Beating the Retreat ends Republic Day celebrations
The backdrop was magnificent, the music soul-stirring, the bandsmen impeccably turned out and the balmy weather just perfect after days of bone-chilling cold as the Beating Retreat ceremony Friday brought the curtain down on India's 61st Republic Day celebrations.
As ceremonies go, the Beating Retreat spectacle arguably has few parallels. This is largely due to the venue where it is staged - the imposing Vijay Chowk square at the foot of the Raisina Hill on which the British-built Rashtrapati Bhawan stands.
Text: IANS
Images: AP
Image: The Presidential Palace complex is lit at the end of the Beating the Retreat ceremony marking the end of Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi on January 29, 2010. The trail of lights, bottom left, is from a passing convoy.
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