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Hyderabad | Nov2025
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Hyderabad | Nov2025
Currently on a “Press”-ing assignment to “Auto”-focus on interesting subjects near Charminar, Hyderabad.
Udayan Sankar Pal at Charminar-12Oct2025
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Udayan Sankar Pal at Charminar-12Oct2025
Wari-2025 by  Ashvini K Chhabra
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Wari-2025 by Ashvini K Chhabra
Hyderabad | May2025
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Hyderabad | May2025
Palavakkam | June2019
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Palavakkam | June2019
Puruliya | May2025
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Puruliya | May2025
Warangal 1000 Pillars Temple | Jan2025
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Warangal 1000 Pillars Temple | Jan2025
Humayun Tomb l Delhi | Nov2024
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Humayun Tomb l Delhi | Nov2024
Taj Mahal | Nov2024
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Taj Mahal | Nov2024
FIAP Congress-2024 Mascot
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FIAP Congress-2024 Mascot
Day One at Kulasai-2024
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Day One at Kulasai-2024
Chowpatty Beach | May2024
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Chowpatty Beach | May2024
Statue of Unity | Feb2024
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Statue of Unity | Feb2024
VillageSquare-2024
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VillageSquare-2024
RENAISSANCE by SR Mandal
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RENAISSANCE by SR Mandal
I started photography when I was in class VIII, about the same time I turned 13 years of age 31 years ago. One of my favorite photographic activities then was to attend Photography Exhibitions in Kolkata. These exhibitions introduced me to the names and works of few renowned photographers of that time, especially the ones who lived in Kolkata and in other parts of Bengal. Later, their work became tomes or guides for our generation of photographers from where we learnt the basics as well as learnt how to elevate our view from what we knew. One of the legendary photographers of that time is Sri Shanti Ram Mandal (aka our beloved SR Mandal Sir).

Recently he published a book with his work called “RENAISSANCE”. Adding this legend’s book in my photo book library felt like a dream come true. His work is a little different from the typical “you-see-what-I-see” frames as his frames capture what he feels, a slice of his creativity and idea.

I am sure this book is and will forever be considered an important piece of work in the History of Photography, especially in the realm of Indian Photography for the methods Sir has used to create his masterpieces.

I am thankful to Kalyan Chattopadhyay for helping me to get this book.
AAVISHKAR-2023
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AAVISHKAR-2023
The Divine Spectacles by Swaminathan Vadivelu
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The Divine Spectacles by Swaminathan Vadivelu
Two of my favorite religious festivals are Kulasai Dasara & Theyyam and have been photographing them for the last 7 years. I am also an avid photography related book collector.

Unfortunately, I could not find any books on these two festivals so far.

Fortunately, to fill this void, my friend & photographer Swaminathan Vadivelu published a book on these two festivals.

After a long time my desire to add a book in my library on Kulasai Dasara & Theyyam is now fulfilled.

Thank you Swami for sending a copy of the awesome book. You have successfully captured the true essence of these two festivals in photos & text. Congratulations!!!

(Dec2023)
Kannur Airport | Dec2023
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Kannur Airport | Dec2023
Dev Diwali Varanasi | Nov2023
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Dev Diwali Varanasi | Nov2023
NatGeo Aircraft | Nov2023
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NatGeo Aircraft | Nov2023
Flew on aeroplanes more than a thousand time but never felt the urge to take a photo or selfie with any aircraft or in any airport before.

Few days ago while traveling to Varanasi to witness and capture Dev Diwali, I spotted a NatGeo Airplane (TF-LLL/Boeing 757-256) & from that moment on, I wanted to take a photo of myself with it.

Luckily, I got my chance to take a photo with it while flying back.

