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Vintage Advertisements
Showcase of old and successful advertisements from India. Includes advertisements for clothing, telephones, vehicles, and condiments.

Indian Postage Stamps
Sample the flavor of India through her philatelic paraphernalia

Mr. Ten Heads
Depiction of king Rawana in various forms of Indian art.

Married to God
Bridal mysticism is a devotional faith in India where the woman fanaticizes being married to God

Trouble with Indian Names
An insight into why the Indian names can be difficult to represent in foreign languages.

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House of Pictures
Photographs and Paintings


The Snake and The Charmer from a Puppet Show
The Cobra and the Snake Charmer
Lord Vishnu and His Vehicle Shesha the Cobra
Lord Vishnu uses a snake as a vehicle, bed and a sofa!

Lord Vishnu and Laxmi relaxing on the five-hooded cobra Shesha
Vishnu and Laxmi from Kavi Art
Street-side Snake Charmer
A street side snake charmer dances his cobra

The Seven Hooded Cobra
Detail from a painted shadow puppet
Kalinga the Serpent -- Painted Shadow Puppet
Punishing the Evil Serpent Kaliya
Boy Krishna Tames the Evil Serpent Kaliya

Nagamandala, The Snake Web
Stone sculpture depicts a circle of snakes
A Stone Sculpture The Mystical Snake Web
Protecting the Saintly
A Seven Hooded Cobra Shelters a Jina in Meditation

Man Blowing the Horn Nagaswaram
Nagaswaram means The Sound for the Snake. The sound of this horn is said to please the snakes.
Man Blows Nagaswaram Horn
Man Blows Nagaswaram Horn
Man Blowing the Horn Nagaswaram
The sound of this horn is said to please the snakes, which are worshiped in India

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