![](/common/left.gif) Four Headed Brahma, Ballegavi
| ![Hindu Deities](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/1053.jpg) |
![Avatars of Lord Vishnu](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/2246.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) The Varaha Avatar
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![](/common/left.gif) Shiva and Parvati riding on Nandi the bull, Lepakshi
| ![Wall Paintings of Lepakshi](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/3401.jpg) |
![Hindu Sages and Philosophers](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/3291.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Shankaracharya, the great reformer of Hinduism Shankaracharya advocated the Advaita (monism) philosophy Detail from a picture postcard |
![](/common/left.gif) A Brahmin Vatu (student) begs his first meal
| ![Initiatiation of a Brahmin Student](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/2302.jpg) |
![Hanuman, the Monkey](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/3252.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Hanuman, the Monkey
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![](/common/left.gif) Warrior Arjuna Seeks Lord Krishna's Advice Picture from a calendar painting. Original artist is not known | ![The Preaching of the Gita](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/3900.jpg) |
![Man Dressed as Hanuman](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/4139.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Man Dressed as Hanuman the Monkey
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![](/common/left.gif) Hanuman the Son of Wind God
| ![Deity Hanuman the Son of Wind God](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/755093.jpg) |
![Goddess Durga](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/3400.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Goddess Durga Punishing the Demon
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![](/common/left.gif) Hindu Saint Shankaracharya He revived Hinduism and advocated the Advaita (monism) philosophy From a picture postcard -original artist not known | ![Hindu Saint Shankaracharya](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/3290.jpg) |
![Holy Men of India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/4528.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) The Anandashram Swamiji of Shirali Muth
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![](/common/left.gif) The Swamiji of the Gokarn Paratgali Muth
| ![Holy Men of India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/4533.jpg) |
![Holy Men of India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/4536.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Raghavendra Swamiji Offering Prayers to a Linga
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![](/common/left.gif) Raghavendra Swamiji of Mantralaya
| ![Holy Men of India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/4537.jpg) |
!["The Hindu Monk from India"](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/2430.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Swami Vivekananda - the Most Famous Hindu Monk
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![](/common/left.gif) Portrait of Ramana Maharshi
| ![Outstanding Personalities](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/3312.jpg) |
![Great People of India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/3332.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Saint Tulasidas Writing His Masterpiece Ramacharitamanas
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![](/common/left.gif) Philosopher Madhvacharya
| ![Great People of India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/3336.jpg) |
![A Sadhu at Varanasi](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/515060.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) A Sadhu at Varanasi
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![](/common/left.gif) Ganesh in Stained Glass Artwork by Juan S. Rodriguez | ![Ganapati in Satined Glass Artwork](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/ganesh-by-juan.jpg) |
![Swami Sahajanandji](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/2481.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Sahajananda Swami (1781-1830) A prominent Vaishnava Saint from Gujarat Illustration based on a 19th Century Woodblock print |
![](/common/left.gif) The Ladies Giving a Crash Course in Food Preparation to the Understudy
| ![Anatomy of a Upanayanam](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/4884.jpg) |
![Anatomy of a Upanayanam](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/4893.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) The Shaving of the Head Ritual
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![](/common/left.gif) Going, Going, Gone!
| ![Anatomy of a Upanayanam](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/4895.jpg) |
![Anatomy of a Upanayanam](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/4898.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) The Matru-Bhojana Ritual
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![](/common/left.gif) Hindu Boy with Sacred Thread Carrying Water
| ![Anatomy of a Upanayanam](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/4903.jpg) |
![Picnic in the Himalayas](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5137.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Romance of Shiva and Parvati Notice the Nandi, the bull |
![](/common/left.gif) Lord Shiva Performing the Cosmic Dance Homework: Identify the assembled audience. | ![The Tandava Nritya](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5138.jpg) |
![](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5801.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Chandra Mouli, Bell-Metal Icon of Lord Shiva Mysore Maharaja's artifact, CBI Collection |
![](/common/left.gif) Shiva the Magnificient Sculpture at the Kailas Temple, Ellora | ![](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/7330.jpg) |
![](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/6669.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Six Handed Lord Shiva by G. Gnanananda Illustration of Lord Shiva based on a sculptural textbook of Sri Kashyapa Shilpa Shastram (1st Century A.D.) |
![](/common/left.gif) Keeping track of Gifts A Vatu lists the gifts received during an Upanayana ceremony | ![Gifts During Munji](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/6859.jpg) |
![](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/4920.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) A Vatu Eating on a Banana Leaf
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![](/common/left.gif) Lord Shiva in Gesso Art work
| ![Four Armed Lord Shiva](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/543.jpg) |
![Head of a Sarawat Sect](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/21161.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Swamiji of Chitrapur Muth Sadyojata Shankarshrama Swamiji of Chitrapur |
![](/common/left.gif) Shiva and Parvati Pencil sketch on paper by K.L.Kamat | ![Lord Shiva and Parvati](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/21203.jpg) |
![Holymen of India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/595015.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Picture of a Sadhu (Ascetic) City of Patna, Bihar |
![](/common/left.gif) Swami Sahajand Saraswati We rarely see ascetics who pursue spirituality participate in political and social reform. Sahajanandji was one of those rare freedom fighters. | ![Holy Man and Freedom Fighter](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/c123.jpg) |
![Kaupina Clad Shiva](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/o10.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Depiction of Lord Shiva as a Wandering Ascetic Watercolor painting on paper, South India, 19th century |
![](/common/left.gif) Lord Shiva as Dakshinamurthi Dakshinamurthi is the first guru in the South Indian tradition | ![Shiva in Indian Art](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/13903.jpg) |
![Saraswat Brahmin Priest](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/40483.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Priest Krishna Sharma Gopalakrishna Temple, Honavar |
![](/common/left.gif) The priest advising about Vatu's duties
| ![The Upanayana Ceremony](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/32232.jpg) |
![Mystic Sai Baba](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/33143.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Sai Baba of Shirdi
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