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Stephan Mikes: Photos

Stephan with Evan of Hot Buttered Rum at Hookahville
the Crowd at Hookahville
View from my room at the Krishna Temple,Juhu Beach,Mumbai
Stephan/w Macpodz-Blind Pig/Ann Arbor
Performing at the Vero Beach Art Festival Photo by Ron Dumond
Stephan performing at Ngala, a private reserve for abandoned and endangered African animals
A Visitor

Vintage Sitar for Sale

Sitarmaking

Dried Gourds For Use as Sitar or Tamboura Tumbas-this photo was taken at the home and facility of Swarsangam Sitarmakers in the village of Miraj, about an hour drive outside the town of Kohlipur.Miraj has been a respected center of sitarmaking for 100yrs
Stephan accepts ceremonial flowers from Imtiyaz of Swarsangam in Miraj
25' long logs to be used in sitars and tamburas
Wood blocks to be used as piece that joins the tumba to the neck-at G.S Sitarmaker, Miraj
My friends, Shahidali, and his brother Pramod, sitarmakers in Miraj, who taught me fret tying.
An Exqiusite Matched Pair of Tambouras prior to final finish, at G.S. Sitarmaker,Miraj
A fine craftsman carving decoration on a sitar-Swarsangam,Miraj
Fine decoration in progress at the shop of G.Rosul,Uluberia,Kolkata
A sitarmaker using the ancient technology of a bow drill at the shop of R. K. Sharma in Kolkata.
Final finishing process, at G.Rosul
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