Scenes of Sandstone
It was still very early morning. I was waking up from an almost non existent sleep. The train moved ahead and surprisingly across too….
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The Saga of Somnath and Sardar Patel
The famous temple of Somnath is situated in western India located on the Arabian Sea coast of Gujarat. It is believed that between Antarctica…
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The Historic Town of Srirangapatna
10-Jan-08 Every place has its history but the beauty of Srirangapatna, 16 km from Mysore, is that modern development has not robbed the town…
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Kalaa Paani – The Cellular Jail
Kalapani, Cellular Jail are names which inspire visions of the freedom struggle and the tortures faced by the Indian freedom fighters immortalized by the 1958 and the 1996 movies of the same name. No visit to the Islands of the Andaman and Nicobar are complete without a visit to the jail and the accompanying sound and light show. History tells us that the construction of the jail was started in 1896 and completed in 1906 with seven wings shaped like spokes of a wheel radiating from a central column.
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An Islamic Revelation, Bijapur
Dec 18, 2008 I arrived at Bijapur yesterday after what was an extremely slow and long bus journey from Hospet. I regretted having not…
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Hampi – Kingdom destroyed
Having free time with nothing to do prompted me to surf through the list of posts and I was surprised to see that I…
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In the mystic alleys of Delhi (III) – Humayun’s Tomb
The Taj Mahal in Agra, a World Heritage site, was built by Shah Jahan (1628–58) as memorial to his wife Mumtaj Mahal. Perhaps not…
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Borobudur, Indonesia
No, not Tiramisu, but definitely more delectable! Borobudur Temple in Magelang, near Yogyakartha (Indonesia) made to look like a layered cake with history seeping…
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Moodabadri – a tryst with Jainism
The road meanders through lush fields bordered by coconut and palm trees . The bamboo stalks greet you as a collage of green and…
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The Leaning Two-hours of Pisa
Italy was like the flavor of the month some days back when I wrote this incomplete article and saved it in drafts praying that…
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In the mystic alleys of Delhi (II) – Phool Wallon Ki Sair
As mentioned above, on the first day floral tributes were paid at the Dargah and on the second day at the Temple. The second day was also a “Mela Day”, with lots of fun and frolic at the large park on the southern side of the monument.
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Tryst with Jainism in a cave
The rains come down and the peacocks shriek in delight .We could count more than a dozen in the twilight hour, perched on the…
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