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Mogul ruler Aurangzeb's most powerful cannon ‘Haibat i Mulk Powerful cannon...
With more raids by rebel rulers centuries ago, the kings and nawabs of India were preoccupied with many military defensive features when building a formidable fort. Deployment of canons at vantage...
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Bara Gumbad and other Islamic monuments in Lodi gardens, Delhi need regular...
Bara Gumbad Lodi gardens, Delhi. commons.wikimedia.orginterior Bara Gumbad tomb, Delhi commons.wikimedia.org Bara Gumbad tomb, and mosque, Delhi dreamstime.comarches and corridors, bara Gumbad Delhi...
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Tiruchendur temple, TN "Soorasamharam" event 2023 took place with religious...
2023 Tiruchendur soora samharam thehindu.com Tiruchendur Murugan temple, TN tiruchendur.orgAbove image (old one 2018) Tiruchendur Murugan temple, TN: God Kartikeya / Murugan emerges from His Kanda...
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'Karthigai deepam'' festival, 2023 Thiruvannamalai,TN may attract more...
temple flag hoisting Arunachaleswar temple, Tiruvannamala.tvmalai.ini Karthigai maha deepam, Thiruvannamalai, TN religionworld.inThiru Karthigai Deepam festival is an important one in Hinduism and it...
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The Shish Gumbad, Lodi Gardens, Delhi, yet another earliest domed structure
Shish Gumbad, Delhi,.dreamstime.comShish Gumbad, Delhibehance.netThe Shish Gumbad (meaning glass dome') because the dome and parts of the facade were once covered with coloured glazed tiles; it faces...
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Lakkundi, Karnataka, a forgotten land of stepwells of beauty
In the past centuries Stepwells were common across the Indian subcontinent and more so in the sub arid regions of Rajasthan, Gujarat, etc where the rain fall is far below the average and the summer...
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The Brahma Jinalaya (Jain temple) of Lakkundi, KA, an unexplored legacy of...
The Brahma Jinalaya,Lakkundi,Karnataka.en.wikipedia.orgThe town of Lakkundi (earlier known as Lokki-gundi), 11 km from Gadag town (Gadag district), Karnataka has numerous temples and stepwells and is...
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"Malik-E-Maidan" - What is special about the largest bronze cannon at Bijapur...
symbol of valour: cannon Malik-i-Maidan , Bijapur reddit.com/rsymbol of valour: cannon Malik-i-Maidan thehindu.comThe careful use of cannons of various sizes, power and range have changed the course...
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Why did the British fail to loot the largest bronze cannon "Malik-i-Maidan"...
cannon Malik-i-Maidan,BijapurLooting war trophies, etc was more common during the British rule in India and most of them were taken to England to be kept in the museums as a mark of the british empire...
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Karthigai Deepam festival Nov. 26 at Sri Arunachaleswarar temple,...
Karthigai Deepam festival, TN ourmyindia.com Karthigai Deepam festival at Sri Arunachaleswarar temple, Tiruvannamalai is a 10 day colorful and exciting event involving numerous rituals, religious...
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High Court bans construction of commercial complex opposite Tiruvannamalai...
Shopping mall in a temple site, Tiruvannamalai, TN hindupost.in In the TN Legislative Assembly on April 19, 2023, the Minister for HR and CE, Sekar Babu, during discussion (on grant for the fiscal...
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Paranda fort, Paranda, Maharashtra - hidden 15th CE fort architecture with...
Paranda fort, Paranda, MH dreamstime.comAbove image: Paranda fort, Paranda, Osmanabad District MH in ruins. About 18 miles West of Barsi town........ Paranda fort, MH tripnight.comIt is one of the many...
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Hampi monument, KA plundering by Deccani Sultanates left it in ruins - now -a...
In the wake of The battle of Talikota (1565), a major trade and cultural center, Hampi (now in Karnataka) wa mercilessly attacked and reduced to rubble by the combined forces of the Deccani sultanates...
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Hampi and the group of ruins, KA may stand deserted and forlorn, but the...
Hampi (KA) monuments stand forlorn, openthemagazine.comIn terms its size, its riches, its proliferating art, stunning architecture and a flourish of literature, and of its downfall and total...
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Beerangi Medu Thanjavur where Nayak era powerful cannon is placed eill be...
Thanjavur corporation of Tamil nadu, during the British rule was the capital of the the composite Tanjore District (then comprising Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai and part of...
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Thanjavur Forge-welded Iron Cannon - a legacy of Nayak dynasty who excelled...
One of the interesting heritage sites in Thanjavur city, Tamil Nadu near the main bus stand and Thanjavur palace is Beerangi Medu where a Nayak era cannon is installed . Not that many visitors come to...
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Karthigai Deepam Festival of 2023 - an inspiring event that symbolizes...
Happy Karthigai Deepam 2023 tayhappening.com/''Karthigai Deepam festival'' in the Tamil month of Karthigai (Nov to mid December) is celebrated with devotion in all temples dedicated to God Shiva and...
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Karthigai Deepam festival 2023 at Thiruparankundram Subramanya Swamy Temple...
T.P.Kundram, Madurai.Karthigai Deepamhi-in.facebook.comEvery year the annual Karthigai Deepam festival is celebrated on a grand scale at Thiruparankundram Subramanya Swamy Temple, near Madurai city,...
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Karthigai Deepam festival at Palani Dhandayuthapani Temple 2023 -old...
Normally, all the Arupadai veedu - 6 abodes of god Muruga will experience massive footfall particularly, in Palani and Thiruparankundram temples. The local administration with HR & CE have made...
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Karthigai Deepam festival at Madurai Meenakshi Amman temple, glore with...
karthigai deepam,Madurai Meenakshi Amman temple, TN.dailythanthi.comMadurai Meenakshi temple, TN en.wikipedia.orgKarthigai Deepam, also called Karthika Deepam or Thirukarthigai Deepam falls on...
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