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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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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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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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face-to-face : the camphor girl!
She sells camphor at the Kengal temple in Ramnagar during weekends along with her brothers and cousins to the visiting devotees. The gang was easily attracted to the big black thing in my camera and they knew the tricks and techniques…
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Chat with artist: Dattanna
My "chat with an artist" series won't be attractive if I do not share conversations with D N Bhat the wood sculptor and his works . I am fortunate that such an incredible artist is from my village and my far relative too! So I keep…
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Fan-fair
Parking my vehicle in front of great Kannada actor Vishnuvardhan's samadhi was not easy . And I did not expect also because it was his 62nd birthday . The whole area was filled with people , actor's life size bill boards, vehicles ,…
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Chat with Artist: Karki Bhandaris
After the month May anybody visiting Bhandari's houses in this little town Karki of Uttarakannada district , has to pass through narrow passages between the Ganesha idols . Most of the family members are busy with Ganesha idol…
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