HYDERABAD: Tank Bund and its surrounding areas turned tattoo hubs during the Ganesh idol immersions, with artists lining the stretch starting from NTR Garden and Lumbini Park.
Most of the artists are nomads, from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, who undertake temporary tattoos as well as permanent ones, using mechanised needles.
Dilraj, a tattoo artist from Jaipur, said, “We are basically nomads and travel to all states. Since the Ganesh festival is famous in Hyderabad, we are here. We have hundreds of different designs, starting form Rs 50 to Rs. 1,000. The same at tattoo parlours cost ten times as much.”
Sandeep, of Madhya Pradesh, said, “I am in Hyderabad for past year. There are more than 100 tattoo artists here, near Lumbini Park and NTR Garden. The business is going well; lots of people go for names and religious symbols.”
Among those getting tattoos were Ravi Kumar, who was getting the word ‘amma’ inked and Durgesh Kumar, who was getting his wife’s name, Subhima, inked with a mechanised needle.
