Our popular Photo of the Month contest is now open for December. After the submission deadline passes we’ll be putting up a shortlist of our favourite India photos – with links to their owners – and asking you to pick a winner.

And while the contest is mainly for fun and inspiration, there is a prize for the chosen winner!

This month our theme is beaches in India

Our destination of the month is Goa which is a popular destination for festive celebrations at this time of year, but of course Goa is perhaps best known for it’s beautiful beaches which attract thousands of visitors every year. Your photos don’t have to be taken in Goa of course – with over 7,000km of coastline there are plenty of beach locations to choose from.

You can enter in four ways

Supply your image and a brief description of where the photo was taken in one of the following ways:

On Facebook: Just post your image to the wall as usual

On Flickr: Add your image to the Photo of the Month group

On Twitter: Tweet the image and include our Twitter name @indianhomestays

On the Blog: Leave us a comment below with a link to the image that you would like to enter.

You can enter more than once – you may submit up to 5 images if you wish. You may also re-enter an image you have submitted for a previous competition if you feel that it fits the theme, as long as it has not been previously short listed.

The deadline for entries is 18 December 2010. Good luck everyone – and thanks for taking part.

All copyright remains with the photographer. By entering the competition, you grant Mahindra Homestays the non-exclusive right to display your entered image on our blog in conjunction with the competition only with full credit and a link back to your own site. Entering your picture into this competition indicates that you have accepted these conditions.