From my recent trip...

One can only get awed by the beauty of these almond coloured rocks.
Yes, am talking about the by gone Chalukyan capital city- Badami.
The magnificent cave temples, museum, fort and temples are all, of course, over shadowed by dirt and encroachment.
But the original beauty is still untouched.

Here are a few images...

The dancing Shiva (with nine arms on each side showing the poses of Bharatanatyam) in the first cave temple.

A unique God Vishnu carving who is seated instead of lying (which is the usual way of depicting Vishnu).

The carving depicting the story of Narakasura.

The Bhootanatha temples next to the lake.

Temples at Pattadakal.

Entrance of one of the temples at Pattadakal.

The famous Durgadevi temple at Aihole. The guides here compare these pillars to our present parliament house!

P.S. The photographs are from personal collection, using without permission is prohibited.

A very beautiful temple or rather 'group of temples' that we found accidentally in the old city of Hyderabad. I say group of temples as there are almost 10 to 11 temples which are same as the other with a Shiv ling inside the temple and a Nandi facing the shiv ling.
Here are a few pictures:

Ruins of the Warangal Fort

Fort Warangal















Beautifully carved Ramappa temple at Palampet

Keladi and Ikkeri

It's a beautiful sight to watch as I travel through the roads of Western Ghats each time: hundred of years old trees withered as compared to the present day 'green plants'. They are worn out and keep collecting dust on the leaves due to constant commuting of vehicles. Yet they stand strong and mighty spreading their branches far and above.

Few pictures of two places our family visited which is sheltered midst these ghats: Rameshwars temple at Keladi and Aghoreshwara temple at Ikkeri both belonging to the Vijayanagar empire era...