sunsets

Sun is setting in Lonawala....

..... behind the trees in Pinjore Garden....

Pinjore Garden is on the foothills of Shivalik range about 20 kms from Chandigarh,  made in seven steps the true Mughal Architecure that one is found in Shalimar and Nishat Bagh in Jammu & Kashmir.  Also known as Yadvindra Garden.  Yadvindra was the father of Maharaja Patiala, Capt. Amrinder Singh

....again in Pinjor Garden.....

....behind the ruins of St. Augustine Tower, Goa....

these ruins are on the Holly Hill in Old Goa...

.....behind the Sangam Cinema, Delhi....

Sangam Cinema was in front of my house....

clicked this pic from the balcony of my house...



......rays peeping out of the clouds in Delhi...

.....over the candolim beach, Goa...

candolim beach, I found the most happening place in Goa,

 a unique mixture of locals and foreigners...

one can sit for hours on the ramparts of Fort Aguada and

watch the setting of sun in the Arabian Sea.......

.....in the madavi river, Goa...

......again the Mandavi river, Goa....

......Mandavi river....

......Mandavi River.....

.......over the Arabian Sea, in Candolim, Goa...

......in Candolim, Goa, leaving its relection in the stones also....

.....over the Arabean Sea, in Mira Mar Beach, Goa

....on the waves in Meera Maar..... 

...here sun is keeping an eye on these three boys busy in fishing...

......at Bogmalo beach, Goa

.....getting ready to sit on the head of the bull....

......preparing to settle down on the horns of these bulls,

Bogmalo beach, Goa

......Bogmalo Beach....

sri lanka

This is an orphanage for Elephants. 

You can see elephants with broken limbs-

some of them are victims of land mines.   

Restoration work is going on one of the stupas.

  One can imagine the size of stupa with the scaffoldings erected against  it. 

Stupas in Sri Lanka are huge in size in comparison to stupas in India.

Lower part of Budha's statue

Another stupa. I am forgetting the names of these places. 

 I think it is Ruwanwelisaya in Anuradhapura

Reclining Buddha.  I have seen many reclining Buddhas in Sri Lanka.

Reclining Buddha in Dambulla cave temple. 

Stupa in Anuradhapura. 

The other side of the stupa is pasted over with iron scaffoldings.

Reclining Buddha in Dambulla Cave Temple.

Feet of reclining Buddha in Dambulla Cave Temple.

As if this demon is preparing to swallow the Ruwanvelisaya Chedi.

A carved stone on the enterance of the temple.

Ruwanwelisaya   

Ruwanwelisaya 

Ruwanwelisaya 

Ruwanwelisaya 

Do not worry I am holding the chair

Sri Lanka a war torn country.  The beauty of this country is that the ancient monuments are kept well preserved unlike our country. 

 We are a proud country of a very long history and  a rich culture then why can't we keep the reminiscents of our rich culture and history well preserved ????

DDDDDilli dilli dilli

Sanjay park next to Safdarjung Airport in its full bloom.  NDMC has painted the lake with blue colour. 

I think lakes look good when filled with water...

but NDMC thinks differently,

for them even without water lake can look blue.   

These poor ducks.....surviving without water. 

The park is named after Maneka Gandhi's husband....

are you listening Mam

There are boards every where in Lutyen's Delhi....

dont feed monkeys but still these are being fed by the common man with bread or fruits. 

Good  keep it up Delhiwallahs....

the same God has created these creature. 

This autorickshaw driver had pasted two handwritten notes in his rickshaw  -  Happy New Year on one side and Gaadi mein cigarette, Gutka khana mana hai...No smoking.

A fully decorated camel at Sohna lake

Full bloom

Two is a company......

....only we three are a company...who are you we dont know

36 ka ankda...tu us paar toh mein is paar

........see my nose pin with a long thread

.....hmmmmm

we are disciplined even after so long years in Delhi

......wind beneath my wings

illuminated trees in Nehru Park during Bhakti Festival by Seher.  Bhakti Utsav is regular feature in Delhi's Nehru Park. 

It is a three day festival of Music