to taste Common, float Holidays with friends and in Lush green fieldsSummers in India are truly picture-perfect. See a picture story through the lens of photographers.

Take a dip: Boys swim to beat the summer heat at sunset on the banks of Krishna river in Bhavanipuram, Vijayawada.

Sunny Side UP: Cousins ​​become best friends over the school holidays. The kids have some innocent fun outside during the holidays in their hometown.

Green fodder: A farmer collects fresh green grass to feed cows from a field on the outskirts of Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.

Clay Cool: A potter in a village on the outskirts of Ahmedabad makes clay pots, which are used to store drinking water during the summer season.

Exam heat: Students wait and share dupattas at a bus station as day temperature rises in Hyderabad.

MANGO MANIA: Fruit lovers in Indore select mangoes with one hand. Mangoes from the south of India reach Indore during March-April and everyone relishes the king of iron-rich fruits.

Youth fun: Youth enjoy different ways to cool off from the heat at Dadar Chowpatty in Mumbai. A girl does a rath-chakra with great enthusiasm amidst the waves of the Arabian Sea.