Category: Gujarat

Adalaj Vav: An Illustration of Love and Religious Tolerance

“It’s amazing what people do for love. It’s even more amazing what love does for people” It was for this love, for her deceased husband Veer Sinh chieftain of Vaghelas, […]

Shoma Abhyankar January 12, 2016 15 Comments

Born free: In wilderness of Gir

Also known as Sasan-Gir, the Gir Forest National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat was established in 1965 and is the only home to Asiatic Lion. I had decided to […]

Modern Art in a Cave: Amdavad ni Gufa

What would someone expect when two great minds…. one who conjured up three-dimensional contemporary spaces with traditional concepts and another who with just a stroke of his brush created images […]

The Fire Altar : Sun Temple at Modhera, Gujrat

The first soft yellow light of the early morning fell on the face of the gold idol of Surya, imparting a resplendent glow shattering the darkness……It seemed as if the Sun […]

Rani Ki Vav, Patan, Gujarat

UPDATED: July 2020 In July 2018, Reserve Bank of India released the new design of 100 Rs currency note featuring UNESCO World heritage Site of Rani ki Vav or Queen’s […]