Saturday, 25 August 2012
KALO DUNGAR (BLACK HILL-Kutch)-India
25 kms north of Khavda, the top of the Black Hills
is the biggest aspect in Kutch, at 462 m. From here, the whole north sky line
vanishes into the Great Rann, the wilderness and sky often becoming
indistinguishable. It is one of the few non-coastal locations where one can
encounter like being at the benefits around the globe, on the brink of
incomprehensible vastness that fades off towards infinity.
Kala Dungar |
Kala Dungar View |
Saturday, 11 August 2012
Wednesday, 8 August 2012
Thursday, 19 July 2012
Mandvi(Kutch-Gujatat)-India
Mandvi is known for its spectacular beach with excellent sea of the Arabian Sea. Personal Spectacular tented real estate is the best option to relax on beach. This beach was the Maharao’s personal beach and the Vijay Vilas Developing looking over the beach, was a summer time season evade for the Maharao.
Mandvi Vijay Vilas Palace |
Vijay Vilas Palace |
Mandvi Beach-Kachchh |
Mandvi Beach |
Mandvi Beach-Kachchh |
Mandvi Beach-Kachchh |
Mandvi godhra temple |
Tuesday, 17 July 2012
Kutch(Kachchh)-Gujarat-India
Kutch is a district of Gujarat state in western
India. It is also spelled as Kachchh. Kutch is the most famous place for its
culture, history, beautiful places, palaces. It is one of the wide district of
India, Covering an area of 45,652 km. Kutch literally means something which
intermittently becomes humid and dry, a large part of Kutch is known as Rann of
Kutch which is shoal wetland which submerges in water during the rainy season
and becomes dry during other seasons. The Rann is popular for its marshy salt
flats which become snow white after the shoal water dries up each season before
the monsoon rains.
White Raan Of Kutch |
Kutch is famous for ecologically important Banni
grasslands with their seasonal marshy wetlands which form the outer belt of the
Rann of Kutch.
Because of Kutch beauty and culture here many
bollywood shooting had done in past. Rainy and Winter season are good time to
visit in katch.
Sun Set Point |
Sunday, 8 July 2012
Adalaj Wav-Gujarat-India
The Adalaj Wav is located in the Gandhinagar district Gujarat. It was built by Queen Rudabai in 1499, a muslim ruler. Though now dry, the well once provided water to fed up travellers and pilgrims along the roads outside of Ahmedabad.it has complex cravel built and different stories in deepth.For exposing fresh water that rose and fell according the seasons and the amount of rainfall The four-level well is channeled directly into the water table.Its absymal interior give cool relief from the harsh Indian sun.
Adalaj wav |
Tuesday, 3 July 2012
Gandhi Ashram-India
Gandhi Ashram is also known as Sabarmati Ashram. It is located at the bank of River Sabarmati in
Ahmedabad. This was one of the residences of Mahatama Gandhi.Mahatma
Gandhi spent approximately 12 years of his life here.This ashram is now a national monument established by the
Government of India due to its significance for the Indian independence
movement in the form of the Dandi March in 1930.On March 12,1930 Mahatma Gandhi started marched towards Dandi,
241 miles from the Ashram, with 78 companions in protest of the British Salt
Law, which taxed Indian salt in an effort to promote sales of British salt in
India.The ashram now has a museum,Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalay.
In Gandhi Ashram Charkha is also kept.
Gandhiji said "This is the right place for our activities to carry on the search for truth and develop fearlessness, for on one side are the iron bolts of the foreigners, and on the other the thunderbolts of Mother Nature."
Monday, 2 July 2012
Sun Temple-India
The sun temple, Modhera in Gujarat. It is situated on the bank of the river
pushpavati 25km from Mehsana. It was built by Bhimdev Solanki in 1026. Because of
Solankies were considered to be Suryavanshi. In other words descendants of Sun
God. The temple was designed in such a way tht rays of sun fell on the image of
Surya at the time equinoxes. The temple is partially destroyed by the Allauddin
Khilji.
The temple comprises three seprate,Integrated elements:
Surya Kund,Sabha Mandap and Guda Mandap.
Surya Kund: Ramkunda is another name of Surya kund. It is
one of the best example of geometry.The organization of stone into gives shape to a dazzling of
art. It is distributed with multitudinous stone steps leading devotees down to
its base. 108 miniature shries are carves in between the steps inside the tank.
108 also considered to be favorable by Hindus as Hindu rosary has same number
of beads.
Sabha Mandap: It is a mangnificent pillared hall. It is open
from all sides and had 52 complex carved pillars representing 52 weeks in a
year.
Sanctum Sanctorum: It is the main temple. Lotus open with
sunrise and close itself with,it is considered to be the sun’s flower. Therefore
the entire temple is based on an inverted lotus base plinth.Saarthi Arun sits on the fourth. The entire gold idol
including the charioteer, chariot and horses was placed on a pit that was 15
feet deep and filled with gold coins. It was built by the Solankis in honour of
their affiliated God. It was booty by Mahmud Gazni.
The external part of the temple walls has 12 different
postures of Adityas - Sun God along with eight Dikpals, Lord Vishwakarma - who
constructed Golden Dwarka city for Shri Krishna, Varundev - God of Water,
Agnidev - God of Fire, Ganesh - God for starting, Mata Saraswati - Goddess of
Education & Wisdom.
Friday, 29 June 2012
Taj Mahal-India
The Taj Mahal is one of the seven wonders of the world. Mausoleum complex on the southern bank of the Yamuna River, outside Agra, India.It was built by the Mughal emperor
SHAH JAHAN in memory of his wife,Mumtaz Mahal, who died in 1631.The Taj complex, begun c.1632, took 22 years to complete.It made use of the services of 22,000 laborers and 1,000 elephants.At its center lies a square garden area bounded by two smaller,oblong sections, one comprising the mausoleum and the other an entrance gateway.The monument was built entirely out of white marble.Its interior,with fine,restrained stone decoration,centres on octagonal chamber containing the marble tombs,enclosed by perforated marble screen,with sarcophagi below.After an expenditure of approximately 32 million rupees (approx US $68000), Taj Mahal was finally completed in the year 1653. Regarded as one of the wold's most beautiful buildings, it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1983.
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