Terra Cotta Temple, West Bengal
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| Lion in Kavi Art
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Terra Cotta Panel
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| Terra Cotta Panel
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Dancer and the Drummer Detail from a terracota wall relief, West Bengal | |
| Detail from a Hase Art Artifact
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Intimate Couple Illustration from Sougandhika Parinaya | |
| Horse Rider from a Hero-stone Notice how the horse is crushing an enemy soldier |
At the Marketplace A Muslim woman in veil (burqa) passes by a stack of earthen pots | |
| Carvings Around a Door-frame
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Self-Portrait, Vikas Kamat
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| Krishna Playing a Flute Watercolor painting on paper by Vikas Kamat |
Saint Purandaradasa A great Kannada poet, and composer. An important saint of the Bhakti movement. Revered as the grand-father of Carnatic music. | |
| Historian Narayan S. Rajpurohit
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Cheer Rendering Chillis
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| Kannada First Day Envelope Special postal envelope marking 2003 Kannada Literary Conference |
The Mother Goddess of Karnataka Detail from a first day envelope, Indian Postal Service | |
| Karnad Sadashiv Rao (1881- 1936)
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Bengal Silhoutte Boy carries a sibling in the backdrop of monsoon clouds, Plassey, Bengal | |
| Priest and his Travelling Temple Notice the floral and leaf decorations. Neighborhood of Malleswaram, Bangalore |
Men Carrying a Palanquin
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| Floral Decorations of a Hindu Idol
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Fantastic Animal Navagunjara The artist has integrated body parts of nine animals into one. Example of Patta painting, Orissa | |
| Picture of an Indian Girl
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Lord Ganesh as Sidha Vinayaka Patta Painting of Puri, Orissa | |
| Kandarpa Ratha - Orissan Painting
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Lord Buddha in a Orissan Pata Painting Pattachitra is a beautiful form of illustration from the state of Orissa | |
| Dancing Ganesh
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Lord of Mukteswar
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| Krishna Tames Kaliya Serpent
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Drummer in Stone Hoysala period sculpture, Jaina pilgrim center of Sravanabelagola | |
| Hoysala Ornametation Detail from a Jain sculpture |
Ornately Decorated Sculpture Notice the designs on her saree and her hairdo | |
| Man with Musical Instrument
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Hoysala Beauty
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| Hoysala Period Woman Notice her unique hair-style and her skirt |
Head, Ear and Neck Ornaments Detail from a bracket figue, Sravanagelagola | |
| Training the Parrot Notice the ornate decorations in the bracket panel |
Drummer Carved in Stone
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| Woman Putting on a Drape Detail from a sculpture in Doddabetta |
Cymball Musician Notice the dangling fruits in the ceiling in his hair | |
| Detail from a Heo-stone
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Horse-mounted Saviyabbe Avanging her Husband's Death A 10th century memorial depicts a woman killing a elephant mounted enemy | |
| Hoysala Periof Sculpture
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Hoysala Periof Sculpture
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| Hoysala Period Sculpture
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Intricately Carved Jain Sculpture Notice the decorations carved in sculpture, Hoysala period | |
| Intricately Decorated Bracket Figure Hoysala period sculpture, Sravanabelagola |
Fruit and Leaf Designs as Fashion Note the ornamented shorts of this Sravanabelagola sculpture | |