Gallery

The beaches, temples, rivers, festivals and Yakshagana of Kundapura, through the lens.

Maravanthe
Mookambika Devi
Yakshagana trio
Kodachadri hills
Town memorial
Maravanthe coast
Mookambika idol
Bannada Vesha
Kodachadri summit
Town bus stand
Kodi lighthouse
Golden kavacha
Tenkutittu face paint
Summit shrine
Kundapura station
Gangolli sea-walk
Golden face & naga
Crown & silver spikes
Kunda jasmine
Gandhi Maidan
River mouth at sunset
Garlanded kavacha
Demon headdress
Jasmine bloom
Devi on Sri Chakra
Fierce warrior
Goddess & lion
Stage combat
Gaja-Lakshmi
Hasya artist
Veerabhadra Swamy
Night stage
Kollur gopura at dusk
Backstage prep
Gold-crested vimana
On stage
Temple facade
Yakshagana portrait
Courtyard in the rain
Kodi Habba festival
Temple in monsoon
Kodi Habba
Kollur from above
Festival lamp-tower
Kollur entrance
Kundeshwara gopura
Kundeshwara linga
Kundeshwara pond
Temple tank
Kotilingeshwara temple
Kotilingeshwara deity
Koteshwara temple lake
Anegudde Vinayaka
Anegudde temple
Anegudde entrance
Chandika Durgaparameshwari
Chandika temple
Prasanna Anjaneya temple
Anjaneya statue
Maranakatte daivas
Daivas on silver
Brahmalingeshwara
Maranakatte gateway
Maranakatte nameboard
Kannada Kudru island
The Panchagangavalli estuary
Mangrove tunnel
Estuary birds at dawn
The Varahi (Halady) river
Boats at dawn
Gangolli fishing boats
Boats on the riverbank
Sunset on the river
Misty morning dugouts
Tiger in the Western Ghats
Leopard
Lion-tailed macaque
Malabar giant squirrel
Gaur (Indian bison)
Sambar deer
Barking deer (muntjac)
Indian wild boar
Great Indian hornbill in flight
Indian peafowl in display
White-throated kingfisher
Black-headed ibis
Indian pond heron
King cobra
Indian rock python
Travancore tortoise
Indian flapshell turtle
Indian bullfrog
Rhizophora mangroves
Mangrove crab
Mangrove red snapper
Tiger prawn
Freshwater catfish
Wild jack (Artocarpus hirsutus)
Indian kino (Pterocarpus marsupium)
Jamun / nerale fruit
Parijata night jasmine
Sampige (Magnolia champaca)
Wild balsam monsoon flower
Orange ixora flowers
Red ixora flowers
Panchalingeshwara temple courtyard, Barkur, in the monsoon
Panchalingeshwara sanctum under its tiled roof
The dhvajastambha flagstaff at Panchalingeshwara temple
Ancient stone Ganapathi at the temple
Flagstaff and the pillared hall at Barkur
The Chippi Anjaneya shrine outside the temple
Carved dancing figure on a temple pillar
Hanuman before a naga, carved pillar base
Pastoral relief on a carved pillar base
Seated ascetic carved on a temple pillar
A hero-stone with figural panels beside a monolithic pillar
A tall inscribed pillar in old Kannada
A weathered inscription slab
A short inscribed stone post
A dome-topped hero-stone
A memorial stone topped with a linga relief
A figural hero-stone beside an engraved plaque
A granite plaque with linga, Nandi, sun and moon
A rounded hero-stone, its panel worn away
A plain weathered slab
An arched memorial stone with a faint relief
An inscribed memorial stone with a relief panel
A short inscribed stone in old Kannada

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