SWEET CHOICE: People buy sugarcane for Pongal celebrations in Ramanathpuram. Photo: L Balachandar
FLYING SPIRIT: Guests of the hotel Courtyard engrossed about to fly a kite at Sankaranti festival in Hyderabad. Photo: G Krishnaswamy
PONGAL PREPARATIONS: Vegetabels arrive at the Koyembedu Market for the festival in Chennai. Photo: K Pichumani
TAKING STOCK: Chief Minister Ashok Chavan takes a look at the traffic at Mahim Haji Ali area in Mumbai. Photo: PTI
HARSH EXISTENCE: A rickshaw-puller wraps blanket around himself to get a protection from the shivering cold in New Delhi . Photo: PTI
LONDON TIMES: Commuters walk through Walpole Park in Ealing, London. Further snow fall overnight greeted commuters in the morning as an unusual long spell of wintry weather continued on the British Isles. Photo: AP
WORLD WITHIN WORLD: Tourists play with snow after season's first snowfall in Shimla. Photo: PTI
EVOKING COMPASSION : Buddhist nuns feed pigeons at the Boddhanath Stupa, one of the largest Buddhist shrine, on the outskirts of Katmandu, Nepal. Photo: AP
STOOPING AFTER CONQUERING: Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus kisses the court after winning the match against Viktor Troicki of Serbia at the Sydney International Tennis Tournament in Sydney. Baghdatis won the match 7-5, 6-3. Photo: AP
POSING DANGER: Sewage water gushing out near a Medical College road in Thanjavur. Photo: M_Srinath
TOWARD BEAUTIFICATION: A worker scatters urea on the Big Temple lawn in Thanjavur. Photo: M Srinath
ON A HIGH: India's Suresh Raina jumps in the air to celebrate scoring a century against Sri Lanka during the final one-day international cricket match of the tri-series in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo: AP
FISHING TOGETHER: Villagers participate in community fishing at Bamuni Lake, at Sonapur, some 55 Km away from Guwahati . As per the tradition, people participate in community fishing to mark the winter harvest festival. Photo: PTI
ECLIPSING THE SUN: Students from 15 different schools all over Andhra Pradesh create simulated animations of annular solar eclipse as part of Student Space Simulators' Project at Kennedy High School in Hyderabad. The eclipse will take place on January 15. Photo: Mohammed Yousuf
EECO UNVEILED: Maruti Suzuki India Limited officials pose with “EECO” a 1200 cc car in Hyderabad. A new ‘C’ segment car which comes with a flexi design at Rs. 2.83 and Rs. 2, 97 lakh. They have 7 and 5 seater options. Photo: Mohammed Yousuf