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Kamat Saree Sapne
The history, mystery and magic of the Indian Saree

Wife of Five Husbands
The story of Draupadi through the works of great artists

Telugu Desam
Telugu monuments, history and art come together in this new section on Andhra Pradesh.

Migrant Beauties
Kamat on the birds of the Ranganatittu bird sanctuary in southern India

Never Been Photographed
Look at this exhibition of people who have never been photographed, and see if the stills still move you.
Is place in history, a privilege of the rich?

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House of Pictures
Photographs and Paintings


A View of the Himalayan Mountains
 Pictorial Tour of India
The First Indian Flag
The First Indian Tricolor
It had lotuses for very Indian State, moon and sun depicting communal harmony

Half Man, Half Woman
"Uma-Maheswara" or "Ardha-nareswara" is a concept of human gynandromorph in which half the body has male characters and remainder has that of a female.		 Union of Male and Female
Union of Male and Female
Ardha-Narishwara
An excellent sculpture of "Uma-Maheswara" located at Banashankari (Bijapur district) wherein the masculine and feminine characters are beautifully carved in a single icon.

Killing of Jatayu Bird
Painting by Balasaheb Pant Pratinidhi		 Rawana Kills Jatayu
Erotic Arts of India
Group Sex Depicted in a Relief
Detail from a panel from Keladi temple, Town of Sagar

Women Riding Horses
Hoysala period sculpture, Karnataka		 Horses and Riders
Basti Vaman Shenoy
Portrait of Basti Vaman Shenoy
Shenoy served as a president of the Konkani Literary Academy. He organized conferences and lobbied Governments to promote Konkani

Portrait of a Young Girl
 Children of India
150 Years of Indian Railways
Century and a Half of Indian Railways
Detail from a Indian Postal Stamp

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