In India, it is stuntwomen and their machines now

An all-women's team of bikers is preparing to perform stunts during India's 69th Republic Day celebrations on Friday.

It all began in October 2016 when women's teams from different Indian states started arriving at the Gawalior training center of

the Border Security Forces.

The plan had changed and this time the all-women's team will take a starring role on Republic Day.

For the past month they have been in Delhi preparing to showcase their stunts and acrobatics. Even their practice sessions attracted a huge turnout as word spread.

Balance and focus are key to performing stunts on 350cc bikes.

The 113-member BSF women "daredevils" riding on 26 Royal Enfield Bullet motorcycles of 350cc drew cheers every morning.

Ram Singh, 26, went specially to catch the women before going to work. "Since I did not get my pass for the parade on time I came specially to watch the women daredevils I have been hearing about," he said. "It was worth a trip as I have never seen this kind of coordination and control."

Coordination and control are the key elements for the stunts. "With perfect coordination we maintain the distance between each bike," said Constable Hansa Dadwania, one of the riders. "Control helps us to ride the bike at a steady pace. And most importantly we need to be alert just to avoid any untoward incident. To do these breathtaking stunts we need total concentration."

BSF women's Daredevils during a practice session on Raisina Hills in Delhi.

They have undergone rigorous training to reach such perfection. For four hours in the mornings and two hours in the evening, team members were put through their paces on Rajpath, the parade road.

"It is an honor for me to be performing before the 10 heads of ASEAN states who are the chief guests of the Republic Day celebrations," said Constable Bhagyashree. "Riding on my bile on Rajpath is a feeling out of this world. We worked very hard to be here. We fell, we got up. We hurt ourselves but today it all seems worth it."

This Border Security Women’s contingent will showcase 16 stunts.

Most of the women, aged between 25 and 30, did not know how to ride a bike when they started.

"Initially it was not easy," their leader Sub-Inspector Stanzin Noryang, 28, recalled. "These girls were chosen to be a part of this team. We had to work on their morale and inspire them regularly as most of them did not like it in the beginning. But look now, if they had their way they would always be on their bikes."

The contingent will showcase 16 types of stunts – "Pyramid", "Fish Riding", "Shaktiman", "Bull Fighting" and "Seema Prahari" – to name some. The team is called

Seema Bhavani, or the border braves, and now they are much more confident of doing their duty well.

(CGTN)