Uttiramerur: Kailasanatha Temple (and others)

Posted on December 5, 2019 by varunshiv

This is the other temple in Uttiramerur that has parts from the Pallava period, the other being the Sundara Varadaraja Perumal temple. Continue reading →

Kanchipuram Town

Posted on December 3, 2019 by varunshiv

Kanchipuram has temples from the Pallava, Chola, Vijaynagar and Nayaka periods, all the way from the 8th c to the 17th c. The town’s stock of residential buildings is quite impressive as well, with colonial and desi deco styled buildings, as well as ‘traditional’ pitched-roof houses. Continue reading →

Desi Deco is Everywhere!

Posted on November 1, 2019 by varunshiv

In India, you can find art deco motifs, hints of art deco, everywhere. In this case, on the grill-door of the 10th c AD Varahi Temple at Chaurasi village in Odisha. I wonder when that grill was made!

Roaming Around Puri

Posted on October 17, 2019 by varunshiv

Since they don’t allow photography inside the Jagannath Puri temple, I had to make do just with photos of the main spire from the outside, along with photos of some of the buildings along Grand Road. Continue reading →

Old Town Bhubaneswar

Posted on October 12, 2019 by varunshiv

Old Town Bhubaneswar is one of those urban areas that is crying out to become a heritage zone, with special regulations and guidelines on construction, development, activities etc. Not only is there a plethora of important ancient temples in the area, there are also dharamshalas (rest-houses), maths (monasteries) and residential buildings from the early 20th c and possibly even 19th c. Continue reading →

Old Delhi’s Western Suburbs: Roop Nagar

Posted on February 5, 2018 by varunshiv

Photos from the Roop Nagar neighborhood, with some later and more modernist residences than the adjacent Kamla Nagar. Continue reading →

Old Delhi’s Western Suburbs: Satyawati Marg

Posted on February 4, 2018 by varunshiv

Photos from along Satyawati Marg in Kamla Nagar. Continue reading →

Old Delhi’s Western Suburbs: Kamla Nagar Block D

Posted on February 3, 2018 by varunshiv

D Block of Kamla Nagar is another gem of a neighborhood, packed with desi deco goodness! One can get a sense of what these kinds of neighborhoods looked like in decades past. Continue reading →