Just as Chennai and its suburbs are recovering from incessant spell of rains, I am on my way to Puducherry for an extended weekend. Ready to precipitate anytime, dark grey clouds follow me as I drive south of Chennai along…
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Category: Puducherry, Travels
Tags: aurobindo, auroville, bay of bengal, chennai, east coast, French, goubert, India, pondicherry, Puducherry, tamil, Tamil Nadu, travel, Weekend
Having spent a rainy weekend at Puducherry, I decide to explore the vibrant Kanchipuram, the temple town of the coastal state of Tamil Nadu. It takes me just under three hours to drive down to Kanchipuram from the east-coastal settlement…
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Category: Tamil Nadu, Travels, Uncategorized
Tags: bengaluru, chennai, Ekambareshwara, kailasanathar, Kanchi, kanchipuram, Mahabalipuram, pallava, Puducherry, saravana, Shiva, silk, Tamil Nadu, temples, travel
As apparent from the title and book-cover itself, the book The Lost World of Ladakh is a collection of century-old photographs of the trans-Himalayan terrain of Ladakh. Tastefully captured by a talented amateur photographer, Claude Rupert Trench Wilmot who was…
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Category: Books, Talks and Rants
Tags: bates, Book, expedition, harman, Hemis, Himalayas, Karakoram, Kashmir, Kullu, Ladakh, Leh, review, the lost world of ladakh, Tibet, trade route, wilmot, yarkand
I pull up one of the spare chairs in the small patch of grass in the courtyard of the Forest Rest House at Dodra (2564m). The intriguing folkways of Kwar still occupy my mind. For me, there is a fresh excitement related…
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Category: Himachal Pradesh, Travels
Tags: Baspa, chanshal, dodra, Himachal, Himalayas, jakh, Kinnaur, kwar, pujarli, Rohru, Rupin, Sangla, Shimla, travel