Badoli Temples: A Forgotten Pratihara Masterpiece
Badoli Temples are not a very massive complex but it has been sculpted with such detail that one feels an urge to photograph every square inch of these walls.
Western India
A Meandering Walk Around Jaisalmer Fort And Lake
Visiting Jaisalmer Fort and Gadisar Lake, Rajasthan.
Pushkar Fair: A Thousand Camels and a near Stampede
Pushkar camel and cattle fair offered the expected camels but it also had a lot of colorful people.
Ajanta: A Fading Masterpiece
Ajanta Caves offer two different attractions. Rock cut sculptures and paintings.
Stoned by the stones: Ellora Cave No. 10, 21, 29 and 32
Postcards from major Ellora Cave No. 10, 21, 29 and 32
Stoned by the stones: Ellora Cave No. 16
Ellora Cave No. 16 is a Hindu Cave built during the Rashtrakuta period in the eighth century. It is called Kailashnath Temple as it was designed to replicate Mount Kailasha.
Bibi Ka Maqbara at the Golden Hour
Bibi Ka Maqbara, the Taj Mahal of the Deccan, is the mausoleum of Auragzeb’s wife and is situated in the Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
The Great Rann of Kutch: Postcards from the White Desert
Postcards from the white desert of the Great Rann of Kutch near Bhuj.
Kalo Dungar: Black or Blue?
The first place I visited in Kutch was the famous Kalo Dungar (Black Hill). The colour is not black but brown on one side and various shades of blue on the other.
Jodhpur: Suncity or the Blue City?
Jodhpur was the first major stop of my Late Autumn Sonata. When you are short in time, the must watch item here is undoubtedly the Mehrangarh Fort.
Kas Plateau: Seductive Sahyadri, Sadistic Showers
The Kas Plateau or Kaas Plateau is a southern valley of flowers that comes alive merely for a month or two in the late monsoons. Bad weather almost ruined my trip, here is what I could salvage.