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Udumalpet's Colonial District Munsif Court, TN - a heritage site!
Colonial building Udumalpet Munsif court. districts.ecourts.gov.inEast India company that took control over the area what is now called Kongu region, introduced many offices to augment their land...
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Is renovated colonial Egmore Metropolitan Magistrate Court building, Chennai...
Chennai Egmore metropolitan magistrate Court.newindianexpress.com.Chennai Egmore metropolitan magistrate Court.newindianexpress.comThe Egmore Metropolitan Magistrate Court (on Athithanar salai) where...
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Colonial Kuthirai Vandi Court, Coimbatore - Madras high court judges recently...
In February 2020 the Tamil Nadu State government sanctioned Rs.19.3 crore for the express purpose of renovating popular Kuthirai vandi Court on Avinashi road, Coimbatore city, besides other old...
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Kuthirai Vandi colonial court of Coimbatore that kept a vigil on horse-drawn...
restoration on.colonial Kuthirai vandi Court.skyscrapercity.comAbove image: Popular colonial Kuthirai vandi Court building, where the first magistrate court in this part functioned is being renovated...
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Pudukkottai District Court building, TN - a fine colonial Indo-Saracenic...
pudukottai dist. court.dreamstime.compudukottai dist. court.dreamstime.comAny new visitor to Pudukkottai town will be very much impressed by two important colonial buildings that still stand as a...
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Rajshahi College, Rajshahi. Bangladesh established during colonial rule - a...
Rajshahi College, Rajshahi. Bangladesh wikimapia.org/Rajshahi College, Rajshahi.Bangldesh behance.net/galleryRajshahi College, Rajshahi.flickr.comAbove image: Rajshahi College, Rajshahi, near Dhaka,...
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The damaged colonial British building that housed DC's office, Amritsar,...
British-era building .hindustantimes.comSince the fire accident in 2015 that had severely damaged the British-era building in Amritsar Punjab that housed the office of Amritsar deputy commissioner...
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Govt. Victoria College in Palakkad, one of the oldest with Greek temple...
Govt. Victoria College in Palakkad, upload.wikimedia.org\Govt. Victoria College in Palakkad,careers360.comAbove images; Victoria College, Palakkad. The European architectural design followed here is...
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Colonial Bungalow and some examples from Kerala - a brief note
Imperial Bungalow in colonial India. issuu.comThe word Bungalow has its origin in Bengal where the East India company started their major trading activities in the 18th century. A village dwelling...
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Bombay High court building - an awe-inspiring Victorian Gothic revival structure
Mumbai High Court .gettyimages.inMumbai High Court gosmartbricks.comThe Bombay High Court, one of the three High Courts in India established at the Presidency Towns by Letters patent granted by Queen...
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Nahan Kothi, Panchkula, Haryana, the only vestige of British architecture in...
Damaged Nahan Kothi Panchkula timescontent.comNahan Kothi Panchkula nyoooz.comAbove image: The 161 year old building that lies in a Sector-12, residential area of Panchkula, is a protected...
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The concept of Circuit House and British era Circuit House, Amritsar, Punjab...
A circuit House in Amritsar, Punjab .tribuneindia.comAn old circuit House with a modern one, Amritsar, Punjab .tribuneindia.comAbove image: British Era Circuit House: Constructed in 1863 near the...
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Catholic churches of Jamshedpur, India and their unalloyed care for the poor...
Beldih Baptist Church, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India, Alamy.comEmmanuel Baptist Church, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, telegraphindia.comAbove image: Among more than 25 churches in Jamshedpur city alone,...
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United Club bldg. Jamshedpur, a legacy of British colonial past
Colonial United Club bldg. Jamshedpur, India.joinpaperplanes.comIn the late 1800s and early 1900s, lots of Europeans were settled down in Jamshedpur, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand- particularly when Tata...
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British-era St. George's Church , only Anglican Protestant church in...
.Anglican St. George's church. Jamshedpur. jagran.comSt George's Church in Northern Town in Bistupur, Jamshedpur has the credit of being the oldest church in this district and since its inception, it...
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A rare 7th century Durga temple with apsidal plan, Aihole Karnataka -...
Apsidal plan, Durga temple, Aihole, KA en.wikipedia.orgIn the state of Karnataka, there is no dearth of historical temples that take us back to several centuries and invariably, most them are an...
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Ananthapura Lake Temple dedicated to God Vishnu, Kasaragod, one of a kind in...
Lake temple Anantapura,Kerala .temple purohit.comLake temple Ananthapura, Kerala keralatourism.orgA Hindu temple in the middle of a lake in Kerala? Yes, there is a Hindu temple - only one in this...
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Restored ''Bengaluru Gate'', a classic example of restoration of a heavily...
Restored heritage bldg. Bengaluru gate. twitter.comrestoration of heritage Bengaluru gate. prajavani.netRestoration of British-era Bengaluru gate, KA.btimes.co.inThe 150-year old Bangalore Gate,...
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Sarla Behn (Catherine Mary Heilman) English woman activist, Gandhian social...
Sarla Behn.(Catherine Mary Heilman) .kafaltree.comSarla Behn, (5 April 1901 – 8 July 1982) born Catherine Mary Heilman (German father and English mother) near west London in 1901 was an associate of...
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''The Chipko Movement'', one of the first Indian ''ecofeminist'' movements!!
Chipko movement, India ecofriend.org credit: bishnois.files.wordpress.comThe Chipko movement, a non-violent protest or agitation took a serious turn in the early 1970s and had begun to gain importance...
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