Glimpses of Rural Thailand – Villages of Thailand
Cruising on a ferry along the Klong Chak Phra, I am exploring a different Bangkok from the one I know. We are sailing towards some ...
Dragor Havn – Sparkling in a sea of yellow
The rains tumble down as a magic carpet whisks me away on a whirlwind journey from Copenhagen and drops me in a labyrinth of little ...
Wake up and smell the coffee in Araku Valley
It was a hot and dry afternoon as we took the road from Visakhapatnam towards Araku Valley, located in the Eastern Ghats in Andhra Pradesh. ...
Meet Mallitamma and his signature sculptures in Hoysala temples
The annals of Indian history are not just littered with dates of battles fought and won but by the lists of many monuments built by ...
Five Hoysala temples not in the tourist circuit
“Hoy Sala ” ( Strike Sala ! ) said the guru Sudatta Muni to his student , Sala who was in an armed combat with ...
Kaidala, home of a master craftsman
My tryst with the Hoysala Dynasty started innocuously when I went on a weekend getaway to Hassan over a decade ago. I had just taken ...
Twin Hoysala Temples of Marale and Mosale
Some of India’s best-kept secrets are not found on a map. Tucked away inside golden fields with lotus ponds surrounding them, are small ancient temples ...