# Can You Keep Up With India's Best Instagrammers? > How India's Instagrammers breathe new life into the ancient art of storytelling through mobile photography. Find your next travel inspiration here. - URL: https://langandtrip.com.ua/en/article/chy-mozhete-vy-zmahatysia-z-naikrashchymy-instahramshchykamy-indii/ - Language: en - Published: 2025-06-07 - Categories: Travel, Culture, Historic Sites, Leisure, India --- For centuries, Indians have practised katha, the age-old art of storytelling, using song and humour to pass down epic tales drawn from folklore and religion. But as television and the internet edge out the oral tradition, a new generation is turning to a more global, mobile platform to share their country's stories: Instagram. The South Asian nation ranks fourth among the app's biggest user bases worldwide, behind only the US, Russia and Brazil, according to web traffic data. From New Delhi to Pune, meet the Instagrammers bringing India's finest stories to life in all their square, filtered glory. 1\. Siddhartha Joshi ![](/storage/image/prev/june-article-image-34-1-2025.jpg) Instagram followers: 13,500 About him: Based in Pune, this 34-year-old industrial designer uses his project "Tell Me Your Dream" to reveal the hopes and aspirations of one person every day for a year. Follow along on his travel blog, The Wanderer. He says: "Deep down, I've always believed that our most private dreams are much the same, and the project has helped me explore that. It has become a tool for understanding not just my city, but the world around me. No matter how different we may seem, our dreams are often remarkably alike." 2\. Chandan Khanna ![](/storage/image/prev/june-article-image-34-2-2025.jpg) Instagram followers: 46,400 About him: Khanna is an AFP photojournalist based in New Delhi. His Instagram account shows off an incredible talent for social portraiture, with every shot taken on an iPhone. He says: "Mobile phone cameras have revolutionised the way people take and share photographs. The portability of a phone camera also makes candid shots easier to pull off, because people don't feel self-conscious in front of it, since there's no heavy, professional-looking DSLR in my hands." 3\. Ravi Mishra ![](/storage/image/prev/june-article-image-34-3-2025.jpg) Instagram followers: 65,500 About him: Mishra is a 25-year-old fixer, producer and photographer based in New Delhi. His photos tell the stories of people in difficult circumstances, most recently the earthquake in Nepal. He says: "Instagram lets me speak directly to my audience and show them what my country is really about. I love sharing a mix of moving, personal stories alongside the cultural side of India." 4\. Everyday Mumbai ![](/storage/image/prev/june-article-image-34-4-2025.jpg) Instagram followers: 55,700 About it: In another curated account, photographer Chirag Wakaskar handpicks the best Instagrams from his city to "chronicle the social landscape and everyday life of Mumbai". He says: "Photography is about more than just celebrities or even the news; it's a wonderful medium for documenting ordinary life and history in the making. Everyone has a voice, whether they're a professional or an amateur photographer. Seeing other photographers' images helps me broaden my own point of view." 5\. People of Bombay ![](/storage/image/prev/june-article-image-34-5-2025.jpg) About it: You've seen People of New York, but what about the Indian version? The project took off for Karishma Mehta, a 23-year-old freelance photographer who has a book on the way. Instagram followers: 18,000 She says: "I started People of Bombay in January 2014 and I love what I do. It has taught me so much about experiences and about people." 6\. India Pictures ![](/storage/image/prev/june-article-image-34-6-2025.jpg) Instagram followers: 71,900 About it: Founded two years ago by New Delhi entrepreneur Amol Goel, India Pictures has become a major curator of amateur Insta-photography. It also organises physical Instagram meetups, giving the Instagram community a chance to connect and shoot together. He says: "If photographers are good, we notice their work and give it a spotlight. We have a team of two or three people dedicated to India Pictures to make sure no good work goes unnoticed." 7\. Sumit Dayal ![](/storage/image/prev/june-article-image-34-7-2025.jpg) Instagram followers: 93,700 About him: Sumit Dayal is a 33-year-old photographer from New Delhi and the man behind @indiaphotoproject, a curated account whose goal is to "build visual bridges across India through mobile storytelling". He says: "As the new media economy grows stronger, we'll see massive shifts in the existing power structures of visual distribution. The playing field has been levelled, and we're sitting on the tip of a giant iceberg. Nobody knows where this is heading." 8\. Anushree Fadnavis ![](/storage/image/prev/june-article-image-34-8-2025.jpg) Instagram followers: 44,000 About her: Fadnavis is a 27-year-old photojournalist with the news agency Indus Images. Her project "Train Diaries" photographs passengers on Mumbai's packed commuter trains, often focusing on the ladies' compartment, reserved exclusively for women. She says: "The feedback and the response I get from these wonderful strangers is genuinely amazing. Sometimes you don't realise that simply by conveying your feelings through an image, there are so many people around us who find inspiration in it."