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

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

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Cows - ...very often causing mayhem on the roads!

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Cows - They appear to be exempt from the local traffic rules.

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

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

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

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

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

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Elephants - 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.

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Elephants - Though you may occasionally spot one still.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Cows - 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.

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Cows - 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.

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

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Cows - 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Dogs - 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Monkeys - They are adept at getting food when they need it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Monkeys - A female monkey gorges on some stolen cookies in Pushkar.

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

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Goats - 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.

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Cows and goats - Animals scavenge for scraps of food behind stall sellers at a market in Jaipur.

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

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

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

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

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Pigeons swarm past Delhi's Jama Masjid at sunrise.

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