The Uncrowned Empress
My friend Shweta getting ready for the Mrs Bharat Icon pageant
Categories: Photography, portraits
My friend Shweta getting ready for the Mrs Bharat Icon pageant
Categories: Photography, portraits
Leading up to Shweta’s preparations for the beauty pageant we did a short but fun shoot. Some monsoon evening sunshine … and breaking some rules with against light shots. Enjoy the photo essay
Categories: Photography, portraits • Tags: beauty queen, bharat icon, pageant, portrait, shweta suryavanshi
I know Shweta for almost twenty years now! Ever since one of my closest friends Ameya and Shweta started dating, she became a part of our mad gang. Shweta is participating in a beauty pageant … Something she should have done a long time back … Mrs Bharat Icon is the competition … I am confident she will do extremely well and win the crown …Shweta is a mother of two and while she is a fantastic mom … she […]
Categories: Photography, portraits • Tags: miss bharat icon, portrait, portraits, shweta suryavanshi
We all know about the sun temple in Konark, Odisha. But there is another amazing temple complex dedicated to Sun in western India. The Modhera sun temple in Gujarat. Modhera is situated 75km north-west of Ahmedabad near Mehsana; which is also the nearest railhead. This area was called Dharmaranya in the Solanki era and present day Patan was known as Anahilapataka – which was the capital of the Solanki kingdom. This sun temple consists of Gudhamandapa, Rangamandapa and a large […]
Categories: Heritage, Photography, Travel • Tags: gudhmandapa, kunda, mehsana, modhera, patan, rangamandapa, solanki, sun temple
Not very far from Mumbai there is a marvelous 11th century temple of Lord Shiva. Very few people know about it and navigating to this place without gps can be tricky. But the grand monument is mostly intact with its rock carved sculptures and structural grace .. therefore, a must visit for heritage enthusiasts. Another unconfirmed trivia about this temple is it was visited by the great Guru Nanak in 1415 CE. This temple was built by Mahamandaleswara Chittaraj in […]
Categories: Heritage, Photography, Travel • Tags: ambernath, bhumij temple, chhittraj, guru nanak, konkan, mummuni, shiva, shiva temple, silahara
The best way to bond with your soulmate is to travel … My first long trip with my wife Manasi was our honeymoon in Kerala … After six long years we decided to go for a relaxing… rejuvenating ten day trip to Rajasthan. A state both of us wanted to explore. An early morning flight on Jet Airways brought us to the lake city Udaipur … Our hotel Fabhotel Devraj Niwas had a simple rooftop restaurant with stunning view of […]
Categories: Heritage, Photography, Travel • Tags: chinmay, jagdish, lake palace, manasi alekar, udaipur
A morning around park street with a camera …. hope you enjoy the photo essay.
Categories: Heritage, Photography, Travel • Tags: bengal, bentick, calcutta, curzon, kolkata, victoria memorial, west bengal
Let me begin with a warning that it is a long post but mainly because of lots of images. My niece wanted to know more about the Harappan civilization for her project… She asked me lets google about it! I thought why not explore the biggest museum in the city and it may perhaps have some interesting artifacts. So we decided to visit the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (earlier known as the prince of wales museum) and almost 40ºC […]
Categories: Heritage, Photography, Travel • Tags: colonial, CSMVS, gedeney, harappan, Heritage, indian sculpture, miniature, Mumbai, oriental pottery
How often does a mundane local train journey take you to a world heritage site. Well if you are a Mumbaikar it is perfectly possible … for the millions who travel southwards on the central line it is a daily routine. The train terminus formerly known as Victoria Terminus or Boribandar is today known as the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus. What is so special about this building? About 129 years ago it was one of the first grand European structures built […]
Categories: Photography, World Heritage • Tags: central railway, CST, frederick williams stevens, indo-saracenic, Mumbai, VT, World Heritage
Outdoor shoots in Delhi = exploring a lot of heritage sites! This time on a not so busy day I decided to take a quick tour of one of the world heritage sites in the national capital … The 16th century Mughal masterpiece … A mausoleum that was made almost a century before the great Taj Mahal was built! The majestic Humayun’s tomb … A monument that is perhaps a prototype of Indo-Persian aesthetics. It is a monument built with […]
Categories: Delhi in Time-Machine, Heritage, Photography, World Heritage • Tags: Heritage, humayun, humayun's tomb, New Delhi, old delhi
Delhi … the political epicentre of this region.. The city has seen many rulers being throned and dethroned … and the cycle continues even in the modern democratic era. If you have the time and patience, the city has a lot to say. It is said that Delhi has the heritage of eight cities… If one includes Surajkund and Indraprastha it would be ten cities. The seat of power has remained on the banks of Yamuna for several centuries but […]
Categories: Delhi in Time-Machine, Heritage, Photography, Travel, World Heritage • Tags: aurangzeb, bhado, chandni chowk, Col Sehgal, Diwan I Aam, Diwan I Khas, INA, lal quila, mughal, mughal architecture, New Delhi, old delhi, red fort, sawan, shahjahan
सृष्टीमध्ये बहू लोकं, परिभ्रमणे कळे कौतुक … बोटीतले काका समर्थ रामदासांच्या शब्दांत आमच्या भटकंतीला दाद देत होते. रेवस ते तेरेखोल या प्रवासात अनेक समुद्रकिनारे, किल्ले, पुरातन वास्तू , शिल्पं, मंदिरं आहेत. चौकस व डोळस पर्यटन ज्यांना करायला आवडतं अशा लोकांसाठी या भागात पाहण्यासारखं खूप आहे. या संपूर्ण किनारपट्टीला जोडणारा रस्ता म्हणजे महाराष्ट्र राज्य महामार्ग क्रमांक ५. ज्याला पुढे सागरी महामार्गाचे रूप देण्याची योजना आहे. पण आज हा प्रवास सलग करता येत नाही. अनेक ठिकाणी खाड्या तरीतून पार कराव्या लागतात. अनेक ठिकाणी […]
Categories: Ethnography, Photography, Travel • Tags: amol thakur, chinmaye bhave, darya firasti, konkan, raigad, ratnagiri, sindhudurg