Songs being sung during 'Shivaratri' festival at the courtyard of the Pashupatinath Hindu temple in Katmandu, Nepal. Photo: AP
A devotee taking a holy dip at Durga ghat in River Krishna on the occasion of Maha Sivaratri in Vijayawada on Thursday. Photo. Ch. Vijaya Bhaskar.
A bird swooping in to catch a fish at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu on Thursday. Photo : N.Rajesh
Arrangements for a mammoth rally of the BJP for the Lok Sabha election are in full swing at Rama Bai Ambedkar Maidan in Lucknow. Narendra Modi, party's prime ministerial candidate will address the gathering on March 2, 2014. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury
Farmers storing harvested paddy at Upugundur in Prakasam district in Andhra Pradesh. Photo: Kommuri Srinivas
Students from Irukkam village in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh travel by boat to study in schools at Gummidipoondi taluk in Tiruvallur dustrict. Here, they wade through water to reach the boat near Sunnambukullam. Photo: B. Jothi Ramalingam
The panoramic banks of Dal Lake in Kashmir. Photo: K.K. Mustafah
A Magpie is scanning the surroundings while wandering for food at an East Midnapore village, West Bengal. Photo: Ashoke Chakrabarty