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Tribal Woman of Gramokkal Community in Traditional Saree
The village of Kodkani, Uttara Kannada. Circa 1980
The Gramokkal Tribe
Woman Scholar of Kolar
Savinirmadi - a Medieval Woman Scholar
Detail from a 10th century memorial stone, Kolar

Depiction of Pets
Line drawings based on ancient sculptures
Pets in Ancient India
Indian Paintings
Gossiping Women
Mysore School of Painting

A Konkani man who opted for the (British) government service
Notice his coat and footwear. Photograph restored from a glass master by K.L.Kamat
The Konkani Community
Karavali Photo Album
Karavali life

Harvest dance of Halakkis
Harvest Dance of Karavali
Karavali Photo Album
Karavali art

Tibetan settlement in Mundgod
Karavali Photo Album
Hindu Deities
Sri Marikamba Devi, Sirsi

Goddess Mahamaya
Sadashivagad near Karwar
Hindu Deities
Temple of Manjuguni
Lord Venkataramana Swamy
Manjuguni temple, Sirsi, Karnataka

Goddess Bhadrakali, Gokarn
Deity of Gokarn Temple
Hero Stones
A Triangular Hero-stone

Stories the Hero-stones Tell
Lower panel of a hero-stone depicts the hero's fight with the enemy
Hero Stone Memorials
Tribal Women
Tribal Women with Produce to be Sold on the Market-day
Village of Narayanpur, Central India

Swami Vivekananda -- Hindu teacher and philosopher
Portrait from a calendar painting
Indian Philosophers
Tribals in Town
Two Adivasi Girls in town of Narayanpur
Notice their head décor. Bastar, circa 1976

Westling in a Moghul Court
Detail from a Mogul miniature painting
Mogul Period Paintings
Ranganatittu Bird Sanctuary
Cattle Egret (Babucus ibis)
Ranganatittu Bird Sanctuary, near Mysore

Embroidered Elephants
A mosaic pattern produced by weaving geometrical elephant motifs
Elephants in Indian Art
Indigenous People of India
Tribal Woman with Piercings

A Hindu king and his subjects.
Detail from painting of Srirangapattana summer palace
Princely States
Horses and  Riders
Women Riding Horses
Hoysala period sculpture, Karnataka

Posterior of a Tribal Dancer
Forests of Central India, circa 1976
Tribal Dancer`s Headgear
Tribals of Madhya Pradesh
Homeward Bound
A coal miner returns to village from work

Tribal Women on Errands
Tribals of Madhya Pradesh
Tribals of Madhya Pradesh
Tribal Youngster with Horn Decorartions

Children of Karavali
Pictures of Uttara Kannada
Pictures of Uttara Kannada
Women of Karavali

Detail from a Hero-stone
A memorial stone showing a furiously fighting hero, Madhya Pradesh
Memorials Stone
Memorials of Madhya Pradesh
Hero with a Gun
Detail from a memorial in Pachmari

A Wooden Memorial of Madhya Pradesh
A memorial with the hero's name and date of his death in Hindi
Memorial for a Hero
Birds of India
River Tern (Sterna aurantia)

A Goddess of Sex Ritual
An ancient tantric icon dumped in the attic at Kolaramma temple, Kolar in Karnataka
Tantric Goddess
Tribal Life of India
A tribal hut constructed without bricks, steel or mortar
Central India, circa 1976

Night Heron (Nycrticorax nycticorax)
Birds of India
Birds of India
Grey Heron (Ardea cerea)

Roseringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
Birds of India
The Indian Crow
Crows Gathered at a Bathing Ghat
The village of Gunavante

Krisha Playing Flute under at ree
Sandalwood Carving
Lord Krishna Playing Flute
Tribal Dancer
Dancer at the Narayanpur Mela
Madhya Pradesh, circa 1977

Cold Morning
Rajputs leaving for a hunt in the morning, Rajput miniature painting
Rajasthani Painting
Rajput Miniature Painting
Krishna Leela (Antics of Lord Krishna)
Lord Krishna in bed with Radha, Rajput miniature painting

Birds from a Moghul Miniature Painting
Flying Birds
Woman Drying her Long Hair
Woman in her Vanity
Rajasthani painting

The Mushrooming Culture
Cartoon Painting by Prof. B.G.L. Swamy
Mushrooming Culture
Handicrafts of India
Fortune Teller Koravanji
From Shashwati collection, Bangalore

Peacocks from a Mogul Miniature Painting
Birds in Indian Design
Black Deer, Golden Deer
Deer from a Mogul miniature painting
Picture of Krishnamriga

Jain Painting from Shravanabelagola
Picrure of a king and his queen
Jain Paintings
Tree and Stone Worship
Devotion - Painting by M.V. Seetaramaiah
More well known as a Kannada scholar, M.V. See, was an excellent artist

Feeding Birds
Detail from a North Indian Painting
Birds in Indian Art
Feeding a Peacock
Lady Feeds a Peacock
North Indian Painting on Silk

Pontiff of a Konkani Sect
Paratagali Muth Collection, Goa
Konkani Temple Records
Konkani Temple Records
Dwarakanath Swamiji
Paratagali Muth Collection, Goa

Decorated Krishna
Painting from the Paratagali Muth Collection
Fabric Painting of Krishna
Handicrafts of Tamilandu
Lord Shiva with his Trishul (Trident)
Poompuhar Wood Carving from Tamil Nadu

Metallic Icon of Devi
Four armed goddess, probably Goddess Lakshmi
Metallic Crafts
Moghul Paintings
Woman Getting a Lover's Portrait Painted
Moghul School of Painting

A Woman Writing Letter
Moghul school of painting, North India
Moghul Paintings
Wooden Handicraft
Handicrafts from Sondur
Durga-murga Toy -- the man punishes self with a whip, as the woman plays drums.

