Seller of pots

D A S T K A R Craft Fair

An annual craft fair held in Bangalore in mid-August. Craftsmen from all over India display their handicrafts and offer them for sale.

06 Jul 2006

3 favorites

4 comments

985 visits

Seller of pots

At the "Dastkar" craft fair held in the grounds of the Chitrakala Parishad Museum in Bangalore.

06 Jul 2006

7 favorites

908 visits

Bells

Dastkar, Bangalore

09 Jul 2006

981 visits

Applying mehndi

Mehndi - a kind of tattoo that lasts a few days. It contains henna dye. Please note what the subject is reading! Dastkar, Bangalore

06 Jul 2006

1 favorite

1 010 visits

Inside

This year, the Dastkar exhibition was decorated with long,hollow, cylindrical cloth hangings. These were open at their bases. This is what I saw when I put my camera in the base of one of them and pointed the lens towards the top. Dastkar, Bangalore

06 Jul 2006

4 favorites

5 comments

1 201 visits

Four eyes three noses

Part of a gigantic painted puppet, rather like those made by the Javanese. Dastkar, Bangalore

09 Jul 2006

1 favorite

807 visits

Carved coconut shell

Dastkar, Bangalore