Blessed by GOD at a Theyyam ritual in Kerala
One of the best ways of exploring a town is to get lost. I was staying in a small village somewhere in between Kannur and ...
Orchha – a treasure house of stories
It’s not every day that you get to stay in a palace but here I am sleeping in one of the rooms which were built ...
Tirumalai Jain temple – Legacy of Jainism in Tamilnadu
We don’t normally associate the Cholas with the Jains. But an inscription at a Jain temple in Tirumalai indicated that Kundavi, sister of the great ...
Why you must visit Sundarbans Mangrove Forest in West Bengal ...
Mysterious, wild , magical, secluded, the Sundarbans has always twitched my curiosity but has eluded me. And yet this biodiversity hotspot is probably one of ...
Climbing Samanar Hills in Madurai for a slice of history
A few years ago, I had attended a course on Jainism in South India, primarily in Tamil Nadu and I was fascinated to visit some ...
Thirumalai Nayak Mahal – a 17th century palace in Madurai
An old lady, looking very graceful with silvery strands of hair matching the silver anklets she was carrying in her hand goaded me gently to ...
48 hours in Sofia
In Sofia, you realize that every stone indeed tells a story and my introduction to the Bulgarian capital starts with them. The first set of ...