PICS: Empire State Building, Niagara falls, Burj Khalifa lit-up in Tricolour to mark India's Independence Day

The Niagara Falls, arguably the world's most breathtaking waterfalls and one of the most visited tourist spots globally, was also illuminated in saffron, white and green to mark India's Independence Day. (Image: YouTube screengrab)

From their Twitter handle, World’s tallest building Burj Khalifa, shared the picture of the iconic building decorated in Tricolour, in a tweet that read: “We congratulate India on their 72nd Independence Day from Burj Khalifa.”/ Image: Twitter (@BurjKhalifa)

As Indian Diaspora in US celebrates India’s 72nd Independence Day, the iconic Empire State Building was illuminated in Tricolour./ Image: Twitter (@EmpireStateBldg)

Happy India Day from New York City! Together with the Federation of Indian Association, we're honouring India's Independence Day by recreating the Indian flag in lights tonight, the twitter handle of the Empire State Building said. (Image: Twitter @indiestrings)

A special ceremony was organised at the world-famous skyscraper in New York's midtown Manhattan for lighting it up in saffron, white and green./ Image : Twitter (@jyotsanakumar)