In tune with the traditions and way of life of the respective districts, four booths in each district have been designed illustrate the cultural diversities, especially the cultures practised by the Adivasis.
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A decorated booth in Basavakalyan, Bidar. The theme has been inspired by tribal artistr.
The effort to bring all the communities together isn’t limited to decoration. The authorities have gone a step further, requesting local tribal communities to come for voting in their traditional attires.
Polling booth officials donning traditional attire with ‘Mysuru Peta’, the ancestral headgear, along with silk panche, shalya and white shirt.
A polling station for tribals set at an ashrama school in Nagapura.
Here's an all-women polling booth decorated with pookolam. The all-pink booth will be fully managed by women. And they will be dressed in pink, as well.
At Afzalpur in Gulbarga, a polling booth banner reads “festival of democracy” in Kannada.