Tasveer Ghar: A Digital Archive of South Asian Popular Visual Culture

Good Morning – Welcome – Svagatam

List of posters in this gallery

Unless otherwise noted, the images on this virtual gallery were collected in Delhi circa 2000, and may perhaps date from around that time. About the Author

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  1. Roadside display of poster and calendar art, Daryaganj, Delhi, 2000
  2. Lakshmi with diyas
  3. Traditional Lakshmi
  4. Goddess Lakshmi as Goddess of the Harvest
  5. Ganesh with diyas
  6. Stylised Ganesh
  7. Baby Ganesh in yoni, watched over by father Shiva
  8. Diwali diya
  9. Diwali puja
  10. Apsara on lotus
  11. Surya namaskar
  12. Kneeling apsara; variations - (12a) Double Apsara (12b) Filmstar in double pose
  13. Kneeling apsara dropping flowers
  14. Svagatam
  15. Welcoming apsara
  16. Pair of hands
  17. Single hand with rose
  18. Madhuri Dixit; variations: (18a) actress, (18b) actress
  19. 'Good morning'; (19a) Welcome on autorickshaw
  20. ‘UR Welcome’
  21. Aum sweet Aum
  22. ‘You are welcome'
  23. Air India Maharajah
  24. 'Namasteji' calendar
  25. The bride’s welcome
  26. The bride as Lakshmi of the home
  27. Welcome by a child

We encourage and invite the visitors/readers to contribute to this image gallery by submitting unique images from thier own collections. We are looking for interesting examples of popular posters and calendar art depicting the theme of Welcome, Good Morning, or general Greetings that you either have in your own house, shop or vicinity, or see on a street, at someon's house or on an autorickshaw. You will need to send us a digital image - either a scan or a digital photograph in high resolution and large size. The contributor's name would be provided on the website. The contributor would be responsible for taking neccesary copyright permissions about each image, in case such permissions are required. You can email your contributions to us at contribute@tasveerghar.net

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