The Gorava dancers performed a unique ritual

    they eat the mixture lying on…

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The wandering people of Chitradurga

I was on my way back from a fantastic hiking from Mullayyangiri , highest peak in Karnataka state I  saw hundreds of goats and sheep along with donkeys and dogs  in the fields and few men standing in between  . I have seen them  before and…

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Bandi Festival: An amazing ritual

Vasantha Maasa ( falls in March-April) , the first month of Hindu year  brings  thousands of annual rural festivals . An ancient style rituals of worshipping earth, sun, nature , water can be seen  even today in the villages of India.…

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Suggi Dancers of Halakki tribes

( this was presented in Open Show Bangalore #8. For more info please visit http://openshow.org/) The tribe Halakki tribe is pure agriculturist tribes inhabitants of  coastal areas of Uttarakannada district of Karnataka ( India) with a very…

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Sankranthi fire

Sankranthi is festival of cattle in Mandya! Makar…

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Suggi portraits

When I photographed this  Suggi dance event  this…

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Kambala: The race of the buffaloes

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