Lambanis, the Gypsies of India
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Veena maestro Doraiswamy Iyengar
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Lambani Woman on way to Marketplace
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Toda Village Elder, Ooty
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A Man belonging to Native Maratha (kad-maratha) Community
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Halakki Gowda Farmer
Halakki Man making Turayi ( a decorative Head gear) for Harvest Festival |
A Village Woman
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Grandma Gowdati (Halakki Lady) caring for a Child
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Toda Woman Engaged in Embroidery
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A Lingayat Temple
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A Muslim Mother and Her Child
Mother and child belonging to the Navayat community. They are of Persian descent and live primarily on the Southwestern coast. |  |
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Huttari Dancer from Coorg
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A drummer of the Santhal tribe, West Bengal
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A decked-up Lambani woman
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Basaveshwara, the Revolutionary Saint
Portrait from a calendar painting |  |
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A Lambani lady embroidering a piece of yellow cloth
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A Banjara (Gypsy) woman, lost in the intricate world of Kasooti (needle craft)
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Very Colorful Attire of the Lambanis
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Fish Market Snapshots
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Veerashaiva (Lingayat) temples of Uluvi
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Engraved Water Buffalo of the Todas
Rock art from Tamilnadu |  |
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Image of the Moon is Very Sacred to the Todas
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Man belonging to Grameen Gouli (rural milkman) Community
The attire of his tribe has not changed in centuries |  |
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A woman of the Grameen Gouli community
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A Student of Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan settlement, Mundgod |  |
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Tibetans in Traditional Costumes
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Black, Indian, and Hindu!
Notice the Mangalasutra and the Holy Dot |  |
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Boy riding water buffalo to work, West Bengal
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Rajput Couple Riding a Camel
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The monkhood of a Brahmin boy
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Toda man in traditional shawl
Ooty, Nilgiri mountains, Tamil Nadu |  |
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Widow of a Mahut (Elephant Trainer)
A housewife of the Jenu-Kuruba (honey-bee farmers) community, Heggededevana Kote |
Navayats: Konkani speaking Muslims
Photo Plate showing mosques and people of Bhatkal town |  |
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A patient of Leprosy takes to begging as his means of living
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Light heart cures poverty
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A push cart is his mode of transportation.
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"The Camera Blitz is Blinding Me Uncle!"
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"Will my picture be shown in theaters?"
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"Do you think I am Photogenic?"
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Man Dressed As a Woman Poses Backstage for a Photo
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"I asked the director not to place me in a feminine role!!!"
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Man Dressed as the Mythological Character of Shurpanakhi
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"Ghosts are Male or Female?"
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Portrait of S.N. Krishna Jois
Krishna Jois is a great Kannada scholar, and edited such works as Supashastra. |
Man Dressed as a Woman for Krishna -Parijata Play
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A Man Elaborately Dresses as a Woman for a Play
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Portrait of a Muslim Woman
Portrait of a Muslim woman with a huge nose ring |  |
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She is very rich in beads.
Leader of Tarle Dance of Halakki Community. The Dance is offered to invoke the rain God |
She loads the garbage in a bamboo basket
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Dr. R. K. Narayan. Well-known English writer
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General Carriappa
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Dr. Raja Ramanna. An atomic energy expert
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Pictures of Halakki Community
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Fishermen Community of Uttara Kannada
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"If my suffering is Lord`s wish, I accept it"
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Portrait of a Beggar
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The Face of Poverty
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Portrait of a Homeless Man, Bangalore
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Never Been Photographed
Picture of a woman belonging to the Kudubi community |  |
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Laborer Siblings on way to Forest
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Kunubi Dancer
Picture of a Kudubi folk dancer, Ravindra Kala Kshetra, Bangalore |  |
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Kudubi Folk Dancer
Notice the drub Gumate with its braod and narrow ends |
The Gumatepak Dance
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Never Been to a Dentist!
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A Devadasi (Jogathi) carrying a copper vessel on her head
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Given to God
Portrait of a Devadasi (temple woman) |
Metal idol of Goddess Yellamma's Head
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A Young 'Jogavva' on her way to seek alms
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A Jogappa and four Jogathis (devotees of Yellamma) performing to please their deity
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Dedicated to Goddess -- Dedicated to Men
Portrait of a Devadasi (Temple Woman) |
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in INA Uniform
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Now you know why they are called `Sweat Shops`
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Portrait of Prof. B. A. Saletore
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"Is it OK for a widow to be photographed?"
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A Devotee Balancing an Idol
Pictures of the mysterious Yellamma cult, Bellary |  |
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The Burden of Beads
Picture of a Halakki tribal woman. This used to be the tribe's daily (not festive) attire. |
Portrait of a Daldi Fisherwoman
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Siddi Brothers
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"You educated can do all kinds of things!"
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"How much do you charge to take my Photograph?"
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Elderly Man Belonging to the Gouli Community
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Abel, the Village Tailor
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Travelling Knife and Scissors Sharpner
Picture of Mehboob the knife sharpener |  |
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Rag Picker Boy, Bangalore 2000
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Rag Picker Boy, Yeshwantpur
Orphaned by the death of his mother, boy takes to rag picking |  |
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Smiling Lambani Woman
The village of Sonduru in Bellary District |
Lambadi Beauty
Bearing five daughters does not seem to age this woman, Sondur, 1992 |  |
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Woman Embroidering Cloth
Sonduru, Bellary district, 1992 |
Woman Laborer
Woman construction worker breaks stone with a hammer |  |
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Destitute Woman
Many poor people in India take up trashpicking to sustain themselves |
Traditional Iyengari Lady
Portrait of Mrs. Masti Venkatesh Iyengar |  |
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Fisherman with Daily Catch
The Kharvi Community |
Decoated Wooden Panel
Tibetan Art, Mundgod |  |
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"Let me see who did it" !
A Tibetan Boy in Mundgod Refugee Center |
Lambani Women from Dharwad
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Tribals Making Festival Headgear from Bamboos
Halakki tribes celebrate the harvest festival with these decorated Turayis |
Alpana Ritual Art of the Halakki Tribals
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Folk Musicians, the Village of Kavalakki
Harvest dance of the Halakki farmers |
A Goan Woman in Marketplace
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Pioneer Shivaram Karanth
Picture Taken 1954 Kannada Literary Conference in Kumta |
