‘Sisters Who Watch Over Us’ – Telangana’s powerful local goddesses
Among the Dalits and Bahujans of South India, the seven sister-goddesses are revered as protectors of the land and preservers of its people. Meet the gramadevatalu of Telangana
Festivals of India
Work & worship – Goddesses of learning and living
The road to learning—and earning—is guided by these benevolent goddesses
Untitled Album featuring Tuensang Village, Nagaland
Acquired from the collection of the late BG Verghese, former editor of the Hindustan Times in the early Seventies, this album features a collection of photographs from Tuensang Village, in eastern Nagaland and bordering Myanmar. It shows members of the Sumi tribe, along with those of other unidentified tribes celebrating Tuluni festival. The Sumis are… Read more »
Celebrating Tuluni in Nagaland, The Land of Festivals
Nagaland’s calendar boasts at least one major festival every month. We get a glimpse of one such special celebration through vintage photographs from 1948
Phool Walo’n ki Sair, or Sair e Gul Farosha’n – A Quaint Festival of Flower-Sellers In Delhi
Nothing epitomizes the multicultural flavour of Delhi as this annual festival held with much pomp and show after the monsoons
Festivals of India
When we attempt to express in English the reasons why we celebrate what we do in India, there’s a tendency to fall back on some cliched answers. We celebrate the harvest in our concrete jungles, or ‘the triumph of good over evil’, or the birth of a great soul, a mahatma. These are accurate reasons,… Read more »
Mahavir in marble – Stunning 19th-Century Photographs of the Jain Temples of Palitana
Every March-April, pilgrims make their way to Palitana to observe Mahavir Jayanti. It’s a solemn festival observed in the most ornately decorated temple town you will ever see