![](/common/left.gif) The Travelling Barber Shop In rural India, even to this day (1997) the village hairdresser makes house calls. It was customary for women (widows) and elderly to have their haircut at their homes | ![Rural India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/2083.jpg) |
![Village Life in India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/4966.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) True to Nature Naked boy running around a simple village, Kokkare Belluru |
![](/common/left.gif) Best Friends Girl walking the bufallo, the village of Kokkare Belluru | ![Village Life in India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/4970.jpg) |
![Village Life in India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/4972.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Fossil Free Transportation Village of Kokkare Belluru, 1985 |
![](/common/left.gif) Children Bathing at the Village Pond
| ![Bathing in a Pond](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5114.jpg) |
![Rural West Bengal](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5144.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Boys Playing in Rural Bengal Town of Plassey, circa 1970 |
![](/common/left.gif) A Muslim Mystic Washes himself in the River On the banks of Bhagirati river, West Bengal | ![Glimpses of Rural India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5147.jpg) |
![Indian Village Scene](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5428.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Going to Work with Buffaloes Village of Sulgod, Uttara Kannada |
![](/common/left.gif) Construction Workers Poor construction laborers at a site, Goa | ![Glimpses of Rural India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5474.jpg) |
![Vignettes of Rural India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5502.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Landlords Walking to Farm Town of Ankola, 1967 |
![](/common/left.gif) Three Children with a Bull
| ![Glimpses of Rural India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5584.jpg) |
![Rawanahatta Instrument](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5713.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Boy Begging with a Country Musical Instrument
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![](/common/left.gif) Women Vending Cheap Jewelry The village of Chandanpur, 1976 | ![Glimpses of Rural India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5719.jpg) |
![Glimpses of Rural India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5722.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Villagers Resting by Roadside During Pilgrimage The village of Jatashankar, Madhya Pradesh, 1976 |
![](/common/left.gif) Tribal Youngster Pachmari Forest, 1976 | ![Glimpses of Rural India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5723.jpg) |
![Village Economy](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5942.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Women Negotiating the Price of Fish The town of Honavar, 1965 |
![](/common/left.gif) Back from the Village Fair Gonda tribals in Chindwada returning home | ![Village Scene](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5955.jpg) |
![Glimpses of Rural India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/6144.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Vagabond Beggar with String Instrument The village of Shetgeri, Uttara Kannada |
![](/common/left.gif) On way to Jagadalpur Dasara Notice the style of the saree worn by the woman, and the three-wheeled bicycle taxi in the background. | ![Village Scene](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/7067.jpg) |
![Village Scenes of India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/7139.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Villagers on the way to Nagadwara Snake Festival Pachmari Forest, July 1976 |
![](/common/left.gif) The Village of Ulavi Uttara Kannada District, Karnataka, November, 1983 | ![Rural Indian Vignettes](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/7265.jpg) |
![Glimpses of Rural India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/7334.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Man Arriving for a Cow Fair The town of Pachmari, Madhya Pradesh |
![](/common/left.gif) The Village Cobbler Cobbler repairs footwear as the customer waits. The town of Jobnair, Rajasthan | ![Village India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/7349.jpg) |
![Village Professional](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/7386.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) A Coconut Climbing Professional Walking to Work Village of Hebbar Hittal, Uttara Kannada, 1987 |
![](/common/left.gif) Woman Carrying Firewood from Forest At a time when the forest was plenty, all one had to do was pick scrapes in the woods. | ![Glimpses of India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/7388.jpg) |
![The Charpai](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/7398.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) The Four Legs Chapai (literally meaning four legs) is a popular type of bed in Northern parts of India |
![](/common/left.gif) Santhali tribal kids playing in a public pump Village of Plassey, West Bengal | ![Glimpses of Rural India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/7411.jpg) |
![Glimpses of Village India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/6219.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Villagers at the Bullock Cart Racing College Grounds, Chindwada |
![](/common/left.gif) At the Weekly Marketplace
| ![Villages at Marketplace](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/6652.jpg) |
![At a Village Fair](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/7727.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Villagers Gathered for a Cart Race
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![](/common/left.gif) Halakki Farmers Walking to Work Village of Balegadde, Uttara Kannada, 1982 | ![Tribals on the Highway](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/7859.jpg) |
![Rice Pounding](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/277.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Pounding of Rice Women hand pounding rice to process it. Village of Haigund, Uttara Kannada |
![](/common/left.gif) At the Cockfight Man readying a rooster for a cock-fight | ![Rural Gambling](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/19246.jpg) |
![Rural India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/22110.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) A Village Scene
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![](/common/left.gif) Farmer's Kids Playing Village of Kodkani, near Kumta | ![Rural India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/41850.jpg) |
![The Sport of Cockfighting](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/32267.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Cocks ready to Fight Village of Gunavante, 1982 |