boat rides of Kumta

It is wonderful to see an old style  boat public transportation system  alive  in Indian villages even after the development of  roads and access to the  villages. But these are alive due to the ‘time save’ factor than the…

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Face-to-Face: the betelnut wholesaler

"My father  had couple of  small sailor boats ( called machave in Kannada) with some expert sailors for shipping our betelnuts  .They used to go  to Karachi  in Pakisthan( then  India )  on those boats full of betlenut and come back  with…

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Face to Face: The bangle seller from Kumta

One of the features of every  Indian village is   the bangle seller, well, it used to be . The bangle seller  visits every house in the village through out the year . Since he doing that for years he knows every story of every house. He…

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THE WAIT: PORTRAITS

When we got up to the Vindyagiri to visit the world famous Gommateshwara of Shravanabelagola  before sunrise the main entrance  door was closed. Hundreds of people were waiting for the main priest to come and open the door. But it was soon…

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50 best images of Kannadanaadu ( Karnataka)

ಕನ್ನಡ ರಾಜ್ಯೋತ್ಸವದ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು, Today being the state day  I decided to put my some of best photos shot in my state Karnataka under one gallery. Please  visit them here and share :) Happy Kannadaraajyotsava to all of you…

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Kumbh faces: faces from inside of a tent

It started pouring rains and you imagine what might happen in Kumbhmela ! I had to run to some vacant tent. Before rains stopped the tent broke due to huge settling of rain water on the tent. I was lucky to escape that thanks to a guy who…

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the Havelis of Bikaner

The pink city Bikaner  really gets the pink color when we  start walking around the old city .  When we cross the station road and walk east   we see the  pink  Kote  gate bottle knecking the city traffic . The pomps, peeps and the chaos…

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Badami Portraits

Portrait making is an exciting adventure . This adventure becomes more challenging when visiting remote places. First challenge is to spotting the people whom we want to capture. And then comes the challenge of getting closer to them and…

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