Karnataka

The fifth session of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's teachings on the 18 Great Stages of the Path (Lam Rim) Commentaries at Sera Monastery in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India, at the request of H.E.

The thirteenth session of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's teachings on the 18 Great Stages of the Path (Lam Rim) Commentaries at Sera Monastery in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India, at the request of H.E.

The eleventh session of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's teachings on the 18 Great Stages of the Path (Lam Rim) Commentaries at Sera Monastery in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India, at the request of H.E.

The seventeen session of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's teachings on the 18 Great Stages of the Path (Lam Rim) Commentaries at Sera Monastery in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India, at the request of H.E.

The fifteen session of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's teachings on the 18 Great Stages of the Path (Lam Rim) Commentaries at Sera Monastery in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India, at the request of H.E.

highway · politics

We thought Bangalore traffic was a little more calm and mannered than Delhi, but we were wrong! The cacophony of car horns proves otherwise. So does the disorderly non-lane-driving traffic.

river · farmland

Wat a vast swathe of big sky country down south! With green paddy and other agricultural fields, open village fields, riverine alluvial flats and plains, and a clean green open feel.

wildlife · village

A young elephant is rescued from a muddy pit in Karnataka's Hassan district. A male sub-adult elephant searching for food and water left his herd and strayed into Madihalli village, which falls in the district's elephant corridor.

hills · festival

Jain community members shower this ancient statue with milk during the Mahamastakabhishek festival. The colossal monolithic statue of Gomateshwara or Bahubali is situated at Shravanabelagola, 158 km away from Bangalore.

hills · temple

A kid comes running down the steep and long temple stairs on the hillside, on the path up to the colourful Jenu Goodu Betta Anjaneya Swamy Temple which stands at a height from the valley floor, as seen aerially, from the air, in this aerial…

temple

A trip down a memory lane named for the AI Maharaja! See Karnataka badged aeroplane of Air India coming in to land.

river · aerial

Jatayu statue Ramakkalmedu, Jog Falls, Pondicherry, Vellankani church along Coromandel Coast in Karnataka and Kerala in South India, as seen aerially, from the air, in this aerial view.

forest

Afternoon session of the first day of the The Mind and Life XXVI conference from Drepung Monastery in Mundgod, Karnataka, India, held on January 17-22, 2013.

wildlife

Baby Elephant chases after Gaur - the largest bovine in the world, taking it as it's mother! A baby elephant grazes with a water buffalo, his adoptive mother in a village of Karnataka.

politics

Journalist communities in Karnataka erupt in protest over the loss of the journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh in 2017. The supporters and journalist communities hold slogans protesting the tyranny on freedom of speech.

temple · architecture

Discover the timeless beauty of the Shri Chaturmukha Jaina Basadi, one of Karnataka’s most distinctive Jain temples, known for its rare four-faced (Chaturmukha) architectural style.

farmland · old town

Ariel journey of Mysore city in Karnataka. One can see a canal with agricultural fields both sides of it. Agriculture in Mysore, waterlogged fields and coconut trees can be seen from the sky.

monsoon · village

Electric poles submerged in monsoon flood waters introduce us to the agriculture rural landscape of Hoskote in Karnataka.

ceremony · river

Devotees from low cast roll rool on leftover food of Brahmins. Made Made Snana, also Made Snana, is a religious practice observed in some Hindu temples of Karnataka.

Afternoon session of the fifth day of the The Mind and Life XXVI conference from Drepung Monastery in Mundgod, Karnataka, India, held on January 17-22, 2013.

coastline

Surfing on blue waters of Sasihithlu Beach in Karnataka as seen from the sky. Surfers frolicking in the water and the white sand beaches.

highway

Heavy rains leading to floods and landslides in Karnataka's Coorg and neighbouring towns. Residents watch the destruction of their homes from the taller building balconies as floods ravage the landscape.