Portrait of an Indian woman of the KOTHAS tribe wearing traditional clothes on the hills of the Nilgiri district, Tamil Nadu.

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Portrait of an Indian woman of the KOTHAS tribe wering traditional clothes in a Kothas village on the hills of the Nilgiri district near Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India. The Kota tribe, also called Kotas or Kota, are a community of indigenous peoples who inhabit areas on the slopes of the Nilgiri hills in Tamil Nadu in South India. The Kotas are traditional artisans and experts in the arts of pottery and terracotta baking in the Nilgiris and their associated community, the Todas, are the traditional agriculturists of the Nilgiris.

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Size: 2592px × 3887px
Location: Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India.
Photo credit: © Marco Mega / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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