Category: Photos

As seen at Tanjore temple. Q/Issue: Why do people have the need to mark and mention they were there? This defaces historical monuments & disrespects them.  Spinoff: The tourism department can convert this into a positive todo/ activity. A wall, a space can be setup for people to write their names, their messages for people…

Once, this was a temple’s or garbha griha’s gargoyle (water spout). Details on the Makara are elegant foliage-like. It’s dated 11 Century Bihar, and can be found at India Museum Kolkata on the ground floor. Makara: An aquatic mythical or pre-historic creature, depicted as half animal & half fish. It looks like a crocodile, with…

  The color play is so electrifying and mesmerizing that you can watch the Aarti forever irrespective of whether you are a believer or not!  

Look – Look at the Blue of the river Ganga, it is so electric! Especially along with the Oranges! Folks gather each evening here, at this Ghat, opp to an ashram aptly called ‘Paramaarthi Niketan’. At sunset, they sing Bhajans and perform the GangaAarthi. Earlier this ghat overlooked a big Shiva Murthi, installed in the river, which washed away a couple…

The City Palace museum at Udaipur offers a few hours of lookie before the mind goes entirely numb and you start to lose it! But while you are there early on, and you have a decent camera, you are sure to capture these shots. These are windows into rooms that were used by royalty some…