Hope one day I will have enough photographic skills to fly with and in this aircraft!
Pushkar | Nov2023
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Pushkar | Nov2023
Pushkar | Nov2023
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Pushkar | Nov2023
Ellora Caves: Oct2023
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Ellora Caves: Oct2023
Kulasai | Oct2023
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Kulasai | Oct2023
Kayar | Feb2021
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Kayar | Feb2021
I have realized over the years that photography is nothing but an excuse to go to very ordinary places where most people don’t.

Photographers often go to these places not because they have a reason to go, but because they have a hope…
a hope to find something extraordinary perhaps… an extraordinary moment, extraordinary people or another memorable experience!
Pre Dinner Ritual
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Pre Dinner Ritual
TOHOKU: Through the eyes of Japanese Photographers
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TOHOKU: Through the eyes of Japanese Photographers
Chennai | Jul2022
Pulikat | May2022
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Pulikat | May2022
Trip to South Tamilnadu
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Trip to South Tamilnadu
End of our family vacation & now on our way back home! Visited 5 heritage cities in 6 days on this road trip covering over 2000KM down Tamilnadu. All this under extreme heat wave conditions! Enjoyed our stay in Chettinad, Rameshwaram, Kanyakumari, Madurai & Tanjavur.

This was taken in Tanjavur Maharaja’s place. The background is an iconic Thanjavur Style Painting!

(27th Apr to 2nd May2022)
CPW Photowalk at Kannagi Nagar in Apr2022
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CPW Photowalk at Kannagi Nagar in Apr2022
Bird watching morning
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Bird watching morning
My son accompanied me today on a morning ride to photograph migratory birds that settle in Chennai during the summer months.
Sharing these moments together make for great memories and stronger bonds.

Thank you Maheshwaran Kartikeyan for letting me borrow your Tele Lens for a few days.

(Apr2022/Shollingallur)
Exhibition | Feb2022
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Exhibition | Feb2022
Father-Son day out!
We enjoyed two photography exhibitions in two different galleries today… a Sunday well spent!

1. Reframed at The Folly-Amethyst
2. Chennai Photo Biennale-2022 at Forum Art Gallery
Ladakh-The Barren Splendour
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Ladakh-The Barren Splendour
I buy books related to photography regularly and I am really proud of my photo book collection. Recently I added fantastic book to my library.

It is a coffee table book by Kalpana Chatterjee on Ladakh. She lived there for a few years as her husband was posted with the Indian Army. This helped her discover deeply the many facets of photogenic Ladakh & her images inspired many photographers like me to visit & photograph this nature’s heaven.

If possible, please go through her book. I am sure you will see Ladakh in a new light which will prompt you to plan a visit to the place once again very soon.

[Apr2022]
Kim Fleischer Michaelsen
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Kim Fleischer Michaelsen
A beautiful gift from Denmark!
Dr Kim Fleischer Michaelsen, an avid street photographer sent his book (Title: From Madras to Chennai) for a few of us PSM Members (Photographic Society of Madras).

It’s an incredible book where he beautifully captured the true essence of Chennai Streets. This book is a result of 50 years of Street Photography & 9 visits to Chennai from Denmark. He first visited Chennai in 1969 and last in 2019.

Moreover, the profits from this book will be donated to an NGO supporting vulnerable children in Chennai.

I always believe one needs to be a good human being to be a good photographer & Dr Kim is one of the finest examples.

(March2022)
Social Share: Cycling
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Social Share: Cycling
Two years ago, I started cycling with an idea for a photographic project in my mind. Before I started the project, I wanted to know their world intimately. So in the span of one year, I completed double SR.

SR or Super Randonneur is a title earned by any cyclist who completes a series of brevets (200KM in 13.5Hrs, 300KM in 20Hrs, 400KM in 27Hrs & 600KM in 40Hrs) all in the same year. I realised that Brevets or BRM are an addiction. 40 Hrs on a cycle not only teaches you many life lessons, it adds unforgettable memories in your life & many interesting stories to share… Here is an old post about the first 5 months I spent cycling: bit.ly/sr-usp

Now, two years since the time I cycled manically, I have finally started my photographic project, the same one for which I cycled day & night, every day including on weekends, lost almost 13 KGs and covered almost 23000KMs in a span of one year.

