Happy Diwali !

K.L. Kamat/Kamat's Potpourri

The Festival of Lights
Woman Celebrating Diwali with Rangoli and Lights

See Also: Legends of Diwali, Diwali in South India

Newly Added Pictures 

Advertisement of a Bengali Magician/Fortune Teller

Illustration from a Children's Book

Advertisement of Piramal Mills. Mumbai

Portrait of Ratnavarma Heggade Heggade served as the Dharmadhikari at Dharmasthala

A View of the Fort of Jionpoor upon the banks of the river Goomty Painting by William Hodges

Portrait of Manjayya Heggade Heggade developed Dharmasthala as a great center of religious tolerance and pilgrimage

M. D. Joshi, circa 1937 Joshi founded the Swadeshi Electric Clocks in Bombay

Stamp Marking 150 Years of Indian Postal Service

Signboard of a Sex Clinic Sign of Manek Dispensary in Mangalore, Year 2005

Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade: (Born 1842; Death January 16, 1901)

The Hemlin Family Left to right: Helen Hamlin, her mother, Richard's mother, and Richard Hamlin, 1964

Hemlin Kids Pasadena, California, 1964

Gandhi in "Gandhi Cap" A rare photograph shows Gandhi in a type of hat named after him

Salt Satyagraga Detail from a stamp honoring Gandhi's contributions to India

Gandhi at Sevagram Ashram

Bhimsen Joshi (on left) with India Gandhi Bombay, Circa 1960

Gandhi Stamp

Bhalachandra B. Burde of Kumta Town of Kumta, circa 1980

Mysore Traditional Art Detail from a gesso painting

Kamat Carries Money in a Book! Ever since he lost Rs. 100 in 1985, Kamat hides money in old issues of Reader's Digest and uses it as a wallet. Shown in the picture -- Kamat paying a merchant

"My teeth are like the seeds of pomegranate " Mischievous boy smiles as he peels a pomegranate

Tantic Sex A temple panel depicting sexual tantras

Kannada Novelist Yeshavant Chittal Dharwad, 1988

Adamgad Rock Shelter Painting

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Indian Masquerade
Masks from various parts of India

India in India Ink
Line drawings of life and people of India

Educating the Fair Sex
Tradition of female education in Karnataka

So is it Gandhi or Churchill?
Two great men. Who is greater? You decide.

Dakhani Miniatures
Amalgamation of Persian and Indian paintings.

Hoysala Art
An introduction to Hoysala art and architecture.

Kamat Meets Kamath!
Interview with eminent historian Suryanath Kamath

Kamat Saree Sapne
The history, mystery and magic of the Indian Saree

Sati at Ikkeri
Pietro Della Valle's 16th Century Account of Sati.

Why God Created Evil
Interview with a boy ascetic in Mayapur, in Bengal.

Inside Kamat Blog Engine
Notes on the implementation of a weblogging engine.

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