![](/common/left.gif) Nagamandala, the Snake Web
| ![Cirlce of Snakes](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/1080.jpg) |
![Somewhere in time](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/61.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) An Elephant Goes to Work Elephant carrying a wooden log at H.D. Kote, Karnataka |
![](/common/left.gif) Lone Tusker in Bandipur National Forest
| ![Loner in the Forest](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/69.jpg) |
![Animal Motifs in Indian Art](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/2038.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Animal Life Depicted in Period Art Line drawings based on ancient sculptures |
![](/common/left.gif) Letter writing and the use of birds as messengers Detail from Painting on Daria Daulat palace, Srirangapattana | ![Birds as Messengers](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/2295.jpg) |
![Kamat`s Animals](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/3161.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) The biggest cat of them all
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![](/common/left.gif) The majestic roar of the lion
| ![Kamat`s Animals](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/3165.jpg) |
![Kamat`s Animals](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/3166.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) The majestic roar of the lion
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![](/common/left.gif) Logo of the Gangas The royal seal of Ganga kings featuring an elephant | ![Ganga Kings](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/2044.jpg) |
![Snake Charmer](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/2273.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Snake charmer from a medieval sculpture
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![](/common/left.gif) Baya weaver bird (Ploceus philipinus), Ranganatittu
| ![Ranganatittu Bird Sanctuary](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/3447.jpg) |
![Leather Puppets](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/3680.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) The Seven Hooded Cobra, Kalinga
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![](/common/left.gif) A Painted Stork near Ranganatittu in Karnataka
| ![A Painted Stork](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/3456.jpg) |
![The Snake Couple](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/2425.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Union of the Snake Couple Ancient Indian Sculpture Shows Mating Snake Couple |
![](/common/left.gif) The Snake and The Charmer from a Puppet Show
| ![](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/4402.jpg) |
![Birds of India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/3446.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) A Pond Heron (Ardeola grayii)
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![](/common/left.gif) Naga-Nagini - The Snakes in Embrace Hoysala period sculpture, Belur | ![The Snake Couple](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/2446.jpg) |
![Lord Krishna in Indian Art](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/3580.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Boy Krishna Tames the Evil Serpent Kalinga Sacred illustration at Kini's residence, the village of Sulkod |
![](/common/left.gif) Painted stork, Mycteria Leucicephala
| ![Birds](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/3455.jpg) |
![Birds of India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/3457.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) A female painted stork at a nesting site
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![](/common/left.gif) Cheetahs are a Leopard's Nearest Relatives
| ![](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/3682.jpg) |
![Pictorial Tour of India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/595009.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) A street side snake charmer dances his cobra
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![](/common/left.gif) Made for Each Other -- The Dovey Couple Bronzewinged Doves (Chalcophas indica) | ![The Dovey Couple](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/3452.jpg) |
![Birds of India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/3443.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Night Heron Landing on a Treetop
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![](/common/left.gif) Jungle Crow
| ![Birds of India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/3454.jpg) |
![Birds of India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/3458.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Two Young Painted Storks in their Nest
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![](/common/left.gif) The Snake Charmer and his Pet
| ![Snake Charmer and his King-Cobra](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/2538.jpg) |
![Elephant in Musth](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5026.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Sculpture of Elephant in Rut Sculpture from Cave No. 3, Ajanta |
![](/common/left.gif) Rhinoceros, Mysore Zoo
| ![The Black Rhino](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5094.jpg) |
![Kamat`s Insects](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5217.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Love Stuck - Painted Grasshoppers Kamat's Insects |
![](/common/left.gif) Praying "Praying Mantis" Photograph shows a mantis kneeling down with a head bow. | ![Kamat`s Insects](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5219.jpg) |
![Praying Mantis](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5223.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Insect or Bird? Praying Mantis |
![](/common/left.gif) A Deer Roaming free in Bandipur National Park
