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Navigation instruments from KB Aboobacker. Kavaratti, Lakshadweep.
KB Aboobacker, was one among the many learned navigators or navigation experts who contributed to Dr. Lotika Varadarajan's research on...
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Mar 30, 19981 min read


Navigation instruments from KB Aboobacker. Kavaratti, Lakshadweep.
KB Aboobacker, was one among the many learned navigators or navigation experts who contributed to Dr. Lotika Varadarajan's research on...
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Mar 30, 19981 min read


E.P. Atta Koya Thangal demonstrating hand and finger measurements. Lakshadweep
E P Atta Koya Thangal, demonstrates boat building carpentry measurements using the hand and fingers. These methods also having a bearing...
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Mar 24, 19981 min read


E.P. Atta Koya Thangal demonstrating hand and finger measurements. Lakshadweep
E P Atta Koya Thangal, demonstrates boat building carpentry measurements using the hand and fingers. These methods also having a bearing...
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Mar 24, 19981 min read


Navigation diaries of K P Abdul Jabbar Musliyar. Bandwel, Lakshadweep.
The following material was collected by Dr. Varadarajan in the course of her research on Indigenous Navigation Traditions of Lakshadweep....
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May 15, 19951 min read


Navigation diaries of K P Abdul Jabbar Musliyar. Bandwel, Lakshadweep.
The following material was collected by Dr. Varadarajan in the course of her research on Indigenous Navigation Traditions of Lakshadweep....
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May 15, 19951 min read


Nakaiy Calender (Maldives-Minicoy). Lakshadweep.
The Nakiay Calendar printed in Male, Maldives projects seasonal conditions and the activity appropriate to it. Among the activities...
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Apr 5, 19951 min read


Boats from Minicoy, Lakshadweep.
The following images have been photographed at the house of carpenter and sailor, Hasan at Dombabaghy in Palessey village of Minicoy on...
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Oct 26, 19871 min read


Views of Pablo boat, Off Kavaratti, Lakshadweep. 1987
Dr. Varadarajan made her first trip to Lakshadweep in 1987. As she set sail from the Kerala coast towards Kavaratti, she took several...
Lotika Varadrajan
Oct 22, 19871 min read


Views from Amini, Lakshadweep.
In October 1987, Dr. Varadarajan visited the island group of Lakshadweep to research about the indegenous navigation traditions of...
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Oct 22, 19871 min read
ARCHIVES OF INDIAN MARITIME COMMUNITY TRADITIONS




Archive created by the Centre for Community Knowledge, Ambedkar University Delhi
with the support of
Vasant J Sheth Memorial Foundation, and
Project Mausam, Indira Gandhi Centre for the Arts
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