It is technically the Spring season and Delhi is awash with colors as you may have seen here. Yet funnily enough, the streets and lawns are strewn with fallen leaves. I cannot but help thinking of it as symbolizing the simultaneous coexistence of the rich and poor, that if it is spring for some, it is fall for others. And if it is fall, can spring be far away?
Finally, I managed to find the perfect foil for spring.
Bougainvillea overgrows a lush green Gulmohar tree with the (almost) bare Peepal tree (I think) towering in the background. Hmm I wonder what color flowers this Gulmohar tree will turn into – red, orange, yellow, purple, pink…
Linked to Becca’s Sunday Trees – 279
Have a great week 🙂
On our way up to Mt Pilatus in Switzerland by the cable car, the obdurate spoilsport clouds insisted on obscuring the spectacular view – decided to begin by sharing my frustration 😉
A bunch of flowers sitting atop a pole as a peace offering 😀
A view of Vienna from atop the Ferris wheel
A bird’s eye view of the picturesque city of Prague
And that brings us to the real ‘topper’ – don’t you agree?
Baring heart and soul, she squeezes out red blooms – check out the tips of her outspread branches.
She colors the world green
Yellow and orange
There’s even a dash of pink right outside my window 🙂
Peeping out from behind every building, every hoarding, every tree are these cotton tree (Bombax celba) flowers. If you are in Delhi, all you have to do is look up.
A splash of purple on the way to office.
In about a month’s time, taking cue from the summer sun she will wear the colors of the sun – watch this space for more :)
Eco friendly stuff! What are you waiting for? Grab yours and off we go…
A cloudy day but dont worry I wont let you get wet 😉
First a visit to a designer garden
A double hump backed camel
A carrot in each hand 😀
Wonder how chandeliers look when lit up?
Well what do you think?
Chairs in this stunning chapel look inviting don’t they?
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A late night visit to the Hussain Sagar, Hyderabad. And a boat ride to have a closer look at the world’s tallest monolith statue of Gautam Buddha.
An early morning visit to the beach to witness the sunrise. The fishing boat was an added bonus.
On a visit to the temple, I found a mango tree in full blossom promising to make the heat worth it. But is it summer already?
…and the magnificent Gopuram an ornate 
A replica bronze statue of Lord Shiva as Nataraja performing the Ananda Tandava (“Dance of Delight”). Lord Shiva is dancing on the demon Apasmara who represents ignorance and mental/neurological disorders.
The sculptures on the walls of the Chidambaram temple inspired the postures of Bharatanatyam, a major genre of Indian classical dance.
As Lord Shiva is the presiding deity in this temple, figures of Nandi the Bull are everywhere. Nandi is Lord Shiva’s ardent devotee and vehicle. He glares down at us for daring to disturb his Master’s peace.
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