India in Line Drawings

First Online: January 22, 200
Last Update: December 07, 2024

Introduction

During my travels and studies, for several reasons (lack of co-operation, Government regulations, prohibited photography, bad light, poor dark-room facilities, and cost) it was not always possible to document the happenings or artifacts on film. Over the years, I have learnt to authentically reproduce/enhance the experience via line drawings done in India ink. This is especially true of historical sculptures where the originals themselves were in extremely poor condition.
-- K. L. Kamat

List of Line Drawings

Girl preparing to meet boyfriend Line drawing based on a stone seductress (shilabalika) in Belur
	Rangoli Floral Designs
Two playful ladies bathing together Line drawing based on ancient text Sougandhikaparinaya
	Animal Vehicles of Hindu Deities
Mystical Bird from a Pre-historic Cave Painting
	Ravana, the King of Sri Lanka From a Wall Painting in Sibi
An Innocent Woman of Mavashia Community
	Rural Man in his Best Rumal Madhya Pradesh, 1977
Welcome to a Hero From a rock painting in Central India
	Hindu Deity from an Eleventh Century Sculpture
The Boar (Varaha) Logo of the Vijayanagar Kings
	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru India's First Prime-Minister
A Hindu Wedding With the Fire (Agni) as the witness, and the bride in his hand, a groom takes seven steps and the sacred oath.
	A Priest at a Temple Procession
The Father of the Nation
	"This is everything that I have" A Tribal Woman at the Weekly Marketplace, Jagadalpur
Verrier Elwin -- Missionary turned Anthropologist and Social Worker
	"I Drink, Therefore I Am" A drink transforms a Man into a philosopher! Illustration based on ancient sculpture
A Sadhu Wonders at the Wonderful Chain of Life Line drawing based on a sculpture at Belur

See Also:

• Watercolor Paintings by K.L.Kamat