Four Gateways That Lead To The Indian History
These gateways saw it all! The royal precisions, the kings and their kin leading through the gateways, sitting in decorated palkis escorted by horses and elephant warriors. Observing the crowd, cheering and sprinkling flowers on the path as their chariots cross and proceed further. This incredible gate has a glorious past. Past of Princely states, […]
LAPC#173 Interesting Architecture
Diwali hangover can be seen among all of us at home. It was post pandemic Diwali therefore lot of local travel is happening in order to meet friends due to which I am struggling to cope up with the photo challenges, however managing to write a post or two daily. This week the challenge given […]
SAND AND DIRT
I would love to go to the mountains anytime but that doesn’t mean that I don’t enjoy beaches. The sun, sand, and sea are the perfect ingredients for a cool weekend trip to any coastal destination. A desert is also a good option if you really want to fall in love with sand. If you […]
SOUL N SPIRITED DRIVE
Who doesn’t like driving ? Especially long countryside drive or an adventure drive in a tourist place. Whenever I travel a new place, my endeavour is to take a local mode of transport. Each city has something different to offer. Like when we went to Mumbai it was so much fun to drive the vintage […]
Enjoy Folk Song of Rajasthan
Rajasthan, a colorful state of India has a diverse collection of musician castes, including langas, sapera, bhopa and jogi. The region’s music shares similarities both with nearby areas of India and the other side of the border, in the Pakistani province of Sindh. The people of Rajasthan live life to the hilt. After working day and night […]
JUBLIANTÂ
WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: JUBILANT Audience showing rejoice, clapping hard to watch these great performances by renowned Indian classical dancers. The dancers on the other hand are jubilant to display their talent and years of hardwork.
SOUTH MUMBAI CST(VT)
Believe me Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), formerly Victoria Terminus (VT), is the most attractive and historical buildings in Mumbai. A UNESCO World Heritage Site and an historic railway station in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India which serves as the headquarters of the Central Railways. It was designed by Frederick William Stevens who was inspired and influenced from […]
Thursday Doors ChallengeÂ
Can’t resist myself to share these intricately carved doors of Mehrangarh fort, Jodhpur also known as the’Sun City’. I was wondering how and from where the artisans learnt to create such masterpieces in ancient times. Thursday Doors Challenge
GENERATIONS SURVIVING IN STYLE
For the past week I have been talking about Rajput Kings and Maharajas, sharing their palaces photos in my posts, therefore it would be unfair on my part not to share their family generation portraits with you all. They have survived ….the princely state status, Colonial era dependency and now the independent royal family buisness. […]
Flower of the Day: Tabernaemontana divaricata(Chandini)
While roaming around in Jodhpur I observed one thing, there weren’t not many flowers in the gardens or roadside lawns. Shrubs/bushes were there but minus flowers. What’s could be the reason? This might not the flowering season for local trees here or another very strong reason came to my mind was the soaring temperatures of […]