By Tharangini Sri Chamrajeshwara Temple Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Tamilyomen Long long ago, roughly about a decade a...

By Meera The dating of the dolmens of Bannerghatta is a bit hazy and they are said to belong to the early Neolithic period that is...

By Meera Searching for dolmens, menhirs and other very ancient structures has become a passion for me and Tharangini but it ...

By Meera Situated in the heart of Malenadu, the ancient place of Koodli beckons one with its verdant paddy fields, areca nut pla...

By Tharangini Though regular pooja happens inside the temple, the work of overzealous devotees who conduct their own mini poojas ...

By Tharangini After our rendezvous with Amrutheswara temple in the morning,  we reached Bhadravati by noon for a brief sojourn at...

By Meera Video Credit: Revanth Rajeev It was the thought of ‘Ring of Fire’ that kept me awake throughout the night and I was...

By Meera It is not just the erotic figures that dominate the Konark temple, but the everyday life of the common man has been etch...

By Meera Although the Konark Temple may be famous for its sundials thereby, attracting many connoisseurs to study the unique cha...

By Meera It was more than a century ago that the workings of the sun dials, that is the stone chariot wheels of Konark Temple ...

By Meera With many monuments and temples in India lying in a state of ruin and having fallen prey to marauding invaders, looters...

By Tharangini For part I click here. The two trees and a shrine on the northern side of the temple After the pooja  w...

By Tharangini This was the last visit for the day. The universe has a way of bringing us to the right place at the right time, ev...

By Meera Walking amid the quiet solitude of the Le Jardin botanique, I wondered why is that a Botanical garden was developed i...

A Mesmerising Walk Amid Ancient Trees Of The French Era By Meera It was not a planned visit but roaming around the qua...

By Tharangini Welcome to the last part of the stories from the Amrutheswara temple. Last of this series and last from me for now....

A Citizen's Yeomen Effort To Protect Sea Turtles From Poachers By Meera In our efforts to take a close peek at a sea tur...

By Meera There are some unique experiences that we cannot forget at least in our life time. My thoughts forays back frequently t...

Rama in vanavasa and more By Tharangini It was an era without any modern technology or was it? Whatever they had was modern e...

The National Game Of India Still Lives On By Meera Image Credits: Manjunath Nayak My memories of playing homemade games is s...