Golconda fort

From my recent visit to my favourite fort...

Postcards from Rajasthan

Selling of colours on the streets of Pushkar...




Camel boys loading fire wood for the night camp.




A security man inside the Jaisalmer Fort.




Musicians entertaining in front of the Amber Fort, Jaipur.




Camel...just before taking us for a ride.




Mud houses of Jaisalmer.




Musical instruments on display by a seller.




A colorful garment shop in Pushkar.




A man peeping through the window in a museum.




A shopkeeper in Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur.

Casuarina Tree (gaali mara)

Images of Casuarina tree (gaali mara in Kannada) that was taken at Apsarakonda view point near Kumta...

Adventures of Rusty

I was just flipping through the pages of the Kannada translation of Rusty's Adventures and found these beautiful sketches by Suddhasatva Basu.

Here are few images...

Land of Strawberries

Few images from the land of Strawberries...Mahabaleshwar.

Various squash bottles used by street vendors.

Bottles lined up in a store.

Sun, Sand and Star fish

Few images from my previous trip to the beach in Karwar...

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...

Sprawling Mirjan fort

A 15th century fort near Kumta, Karnataka, was a major trading centre of spices especially pepper. It was then ruled by the local chiefs of Vijayanagar kings, but later it was occupied by the Marathas, Hyder Ali and in the end by the British.

Spread across an area of 11.5 acres one can nothing but admire its magnificence with awe and inspiration.

Here are a few pictures:

Girl's Birthday

A cute drawing titled 'Girl's Birthday' by my student.

Revisiting

Revisiting the Qutub Shahi tombs and Golkonda fort gave me another chance to take few more beautiful pictures of these relics of the past...Here are a few of them...