The five-day International Kite Festival kickstarted in Gujarat on Sunday with as many as 98 foreign kite flyers from 28 different nations participating in it. We bring to you some of the most colourful photographs of the event that begins on Uttarayana, the day when winter starts turning into summer, and will conclude on Makar Sankranti.
A kite master flies a huge kite during International Kite festival at Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad. The festival is simultaneously organised in other cities of the state including Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Porbandar, Mandvi, Botad, Surendranagar, and Modhera. All photographs: PTI
A shopkeeper selling kites printed with the pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ahead of Kite festival in Nagpur, Maharashtra.
Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel flies a kite during the festival at riverfront in Ahmedabad.
Kite masters flying heart-shaped kites in Ahmedabad. Apart from foreign kite masters, 55 participants from eight different states of the country and 28 kite masters from Gujarat will also showcase their talent during the festival.
International kite masters fly kite during the festival at riverfront in Ahmedabad. Participants from the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Russia, Netherlands, Singapore, Turkey, Vietnam, Poland, Argentina and Brazil are taking part in this event, according to the tourism ministry.
