Saturday 25 August 2012

Chhari dhandh(kutch-Gujarat)India

Chhari dhandh is known for its fresh water wet land in the grassland of banni.
Chhari dhandh

Chhari dhandh Sunset Point

Chhari dhandh lake view

Chhari dhandh birds

NARAYAN SAROVAR(kutch-Gujarat)India


Located at the european most tip of Indian, Narayan Sarovar Pond is one of the 5 sacred ponds, along with Mansarovar in Tibet, Pampa in Karnataka, and Bhubaneswar in Orissa and Pushkar in Rajasthan.
Narayan Sarover

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

HODKA VILAGE(Kutch-Gujarat)-India


This Town is populated by Meghwals who had moved from Sindh in the 18th Century. They reside in Bhungas – circular mud homes with thatched rooftops. These bhungas are developed to hold up against the unwarranted climate of KUTCH.

Hodka Vilage

Culture of Hodka Vilage

Hodka vilage 


DHOLAVIRA(Kutch-Gujarat)-India





Dholavira is one of the most amazing excavations of the Indus Area Society or the Harappan Lifestyle. Approximately. 2500 BC. This site is an exemplary feat of hydraulic engineering since those times, showing an exclusive understanding into the water discussion techniques.

Wednesday 8 August 2012

PRAG MAHAL(Kutch-Gujarat)-India


Next entrance to the Aina Mahal, in the same walled complex, is the large Prag Mahal, which may at first seem a little out of position at the far european advantage of Indian, looking more appropriate in France.
Prag Mahal 

Inside View

Inside View

Darbar Hall

AINA MAHAL(Kutch-Gujarat)-India


A walk through the maze of twisting roads causes the amazing Aina Mahal Structure. It features an attractive Indo – Dutch style of Architecture.

Aina Mahal Front end view 

Aina Mahal Hall

Inside view of Aina Mahal

Chinese  Airmoir

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.