Category: Historic India

Designs on walls…

When I moved into a new house, I unpacked and put up all those freshly washed and ironed curtains, the polished wood furniture and other small curios to decorate the house […]

Shoma Abhyankar August 7, 2014 Leave a Comment

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection” ― Gautama Buddha Sringara is one of the nine rasas, which forms the basis of all classical Indian arts like […]

Brackets and Corbels :Temples and Forts

The Hindu architecture is replete with magnificent examples of stone work……. embroidered stone! With simple tools like hammer and chisel these ancient stones tell the tales of knowledge and accuracy […]

Forts of Rajasthan

Trikuta Fort, Jaisalmer Jaisalmer is a town in the state of Rajasthan, of golden sands and yellow sandstone and hence also known as the golden city. The “Trikuta Fort” is […]

Wandering In The Haunted Kiradu Temple Ruins (Rajasthan)

“Mandir ke avshesh hain….dekh lo, par sham ko mat rukna….wahan bhoot aate hain (You can visit the temple ruins here, but do not stay after sunset because it is haunted)” […]

Ajanta Caves

Weekends bring along a wish to escape from the routine day’s boredom. And having developed a liking towards long drives, I start getting all fidgety as the weekend nears…..I just […]