With elaborately carved headddresses and intricate costumes, Kathakali dramatizes stories form Hindu mythology.

Author: Michael Yamashita

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Photo size: 16.3 Mpixels (46.7 MB uncompressed) - 3300x4950 pixels (11.0x16.5 in / 27.9x41.9 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: Hindu mythology, India, Indian Ocean, Kathakali, Kathakali actor, page 374, page 375, Silk Road, Zheng He book