By Meera As we visit temples in South Asia or South East Asia, one thing that stands out are the variou...

- Where More Than History Flourishes  By Tharangini Thank you for joining me from part I ...

- Nurturing Nature Amidst The Ruins By Tharangini For over eight years Hampi has enticed and wov...

– From A Tumultuous Past To A Peaceful Present By Meera Walking and treading on old pathways in ...

By Tharangini The morning was already well spent watching flamingos from the most scientifically and delicately balanced boat. Our ...

By Tharangini Thanks for joining me here from Part I. We were barely a few meters away from the sho...

By Meera Now how did people fulfill their water needs in the dry and arid regions?  In Indian sub-continent at least, one can se...

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...