Dholak-making is this family's traditional skill and a number of them getting final touches before they are sold on the streets just in time for the Ganesh nimajjanam ceremony on Monday. Photo: Satyanarayana Gola
A child stands next to dholaks manufactured by their parents in the vicinity of the majestic Falaknuma Palace in the Old City of Hyderabad. Photo: Satyanarayana Gola
Leather top of hand-made drums getting ready near Falaknuma Palace in Old City in Hyderabad. Photo: Satyanarayana Gola
A child carries a bab carrying implements to make dholaks by their parents in the vicinity of the majestic Falaknuma Palace in the Old City of Hyderabad. Photo: Satyanarayana Gola
On the streets of Hyderabad a traditional leather-covered dholak is up for sale by the makers in the vicinity of Falaknuma Palace in the Old City of Hyderabad. Photo: Satyanarayana Gola
Dholak-making is a family affair with artisans engaged in the process near Falaknuma Palace in Hyderabad. Photo: Satyanarayana Gola
A family affair, dholak-making engages everyone in the household of the traditional artisans near Falaknuma Palace in the Old City of Hyderabad. Photo: Satyanarayana Gola
Young or the Old, every member of this artisan family near Falaknuma Palace in Hyderabad is engaged in the Dholak-making activity. Photo: Satyanarayana Gola
Eking out a living from traditional dholak-making process by a family living close to Falaknuma Palace in Hyderabad. Photo: Satyanarayana Gola
Dholak-making is a family affair with artisans engaged in the process near Falaknuma Palace in Hyderabad. Photo: Satyanarayana Gola
Dholak-making is this family's traditional skill and one of the pieces getting final touches before it is covered with a leather sheet and sold on the streets just in time for the Ganesh nimajjanam ceremony on Monday. Photo: Satyanarayana Gola