Three generations of a family, including grooms and brides, people in bullock carts, and centenarians in wheelchairs, reached polling stations to vote in today's elections.
The second phase of the Lok Sabha polls in 88 constituencies in 13 states and Union Territories.
In Bengaluru, people were seen standing in long queues outside restaurants serving dosas, laddoos, coffee and other items free of cost after showing inked fingers.
A polling booth at Sivni village in Chhattisgarh's Kanker parliamentary constituency was decorated like a 'mandap' and displayed traditional marriage rituals. Decked out in traditional attires, many brides and grooms reached polling stations in Kanker, Rajnandgaon, and Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituencies to cast their votes.
In Uttar Pradesh, women voters reached a polling station in Bulandshahr on a bullock cart and played the 'dholak'.
In Rajasthan's Kota-Bundi parliamentary constituency, 108-year-old Bhuri Bai, who was brought to the Gunjara polling booth in a wheelchair by her family members, cast her vote, while 102-year-old Haji Karamdin voted in Reasi in Jammu and Kashmir.
A man, his son, and his granddaughters, representing three generations, reached a polling station in Sankand, Jalore, to cast votes. They also took pictures at the selfie point in the booth.
Eight women election officers wore specially designed sarees to polling stations to promote the traditional hand-woven silk clothing of Chamarajanagar district. The sarees also sported "Chunavana Parva-Deshada Garva" (the festival of election is the country's pride).
BJP candidate Navneet Rana and her MLA husband, Ravi Rana, arrived on a motorcycle to cast her vote in Amravati.
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