Happy to meet a few cyclists again with who I rode on many BRMs and spent many days & nights on the road with. Waiting to make many new friends, listen to their stories & tell those to the world through my photographic project… Feeling excited again to work on something new…
Chennai | Apr2023
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Chennai | Apr2023
Oh Fish!
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Oh Fish!
Mar23 at Dapoli
Free Bird
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Free Bird
Mar23 at Dapoli
Monkey Business
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Monkey Business
Somewhere on the way to Dapoli.
Px by MK/Mar23
Harnai Beach | Mar2023
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Harnai Beach | Mar2023
Kannur Backwater | March2023
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Kannur Backwater | March2023
Veer Yatra-Feb2023
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Veer Yatra-Feb2023
PSA Photo gathering 2023-Jaisalmeer
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PSA Photo gathering 2023-Jaisalmeer
Remembering a Mulla Nasiruddin story…

His friend came to visit him & he wanted to take his friend to his village. However his friend didn’t have a good dress to wear. So, Molla Nasiruddin gave one of his jacket to his friend.

They went to meet the other villagers. When they met the first person, Molla Nasiruddin introduced him saying “meet my friend & that jacket he is wearing is mine”.

His friend got offended & asked him what was the reason to tell the other person that the jacket is not his.

Molla Nasiruddin understood. So, he introduced his friend with 2nd villager saying “he is my friend but the jacket is not his”.

Now his friend got more angry & asked him why are you mentioning that this jacket is not mine.

It seemed like Molla Nasiruddin understood what he needs to do next clearly. So, he introduced his friend to the 3rd villager saying “meet my friend & we better not talk about his jacket”.

My condition was exactly like Molla Nasiruddin’s friend yesterday!

It was the Gala Dinner event at the closing ceremony of the PSA Photo-gathering last night. Thank you Suvojit Biswas (of Chhayapath Photography Club) for lending me your Panjabi & Jahar Coat. Thank you for saving my day!
PSA Photo gathering 2023-Jaisalmeer
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PSA Photo gathering 2023-Jaisalmeer
Px: Ajay Kapoor
PSA Photo gathering 2023-Jaisalmeer
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PSA Photo gathering 2023-Jaisalmeer
Chennai2022
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Chennai2022
Somewhere in Chennai | Jun2022
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Somewhere in Chennai | Jun2022
Ennore | Jun2022
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Ennore | Jun2022
My idea of good company is when I speak and others listen. These goats understand me perfectly!
Lifetime Experience
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Lifetime Experience
A life time experience!
(Sorry for the long narration)

I was in Karaikudi for a family vacation two weeks ago. My photographer friend Kumaragadu Panaliappan from Chennai was also nearby visiting his native home to attend their village’s temple function at Sivaganga around 30KM away from Karaikudi. He offered to take me to a nearby Jallikattu event.

This was a little different type of Jallikattu. Teams brought their bulls to an open field & released them. The ferocious bulls, once released of their tight reigns, try to run whichever way they wish. Some people try to stop these bulls in fun but it is definitely a dangerous game to play and even witness. Unlike in other Jallikattu events where bulls have a definite path to run on, these bulls could come from any direction and at any moment. You can easily get hurt if the bull decides to come your way.

I went in the field expecting some good photographs. At first when I heard my name being called, I thought I imagined someone calling me due to the scorching heat, my panting as I was running quite a bit to get a shot and the hordes of people shouting around me.

But I was wrong, a person was really calling me. He came to me & told me that he & his friends are my fans and that they love my colorful photographs. They told me that they often visit my website. Infact, they showed me some of my photographs saved on their phone and I saw two of my photographs in two of their phones’ wallpapers!

