Category Archives: Madhya Pradesh
Temple/Village, Aiti, Madhya Pradesh
Stone and Grass, Nareshwar, Madhya Pradesh
Water-side shrine and Black-winged Stilts, Nareshwar, Madhya Pradesh
Mandu
Mandu is one of those places that I’d been planning to visit for many many years, and till now for one reason or another hadn’t managed to get to. So on my way back from Bangalore in August, I thought I’d make a detour and finally get to see the site. Despite a lack of reasonably-clean budget hotels, I wasn’t disappointed. :) Continue reading
Temples in Technicolo(u)r
A while back at one of Delhi’s vanguard ethnic-chic stores, I found a novelty postcard on sale (very tongue-in-cheekily), with an image of a gaudily decorated goupram from the Sri Ranganathaswamy temple at Trichy in south India. I bought the postcard thinking the goupram must be uniquely kitschy in it’s sculpture and color palette, and was planning to post a scan of it on my blog as stand-alone kitsch. Here’s the postcard image: Continue reading
Sarson ke Khet 