In pictures: Kites colour up Indian skies
People watch kites fly at the International Kite Festival at white sand in the Rann of Kutch, a seasonal salt marsh located in the Thar Desert, in Dhordo, about 500 kilometers (311 miles) from Ahmadabad, Gujarat. - French nationals fly a huge kite during the Kite Festival at a beach in Kozhikode.
- People purchasing kites on the eve of 'Lohri festival' in Amritsar.
- A vendor selling kites featuring BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan in Navi Mumbai.
- People enjoying the International Kite festival in Mumbai.
- People enjoying the Kite festival in Mumbai.
- A scene from the International kite festival in Mumbai.
- People enjoying the International Kite festival in Mumbai.
- Participants flying kite during the Kite Festival 2014 at Central Park, Connaught Place in New Delhi.
- Participants flying a kite during the Kite Festival at Central Park, Connaught Place in New Delhi.
- A participant flies a kite during the Kite Festival at Central Park, Connaught Place in New Delhi.
- Participants flies a kite during the Kite Festival at Central Park, Connaught Place in New Delhi.
- A boy flying a kite during the Kite festival in North 24 Pargana.
- People flying kites during the International Kite festival in North 24 Pargana.
- A kite flying in the sky during the Kite festival in North 24 Pargana, in southern West Bengal.
- Princess MLA Diya Kumari (R) enjoying flying kites on the eve of International Kite Festival at City Palace, in Jaipur.
- People fly kites during the first day of Kite festival in Ahmedabad.
- A participant flies a large kite at the Kite Festival in Mumbai.
- A kite seller decorating his shop with Modi-kites before the upcoming festival of 'Sankranti' in Indore.
- A man selling kites and threads wait for customers on the opening day of the three-day Kite festival in Ahmadabad.
- A participant prepares to fly a large kite at the Kite Festival in Mumbai.
- People watch a huge kite during the Kite festival in Ahmadabad.
- A participant from Malaysia flies a kite during the Kite Festival in Mumbai.
- People stand near a car-shaped kite at the International Kite Festival at white sand in the Rann of Kutch.
- A man flies a kite during the Kite festival in Ahmadabad.
- A participant flies a train of kites at the Kite Festival at white sand in the Rann of Kutch.
- Participants flying kites during the Kite festival in Ahmedabad.
- A man from Malaysia prepares to fly a kite during the Kite Festival at white sand in the Rann of Kutch.
- A policeman stands in front of huge kites with portraits of scholar and Hindu spiritual leader Swami Vivekananda, left, and freedom fighter Bhagat Singh during the International Kite Festival at white sand in the Rann of Kutch, in Dhordo, Ahmadabad.
- A participant runs with a large tiger-shaped kite as he prepares to fly it at the International Kite Festival in Mumbai.
- A kite flyer from Belgium flies his giant kite during the press preview of 'International Kite Festival 2014', at Rajarhat on the outskirts of Kolkata.
- People watch a huge kite fly on the opening day of the first day of the Kite festival in Ahmadabad.
- School children perform yoga during the inauguration of the kite festival in Ahmadabad.
- People stand under a huge kite on the opening day of the three-day kite festival in Ahmadabad.
- BJP's PM candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi flies a kite during the 26th International kite festival in Ahmedabad. Modi inaugurated the famous event. Highlighting that the kite market in 2001-02 was Rs 30-35 crore, Modi said it has
People watch kites fly at the International Kite Festival at white sand in the Rann of Kutch, a seasonal salt marsh located in the Thar Desert, in Dhordo, about 500 kilometers (311 miles) from Ahmadabad, Gujarat.
In pictures: Kites colour up Indian skies
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