![](/common/left.gif) Burning lamp design for Deepavali
| ![Deepavali Rangoli](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/4075.jpg) |
![Lord Krishna Shows Himself](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/4233.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Vision of Krishna's Totality Rangoli art by Tribhak Joshi |
![](/common/left.gif) A Contended Konkani Housewife
| ![Faces of India](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/3430.jpg) |
![First Lady of Bhanker](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/5697.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Patel's Wife, Village of Bhanker Bastar District, Madhya Pradesh, 1976 |
![](/common/left.gif) Woman Delivers while Standing Up Carving from a Chariot, Apprx. 19th Century, Town of Nanjanagudu | ![Alternate Position for Child Delivery](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/6307.jpg) |
![Erotic Carving on Chariot Panel](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/7656.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Obscure Erotica An avid student of Indian art will discover erotica in strangest
and most obscure of places. Shown above is a panel from the holy temple
chariot of Nanjangudu. |
![](/common/left.gif) Artist Dressing up as a Woman Artist Mantap Prabahakar Upadhyaya | ![Artist Dressing up as a Woman](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/11601.jpg) |
![Man Becomes a Woman](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/11604.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) in the Yakshagana Greenroom... An artist dressing up as a woman |
![](/common/left.gif) Man Pitting on a Saree
| ![Man Dressing up as a woman](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/11616.jpg) |
![Stoies the Stones Tell](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/12012.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Four Panels of the Dodda-maluru Hero-stone
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![](/common/left.gif) Curled-up Worm Waits for the Danger to Pass Curled up worm poses on Kamat's lens-cap | ![Worm as Art](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/230.jpg) |
![](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/289.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Anything that Reflects... Boy uses the reflecting surface of a glazing machine to comb hair |
![](/common/left.gif) Man using a broken mirror to shave
| ![](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/291.jpg) |
![Use of Opaque](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/347.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Long Time Before Photoshop, There was Kodak Opaque Photograph shows how the artist had to block out the background clutter, before the advent of digital photography. (The Opaque prints as blue when you make a color print form a B&W original) |
![](/common/left.gif) Homeward Bound Silhouette of a bullock-cart carrying two men | ![Village Silhouette](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/753.jpg) |
![The Food Chain](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/19013.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) The Animal Chain and the Wondering Sadhu Detail from a sculture at Beluru. Photograph enhanced for clarity by the photographer |
![](/common/left.gif) Waiting for the Bus Notice how the unstitched saree is worn to cover the head at the same time allow the women to perform sports like bicycling and horse-riding (the saree is wrapped like a trouser) | ![Nine Yard Sarees](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/21162.jpg) |
![Pierced Jewelry](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/13275.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Tribal Piercings Piercings of a tribal woman, Bastar, 1977 |
![](/common/left.gif) Masked Man Belonging to Muria Tribe Photograph hand-colored by K.L. Kamat | ![Tribal Mask](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/13684.jpg) |
![Garuda in Indian Art](http://www.kamat.com/picturehouse/stubs/40141.jpg) | ![](/common/right.gif) Vishnu Riding Garuda Detail from a pillar in Melukote, Karnataka |