▲...very often causing mayhem on the roads!

▲A lone individual keeps an eye out for scraps on the banks of the Ganges.

▲They're fed by anyone and everyone. Here a scattering of green cabbage leaves has a large brown cow and a goat vying for a mouthful in Jamnagar, Gujurat.

▲Monkeys have become very well-adapted to their urban environments.

▲Hoards of rhesus macaque monkeys inhabit the abandoned Galwar Bagh Palace, commonly known as the Monkey Temple, outside the city of Jaipur.

▲Monkeys are also rife throughout India's cities, causing mischief wherever they go.

▲Two monkeys play in a doorway at the Taragarh Fort in Bundi.

▲A stray dog sits patiently with a group of cows in the streets of Jaisalmer, a city located in the middle of the Thar desert.

▲Though the tradition of snake charming has dwindled significantly in the 21st century, you will still find the odd snake charmer on Indian streets.

▲An elderly cart driver spurs his horse on through the streets of Bangalore.

▲A man takes his herd of goats for an early morning walk through the streets of Kolkata.

▲One monkey picks fleas from another's coat at dawn in Jaipur.

▲A man sits on his bed next to a monkey eating a Popsicle on a street corner in the holy city of Varanasi.

▲A couple of scavenging monkeys caught eating stolen goods in Delhi.

▲A paint splattered cow saunters along a back street in Nimaj, Rajasthan.

▲A gray langur surveys a busy street from atop a motorbike in Varanasi, as people and cows pass by.

▲The sky fills with pigeons outside Delhi's Jama Masjid mosque.

▲A female gray langur leaps from one ledge to another, with her baby clinging on hard, in Pushkar.

▲A camel cart navigates its way carefully through heavy traffic on the outskirts of Delhi.

▲Tourists ride camels through Pushkar, a town that is famous for hosting the Pushkar Camel Fair each year.

▲Two young boys gather with goats outside the Jama Masjid mosque in Old Delhi. Thousands of the animals are sold there every year prior to the Muslim Sacrifice Feast Eid-al-Adha.

▲A cow pauses for thought in the middle of the busy street at night in Pushkar.

▲A group of gray langurs lounge on the walls of Ranthambore Fort, Ranthambore.

▲A couple of female gray langurs and their babies take over a rooftop in the city of lakes—Udaipur.

▲Though often they end up rifling through scraps on the street in search of a tasty morsel.

▲An Indian ox draws a wagon laden with sacks through the streets of Delhi.

▲They appear to be exempt from the local traffic rules.

▲A woman watches pigeons perched on electricity wires from her balcony in Jodhpur, India's famous "blue city."

▲Animals scavenge for scraps of food behind stall sellers at a market in Jaipur.

▲A man drives a camel cart along the road in the small town of Alsisar.

▲A jumble of carts, goats, and a gray horse line a relatively calm street in Bikaner.

▲They are adept at getting food when they need it.

▲A Hindu ascetic walks past monkeys in Galtaji, a pilgrimage site in Rajasthan where pilgrims come to bathe in sacred water tanks called Kunds.

▲An Indian tourist poses with her new monkey friend at the Taj Mahal in Agra.

▲A man reads the newspaper behind two white donkeys in the quiet town of Alsisar.

▲Though you may occasionally spot one still.

▲A lone cow wanders past the imposing Mysore Palace in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.

▲A woman and a small boy offer food to a group of hungry street dogs.

▲Goats wander freely on the steep hill leading up to the Amber Fort outside Jaipur.

▲As increasing amounts of plastic waste are now mixed in with rubbish scraps, cows often ingest it without realizing and suffer serious health issues as a result.

▲Goats covered with sacks to protect them from flies rest on a flight of steps in Varanasi.

▲An Indian sadhu (holy man) and a black cow look out over the Ganges from the ghats in the holy city of Varanasi.

▲Two women walk along an asphalted road past wandering cows on a misty morning in Bihar.

▲Cows are considered sacred animals in Hinduism, the dominant religion in India.

▲Pilgrims and pigeons gather on the banks of the holy lake at Pushkar.

▲A stoney-faced man feeds a goat outside his house in Jodhpur.

▲A young kitten balances on a row of plastic jars containing sweets in a shop front in Ooty.

▲It's now rare to see elephants in cities, as most of the companies who used them to give rides to tourists have been closed down.

▲Two men play music to demonstrate the cobra dance just outside the Amber Fort in Jaipur.

▲This means they are allowed to wander freely throughout towns and cities on the subcontinent...

▲A female monkey gorges on some stolen cookies in Pushkar.

▲As they are considered holy animals, practicing Hindus do not eat cows.

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Pigeons swarm past Delhi's Jama Masjid at sunrise.

▲The sacred animals are typically decorated with colored dye and other adornments during religious festivals such as Diwali.

▲A household tradition states that when a family makes a batch of Chapati flatbreads for a meal, an extra one must always be made to offer to the local street cows.

▲Cows rummage through rubbish on one of Varanasi's many narrow side streets.

▲Cows are treated with the utmost respect, but usually do not belong to any one owner in particular.

▲Pigeons scatter around crowds of pilgrims gathering at Pushkar's holy lake.

▲Men herd a group of water buffalo along a main road in Barhaman, West Bengal.

▲A woman gives her water buffalo a cooling bath out in the street during the summer season.

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It's out on the streets that you'll experience Indian culture at its most vivid. Towns and cities are a riot for the senses, overwhelming visitors to the beautiful continent with vibrant colors, smells, tastes, and sounds.

And throughout these extraordinary chaotic scenes is one constant feature: animals. In India, cows, monkeys, and camels weave through the streets as casually as humans, tuk-tuks, and cars do.

Discover fascinating images of India's city animals in the following gallery.

India's wonderful urban animal life

It's not just humans and vehicles that fill India's streets

30/05/23 por StarsInsider

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And throughout these extraordinary chaotic scenes is one constant feature: animals. In India, cows, monkeys, and camels weave through the streets as casually as humans, tuk-tuks, and cars do.

Discover fascinating images of India's city animals in the following gallery.