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Loss of British - era heritage Kollidam old steel-girder bridge, Tiruchi -...
Tiruchi Kollidam steel bridge, deccanherald.comAbove image: The 792 meter long steel-girder bridge was placed on the sturdy 24 stone piers across the river Kollidam (used to be Coleroon). The steel...
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Jamalpur Gymkhana, Jamalpur , Bihar, built by the British linked to the...
Jamalpur Gymkhana, Bihar. flicker.comJamalpur Gymkhana jamalpurgymkhana.in/The Jamalpur Gymkhana, often referred to as Gymkhana (or merely Gym) by its members, is a misnomer and is a hostel for young...
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Jamalpur's St. Mary's church, Bihar founded for the then railway workers -
.Jamalpur St. Mary's church, Biharmapio.net.Jamalpur St. Mary's church, Bihar. bl.ukAbove image: St. Mary's church and tower in Jamalpur, Bihar in Munger district of Bihar. The picture was taken by an...
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Low-key Vaikunta Ekadasi festivities at Srirangam temple 2021 and opening of...
Srirangal temple, Sorgavasal dailytemple.in/Above image: Srirangam Ranganathar temple, TN: Sorgavasal or Prathamapada vasal (heaven's gate) or gate to Vaikunta, the abode of Sri Vishnu on an ordinary...
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Ariyar Sevai, a brief note - this year Vaikunta Ekadasi at Srirangam temple...
On account of Covid-19 pandemic and new virus Omicron threats, many temple across Tamil Nadu and elsewhere temple festivities are limited as they attract huge gathering of people. At Srirangam...
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Basilica Bom Jesus, Old Goa - Will the ASI save this Portuguese structure...
Basilica of Bom Jesus, old Goa Velha India en.wikipedia.orgBasilica of Bom Jesus, old Goa Velha India en.wikipedia.orgBasilica Bom Jesus of old Goa (Goa Velha) even today stands as a fine example...
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Railways Guest House at East point Visakhapatnam, AP a fine colonial bungalow
East Pont Guest House Beach road, Visakhapatnam. koti.blog.Vizag East Pont Guest House Beach road, deccanchronicle.comThe Indian railways across India has countless heritage buildings, rest houses,...
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Kavalappara palace, Shoranur (Kerala) and vast historical records of K....
Kavalappara palace, Shoranur, Kerala timesofindia.indiatimes.com Above image: Once an amazing palace built in an 8 acre land, now it has become a dilapidated place where poisonous snakes and other...
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Kollengode Palace and Museum, Thrissur, Kerala - a historical legacy of...
Kollengode palace, Thrissur.upload.wikimedia.orgAbove image: Kollemkode palace, Chembookkavu, Thrissur, Kerala, India, built in 1904 by Raja of Kollengode. The ruler had a good rapport with the...
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Peaceful Kalari Kovilokom palace, Palakkad and its restored architecture
Kalari Kovilakom palace built in 1890 by the Kollengode royals is set within the grounds of the old Vengunad kingdom located in North Kerala, India. it is said to have been built by Queen (Rani)...
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The 372 year old historical English cemetery of Surat, Gujarat is in ruins....
British cemetery, Suratcommons.wikimedia.org/Above image: The English cemetery, Surat. The British gave preference to native design in the construction of Mausoleums over the graves. They are big,...
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Officers' Mess (Bombay Snappers), a heritage building with age old army...
.Officers' mess (Bombay Snappers) aviation-defence-universe.com/ Bombay Snappers' mess. timesofindia.indiatimes.comAbove image: In February 2020 Bombay Snappers turned 200. At Pune, the Bicentenary...
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Living aerial root bridges of Meghalaya, NE India - the government striving...
The living root bridges of Meghalaya, India. edition.cnn.com/Quite common in the southern part NE Indian state of Meghalaya, the “abode of the clouds ''Jing kieng Jri'' or'' Living Root Bridge'' is...
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India's historical and old colonial universities (1800s) - 02
This is the second part of of the post on India's old colonial institutions. and all of them are functioning now of course, some with a different name. For examples some early colonial colleges...
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India's historical and old colonial universities/institutions (1800s) - 03
Please refer to my early posts on the old historical colonial universities of India (one and two ) that came up in the 1800s.Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand:Estd 1847IIT...
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Declining Ariyar Sevai at Srivilliputhur Andal temple, TN and damaged 400...
The Tamil month of Margazhi (also called Dhanur) is an auspicious one for the Hindus and for Sri Vishnu temples across south India in particular. Divinity is imparted to this month. as God...
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Christ Church, -the first one under the CSI, Thiruvananthapuram - early...
CSI Christ church, Thruvananthapuram, Kerala commons.wikimedia.orgI wish the readers happy Christmas, let the new year bring you happiness, welfare. peace of mind and prosperity. Lets us look...
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''Prag Mahal'', a fascinating 19th century palace of Gujarat damaged in the...
Prag Mahal, Bhuj, GJ upload.wikimedia.orgDurbar Hall, Prag Mahal, GJupload.wikimedia.orgAmong the palaces of Rajasthan with a striking and stunning architecture, Prag Mahal in Bhuj city, Gujarat cab...
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Moti Shahi Mahal palace, Ahmedabad built by Mogul ruler Shah Jahan - now a...
Moti Shahi Mahal, Ahmedabad, GJ planetgujarat.comAbove image: Moti Shahi Mahal, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The palace is now a government museum .The museum showcases artefacts and belongings of Sardar...
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Dilkusha Kothi, 18th century Baroque structure of Lucknow, UP - in ruins now
Baroque architecture. Dilkusha Kothi 1858 en.wikipedia.orgThe city of Lucknow, UP has innumerable heritage monuments and invariably most of them were built by the Muslim rulers who had a penchant for...
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