A boy spotted begging in Hampi, a world heritage site in Karnataka, dress to look like a Hanuman is a Hindu deity, a central character in the Indian epic Ramayana .
Dressed up for the job
architecture
Taj Mahal
a night trail
The old streets: Pulliyaar Koil street, Bangalore
Bangalore, also rendered Bengaluru, is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka. Bangalore is India’s third most populous city and fifth-most populous urban agglomeration. Bangalore is well known as a hub for India’s information technology sector. It is among the top 10 preferred entrepreneurial locations in the world. As a growing metropolitan city in a developing country, Bangalore confronts substantial pollution and other logistical and socio-economic problems.
The old architecture and the narrow lanes inside the Bangalore are popularly known as commercial, avenue road, chicpet, ulsoor etc. Also extremely impressive cathedrals, basilicas, chapels and churches which are important architectural symbols and landmarks of the city.
Blue Iron pillar, Chettinad
Brilliant blue cast-iron pillars imported from Birminghan in Karaikkudi, Tamil nadu
Chettinad is rich in cultural heritage, art and architecture. It is well known for its houses, embellished with marble , cast-iron pillars and Burma teak, wide courtyards, spacious rooms, and for its 18th century mansions. Local legend has it that their walls used to be polished with a paste made out of eggwhites to give a smooth texture. Also very well popular with variety of cuisines.
MSU Campus Library
University library, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
The library was established on 1 May 1950. At the time of MSU’s establishment, a collection of 5,12,159 books belonging to two state libraries (Huzur Political Office and Secretariat Library) was handed over to the University Library.
There were several colleges in Baroda – Baroda College (for Arts), Science Institute, Commerce College, and Secondary Teacher’s Training College, etc. These colleges had libraries of their own that continued to remain as Faculty Libraries and were administered independently. Thus the University Library System was established on 5 January 1950 and housed in the central block of Old Residency Office Building.
the ‘gallies’ of Dilli
Nizamuddin West , The neighborhood surrounding the dargah is named after the saint, and is divided into two parts along Mathura Road: Nizamuddin West where the Dargah complex and a lively market dominated by vendors, the streets and cluster residential complexes are.
a year back, at India Gate
Budha says “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”
just remembering the last summer, in 2012 where in Delhi waiting for my family to join me. Lots of things todo? all pending.. nothing is working out the way we planned. And had left little money , no tickets to go, friends are having busy schedules…… That summer was too heat for me in many-ways. Can’t forget
Happy Holi…. a colorful clouds above Taj mahal
A cloud formation with strange colors seen above the Taj- Mahal on 26th March 2013 on the eve of ‘Holi’ . Happy & Colorful Holi
Jantar Mantar , New Delhi
the moon and a crow at Jantar Mantar
It consists of 13 architectural astronomy instruments. The site is one of five built by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur, from 1724 onwards, as he was given by Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah the task of revising the calendar and astronomical tables. There is a plaque fixed on one of the structures in the Jantar Mantar observatory in New Delhi that was placed there in 1910 mistakenly dating the construction of the complex to the year 1710. Later research, though, suggests 1724 as the actual year of construction more info
Shadows…. Bengaluru streets.jpg
CP: Connaught place still beautiful
Connaught Place, built in 1931, is one of Delhi’s most popular shopping centres. There is nothing that one cannot buy here. It also has several eating-houses. The state emporia buildings are also located in this area so are the head offices of major banks, airlines and other such things of importance to the tourist. The complex, popularly referred to as CP, is an important meeting point for all sections of people and is something. Even tourist don’t miss it for nothing else then for its architecture and the humdrum of everyday life. But today the place is dusty with filth corners due to ongoing renovations for long.
a evening walk through Mehrauli
Mehrauli is one of the seven ancient cities that make up the present state of Delhi. Read more at Wikipedia
PAL… Premier Padmini
Premier Padmini was an automobile manufactured in India from 1967 to 2000. Premier Automobiles Limited, erstwhile flagship company of India’s Walchand Hirachand Group, assembled Fiat’s Fiat 1100 cars from the 1950s until 1997.
V day
FROM AN OLD DIARY ……
photograph from 1997 B&W series…. shot in South Delhi parks with ORWO 125 ASA film.
Silences
Silence is a source of great strength. : Lao Tzu
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.; Harvey Fierstein
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.; Aldous Huxley
All other knowledge are only petty and trivial knowledge; the experience of silence alone is the real and perfect knowledge. – Ramana Maharshi