Mind you, they were NOT photographers! They were very simple people staying 450KM away from Chennai who did not even speak any language I spoke. People I had never met and who had no way of knowing me apart from knowing me through my photography.
Meeting them and hearing them say that they were fans of my photographs was an experience I will never forget…

A photographer’s dream is to be recognized and acknowledged by people unrelated to the field of photography.

They felicitated me with a scarf they brought to honor the courage and strength of those who could stop their bull during the event. Receiving this honor from them was probably the best gift I could earn as a photographer.

I do not know if anyone from the group follows me or not on this page. But if you are, thank you from the bottom of my heart! I am really moved by your gesture & this scarf is & will always be one of the most cherished memory in my life.
(Apr2022)
Theyyam | Feb2022
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Theyyam | Feb2022
Mangalore | Feb2022
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Mangalore | Feb2022
Anna Centenary Library/Chennai-Feb2022
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Anna Centenary Library/Chennai-Feb2022
Chennai Rail Museum at CPW PhotoWalk
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Chennai Rail Museum at CPW PhotoWalk
Dec2021
Vacation time photography
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Vacation time photography
Usually in a hill station there is not much to do after sundown. All day I was out for photography and am back at the hotel by the evening. For me, there is nothing better than spending quality time with photographs, clicking them during the day and watching others at night even when I am on a vacation. Luckily, Seenshot Society asked me to judge their National Contest and I am immersed in looking at fantastic photographs under a cozy blanket in a rustic timber hotel room at Kodaikanal. What a great way to spend a vacation!!

[Kodaikanal|Dec2021]
Palavakkam | Sep2021
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Palavakkam | Sep2021
World Photography Day-2021
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World Photography Day-2021
This is how I celebrated World Photography Day!

Printed & framed 37 of my photographs and then went around Chennai searching for those people who were featured in these frames. I gifted these framed prints to them as a part of our AvTvISO-Gift a Frame Initiative.

Their surprise & happy smiles were really exciting! Thank you Shiven & Mohan for thinking of this great initiative!
Perungudi
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Perungudi
Don’t judge me… i was not drunk… not insane… not injured. Just whiling away time contemplating existential questions like what came first… the egg or the chicken!
(Px: MaheswaranKarthikeyan/Jul2021)
Mahabalipuram | Apr2021
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Mahabalipuram | Apr2021
Palavakkam-Mar2021
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Palavakkam-Mar2021
Tired tigers!
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Tired tigers!
My cub and I took a short nap after walking around the various animal enclosures at the Chennai Zoo.

Pssst... My son thinks I am the Lion King and he is my Simba ... I didn’t object to playing along... after all, it’s only a few years that a kid imagines such nice things about parents...

A day we’ll spent at the Zoo today.

