Liberal Gov. General Lord Dufferin who supported Indian Home Rule!!
Lord Dufferin Viceroy of India (1884-88),FlickrStatue of Marquess Dufferin - Calcutta During the reign of Lord Defferin, the following political events taken place in the Indian subcontinent:Lord...
View ArticleHistorical Anglican Church St. John's in the Wilderness, McLeod Ganj, HP and...
St.John's wilderness Mcleodganj FlickrSt.John's wilderness Mcleodganj.easyvivek.wordpress.comMcLeod Ganj is a small hilly town in the Kangra District of Himachal Pradesh, northern India and is famous...
View ArticleElegant Makarpura Palace (1870) of the Indian Maharajah, Vadadora
Makarpura Palace, vadadora. Old Indian PhotosMakarpura Palace, vadadora.Vadodara - Baroda CityThe stories of Maharajahs and Nawabs of the Indian subcontinents are not somebody's figment of...
View ArticleAmazing Nyay Mandir, Vadadora - designed by British architect Robert Chisholm
Nyay Mandirweekendthrill.com/Panoramic view of Chimnabai Nyay Mandir vadodara-baroda.citThe Nyay Mandir in Baroda (Vadadora),Gujarat meaning Temple of Justice, is a beautiful piece of architecture...
View ArticleColonial Napier Museum building, Thiruvanthapuram - a master piece from...
Napier Museum bulg,Thiruvananthapuram Holiday PlansThiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), the capital city of Kerala, India has many historical buildings of national importance and some of them were built...
View ArticleReformist Danial Hamilton who converted a flooded land into a properous one...
Sir Daniel Hamilton, Reformist, British India Tiger Tourism ProjectHamilton's Bungalow. Gosaba, W. Bengal Wikimedia CommonsAbove image: This is the house built by Sir Daniel Hamilton, the Scottish...
View ArticleTwenty important facts about worshiping Family Deity (Kudumba Devta)
Pateeswaram Durga temple, near Kumbakonam.Native PlanetPateeswaram Durgai temple. Dhivya Dharsanam The worship of Kula Devta (deity of a clan) or Kudumbha Devta (family deity) has been in vogue for...
View ArticleFascinating memorial to Lord Elgin (James Bruce) at St. Paul Cathedral, Kolkata
Memorial to Lord Elgin India Bas-relief,Kolkatgettyimages.comAbove image: India, bas-relief on monument to James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), Viceroy of India, in Kolkata' St. Paul Cathedral,...
View ArticleThe arrival New Tamil year 2018
Google Plus123greetingmessage MediaThe Tamil calendar that is being used by the Tamil speaking people across the globe s based on the time-honored Hindu luni-solar calendar and every year the Tamil...
View ArticleMass murderer Gen. Dyer of Jalianwalla bagh fame and poor British India response
Jallianwalla Bagh. SlideShareGen. Reginald Dyer. Butcher of Jallianwalla bagh.Hindustan TimesDay before Yesterday 13 April 1919, 97 years ago when India was under the British Raj, a maniac by the name...
View ArticleWhy is Janardhana Swamy temple of Varkala, Kerala popular? - some interesting...
Janardhana Swamy temple, varkala. varkalatemple.orgThe temples of Kerala with unique architecture which is in harmony with the terrains and seasons there are quite fascinating and never in my life have...
View Article24 Captivating facts of Kaviyoor Mahadev temple, Kerala
Kaviyoor Mahadev temple, Kerala Kerala Tourism Kaviyoor Mahadev temple, Kerala TripAdvisor Kaviyoor Mahadeva Temple, Kaviyoor, in Pathanamthitta District of Kerala is on a small hillock. The eastern...
View ArticleKaviyoor Mahadeva temple - interesting legends!!
Kaviyoor mahadev temple,Kerala Temples PediaRama worshiping Shivalinga. Rameswaram TourismKaviyoor Mahadeva Temple, Kaviyoor, in Pathanamthitta District of Kerala has a unique distinction of having a...
View ArticleSnake takes joyride on the Coimbatore- Chennai Express Train!!
PNG Downloadwww.thehindu.comOnly last week I accidentally ran into a scary but weird scoop in the daily newspaper "The Hindu"dtd. 19 January 2018 which I would like to share with you though this...
View ArticleKaviyoor Mahadev temple and important traditional temple festivals
Mahadev temple.KaviyoorTemple,Main Entranceen.wikipedia.orKaviyoor Mahadevar temple. Kerala Tourism Guide Almost every month there will be some Hindu temple festivals somewhere in India. There are...
View ArticleSt. Paul's oldest Protestant church (1857), Ambala - bombed in 1965 war by...
St Paul's Church Ambala, cantt.PinterestSt Paul's Church Ambala, cantt. Wikimedia CommonsAbove image: St. Paul Church, Ambala cantonment, Haryana. It an old image. Prior to Pakistan's 1965 bombing,...
View ArticleEarly colonial Holy Redeemer Church, Ambala cantonment
Holy Redeemer Church, Hayana ambalaonline.inHoly Redeemer Church Ambala cantt. Haryana. TrodlyAmbala in Haryana during the Raj was an important cantonment and it still has a lot of colonial bungalows...
View ArticleThiruvananthapuram Railway Station,Kerala a fine colonial structure
Thiruvananthapuram Centraln.wikipedia.orgThiruvananthapuram Centra Dreamstime.com Indian Railways (IR), which is being controlled and managed by the Central Government at New Delhi, has one of the...
View ArticleHistorical Holy cross Church Mapranam , Kerala bestowed with a relic of the...
Holy Cross ChurchMapranamIndian PhilatelyHoly cross Church Mapranam,Kerala Tourism India is home to a number of old churches and almost all of them have historical significance. The Holy Cross Church...
View ArticleMedical College, Calcutta, first in Asia - early colonial period
Earliest medical College, Kolkata. Alamystampgallery.com/ The British East India Company established the Indian Medical Service (IMS) as early as 1764 to look after the medical needs of Europeans in...
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