India through my eyes – A sneak preview
A window opens out to give me a glimpse of life in Arekere,a small village which is hardly 5 kms from Javagal . This is the main street that ends in the Hoysala temple there. The doors to this house were closed though .
I will be posting a picture or two every week which will be titled the same as above..It is mainly a perspective of rural India and the people Ive met in many of my travels..most pictures like these do not carry any text..I do hope you will appreciate the beauty of real India, the way I see it.
Ravi Kashyap , a gentleman from the US commented a couple of days ago (after almost a year) that the house belongs to his ancestors and was built in 1680.This is what he said in his comment which Ive published below.
“This is our ancestor home, was built around 1680’s by my great great great grand father (Shanboug Rammanna, also know as saraf Ramanna), my relatives lived in this house till 1970’s .
Most of our relatives have migrated to UK & USA and thus the state of the house, recently last month (aug 2009) we visited this place and have plans to renovate the house to maintain & keep the heritage.”
I wish to be nomad to travel & travel and share my traveling stories…
I wish this to happen.
I like the pictures. Waiting to see more…
Kudos to your photographic skills for bringing out beauty,even in a dilapidated dwelling like this!
Oh ! So you have also started publishing weekly pictures like me ??
Good going. 🙂
And the pictures are awesome.
Cuckoo
Lakshmi-
This is great that you are posting images of a rural India, sections of our country that we conveniently forget or ignore. Thanks for sharing.
There is no better way to see a country than through the eyes of someone who lives there. Look forward to future posts.
u do travel a lot 🙂 wish i can too 🙂 ha,the window ,its so small,what a small window to see the world through…
Lovely! With your travel record, I can only imagine what a treat this series would be. 🙂
That is a sorry state of the house.:(
Wonder who is living there!
nice pics.. the dilapidated condition kind of brings out it’s rawness!!!
nice blog!!!
we do and we will…nice 🙂
Nice pic…makes me think who stays there?
I’m really looking forward to this. Thanks so much for sharing this – it’s something so few urban Indians get to experience.
Kamini.
These pics have a lot of character. I’m itching to write a story about them….
Are people still living this house or is it a museum?
Awesome photos Lakshmi…I too can see beauty in something so simple as a window..I think of those that might have constructed it perhaps in rather crude ways …quite functional and the best they had. Nicely done post, my friend…
A picture does speak a thousand words. Thank you for this glimpse, I know personally it would be sometime, before I can view these places myself
Lakshmi, truly these pictures don’t require any texts or descriptions – a picture perfect 🙂 but it would be good to know from where they came from (just single line …).
Have a nice weekend
Looking forward to more picture from your perspective.
Hi Lakshmi,
Glad to know that you are safe.
Nice pictures. I will look forward to more in the series. I am sure people will appreciate this other perspective on India.
Oh, these are lovely pics!
I am always ready…so bring it on…
there was a poster I had seen sometime back..(if I find it will post a link here)
it showed pictures of just ethnic doors from around the world…
Hobo – Im sure it will happen..thanks
for the appreciation..this will be a weekly series..so a pic a week 🙂
Sameera – Thanks..Im just an amateur..I liked the pictures a lot as I thought they had a certain character attached to them
Cuckoo -Thanks..your pics are awesome as well
Mitr-Thats true..We tend to dismiss rustis life as stereotypes and I thought I shd give a diff perspective to them
Wendy – I hope you like what you see..would love you to come over here sometime as well
Vishesh – Can u imagine that this window is probably the world to the people who live there ?
Gopal – Thanks 🙂 Im trying hard to avoid stereotypes
Indrani – Its very basic dwelling with just bricks and a bit of cowdung and thatched roof ..most houses in interior are like this
Rahul – welcome to backpakker and thanks..its not dilapated but very basic and raw as you said ..to our urban eyes, it looks like that 🙂
Reeta -Thank you..am glad you like this perspective
Ajeya – I wondered too..no idea 🙂
Kamini – Thats true..we see everything from our urban point of view..we rarely get a chance to see the real India ..far away from stereotypes
Maria – Would love to read he story..glad its inspirational
Ropi -People live here
DeeDee -You have said it so well..yes, thats exactly what I would liked to have said ..thanks ‘
Anu – Hope you get to travel soon
Alok -Thanks for the suggestion..have already added that..let me know if you need more info
Sujata – Im planning it once a week, hope you like them
Akira – Thanks for your concern..glad you liked them
Shantanu – Thanks..Rural India is so fascinating
Ceedy – Would love to see the poster..Ive started taking pics of doors and windows and houses from interior india
Lakshmi,
Thanks for such a wonderful pictures. The state of house is so unfortunate.
This is our ancestor home, was built around 1680’s by my great great great grand father (Shanboug Rammanna, also know as saraf Ramanna), my relatives lived in this house till 1970’s .
Most of our relatives have migrated to UK & USA and thus the state of the house, recently last month (aug 2009) we visited this place and have plans to renovate the house to maintain & keep the heritage.
Can you please mail me any photos that you have.
Regards
Ravi Kashyap
Franklin, TN USA
I can imagine how good you must be feeling!! Great going!!