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Colorful and stunning images of India culled from Corel Professional Photos, elaborately indexed and cross-referenced.
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The stamps of India truly represent India's vast cultural and geographic diversity. Common and rare stamps from a private collection.
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Painted Icon of Garuda
The village of Maluru, Channapattana
Icon of Garuda
Pu. Ti. Narasimhachar
S. Radhakrishnan and P.T. Narasimhachar
PuTiNa recieving award from the President of India

Meat Vendor
Woman vending pork, Goa
Goan Meat Market
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Boy with Coconuts
Picture of Pradeep Kamat, the town of Honavar

Postage Stamp of Nataraja
The Two Ana Stamp, circa 1960
Old Stamps of India
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Vandalized Temple Building
North Kanara District, 1983

Garuda Carrying Lord Vishnu and Laxmi
Wooden sculpture from Tamilnadu
Vishnu, Laxmi and Garuda
Depiction of Garuda
The Garuda, King of Birds
Village of Gunavante, 1983

Kama (Indian Aphrodyte) Riding an 'Elephant of Women'
The painting is titled 'Manmatha Nari Kunjara'
Shooting Arrow of Love
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Picture of Kamalamma
Founder of Vanita Sadan, Bangalore

Nandi Bull
Artifact of Sahitya Parishad, Bangalore, 1981
Stone Nandi
Mukta Venkatesh
Artist Mukta Venkatesh
See Also: Flowers of Mysore

Mrs. and Prof. B.G.L. Swamy
Bangalore, 1979
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Kumta Sahitya Sammelan
At the Kumta Literary Conference
From Left to Right: B.H. Sridhar, Tarasu, Adiga, ?, and Ramachandra Sharma

Portrait of G.R. Hedge
(Hegde Bandhugalu, Kumta) Publisher, teacher, and writer
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Golden Jubilee Celebration of Akashavani Mysore
(from L to R) Jyotsna Kamat, Kuvempu, A.N. Moorthy Rao, Kamala Gopalaswamy (wife of Prof. Gopalaswamy, and founder of Mysore Akashavani), March 1986

From Left to Right: H.V. Krishnamurthy, Pu. Ti. Na., and Jyotsna Kamat
All India Radio, Mysore, 1984
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Ananthamurthy, Field Marshal Cariappa, and Jyotsna Kamat
All India Radio Mysore, circa 1986

Relaxing Crocodiles
Patna Zoo, Patna
Crocodiles of Patna Zoo
V.N. Okey Picture Collection
Minarets of a Mosque

Minarets of a Mosque
V.N. Okey Picture Collection
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Jyotsna Kamat with Kuvempu
At a function in Jaganmohan Palace, Mysore, 1986

Artist P.D. Rudrakumar Jha at Work
Artist Rudrakumar Jha
Garuda as a Follower of Vishnu
The Garuda, King of Birds

Inscription of Hadolli
Notice the Linga and bull along with sun, moon, and a dagger
Jain Memorial Stone
Romance in Indian Paintings
A Noble Offers a Pearl Necklace to his Lover
Illustration from Ragamalika, c. 19th century

The Fortune Teller (Koravanji)
Painting by Lalitha Srinivasan, the Shashwati Women's Museum, Bangalore
Koravanji Fortune Teller
Folk Singer Teejan Bai
Pandavani Folk Singer from Bhopal
Pandavani (a.k.a. Pandvani) is the story-telling art form

The Princes of Pearls
Perls for Men
Royal Jewelry
The Pearls of Mysore Maharaja

Lord Shiva and Parvati
Idols of native people, the village of Chotedongar
Shiva and Parvati
Krishna and Radha at Chess
Krishna and Radha Playing a game of Dice
North Indian Painting

Tribal Woman Selling Snake Gourd (Paduval vegetable)
The Snake Gourds
Ghost Dancers of Tulunadu
Preta Nritya, the Ghost Dance
The performance of Bhoota-Nritya, Ravindra Kalakshetra, Bangalore

A Folk Artists as a Fearsome Rakshasa (Demon)
The  Doddata Folk Troupe
Sun-dried Mango Slices
Sliced Mangoes being Sun Dried for Mansoon Season

Five Panels of a Wooden Memorial
Memorials of Madhya Pradesh
Professors Bhat and Dikshit
Historians in Hot Discussion
Drs. Raghunath Bhat and G.S. Dikshit at 2001 Annual Karnatak History Conference

Drum Beater Absorbed in Dance
Temple relief from South India
Song and Dance in India
Paintings of India
Sadhu and the Maidens
South Indian Miniature Painting

Durga Temple
Village of Amdalli, Uttara Kannada
Temple Premises
Anjali Saree Catalog
A Model of a Saree Company
Pictures from a Saree Catalog

Himalayan Laborers, Shimla
Laborers Carrying Goods
Vidhana Soudha and Ambedkar
Statue of Ambedkar

Tibetan Ganapati
Ganesh in Tibetan Art
At Mysore Temple
"Mysore" by Shuddhodana
Painting by artist Shuddhodana

Thanka Painting
Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok
Tibetan Painting
Hand Operated Sewing Machines
A Sardar Stitches with a Hand Operated Sewing Machine
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Woman with a fan made with peacock feathers
Detail from a 1940s picture postcard
Picture Post Cards
Window Designs of India
Dragon Grillwork
Town of Rajgir, Bihar

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