| ![](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5308.jpg) |
![](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5339.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Mud Wasp in Nest Kodachadri forest, Shimoga District |
![](/common/left.gif) A Frog in the Well (Rana tigrina)
| ![Amphibians](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5364.jpg) |
![The Indian Crow](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5412.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Indian Crow in Hiding
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![](/common/left.gif) Bird in Flight Picture of Night Heron | ![Night Heron](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5413.jpg) |
![](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5414.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Egret in Flight
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![](/common/left.gif) Garden Lizard Performing Ballet
| ![Garden Lizard](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5415.jpg) |
![Playful Squirrel and his Lizard Buddy](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5416.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) The Coexistence A squirrel and a lizard play on a bark of a Neem tree |
![](/common/left.gif) Male Asiatic Lion Banneraghatta National Park, near Bangalore | ![Lions of India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5489.jpg) |
![Life of a Praying Mantis](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5532.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Egg Capsule of Praying Mantis
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![](/common/left.gif) Nature's Janitors Crows feeding on a rat | ![Scavenging Crows](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5614.jpg) |
![](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5633.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) The Angel Butterfly Butterflies of India |
![](/common/left.gif) Painted Storks, the Village of Belluru Mysore, 1985 | ![Painted Storks](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5814.jpg) |
![](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5988.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Ant Fight Notice how one has bitten the antenna of the other |
![](/common/left.gif) A Crow Mother Feeds Child
| ![Indian Crows](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/6009.jpg) |
![The Indian Crow](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/6013.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) "Feed Me First!" A Crow Family Nurturing the Young |
![](/common/left.gif) In the Danger Zone An eagle and a crow engage in a staring contest (drishtiyuddha) | ![Uneasy Proximity](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/6096.jpg) |
![Elephants of Mysore Dasara](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/6173.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Mysore Dasara Procession Decorated elephants waiting their turn to walk the procession. |
![](/common/left.gif) Lion of Bannerghatta National Park
| ![Asiatic Lion](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/6182.jpg) |
![The Flying Elephants](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/2587.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) The Flying Elephants Illustration form 18th century manuscript Gaja Shastra. Tanjavur Museum Collection |
![](/common/left.gif) The Mahut and His Pet Mahuts are the elephant training people of India | ![](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/7027.jpg) |
![The Mysore Zoo](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/7034.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Sumati the Gorilla Mysore Zoo, Mysore |
![](/common/left.gif) How do the ants cross water? Caricature by K. L. Kamat | ![](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/7354.jpg) |
![](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/7355.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) The unequal match of the termite couple Caricature by K. L. Kamat |
![](/common/left.gif) Queen Bee Kicks Out the Lazy Husband Caricature by K. L. Kamat | ![Honey-bee](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/7356.jpg) |
![](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/7357.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Delicious Husband! The Mentis Marriage Ends -- Carricature by K. L. Kamat |
![](/common/left.gif) Ants Building a Leaf Building
| ![](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/7366.jpg) |
![The Queen of Ants](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/2674.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) The Queen Ant Caricature by K. L. Kamat |
![](/common/left.gif) In Search of Livelihood
| ![](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/11466.jpg) |
![](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/11469.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Donkeis Eating Trash Bangalore, 2001 |
![](/common/left.gif) Kicking the Menacing A donkey kicks the menacing kids | ![](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/11474.jpg) |
![](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/11477.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Opposites Attract A black donkey and a white one in an intimate moment |
![](/common/left.gif) Acting Beyond the Age! A young donkey tries a position on a grown up | ![](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/11479.jpg) |
![](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/11484.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) "Mother's Milk is the Best Food"
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![](/common/left.gif) The Sunbathing Calf
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![Elephants of India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/11526.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Herd of Wild Elephants Visiting a Water Point Bandipur National Forest, Karnataka |
