Woman driving a bullock cart. Mostly bullock carts are driven by men, but sometimes women do. She is on the way to a "tribal" (indigenous people) festival in Warangal District Andhra Pradesh in South India. This festival, the "Sammakka Saralamma Jatara" is a festival of the Koya. It commemorates the valiant fight of a mother and daughter, Sammakka and Saralamma, against the Kakatiya rulers seven centuries ago. They fought against the taxes levied by the emperor after a severe famine that lasted for four years had devastated almost the entire population in the province. As a result, the people were not in a situation to pay their taxes, but this was not accepted by the emperor.
This 3-day festival is held every 2 years and millions of people from all over India come to the festival site. This year 10 million people participated in the festival.
For more details see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammakka_Saralamma_Jatara
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