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India Trip 2005
Notes, anecdotes and pictures of Vikas Kamat's India trip during the year 2005.

Golden Sands of Goa
First person tourist experiences of Goa, which was under Portuguese rule for a long time and the culture is a fusion of East and West.

Daughter-in-law in India
Essay about a trip to India by a foreign woman visiting India as a daughter-in-law.

Annie Besant
Biography of Dr. Annie Besant, founder of ''Home Rule League'', and a great proponent of freedom for India.

Gandhi and Status of Women
Article on Gandhi's efforts to involve women in all phases of development, including the struggle for India's freedom.

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House of Pictures
Photographs and Paintings


Pietro Della Vale Meets Queen Abbakka
Illustration by R.S. Naidu based on Italian originals
Queen of Ullal
Ganesh of Halebidu
Huge Ganesh in the Open
Hoysala Sculpture, Halebidu

Candy Exchange
Girls exchanging candy at Krishna-Kalpa Library
Life at Krishna-Kalpa Community Center
Life at Krishna-Kalpa Community Center
Candy Exchange
Girls exchanging candy at Krishna-Kalpa Library

Amriteshwara Temple Complex
Town of Tarikere
Hoysala Temple
Sculptures of Amriteshwara Temple
Vasudeva Carrying Infant Krishna Crosses Yamuna River
Scene from Bhagawata depicted in a Hoysala period temple

Lord Shiva and Arjuna Pick a Fight
Notice how Shiva is signalling wife Uma (a bystander in the sculpture) with a foot-tap
The Kiratarjuniya Episode
Raising of Mount Govardhana
Krishna Shelters Cows and Men During a Thunderstorm

The Tricking of Sita
Hoysala period sculpture shows Rawana's people showing two heads to Sita, claiming that Rama and Lakshman are dead.
Ramayana in Sculptural Art
Practioners of the Tantra Cult
Villagers with Drinking Bowls in their Hands
Sculpture from Barsur, Madhya Pradesh

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