Our weekly view of news and daily life on the Indian subcontinent.
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Bystanders watch as Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) satellite CARTOSAT-2, along with 20 other satellites from the US, Canada, Germany and Indonesia on board the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C34), is launched from Sriharikota in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. Arun Sankar / AFP -
Hindu married women tie cotton threads around a Banyan tree as they perform rituals on the occasion of Vat Savitri festival in Mumbai. Rafiq Maqbool / AP Photo -
A Muslim man reads the Koran inside a mosque during the fasting month of Ramadan in Srinagar. Danish Ismail / Reuters -
People holds hands as they attempt to create a record for the longest human yoga chain with more than 8000 participants at an event to celebrate International Yoga Day in Ahmadabad. Ajit Solanki / AP Photo -
A rickshaw puller sleeps by the roadside in Ajmer, the desert state of Rajasthan. Himanshu Sharma / Reuters -
Labourers work at a road construction site in Srinagar. Danish Ismail / Reuters -
Langur monkeys play next to the idols of Hindu deities at a lake in Pushkar, in the desert state of Rajasthan. Himanshu Sharma / Reuters -
A devotee helps a physically disabled man on a trolley, making his way through an ascending road towards the Kamakhya Hindu temple, on the eve of annual Ambubasi festival in Gauhat. Anupam Nath / AP Photo -
Hindu women paint religious symbols on a wall of a temple on the first day of Ambubachi festival in Agartala. Jayanta Dey / Reuters -
A man walks on a temporary bamboo bridge during heavy rains on the banks of river Ganga in Allahabad. Jitendra Prakash / Reuters -
Inside India: June 23, 2016
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