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Veerashaiva Girl with Ash on Forehead
A Lingayat Girl in Dharwad

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Emerald Coast
Articles and pictures of Uttara Kannada (North Kanara) district documented over five decades.		 Bahamani Kingdom
Article on the Bahamani kingdom that spanned Bijapur, Gulbarga and Bidar
Dharwad
Dharwad is the home of delicious phedas, delicate Kasuti saris, of Hindustani classical music, and a seat of learning.

Arts, History & Culture of Karnataka
Karnataka

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Kannada Writer Goruru Ramaswamy IyengarWhere is my Mohini ?Portrait of Reverend F. KittelCinema Cutouts, BangaloreThe Jog FallsThe Flowers of a Bangalore StreetA Yakshagana Performance in ProgressAn Ancient Kannada InscriptionPrehistoric Cave Illustration from South IndiaAt the Kannada Poets MeetVeerabhadra DancerSculpture of Standing Vishnu
Kannada Poet G.P. RajaratnamKannada Dramatist Adi Rangacharya (Shriranga)Kannada Poet V.G. Bhat G.B. Joshi -- Kannada dramatist/publisherNotice the Kannada Letterings on this 950 A.D. Hero-stone of MulbagalS. L. Bhyrappa, Kannada writer and novelistA Painted Stork near Ranganatittu in KarnatakaPortrait of Puttanna KangalChaduranga -- Kannada Writer and CriticPortrait of Masti Venkatesh IyengarThe Nimishamba TempleDollu (drums) Dancer from Shimoga
The Waterfall at ShivasamudraPortrait of S. DiwakarVeerashaiva Girl with Ash on ForeheadWall Painting from Residence of Nellappa, TumkurOriginal Manuscript of Kannada Poet SarvajnaPortrait of V.K. GokakLord Shiva in a ReliefA Faded Fresco of Hiriyur TempleProf. Gundamaraju VaradarajaraoPicture of Harapanahalli BheemavvaA Tribute to Shivaram KaranthKannada Genuis K.V. Puttappa (Kuvempu)
T.N. Srikantaih (Tinamshri)Missionary MonglingKadapa RaghavendrarayaruHuilgol Narayana RaoPoet ShantakaviK. Chengalaraya ReddyMuduvidu KrishnaraoPortrait of M.L. VardhamanaiahVirupaksha NayakHardekar Manjappa (1886-1947)A Conference of Peoples Socialist PartyV. V. Patil
N. S. Hardikar (1889-1975)Freedom Fighter Gangadharrao DeshpandeBhimrao Balaji PotdarSali RamachandrarayaTalacherikar RangaraoLogo of the Kadamba DynastyAscetic Poet SarvajnaCover of G.P. Rajaratnams BookQueen of Kittur, Chennamma (1778-1829)Deepa Sthambha (light-post) at Sanna Betta, [[Shravanabelagola]]Cover of Taranga -- Kannada WeeklyHinged Horsey (keelu -kudure) Dance on Stilts
Pu. Ti. NarasimhacharP.V. Acharya (Pavem)Kannada Poet M. Akbar AliThose Who Saved KannadaSiddavanahalli Krishna SharmaGovindrao V. ChulakiKrishnakumar KallurN.S. GadagkarSundar NadakarniShankar Mokashi Punekar (1928-2004)Writer S.V. RangannaPrahlad Naregal
Gourish KaikiniPortrait of M. K. IndiraPanje Mangesh Rao (1874-1937) Portrait of Gangadhar Chittal (1923-1987)Portrait of Girish KarnadPortrait of Dinakara DesaiProf. Gopalakrishna Adiga Shivaram KaranthYashwant ChittalKeertinath Kurtkoti (1925-2003)Kannada Writer Prabhushankar Kannada Humorist M. Sivaram (Ra.Shi)
Ranganath DiwakarA.R. KrishnasastryEminent Lawyer and Writer Hemalata Mahishi Prof. G. Varadaraja RaoWriter H.K. RanganathH.S.Krishnaswamy IyengarKannada Poet DVGProf. G.S. AmurPortrait of M. Chidananda MurthyProf. M.V. Seetharamiah at his ResidenceKannada Researcher and Writer Sham. Ba. JoshiThe Big Two - Kuvempu and Masti at a function remembering B.M.Srikanthaiah
Ha .Ma. Nayak and Gorur Ramaswamy IyengarPortrait of Prof. A. N . Murthy RaoPortrait of M. Govind Pai Portrait of Prof. A. N. Moorthy RaoPortrait of G. S. ShivarudrappaPortrait of Prof. U.R. AnanthamurthyPortrait of B.M. SrikantaiahPortrait of Prof. V.K. Gokak Kannada Playwright and Publisher G.B. Joshi Portrait of Kannada Researcher S. M. JoshiKannada Poet Su. Ram. EkkundiPortrait of T.P. Kailasam
Portrait of Mirji AnnarayaPortrait of A. K. RamanujanChannappa UttangiPortrait of Kannada Poet K.S. Narasimha SwamyKannada Writer T.N.SrikantaiahKannada Writer B.G.L. SwamyPortrait of Shantadevi KanaviPortrait of H.V. SavithrammaKannada Dramatist SrirangaA Doctor and a WriterProf. B.G.L. SwamyKannada writer Prof. B.G.L. Swamy
Portrait of Chandrashekhar KambarD.L. Narasimhachar (1906-1971)Portrait of Poet D.S. KarkiPortrait of Geeta KulkarniGurunath JoshiK. GopalakrishnarayaKannada Writer Na. DSouzaLalita RamannaPortrait of Mirji AnnarayaProf. M.V. Seetaramiah -- Kannada scholarP. G. HalakattiS.S. Malwad
Sali Ramachandra RaoWriter and Activist Shanta NagarajShantinath Desai (1929 - 1998)Kannada Writer Sumatindra NadigKannada Scholar T.S. VenkannayyaWriter Poornachandra TejasviVasant Kavali (1932-1988)On the way to Yana, Uttara Kannada

 

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