Remembering Raghu Rai: The photographer who showed India to itself

With Rai's passing, India has lost a visual historian who was a chronicler of its most defining and often painful moments.

Renowned Indian photographer Raghu Rai, celebrated for capturing the nation's diverse essence, has passed away at the age of 83.

One of the most prolific visual chroniclers of contemporary India, he instilled life into every photograph that he took.

Political leaders and public figures paid tribute, remembering his powerful photojournalism that captured the 'soul of India.'

Raghu Rai, one of India's best known photographers whose lens captured India in its many shades, died at a private hospital here in the early hours of Sunday. He was 83.

Internationally acclaimed photographer Raghu Rai, widely regarded as one of the foremost chroniclers of independent India, has died at the age of 83.