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The Danish Fort in Tharangambadi needs periodic upkeep - it has potential to...
Danish fort, Tharangambadi tripoto.comThe reason why I have written this post on the Danish fort in Tranquebar is a fortnight ago my son and his family visited Tharangambadi from Nagapattinam for...
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Gingee Fort, Villupuram district, TN is worth converting into a major tourism...
Gingee Fort, Tamil Nadu alamy.comTourism is, nodoubt, a money spinning business and in South India there are many heritage sites that have potential to attract tourists, they are in the dark. With...
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Kalyana Mahal, a majestic part of Gingee fort on the Rajagiri hill, Tamil...
Gingee fort, Kalyana mahal amilnow.comKalyana Mahal arcaded hall. Gingee Fort, Tamil Nadu .outlookindia.comKalyana mahal, Gingee fort, TN upload.wikimedia.orgKalyana Mahal, Gingee Fort, TN...
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Maha Shivaratri - Famous Shiva temples devotees visit on that day -01
Maha Shivratri, an annual Hindu festival, is held to honor Lord Shiva, one of the Trinity gods in the Hindu pantheon. Shiva, the destroyer of evils, etc, Vishnu, protector and Brahma, the creator -...
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Maha Shivaratri - Famous Shiva temples devotees visit on that day - 02
Maha Shivaratri (originated in the 5th century BCE) that was celebrated o the 18th February is an important Hindu festival for the Shaivites. Literally meaning 'The Great Night of Shiva'), this annual...
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Somnath temple, Veraval - now the Shikara is clad with gold
somnath temple, Gujarat. zeenews.india.com Somnath temple,Veravel, GJ editorji.comThe Somnath temple built on the shores of the Arabian sea in Veraval, a town in the Saurashtra region of the Western...
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Maha Shivaratri - Famous Shiva temples devotees visit on that day -03
Please refer to my previous two posts on Maha Shivaratri and Shive temples that people visit; At the following temples Maha Shivaratri is celebrated with great enthusiasm, particularly in the temples...
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United Services Club building , Shimla - a heritage colonial structure where...
United Services Club - Jakkio Hill Simla - 1867 .flickr.comUnited Services Club - Jakkio Hill Simla - 1867 .flickr.comThe United Services Club, Jakko Hill, Shimla, a recreational joint of Shimla was...
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Shimla's State Public Library - a fascinating Neo-Gothic Tudor style heritage...
Shimla -Public state library, the ridge. shimlaonline.in/The Ridge, Shimla,once the summer capital of the Raj, still has countless colonial buildings and, with some exception they are being well...
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St Michael's Cathedral, Shimla (1885) -first Catholic church in this area - a...
St Michael's Cathedral, Shimla trawell.inSt Michael's Cathedral, Shimla trawell.inSt Michael's Cathedral, one of the well-known cathedral in Shimla camp up in 1886 to meet the spiritual needs of the...
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Din Dayal Upadhyaya Hospital, formerly Ripon Hospital, first in India needs...
Din Dayal Upadhyaya Hospital)(formerly Ripon hospitalen.wikipedia.orgThis declared heritage heritage building, for the past 123 years has withstood the test of time and climatic changes . The state...
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Walker Hospital controlled by Indian army, Shimla - its heritage building, a...
Walker Hospital of Shimla outlookindia.comThe landmark British-era Walker Hospital of Shimla had a humble beginning in 1902 with just 20 beds for the Europeans and European Indigents, the latter were...
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Shimla's colonial era Indian natives faced racial discrimination at the early...
Shimla, Walker Hospital paperjewels.orgThe 200 year colonial rule in India was replete with innumerable dreadful events that showcased the supremacy of the British and their style of...
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Jallianwala Bagh fame Brig. Gen. Dyer and Walker Hospital, Shimla - proposal...
Reginald Dyer. a bloodthirsty man opindia.comAbove image: ''Brigadier General Reginald Dyer, one of the masterminds of the Amritsar Massacre (1919) died in 1927. He spent his last years in Long...
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Nambudiri Brahmins of Kerala - their poignant decline from their heyday!! - a...
Kerala state Nambudiri Brahmins. quora.comNative to what is now the state of Kerala, India, Namboodiris or Namboothiris fall under the Malayali Brahmin caste and once they constituted part of the...
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Nambudiri Brahmins' manas or illams of Kerala need urgent preservation - What...
Olappamanna Mana Palakkad dist. image credit: namboothiri.comThe subject of when the organized Nambudiri settlements in Kerala began taking roots has been a contentious issue and is a subject of...
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Kilpauk, Chennai: Ignored colonial buildings on the temple plot to be...
Kilpauk, Chennai heritage building..indiatimes.comAbove image: The heritage buildings on a 142-ground land parcel, Chennai owned by the Kancheepuram Ekambareeshwarar temple. Structural stability is...
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CSI Deaf School building (1912)- will it be conserved for the posterity.
CSI deaf school, Chennai. csideafschoolchennai.comCSI deaf school, Chennai..newindianexpress.comC.S.I. Higher Secondary School for the Deaf, Mylapore, Chennai.picxy.comIn Chennai we run into many...
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Kilpauk (Chennai) Water Works, first ever water treatment plant of the...
Among the lesser known heritage sites of Chennai is the landmark red colored European style building in Kilpauk, a suburb of Chennai that houses the city's waterworks providing piped water supply to...
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The Bombay gymkhana , a ''White only Club'' in colonial India made Parsees...
Bombay Gymkhana, Mumbai. news18.comSoon after Bomban and the adjacent islands had become part of the British settlement Bombay in the 1870s became an important and prosperous port and commercial...
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