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Of the 7 photos, I only see one where the board is rotated, and only one where the bishops and knights definitely seem to have been switched.

Variants of chess are common everywhere, I'd hazard a guess to say that people who play chess all the time are more likely to start mixing it up to add a bit of spice to the game.

Chess 960 is a good example of the backline swapping around.

>Variants of chess are common everywhere

Damn true. I can still remember my high school chess coaches getting mad at us for playing bughouse, saying it ruins our ordinary playing. I never believed it would, and it was quite fun, but then again, practice time is for practice time.

I am from Kerala and have not heard of any other variants. This probably was a mistake.