Historic ''clocktower- war memorial'', Gandhi market, Tiruchirappalli
War memorial, Gandhi market, Tiruchy, TN in.worldorgs.comWar memorial, Gandhi market, Tiruchy, TN in.worldorgs.comIn the city of Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu Gandhi market is a land- mark place...
View ArticlePudukkottai's Victorian silver jubilee arch - a forgotten British legacy of...
Victoria silver jubilee arch. Pudukkottai, TNjenniferhowes.com Above: Demolished in 2009. At texteme end on either side one can see a tall tower with steeple standing independently....
View Article''Anu Patro Kothi'' on old Jagannath Sadak, Bhubaneshwar Odisha - needs...
Arun petro Kothi (rest House) on Old Jagannath Sadak Odisha orissadiary.comAbove image: The rest house Arun Petro kothi is on the Old Jagannath Sadak - on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar city, Odisha....
View Article185 year old CBM (Canadian Baptist Mission) high school, Visakhapatnam - to...
186 year old CBM school Visakhapatna, yovizag.comAcross India there are many old schools much older than 150 years and they are facing slow death because of careless attitude of the respective state...
View ArticleStone ''Jali'' (lattice) windows of Hindu temples, part of Hindu temple...
lattice window, Chennakeswara temple, belur..inditales.com In tropical countries like India during the summer season (April to June- July) the weather is unpleasant in most parts and it is futher...
View Article''Jali'' - perforated stone screen - Moguls made it part of Indo-Islamic...
Jali is a window screen mostly made of hard stone and was widely used in Indo- Islamic architecture of past era in the Indian sub continent and primary purpose was to allow filtered sunlight...
View ArticleKedareshwara (dedicated to Shiva), Temple, Halebidu - a legacy of Hoysala rulers
stellate (star-shaped plan)Kedareshwara_Temple,_Halebidu en.wikipedia.orgKedareshwara Temple, Halebidu KA upload.wikimedia.orgstellate...
View ArticleKopeshwar Temple (12 CE) in Kolhapur district - here God Vishnu acts as a...
Kopeshwar temple,Kolhapur dist. MH tripadvisorinKopeshwar Temple, a 12th century Shiva temple on the banks of Krishna river in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra bordering the Karnataka state is a...
View ArticleThevally Palace , Kollam - heritage site built by Queen Gauri Parvathi Bai!
The palaces in Kerala built by the erstwhile rulers of Travancore and Cochin princely states visibly differ from those in Karnataka, Rajasthan or any other places. Strictly following their native...
View ArticleKilimanoor palace, Kerala, great painter Raja Ravi Verma's birth place (175th...
Birthplace of Raja Ravi Varma.his studio in the foreground en.wikipedia.org/Above image Kilimanoor palace-the birthplace of painter Raja Ravi Varma, it is close to the capital of Kerala,...
View Article''Kalari Kovilakom'' old palace, Kollengode - a brief history and conservation
Kalari Kovilakom palace, Kollengode, Palakkad, Kerala destinasian.comKalari Kovilakaom, the 19th century palace, located in the old town of Kollengode was once the residence of the rulers of...
View ArticleAadipooram festival 2022 at Sri Andal temple, Srivilliputhur
Tenple chariot and Andal Temple, srivilliputtur blogger.comAbove image: Andal-Rengamannar temple Srivilliputhur, TN. One of the famous Vaishnavite temples in Tamil Nadu, the consecration /...
View ArticleSrivilliputhur Andal temple (Tamil Nadu) chariot and rath yatra 2022
1868 Srivilliputhur temple chariot, TN reddit.com/Above image: It is the photo of a huge chariot (Ratha) of Srivilliputhur temple, Tamil Nadu taken way back in 1868 when India was under the...
View ArticleMd. Ghaus, famous sufi saint's amazing tomb, Gwalior - Guru of Sufi saint...
Tomb of Md. Ghaus, Sufi saint, Gwalior. fabhotels.comTomb of Md. Ghaus, Sufi saint, Gwalior. nomadographer.comTomb of Md. Ghaus, Sufi saint, Gwalior. nomadographer.comAmong many monuments in Gwalior...
View ArticleAadipooram festival - worship of Sakthi and some facts
Aadipooram festiva livechennai.comAadipooram festival (July-August), an important annual Hindu temple festival, is celebrated on the day of Poora nakshatram in Aadi masam across South India,...
View ArticleThe Pandalam royal dynasty and their legacy ''Sri Ayyappa temple'', Sabarimala
Historically, the Pandalam royal dynasty evolved during the Kollam era from a branch of Pandya kingdom of Madurai. Because of internal dispute in the royal family between two brothers coupled...
View ArticleThe Royal palace of Pandalam, Kerala where God Ayyappa spent his childhood
pandalam palace. trip2kerala.comRoyal palace of Pandalam, trip2kerala.comThe Royal palace of Pandalam, a two-story structure situated on the banks of the Achankovil River, is neither a palatial or...
View ArticlePandalam Valiyakoikkal Sastha temple from where ''Thiruvabharanam''...
Pandalam Valiyakoikkal Sastha temple keralatourism.orgPandalam Valiyakoikkal Sastha temple that lies in between Thottakkonam and Mulampuzha villages of Pandalam is a small but an important temple...
View ArticleSri Andal temple ''therottam'' (Chariot run) held yesterday after a gap of 2...
Andal Chariot festival August 01, 2022 dailythanthi.comThe annual temple Chariot (ratha) festival of Sri Andal temple, one of the country's 108 Vaishnavite Divyadesam shrines glorified by Tamil Azhwar...
View Article''Srivilliputhur Palkova'' of Tamil Nadu - What is special about it?
Just like Tirupati Laddu, PalaniPanchamirtham, Irudukkadi Halwa of Thirunelveli, Manapparai Murukku, Sri Villiputhur is famous for Pal Kova - a delicious sweet item made from deep boiling of milk,...
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