A Visit to the abandoned city of Fatehpur Sikri – Part I
In 16th Century, childless and desperate for a heir, The Great Mughal Emperor Akbar undertook a pilgrimage on foot to the shrine of Khwaja…
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Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur – A Photo Essay
I have not been to many forts and am essentially not a fort fan but I had been to my share of them like…
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Mandir Palace, Jaisalmer – Pics and Review
Jaisalmer has many many hotels for its small area and population, but heck, the city survives on heritage tourism. There are hotels right in…
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Shimmering Jaisalmer – Sand Dunes, Fossils and a vacant village
This is continuation to my previous story. Click here to read that. By now the only big thing which was left to do was…
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Shimmering Jaisalmer, a timeless experience – 1
Its called ‘The Golden city’, for the color, an apt enough reason one would say. Looking beyond the color, you would find Jaisalmer to…
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Shekhawati region – Waving good-bye to Shekhawati in Mandawa – IV
28th Jan 2007: That was our last day in Shekhawati. We had very less time, as we wanted to reach Delhi before it was…
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Medieval Ruins of Pandua in Hooghly
The adjacent Bari Masjid built during 13th century is a specimen of the typical brick style of Bengal. It is a long low building measuring 70.41 m by 12.80 m having three aisles, with 21 door openings in front and 3 on the sides. Its roof has 63 small domes over brick arches resting on stone pillars of hindu design.
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Talakadu – Buried in the sands of time
It is the classical Indian story . A tale told by Gods and demons, filled with kings and queens, replete with curses and boons….
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Shekhawati region – A photo essay on camel cart ride to the countryside of Nawalgarh- III
27th Jan 2007 – In the morning we saw the captivating frescoes in the open art gallery of Nawalgarh. After that we decided to…
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Shekhawati region – Nawalgarh – Rendezvous with Open air art gallery of India – II
The Shekhawati region named after Rao Shekhaji (1433-1488) is known with many adjectives – ‘Land of Kuber’ (the Hindu Lord of wealth); Land of…
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Gwalior – Gopachal- The Glorious
Unfortunately ‘Teli ka Mandir’ and ‘Saas-Bahu’ temple, both these majestic temples are ‘monuments’ !
How tranquil it would be to hear the entrance bell ringing melodically, to breath in the combined fragrance of flowers and oil lamps and incense sticks, to see the hustle bustle of devoted feet and folded hands, and to submit to the rhythm of ancient chants echoing from the corridors!
Trip to Dharamshala and Mcleodganj (Part I)
After spending time over there, we headed in a steep path downhill (thanks to the knowledge of our taxi driver), and visited a Devi’s temple in the valley below (and there was almost nobody there except for a couple of locals); we rounded off the first day by visiting the war memorial, setup to honor the armed forces.
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