Domestic life in South India
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Village woman carrying water. Tamil Nadu. LD19.


Woman grinding cooked rice and beans to make idli dough. Bodhi. LC42.



Woman in her open-air kitchen. Kanchipuram. LD03.


Woman spreading paddy to dry in her courtyard. Kanchipuram. LD16.


Children going down a large well. Chittoor. LD09.



Children jumping in the water of a large well. Chittoor. LD10.


Woman grinding grains to make flour. Chittoor. LD39.


Woman buying fruits from a street seller. Kanchipuram. LD20.



Traditional kitchen with pots for grain storage. Bodhi. LD23.


Cooking pots with food for a Tamil wedding. LK43


Girl and her pot to store rice. Chittoor. LD24.



Girl blowing on the fire in her kitchen. Kanchipuram. LD29.


Woman and traditional Keralese cooking pots. LBL42


Woman grinding grains to make flour. Kanchipuram. LD38.



Girl drawing water from a well with a rope and bucket. Chittoor. LD17.
More pictures of wells


Woman grinding with "dry grinding" stones. Kanchipuram. LD33.


Man eating at home on banana leaves. 12AA68



Tamil woman selling at a village market. TN. LBK04.


Modern and traditional (right) stoves. TN. 12AB27.

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