Feb2021
Marina Beach | Jan2021
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Marina Beach | Jan2021
Namma Chennai | Jan2021
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Namma Chennai | Jan2021
BRM400 | Jan2021
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BRM400 | Jan2021
Kayar | Dec2020
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Kayar | Dec2020
Lake Kumizhi | Dec2020
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Lake Kumizhi | Dec2020
Palavakkam Beach/Nov2020
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Palavakkam Beach/Nov2020
with AvTvISO Exhibition-2020 Frame
Self-Portrait | Oct2020 | Chennai
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Self-Portrait | Oct2020 | Chennai
Playing with GoPro in mid-night rain!
Aug2020 | Chennai
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Aug2020 | Chennai
a subject clicking the subject
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a subject clicking the subject
Life Membership of PCA | Jun2020
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Life Membership of PCA | Jun2020
CMYK-2020 Judging at Guwahati
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CMYK-2020 Judging at Guwahati
Kabadi Kabadi Kabadi Kabadi...
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Kabadi Kabadi Kabadi Kabadi...
Chennai | Jan2020
First flight...
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First flight...
ECR on 2Sep2019
Kovelong Point | Chennai-Aug2019
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Kovelong Point | Chennai-Aug2019
FRAMES-2019
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FRAMES-2019
Udayan with H Sathish, YPS President
Chandra Shekhar Singh Photograph | 2013
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Chandra Shekhar Singh Photograph | 2013
Palavakkam Beach
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Palavakkam Beach
Photograph: MohanS|June2019
Kasimedu
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Kasimedu
Photograph: MohanS|June2019
Kochi | Dec2018
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Kochi | Dec2018
Place revisited | Fort Kochi
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Place revisited | Fort Kochi
First Visit: 10Nov2017 | Revisit: 2Dec2018
Place revisited | Mattancherry
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Place revisited | Mattancherry
First Visit: 10Nov2017 | Revisit: 2Dec2018
Edward Elliot Beach | Nov2018
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Edward Elliot Beach | Nov2018
Kulsai Dasara | Oct2018
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Kulsai Dasara | Oct2018
Kulsai Dasara | Oct2018
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Kulsai Dasara | Oct2018
Kanyakumari | Oct2018
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Kanyakumari | Oct2018
Gateway of India | Jan2018
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Gateway of India | Jan2018
Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat | Jan2018
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Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat | Jan2018
Fort Kochi | 2017
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Fort Kochi | 2017
Ka Kshaid Sum Syiem near Shillong | 2017
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Ka Kshaid Sum Syiem near Shillong | 2017
Shnongpdeng | 2017
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Shnongpdeng | 2017
Shillong Beef Market | 2017
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Shillong Beef Market | 2017
Kasimedu Fishing Harbour | 2017
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Kasimedu Fishing Harbour | 2017
Udayan at his library
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Udayan at his library
Udayan flips through Shivendra Rai’s photobook that Shiven gifted him | 2017
ECR | 2017
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ECR | 2017
Kasimedu Fishisng Harbour | 2017
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Kasimedu Fishisng Harbour | 2017
A Fruitful PhotoWalk
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A Fruitful PhotoWalk
Koyambedu Fruit Market in Chennai | 2017
IndianCameraMuseum.com
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IndianCameraMuseum.com
Dr Arun’s Photography & Vintage Camera Museum | Chennai 2017
Mahabalipuram 2017
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Mahabalipuram 2017
7th CWC Exhibition
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7th CWC Exhibition
Chennai Weekend Clickers
Koti Lingeshwara Temple
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Koti Lingeshwara Temple
Test Prints: 2016
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Test Prints: 2016
Hampi Vitthala Temple 2016
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Hampi Vitthala Temple 2016
Mysore Palace 2016
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Mysore Palace 2016
Shravanabelagola 2016
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Shravanabelagola 2016
Hesaraghatta Lake Bed 2016
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Hesaraghatta Lake Bed 2016
Passport Photo
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Passport Photo
When placed the old passport photographs in a series like this, it gives a great view of one’s life and how he/she has changed over the years.
Gunda 2016
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Gunda 2016
Gunda found the January 2015 issue of Better Photography magazine especially interesting because it was all about food. [Pic: Shareef Nandyala]
Canon Photo Marathon 2015
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Canon Photo Marathon 2015
Surabhi Theatre 2014 by Madhav Yadlapati
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Surabhi Theatre 2014 by Madhav Yadlapati
Hyderabad 2014
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Hyderabad 2014
Ladakh 2013
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Ladakh 2013
Hyderabad Marathon 2013
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Hyderabad Marathon 2013
Adilabad 2014
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Adilabad 2014
Injapur Lake 2014
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Injapur Lake 2014
Golkonda Fort 2013
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Golkonda Fort 2013
Osman Sagar Lake 2014
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Osman Sagar Lake 2014
Nubra Valley 2013
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Nubra Valley 2013
Manikarnika Ghat 2014
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Manikarnika Ghat 2014
Kailash Giri 2012
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Kailash Giri 2012
Canning 2002
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Canning 2002
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