Image Archive

Image Archive

Images in this gallery were contributed by Emory faculty and students to introduce the range of visual and material cultures and religious traditions in Telugu-speaking South India. Images span Buddhist rock-caves near Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh to the Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad, Telangana.

Ahobilam, Andhra Pradesh, 2016. Photo by Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger.

Ahobilam

Bojjannakonda

Bojjanakonda Buddha

Hilly landscape near Bojjannakonda in Andhra Pradesh, 2006. Photo by Harshita Mruthinti Kamath.

Bojjanakonda Landscape

Cooking ritual pongol, temple courtyard, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. Photo by Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger.

Cooking ritual pongol

Flower stall, Hyderabad, Telangana. Photo by Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger.

Flower stall

Gramadevata, Avilala Village, Andhra Pradesh, 2007. Photo by Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger.

Gramadevata

Kanakadurgamma Temple in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, 2006. Photo by Harshita Mruthinti Kamath.

Kanakadurga Temple Vijayawada

View from Velcheru Narayana Rao’s house in Koppaka, Andhra Pradesh, 2018. Photo by Harshita Mruthinti Kamath

Koppaka Village Fields

Statue of Vijayanagara King Krishnadevaraya in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, 2018. Photo by Harshita Mruthinti Kamath.

Krishnadevaraya Vigraha

Mecca Masjid, Hyderabad, Telangana, 2003. Photo by Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger.

Mecca Masjid

Mutyalamma gramadevata and Potu Raju, Avilala village, Andhra Pradesh, 2005. Photo by

Mutyalamma Gramadevata and Potu Raju

Nalla Pochamma Gudi, Secunderabad, Telangana, 2016. Photo by Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger.

Nalla Pochamma Gudi

Nalla Pochamma temple, Hyderabad, Telangana, 2016. Ritual offerings of rice, pongol, and deepam. 2016. Photo by Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger.

Nalla Pochamma temple

Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Temple in Simhachalam, Andhra Pradesh, 2006. Photo by Harshita Mruthinti Kamath

Narasimha Simhachalam

Paigah tombs, Hyderabad, Telangana, 2008. Photo by Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger.

Paigah tombs

Ritual offerings at base of footpath up to Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh. Photo by Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger.

Ritual offerings at base of footpath up to Tirumala

Rock face, Tirupati hills, Andhra Pradesh. Photo by Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger.

Rock face of Tirumala Hills

Tallapaka Gangamma, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, 2005. Photo by Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger.

Tallapaka Gangamma

Traditional kitchen with taravani pots--goddess who takes form in two clay pots filled with rice water. Jupally Village, Telangana, 2007. Photo by Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger.

Traditional kitchen with taravani pots

Village architecture. Jupally Village, Telangana, 2007. Photo by Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger.

Village architecture

Women fulfilling vows at Ankalamma goddess temple, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, 2005. Photo by Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger.

Women fulfilling vows at Ankalamma goddess temple