The Cupola and Gov. Gen. Cornwallis' statue - Ft. St.George, Chennai
The Cornwallis Cupola, ft.St.George, Chennai. BlogaramaThe city of Madras (Chennai), Capital of Tamil Nadu state is one of a few oldest settlements in India established in 1639 CE by the East India...
View ArticleThe Singapore Mutiny,echo of India's freedom struggle!!
public executions,Singapore sepoy mutiny.Mar.1915.en.wikipedia.orgDuring the First World War India, then, under the British rule was also drawn into the war for two main reasons: 1. India, part of the...
View ArticleDr. Nancie Monelle, first medical doctor in a princely Indian state
Nancie Monelle Mansell, M.D. en.wikipedia.orgIn the colonial period in India, When many missionaries belonging to various denomination landed in India to preach the Gospel of Christ, it so happened...
View ArticleKolkata (Calcutta)'s Jewish Cemetery - a heritage site
Jewish cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta)www.jewishcalcutta.inKolkata (Calcutta), the capital city of West Bengal, India was also the Capital of the British India until it moved over to Delhi in 1911....
View ArticleIs South Park Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta) haunted?
Dilapidated South Park Cemetery, Kolkata http://traveltriangle.comhaunted graveyard. Villains Wiki - WikiaSensational stories related to haunted places, paranormal activities have been around us for...
View ArticleContentious Jallikattu - rural sport of Tamil Nadu!!
Indian bull. Tufingjallikattu protest on the Marina beach, Chennai. www.thenewsminute.com Jallikattu has been a pretty old communitarian bull-taming sport with deep cultural roots in Tamil Nadu. This...
View ArticleCaptivating facts of Jallikattu, part of Hindu festival
Jallikattu, bull tamers. VijayvaaniTamil nadu map. Prokerala.comJallikattu, a popular rural sport in Tamil Nadu State, is more than 2000 year old. Unlike the highly publicized and money-spinning...
View ArticleInteresting Sri Uttar Chidambaram Nataraja temple, Satara
Natraj Temple in Satara, maharastra. FlickriverSri Uttar Chidambaram Nataraja Temple at Satara city, Maharashtra, India was established in the year 1985. Modelled after Sri Nataraja (consort:...
View ArticleHindu God Shiva's mysterious cosmic dance!!
Cosmic dancer Shiva (Nataraja)Lotus SculpturNataraja, a form of lord Shiva. www.fritjofcapra.net Among the Hindu Trinity Gods - Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma the most fascinating and perplexing form is that...
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Dhabaleswar Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva is in a remote island of Lord Dhabaleshwar on a hill top called dabalagiri at a distance of 27 km from the city of Cuttack. Charmed by the serene nature of...
View ArticleMadras museum complex - British heritage building
1851 colonial building Govt. Museum and theater, ChennaiAlamy In the colonial era the growth and development of East India company's successful trading activities had a direct bearing on the influx of...
View ArticleDhabaleswar Shiva Temple, Odisha - where black bull calf became white!!
Dhabaleswar Temple, Cuttack. TripAdvisorDhabaleswar Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva is in a remote island within the river Mahanadi on a hill top called Dabalagiri in Dhauli at a distance of 27 km...
View ArticleKolkata (Calcutta) city's tearful colonial graves
Shutterstockan abandoned cemetery of Calcutta child sniffs glue www.alamy.com Above image: Calcutta, West Bengal, India. 15th April 2011. In an abandoned cemetery, a child sniffs glue while sitting on...
View ArticlePainful facts of Kolkata ('Calcutta)' s colonial cemeteries
Grave of Henry Louis Vivian Derozio, South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata Alamy Jantoo CartoonsThe city of Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India has the rare distinction of having a large number of...
View ArticleEnticing Baitaḷa Deuḷa Temple of goddess Chamunda, Odisha
Odisha (Orissa), just like Andhra or Tamil Nadu is a land of temples whose attraction is their architecture with countless delicately carved small figures of gods, goddesses, demigods, etc. Many of...
View ArticleThe Banqueting (Rajaji) Hall, Chennai - steeped in colonial history
The Banqueting Hall, c. 1905. en.wikipedia.org/wikRajaji (Banqueting) Hall, Chennai FlickrThe Rajaji Hall, earlier known as the Banqueting Hall, Madras built in 1802 in the form of a Greek temple by...
View ArticleEnticing Baitala Deuḷa Temple, Goddess Chamunda, Bhubaneswar
Baitala Deuḷa Temple,Goddess Chamunda,Bhubaneswar.hindudevotionalblog.comLike Tamil Nadu or Andhra, Odisha is a land of countless temples, many of them are dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu, and Kali or...
View ArticleGolden hall of Chidambaram Nataraja temple, Tamil Nadu
sri Nataraja templee, Chidambaram. AlamyChidambaram in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu, one of the five Pancha Bootha Sthalams is among the foremost holiest Shiva temples of India glorified in...
View ArticleAstounding facts of Varadaraja Perumal temple, Kanchipuram
Stone chain, varadaraja Perumal temple, kanchi. Places to visit in Tamil NaduKanchipuram. Varadaraja Perumal Temple Complex. IndtravelVaradharaja Perumal Temple complex is in Kanchipuram of Tamil Nadu,...
View ArticleInteresting Chinakkathoor Bhagavathy Amman temple, Kerala
Chinakkathur temple a few days before the festivaln.wikipedia.orgPalappuram, a small town, located 4 km from Ottapalam, between Palakkad and the Shoranur Highway in Kerala, South India has a popular...
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