Image Collections: Chapter 3
A girls school and haveli museum is run by the Podar Trust in NawalgarhAutomobiles were popular subjects of haveli paintings
An American tourist gazes at haveli art
Radha-Krishna deities are a popular devotional theme in haveli art
Paintings of trains commemorate the arrival of modernity
The automobile suggests the traders' cosmopolitan outlook
An abandoned Haveli suffers from neglect
A curio shop sells antiques from Chettiar mansions
Chalk drawings known as rangoli decorate the front of the household entrance
A horizontal mural of a train in Nawalgarh
The inclusion of Jesus suggests both cosmopolitanism and his inclusion in the Hindu pantheon of gods
A young mother puts on makeup and gazes into the mirror
A european woman sitting with fan
Chettiar mansions attest to the prosperity of the trading community
Chettiar mansions house local travellers
A Chettinadu couple laments the loss of their community's material heritage
Entryway to a Chettiar mansion
Extra rooms in Chettier mansions are sometimes occupied by renters
Interior of a Chettiar mansion
My research assistant, Annie, made a superb travel companion and translator in Tamil Nadu
A preserved Chettiar merchant house at Dakshinachitra
A sign welcomes visitors to a haveli museum
A war memorial in Chiru, Rajasthan
Gulf-returned Muslims build palatial mansions in their villages