![](/common/left.gif) A Majestic Tusker in the Wild
| ![Indian Elephants](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/11527.jpg) |
![Elephants of India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/11529.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) The Lone Tusker This elephant apparently lost his left tusk in a fight for a partner |
![](/common/left.gif) A Domesticated Elephant
| ![Elephants of India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/11530.jpg) |
![Busy Ants](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/7695.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Ants at Work Ants busy at work trying to fold a leaf into a nest |
![](/common/left.gif) Ants at Work Ants busy at work trying to fold a leaf into a nest | ![Ants at Work](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/7697.jpg) |
![Pleasing the Snakes](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/11386.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Offerings Made to the Snake Deity Picture shows religious offerings made to the sculptures of snakes. |
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![Temple Elephants](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/11791.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Feeding the Elephant God A woman devotee feeding a temple elephant, Udupi |
![](/common/left.gif) Garuda, a Sacred Bird of Hindus Garuda is revered by Hindus as the vehicle of Lord Vishnu | ![Indian Eagle](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/7772.jpg) |
![Kamat Goes to a Cock Fight](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/7836.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) The Cock Fight
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![](/common/left.gif) Use of Elephants and Horses in the Army Detail from a relief, archeological site of Hampi | ![Military Animals](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/2875.jpg) |
![Underwater Animals](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/688.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Underwater Life depicted in a Tumkur Painting Notice a fantastic fish with three trunks and one head on the left hand side. This is a recurring theme in an 18th century art school. |
![](/common/left.gif) Picture of a White Tiger White tigers are nature's anomaly and make fascinating zoo exhibits. Mysore Zoo, Mysore, 1985 | ![White Tiger](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/6083b.jpg) |
![Navagunjara in Orissan Painting](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/19038.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Fantastic Animal Navagunjara The artist has integrated body parts of nine animals into one. Example of Patta painting, Orissa |
![](/common/left.gif) Elephant Hunt Cave painting of early historic period of Ahiraura depicts use of noisemakers and animals, just like the Khedda system prevalent in Mysore till 19th century | ![Pre-historic Khedda?](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/21421.jpg) |
![A Hawk and a Crow](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/21575.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Crossing the Highway A vulture and a crow waiting by the roadside |
![](/common/left.gif) Elephant, Amber Palace
| ![Indian Elephants](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/80001.jpg) |
![Studying Ant](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/klk553.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Insect Goes to School ! Caricature by K.L.Kamat |
![](/common/left.gif) Stamps Featuring the Snakes of India Clockwise from left -- Python, Bamboo Pit Viper, Gliding Snake, and King Cobra | ![Snake Stamps](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/s165.jpg) |
![Stories of Panchatantra](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/s295.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) The Crows and the Snake
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![](/common/left.gif) Snakes and Garuda Detail from a temple mural | ![Garuda, Tormentor of Snakes](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/13351.jpg) |
![Indian Crocodile](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/13557.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) A Crocodile in Kaveri River
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![](/common/left.gif) Tiger at Patna Zoo Patna Zoo, Bihar | ![Picture of a Bengal Tiger](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/batch1-049.jpg) |
![Indian Crows](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/23146.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Crows with Carrion
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![](/common/left.gif) Lions on a Walk Bangalore, 1982 | ![Bannerghatta Lion Safari](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/24716.jpg) |
![Kamat`s Insects](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/24717.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Portrait of a Cockroach Bangalore, 1982 |
![](/common/left.gif) Bengal Tiger in Mysore Zoo Mysore, 1986 | ![The Bengal Tiger](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/27010.jpg) |
![Tigers of India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/27012.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Tiger in Mysore Zoo Year 1986, Mysore |
![](/common/left.gif) Kamat's Study of Insects
| ![Kamat`s Insects](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/41696.jpg) |
![Kamat`s Animals](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/32643.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Rhinoceros in Mysore Zoo Mysore, 1985 |
![](/common/left.gif) Nandan (Soyiro) Prabhu Prabhu is co-owner of Tulasi Pharma in Honavar, 2009 | ![Phamacist Nandan Prabhu](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/42333.jpg) |