Zone Regulations violations, dated 12/1/2020. (BCCL/RK Sreejith)

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In accordance with changing times, several Christian denominations have started cremating their dead instead of traditional burials. A scene from the cremation of a 91-year-old Covid victim that took place at the premises of a cemetery at St Michael's Church, Kakkanad, Kochi. After the cremation, the ashes were buried in the cemetery, following the rituals, dated 30/6/2020. (BCCL/Jipson Sikhera)

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A father taking his daughter back home through the waterlogged corridors of the Chakai government upper primary school in Thiruvananthapuram. The school saw a dip in enrollment because of its poor infrastructure. The water could not be completely drained out despite being pumped out, dated 26/9/2019. (BCCL/Rakesh Nair)

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K K Hebbar Road (12th main road) at Hanumanthanagar was sealed and declared a containment area after Covid positive cases were found in Bengaluru. (BCCL/Chethan Shivakumar)

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