Adivasi Dancer Stops for a Smoke
Narayanapur Mela, Madhya Pradesh
Adivasis of Madhya Pradesh
Navy Hero-stone
Boat Heroes - Memorials Erected for Brave Seamen
Panaji Museum in Goa

Detail from a Painted Wooden Panel
Ittigegud Temple, Mysore
Patrons, Kings, and Saints
Decorated Elephant
Elephant and Riders
Hoysala Sculpture, Halebidu

Abandoned Temple, Perhaps Period of Ikkeri Nayakas
Town of Nagar, Shimoga District
Abandoned Temple, Nagar
Names of Medieval India
Letterings Below a Hoysala Sculpture
Signature of a Nuggehalli sculptor, Hasan District

Ghareva Art, Madhya Pradesh
Goddess Danteshwari riding an elephanat
Elephant Rider
Bidri Handictafts
Bidri Artwork, Bidar District

A Gondati's Tattoo
The village of Bhimbetaka, Madhya Pradesh
Tribal Tattoos
The Gond Tribe
Gonda Youngster
The Village of Jamunjari, July 1976

Mahasati Stone
A memorial stone at Bhojpur, Central India
Suicide Memorials
Bull Emblems
Roman Glazed Tiles with Bull Emblem in Hindu a Temple, Goa

Krishna-Radha, North Indian Painting
North Indian Miniature Painting
Paintings of Sibi Temple
Nude Rawana
Notice his multiple heads and limbs

Statue of a Lord Kitchener
Statue in the court yard of Dubella Museum, Madhya Pradesh
The British Rule of India
Garuda Stone
Heroes who die heroic death are sometimes immortalized as Garuda
Town of Siddapur, 1983

Top Strata of a Hero-stone from Sangeetapura
Also known as Haduvalli and Hadolli, this village has beautiful Jain sculptures
Sculpted Jain Memorial Stone
Herostone Memorial
Sculpted Hero-stone
Fresh flowers indicate that the Hero-stone is still worshipped

''Two is a Company''
Pellicans of Mysore Zoo
The Pellicans
Temple Arts Based on Hindu Mythology
Ramayana Scenes from Khetapai Temple
Mudabhatkal, Uttara Kannada

Talking Puppet
Picture taken at 1985 Mysore Conference
World Kannada Confernece
Eight Armed Ganapati
Dancing Ganapati

Gandabherunda -- The Two Headed Eagle
Brass Relief Work on a Door Frame from a Jain Monastery, Sravanabelagola
Mystical Two Headed Eagle
Jain Archive of Sravanabelagola
The Elephant in Must; On the Right is Shown the Tamed Elephant
Painting from a Jain Muth, Sravanabelagola

Harischandra in Distress
King Harischandra having lost his kingdom and wealth auctions his son. Painting by Rama Varma. Sri Jayachamarajendra Art Gallery Collection, Mysore
Harischandra in Distress
Gods of Sex Fight it Out
Rati and Kama Seduce Each Other
Notice the horse and elephants decorated with women. Illustration from the Ashwa Shastra manuscript in Maharaja Serfoji's Saraswati Mahal Library Collection

Lord Ishwara Perfoming His Dance
Painting from Saraswati Mahal Library Collection
Lord Shiva and his Gang (Ganas)
Bodh Gaya
Temple at Bodh Gaya

Details from a Hero-stone
Illustrated Memorial Stones
The Santali Tribe
Santali Tribal Woman and her Three Children

Example of Jain Fine Art
Detail from a Wall Painting in a Jain Muth, Sravanabelagola.
Jaina Fine Arts
16th Century Art of Lepakshi
Eight Handed Lord Shiva
Detail from a mural in Lepakshi

Feather Decorations of a Tribal Dancer
The Khajuraho Folk Festival, 1977
Advivasis of India
Korku  Tribals
Five Men of Korku Tribe
Notice the their attire

Lord Shiva Performing His Cosmic Dance
Tanjore School of Painting
Tanjore Style Paintings
Tanjore Painting
Lord Shiva Performing His Cosmic Dance of Destruction
Tanjore School of Painting

Gopika Vastrapaharana (The Stealing of Clothes)
Painting shows Krishna climbing a tree with the clothes of bathing girls
Wall Painting of Krishna
Artifacts of a Virashaiva Temple
Carved Pillar of a Lingayat Temple
The Village of Ulavi, Uttara Kannada District

 

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