Candid shots of Varanasi
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Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II of Bijapur, portrait by a Bikaner artist, 1590
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The towering Char Minar, Andhra Pradesh
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The colors of a Kum-Kum shop
The Indians' fascination with the kum-kum (the red dot) gives rise to very colorful and picturesque market places. |
A construction site in Bangalore, 1991
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Solitary girl miniature painting
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The Deccan Plateau
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Geetopadesha Lord Krishna's war time advice
Rephotographed from a calendar. Orgininal artist not known. |
Youngsters gathered for a game of Cricket
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Children play on beach, the Arabian Sea coast
The beach at Kasarkod, Honavar |
Shila Balika (stone maiden) of Belur
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A tribal boy with broken tooth
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Man Disturbs Wife Busy at Work
Derail from a wooden panel of a temple chariot, Gunavante village |  |
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The monkhood of a Brahmin boy
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Posterior of an Adivasi dancer
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Coconut country Kerala
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Jyotishi an astrologer
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Sunrise on the Sharavati river, Honavar, North Kanara
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Rajasthani palace
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Two tribal yougsters go for a smoke, Jagadalpur
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The jewelry of a tribal girl
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The author getting help while photographing a temple
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Stone maiden, Belur
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A village belle
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Stone maiden, Belur
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Stone maiden, Belur
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Stone maiden (Shila Balika ), Belur Karnataka
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Two Adivasi Girls in town of Narayanpur
Notice their head dιcor. Bastar, circa 1976 |
The slow dance of the Murias can last all night
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Fortuneless fortune-teller!
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Tribal group dance, Madhya Pradesh
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Toda man in traditional shawl
Ooty, Nilgiri mountains, Tamil Nadu |
A "well-dressed" Muria youth, Madhya Pradesh
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"The blossom" a painting from tribal museum, Madhya Pradesh
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Three-legged mythical figure, Kavi art
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Laxmi and Vishnu, Kavi art, Karnataka
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Uma melts in the arms of the five headed Shiva Kavi art
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The brinjal couple
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Spice of Life
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Juicy Variety of Bananas
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"I'm tired as a ripe mango"
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The temptress ananas (pineapple)
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Woman with a traditional nose-ring and necklaces
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Jyotsna Kamat
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Nagna Kabandha Alampur sculpture, Andhra Pradesh
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A Halakki woman peels areca-nuts(supari)
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A boat provides the cheapest mode of transportation, West Bengal
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A traveling ascetic walks on the highway
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The capital of her business does not buy a meal, so imagine her profits
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