Ivory tusk and the long trunk of an Indian elephant of the Annakotta Sactuary dedicated to the Sri Krishna Temple on December 03, 2011 in Guruvayur, Kerala, India. The mahout is cleaning the elephant with coconut shells. Photos by EyesWideOpen.
Spreading the love…..animals and all life is treated with great reverance
(Source: schizodoxe)
Chintz/Palampore or bed-covering sample from Masulipatam by John Forbes, 1866.
“It is okay to be at a place of struggle. Struggle is just another word for growth. Even the most evolved beings find themselves in a place of struggle now and then. In fact, struggle is a sure sign to them that they are expanding; it is their indication of real and important progress. The only one who doesn’t struggle is the one who doesn’t grow. So if you are struggling right now, see it as a terrific sign — celebrate your struggle.”
—Neale Donald Walsch
Baba Ji; Katmandu, Nepal
Photo by Laurent Auxietre
The half-sari (pavadai davani in Tamil) is a “training” sari worn by adolescent girls in South India to ease the transition to the six yard sari worn by adult women. The three part ensemble (skirt, blouse, drape aka antariya, choli, uttariya) is not dissimilar to other 3 part outfits in India bar the fact that it mimics the “full sari” look.
Normally the lower part is a gathered skirt (like a ghaghra or pavadai worn by young girls) as in pics 2 and 3 but pic 1 (of the actress Savitri) is a little intriguing because the lower part has pleats like a sari but it is still a “half-sari”. I don’t think this is an earlier version of the dress (the photograph dates from the 50s), just a version worn in a movie.
The outfit wasn’t much worn in the recent past (the Northern salwar/chudidar ensembles are more common in South India of late) but it appears to be having a bit of a resurgence (for all ages, often with new materials and some hybridisation with the lehenga of the north) and as party/wedding wear.
From Jaipur enamels. Griggs, 1886.
Jewelry featured in this lithograph belongs to Kasliwal family (Jaipur Gems) who have been making jewelry for Indian royals and nobility since 17th century.
Ethnographic images of native women were a way for the dominant white masculine culture to have a good purve (what is the anthropological term for this ?). The colonial gaze included sexual privileges.
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You can buy anything in India
Remembering Prof.Bose on his birthday
The potential that exists in the young people of the subcontinent is……
Fascinated by Indian Civilization, the good the bad and the ugly
