Category: Photo Challenge

Hola! How’s the weekend progressing? I know Cee’s Black and White Challenge on Buildings is over but I did warn you I had loads more. Although I have to admit nobody asked for more photographs. But then again I have a generous nature and an active ESP – I can hear your clamor, nay, demand for more photos 😉 😀

So here goes – but this time all from India but yet another eclectic mix. Hope you like 🙂

After the massive and high rise buildings in the previous post I thought it was time to get closer to the ground – a village in the north east.

A deserted run down house in the suburbs of Kolkata

I was attempting to capture the view of Gangtok but the mist obstructed my view. But all I got was a makeshift school and an under construction building

A defunct lighthouse (alongside a hopefully working street lamp) in Puducherry

An outsider view of the Amer Fort, Jaipur – it was dusk and you will have to peer to make out anything 😀

Phew this is one is better – isnt it? It is the City Palace at Jaipur.

Tired from all that zipping around the country? Take a breather in this thatched shady place built just for this purpose. Although I have my doubts if it can be called a building 😉

I have shared several photos of the gopurams of the Chidambaram temple. This the first black and white version. Which one do you like better?

A 7th century cave dwelling built along side the more famous and one of world’s largest bas-relief monolith known as Arjuna’s Penance at Mammalapuram.

Just a little ahead, in Mammalapuram near the Bay of Bengal, is the Shore temple built with blocks of granite. It was built between 700–728 AD. It was barely dawn and apart from us, there was a group of boys who were busy clicking pics. But there was one who stayed away from the group despite their active efforts to make him join them. He preferred to sit alone and mope. Can you see him? Right in the center, sitting and brooding – I do hope he is fine now.

Matri Mandir or the meditation center at Auroville

The famous Hawa Mahal of Jaipur, the Pink City

Whew that felt like one of my long pieces – where I never know when to stop or how to stop. Here the cup of tea acted as the perfect reminder – so I am off while you leave me a little note or a smiley or whatever else you are keen to throw my way – have a super weekend!

And just in case there are any Khulasa Mami friends - she's been at it again.

 

 

It’s been quite a while since I participated in Cee’s Black and White photo challenge. This week’s theme is Buildings and I am late. But I have been good for many days now, so I guess Cee will cut me some slack 😉 Especially since I started digging through my archives all I had were photos of buildings and I got lost trying work my way through them 😀

Housing young bodies and nurturing budding minds – a school in Darjeeling

A side view of the Salar Jung Museum which houses the priceless sculptors like the Veiled Rebecca, Cuppa Chai, Dishy Stuff and so many others that I still have to share. And I managed to visit only the ground floor!

Somewhere in Spain that’s all I can tell you for I flicked this impressive building from my worse half’s collection 😉 Time to move on from the pristine whites…

One of the many castles in Denmark. Despite the huge structure it’s the sculptor in the middle that invariably captures my attention. What about you?

Golconda fort near Hyderabad, which was in its hey days home to the Kohinoor diamond among others.

Outside the Lund University, Sweden built in 1425 is one of Europe’s oldest, largest and prestigious universities.

Aamchi Mumbai from the 33rd floor! Where lives are made (and destroyed) in the quest to touch the sky, become a star.

Yep that’s the Antilla home to Mukesh Ambani, the Indian business magnate worth $ 29 billion. The Antilla was built at a mere $ 1 billion has 27 stories but since ceiling are high it’s equivalent to a 40 story building. It has a multi-story garage with space to park 168 cars and three helipads, it’s another matter that permission for chopper landing hasn’t yet been received.  Once the tallest in the region it is now overshadowed by a taller building in its backyard.

As if there aren’t enough buildings in Mumbai! The work continues into dusk and beyond – living up to its name of the city that never sleeps.

Just to reassure you that Mumbai is not just about heights but also has breadth, not much but nevertheless culled out some space to hang out – the Hanging Gardens.

A building facade at Malmo, Sweden – looks like a swanky office complex.

Muhammad Quli Qutb Shahi built the Charminar, the most famous monument and mosque of Hyderabad, in 1591 AD. It was built to celebrate the end of a deadly plague.

Sightseeing at Copenhagen – home or office?

This was once probably both home and workplace – an abandoned hut by the roadside

Royal Danish theater – the outside facade is so awe-inspiring, wonder how it would look from inside.

Old Ghoom Monastery, Darjeeling, India is the popular name of Yiga Choeling. The monastery belongs to the Gelukpa or the Yellow Hat sect and is famous for its 15 feet high special statue of the Maitreya Buddha. The famous Mongolian astrologer and monk Sokpo Sherab Gyatso established the external structure of the building in 1850.

Oh darn it – I think I better stop now. If you would like to see more buildings do let me know – I have loads more 😀

For readers of Moonshine, here's Chapter 150

How swiftly the days pass! It’s time for another of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Pots, Pans, Dishes and Silverware. Since we are allowed to be creative, continuing from my earlier CFFC post of photos from the Salar Jung Museum, here are some more dishy goods 😉

A decorative bowl – I wonder what it was used for? Surely not soup 😉

Perhaps he washed his hands with water from this jug over the bowl – what do you think?

Another massive silver bowl – purely decorative purposes I am guessing.

A huge urn – I am out of guesses – what do you think?

This jar looks tiny and a bit lost doesn’t it?

Thanks for visiting!

This week for the A Photo A Week challenge Nancy wants us to focus on the color Yellow. You may have noticed that I have developed a liking for yellow (see this post here) and rifling through my archives I found loads more yellows. Here they come – first the flowers

Yellow roses taken at dusk

 

A bunch of yellow flowers – what are they called? Anyone? Rekha…

Exoctic flowers on display at a flower show – nope dunno their names either 😦

Multi-colored flowers but you will admit yellow is the dominant color!

As it is here where my niece and nephew go for a yellow boat ride 🙂

Scoobie is thrilled with his new yellow blanket

The radiant bride on the morning of her wedding 🙂

And a specially yellow-winged green tinged butterfly just for you 😉

Thanks for visiting – have a super day!

For readers of Moonshine, here's Chapter 148

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is about Glasses, Cups and Saucers. This was just the kind of challenge I had been waiting for to showcase some very exquisite pieces that I had snapped earlier this year while on a visit to Hyderabad. The Salar Jung Museum at Hyderabad is the largest one-man collection of antiques in the world.

Feast your eyes and eat your heart out 😀

The serving bowl is just a bonus 🙂

I stared at these quite glassy eyed 😉

 

With tea sets like these, even coffee drinkers would defect to tea what say you? 🙂

A designer set or two – which one do you like?

Nope this isn’t served at the museum 😛 Cheers!

Hope you liked – do let me know your favorite set – thanks for visiting, have a great day.

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