Mahatta started their journey by establishing a photography store in the swish Bund area in Srinagar which quickly came to be regarded as the premier studio in the valley of Kashmir. The studio was patronized by the elite - Englishmen, Royalty, residents, and visitors.
Mahatta also established a photo lab in the river Jhelum to ease the process of developing photographs.
Mahatta extended their business by establishing stores in Gulmarg, a popular hill station in Kashmir and Rawalpindi.
Mahatta established its first store in New Delhi.
As Color photography arrived in India, Mahatta also adapted to this new trend of photography.
Mahatta established Indiapicture.in, India’s one of the premier photo shock agency with its headquarter in New Delhi.
Indiapicture.in became the official reseller of Corbis in India.
Mahatta introduced ibudgetphoto, India’s first integrated platform with the best of the world’s international micro stock collections and Indian image collections at micro stock prices.
Other than this, Mahatta’s also set foot in online rinting and framing by establishing Mahatta Art, bringing the world's largest photo and wall art collection.
Taking the business further, Mahatta extended its services from still photography to film production by establishing Studio Mahatta, producing feature films, documentaries and broadcast films.