The ceremony marks the end of the annual Republic Day festivities.
The national flag is unfurled as President Ram Nath Kovind and tri-services chiefs pay their salute during the Beating Retreat ceremony at Vijay Chowk in New Delhi.
Presidential bodyguards salute as the national anthem plays during the Beating Retreat ceremony at Raisina hills, the government seat of power, in New Delhi.
Military bands perform during the Beating Retreat ceremony at Raisina Hills, the government seat of power, in New Delhi.
A military band performs during the Beating Retreat ceremony at Raisina hills, the government seat of power, in New Delhi.
Military bands perform as the sun sets during the Beating Retreat ceremony at Raisina Hills, the government seat of power, in New Delhi.
Military bands perform during the Beating Retreat ceremony at Raisina Hills, the government seat of power, in New Delhi.
The car carrying the President, center escorted by horse-mounted presidential bodyguards, leave at the end of the Beating Retreat ceremony at Raisina Hills, in New Delhi.
The President's cavalcade leave escorted by horse-mounted presidential bodyguards, past the illuminated north and south blocks, the government seat of power, at the end of the Beating Retreat ceremony at Raisina Hills, in New Delhi.
The Presidential Palace stands illuminated, at the end of the Beating Retreat ceremony at Raisina Hills, in New Delhi.
People wave thier mobile phones as their lights add to the beauty of the illuminated Raisina Hills, after the Beating Retreat ceremony at Vijay Chowk in New Delhi.
Members of the crowd hold up their mobile phones to take pictures of the illuminated Indian Presidential Palace, center, and the north and south blocks, the government seat of power, at the end of the Beating Retreat ceremony at Raisina hills, in New Delhi. The ceremony marks the end of the annual Republic Day festivities.
horse-mounted presidential bodyguards, leave at the end of the Beating Retreat ceremony at Raisina Hills, in New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes President Ram Nath Kovind for the Beating Retreat ceremony at Vijay Chowk in New Delhi.
