architecture
Tamizh house – Dakshina Chitra (Part I)
Place: Dakshina Chitra, Muttukadu, ECR, Chennai Inside one of the many old, architecturally intriguing Tamizh houses @ Dakshina Chitra. I guess this is the Naidu’s house. However, the innovative double burner technology, pictured below, is not limited to this kinda’ house. Photo © Ubiquitense
For the love of elephants
What is the most graceful animal on earth? If you wake me up in the middle of my sleep and ask this question, I would say ‘Elephant‘. One look at the elephant – feels like emotions of power and force, love and gentleness have been superimposed to create an intriguing creature. South Indian temples are [...]
Twilight lighting – Themed pic of the day
Sometimes, I feel that there is so much beauty in the buildings of Eastern Europe, but too few people to admire them. Probably, they got bored of drooling at such beauties that are present almost everywhere..especially, in Prague. Not a single soul to be seen around (but for the car!) when I was taking this picture. Looks like an architect’s representation of a new building about to be built.
Neuschwanstein castle – Themed pic of the day
We all dream, irrespective of whether we work towards realizing the dream! Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm II, King of Bavaria, popularly known as the fairy-tale King (der Märchenkönig in German), dreamt of a castle so beautiful that it inspired Walt Disney in the twentieth century. People who’ve been to Disneyland Park would have seen the Sleeping Beauty Castle, which is a reflection of King Ludwig II’s dream castle in Neuschwanstein, Bavaria.
When I reached Neuschwanstein, and looked up at the castle built on a small hill, I was in awe!
Intriguing Hampi – Themed pic of the day
Today’s theme – Architecture, society, travel
India today, in the eyes of foreigners, is the land of the poor, uneven roads, strewn with garbage, poor infrastructure, and so on.
If there is one place in India that could exemplify the grandeur of India in the ancient times, it should be Hampi. How India transcended from such glory to what it is now is a long story, which happened during the British rule, and currently out of scope for this blog post.
Take a look at the picture. What made the architects think of building such a lone structure perched atop a rock that looks like a boulder?
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