 Bride and her Best Friend Picture of Mangala Kamat and Geeta Rayas |  |
 |  Girl Strikes a Dance Position Notice the delicately held finger positions. |
 Exchange of Turmeric and Kumkum Girls greeting eachother with exchange of kumkum |  |
 |  Girl Gets Help Putting on a Saree
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 Women Assisting a Bride
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 |  Girls Arriving for a Wedding
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 A Young Girl being helped with the Red Dot
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 |  Gossipping Girls School girls chit-chating on a Bangalore street |
 Girls Drying Long Hair Clay models depicting life of Indian women |  |
 |  Girl Friends
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 Girls Dancing at a Coorgi Wedding
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 |  Miss Pink Lips Girl applying lipstick |
 Sisters-in-Law Sharing a Playful Moment The joint-family structure of India allowed for deep and long lasting friendship between relatives |  |
 |  Muslim Girl of Kurva See Also: Photographing the Muslim Ladies of Kurva |
 Gossipping Indian Women
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 |  Women in Silk Sarees and Welcome Bouquets
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 A Mother Braids Daughter's Hair Forest of H.D. Kote near Mysore |  |
 |  Indian Women in Silk Sarees
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 Guests Chatting at a Wedding Wedding of Tulsidas Kamat, Honavar, 1980 |  |
 |  Muthaides or "Blessed Women" Women are called upon at every Hindu ritual to bless the occasion |
 Exchange of Red and Yellow Ladies honoring each other by exchanging kumkum and turmeric powder |  |