The best of TOI images from Chandigarh

An aerial view of Zirakpur while dark storm clouds build over the Mohali district town. Hold tight, this too shall pass — Nitin Sharma

Muslims gather in a Chandigarh mosque to offer prayers on the second Friday of the holy month of Ramadan — Pritam Thakur

Clouds hover over Chandigarh but no rain today. Just enjoy the pleasant weather at the Sukhna Lake — Balish Ahuja

Despite the steep and rising curve of Covid-19, parents had to come out and queue up in Chandigarh to buy new session’s textbooks for their wards — Balish Ahuja

Served with the Sikh toddler’s sweet devotion, the simple Baisakhi langar at Gurdwara Shri Guru Teg Bahadur Sahib, Sector 34, Chandigarh, tastes like dessert — Balish Ahuja

Forgetting all about social distancing, Covid vaccine seekers crowd a community health centre in Sector 12-A, Panchkula — Nitin Sharma

Turned out in the Nihang attire, Laabh Singh, a man of a slouching, old frame in his 80s, occupies a central Chandigarh roundabout in support of the farmers who oppose new agri-marketing laws — Pritam Thakur

A man taking home free oxygen refill from Mohali’s Hitech Industries remembers to acknowledge Rupinder Singh Sachdeva’s company for saving critical Covid patients — Balish Ahuja

Patients waiting outside PGI OPD in hope to be consulted by the doctors, OPD shuts due to huge surge in covid cases. The patients registered online and called by the doctors on appointment are being entertained — Balish Ahuja

The bursting of a tertiary-water pipe late night had turned the Garden of Annuals into a stinking pond in Sector 44, Chandigarh, by the time morning walkers and cyclists trickled in — Balish Ahuja

Panjab University’s NSS programme officer Gaurav Gaur painted his entire face like the blue planet and attached a mask to emphasise the importance of oxygen on World Earth Day— Pritam Thakur

The barriers for social distancing create quite an artistic confusion matrix at the Mansa Devi temple on the final day of the Navratra festival when the visitor count was 50,000-odd— Nitin Sharma

The market deserted and no transaction being done, bank’s security asset is fixed deposited on a windowsill during the Covid-19 lockdown in Mohali. The mask guards him while he guards the bank. There’s security in obscurity — Balish Ahuja

Under the cloud of Covid-19 and a controversy over direct benefit transfer (DBT), wheat arrives in the Sector 39 grain market of Chandigarh — Balish Ahuja

A cop helping a beneficiary take a picture of his receiving the Covid-19 vaccine in Mohali’s Phase 3B2. The idea of vaccination has started clicking — Balish Ahuja

Do you also get a homely feeling by looking at this beautified bus stop in Panchkula or is it just us? — Nitin Sharma

Christians gather in prayer on the Easter Sunday in Chandigarh, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the tomb on the third day of crucifixion — Pritam Thakur

The night storm that bent this electricity pole knocked the lights out of Chandigarh as well — Balish Ahuja

Another family had cremated Covid patient Kulwant Rai Agarwal by the time his folks came to know about hospital’s mix-up. His poor wife’s last glimpse of him was just ashes— Balish Ahuja

Nabbed violators trying influence of their uncle on cops deputed on naka during Curfew in Mohali — Balish Ahuja

An offender caught in Sector 20 of Panchkula begs a traffic cop to spare the challan. Give me 10 minutes and I’ll go home and fetch the documents, he said. The trick didn’t work — Nitin Sharma

waiting for their turn to get the covid testing done at ISBT sector 17 Chandigarh — Pritam Thakur

huge surge of covid cased made devotees offered their prayers on the gate of temples after the weekend lock-down was imposed — Balish Ahuja