ethnic portraits from Shivaratri fair

Shivaratri fair at Gokarna is a fine example which shows the cultural mix of different ethnic groups. You get to see people from all over the world here during the fair.  Everyone coming here may not be pilgrims but if seen from the bird's…

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Allahabad Streets: foggy morning

Allahabad is not only famous for Kumbhmela or river Ganga but the city itself is a beautiful city  especially the areas surrounding Sangam . When I was wandering in Kumbhmela this year I decided to capture some of the city moments .  I a…

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Chat with Artist: The young flute maker Satish

Satish Shanbhg hails from a little village in Kumta  and making quality bamboo flutes from past several years. Great masters of flutes all over India are his customers and he is very busy these days giving  quality flutes . I had a small…

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ನೀನಿರಬೇಕಿತ್ತು ..

5 meditation- ಹೊಸ ಬೆಳಗಿನಲ್ಲಿ ... ಅಂಗಳದ ತುಂಬಾ ಹರಳು…

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Kumbh Faces: Monalisa girl

For a typical south Indian like me living on Rotis ( check the link ! wiki does amazing job! ) of north India is not easy. And that is impossible if something south Indian food is available. Kumbh is such a great event that anything is…

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Nagababas the incredibles! ( careful: contains nudity)

End of the dawn on that main bath day showed  me the real  'crowd'  of Kumbh. Allahabad  kumbh  has the largest area of all the kumbh  but I felt that even this area is not enough for the Kumbh crowd. There was a sea  of photographers,…

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Face-to-Face:Hakki Pikki family in Gokarna

When we were in Yana  in early March this year to see the Shivaratri celebration we almost ' fried' out in the scorching heat both from the black soil on which we were walking and from the top directly from sun before the halfway! The…

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