Excavation work underway in Sakaleshwar temple premises near Ambajogai, in Beed district, Maharashtra. Two temple bases were found by the Archaeology department of the Maharashtra government during the excavation, according to officials.
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People play with colours during Holi festival celebrations, in Hyderabad.
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People play with colours during Holi festival celebrations, in Thane.
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Relatives and family members outside the burn ward of a hospital where the people who were injured in a fire that broke out during 'bhasma aarti' in the Mahakal Temple are being treated, in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.
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Young women apply colour on each other during 'Basant Utsav' celebrations, in Kolkata.
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde with police personnel during Holi celebrations at his residence, in Thane.
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People play with colours on the occasion of Holi festival, in Varanasi.
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Foreign nationals during Holi celebrations, in Bikaner.
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People play with colours during Holi celebrations, in Guwahati.
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People play with colours during Holi festival celebrations, at Khatu Shyam temple in Lucknow.
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People play with colours during Holi celebrations, in Nagaon.
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Congress candidate for upcoming Lok Sabha elections Karti Chidambaram files nomination papers before District Returning Officer Asha Ajith, in Sivaganga.
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Karnataka MLA G. Janardhan Reddy joins BJP in the presence of senior party leader B. S. Yediyurappa, in Bengaluru.
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel during the 'Dhuleti Mahotsav' celebrations.
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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar with Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan during a meeting, in Singapore.
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Saints spray coloured water during Holi celebrations, in Surat.
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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav visits people injured in a fire that broke out during 'bhasma aarti' in the Mahakal Temple, at Aurobindo Hospital in Indore.
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Couples from tribal communities during a mass marriage ceremony at the Pournamikavu Temple, in Thiruvananthapuram.
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Youngsters celebrate 'Holi' in Hyderabad.
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Cheistha Kochar (standing at left in back row), a former NITI Aayog employee pursuing her PhD at the prestigious London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), died in a tragic road accident as she was hit by a truck while cycling back home from the university, in London.
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A woman participates in Holi celebrations in Bikaner.
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BJP candidate for Krishnagiri Lok Sabha constituency Narasimhan files his nomination papers before District Electoral Officer KM Sarayu, in Krishnagiri.
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Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu during Holi celebrations at his residence, in Shimla.
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Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials display items which were used to conceal cocaine after they were seized from a woman at Mumbai airport.
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Youngsters play with colours during Holi festival celebrations, in Nagpur.
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People play with colour and spray water on each other during Holi festival celebrations, at Durgiana Temple in Amritsar.
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People play with colours during Holi festival celebrations, in New Delhi.
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Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel celebrate Holi festival in Srinagar.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends a private dinner hosted by King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (L) and his family at the Lingkana Palace, in Thimphu.