I am always interested in cats in countries other than in Europe and North America. We don’t see enough of them. In India, the Persian cat is almost the only purebred cat available to cat lovers. There are flat-faced Persians in India (called “punch face”) and traditional Persians cats. Rudolph lives with two traditional Persian cats in Mumbai, India. Mumbai was formerly called “Bombay”, a better name as far as I am concerned.
Rudolph has this to say about the photo on this page.
Here’s a photo of both my cats on the coffee table sitting like a pair of “Miniature Lions”. I have always tried to photograph both together in a candid poise but never quite getting the right photo. Today it just happened. Luck besides good photographic equipment plays a major role in photography. Judge for yourselves these two “Cat Models”
He adds that….
- Tomcat Matata is the brown coloured cat and is 4 years old while..
- Matahari is the white cat and 5 1/2 years old.

Mumbai is huge city on west coats to India.
They are strong and beautiful. I believe that the Persians in India are more like the true Persian cat than the Persians in the West.
What absolutely beautiful and healthy looking Persian cats you have Rudolph, such gorgeous trusting eyes looking at you too. Thank you so much for sharing that wonderful photo with us.