"We cannot escape history and neither can we escape a desire to understand it" ~ Anonymous

Heritage

Dholavira - Kutch: An experience beyond imagination ~ Grade 5 students of The Galaxy School
"Dholavira-Kutch, the name sounded so musical to our ears when our teachers announced a trip to this magical place as part of the culmination to our history unit Civilizations." Read More...

Awestruck in Aurangabad ~ Monami Guha Das
The writer visits Ajanta and Ellora and several other historical sites in Aurangabad district in Maharashtra and remains mesmerised by the splendour of the rock-cut architecture, the visual sense of history and transition, and an undefinable serenity and peace. Read More...

Hampi: A Dream In Stone ~ Monami Guha Das
The monuments and the temples are exquisite works of art that need no introduction. The spread and magnitude of the ruins evoke awe and respect. For someone who is perpetually in love with history, Hampi only reinforces that love and passion! Read More...

Gondeshwar Temple ~ Kamal Kumar Bandopadhyaya
Weathered by the wind and sun, this blackstone temple built in the Hemadpanthi style of architecture at the north east of Sinnar town, 26 kms from Nashik and 190 kms from Mumbai. A treasure trove of history. Read More...

Heritage Sites
The World Heritage List includes 830 properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which the World Heritage Committee considers as having outstanding universal Given here is the list of properties in India. Read More...

Rakhigarhi: In Search of an Unknown Civilisation ~ Surajit Basu
Beckoned to Rakhigarhi in Haryana in the scorching heat of summer by five thousand years of history to be celebrated in a few mounds of earth. Read More...

Elephanta - The Monolithic Majestic Marvel ~ Rachita Gupta
It was a golden Sunday morning in January last that we, a group of 3 office colleagues in Mumbai, set sail from the Gateway of India to the world famous Elephanta Caves. Read More...

West Bengal - Ruins of Pandua ~ Shahana Banerji
At the best of times my father becomes a tyrant when he drives. No intake, no output is his philosphy. Read More...

Shantiniketan: Tagore's Abode of Peace ~ Pallavi Bhattacharya
In 1901, Devendranath's son, Rabindranath Tagore started a school at Santiniketan modelled on the lines of the ancient gurukul system, which later became Vishva Bharati Read More...

Mandu: Romance of a Distant Past ~ Pinaki Das
"Such is the compelling medieval aura of Mandu that the sight seeing tourist in us is momentarily transformed into the quintessential adventure seeking traveller as we step through the pages of history, seemingly reliving the lives of those whose memories haunt the ruins of palaces." Read More...

Vijayanagar Wanderings
Have you ever wanted to be part of an Indiana Jones adventure, complete with lost city, hidden treasure, crumbling temples and screeching monkeys? Well, here is your chance. Read More...

Jorasanko Thakurbari ~ Pallavi Bhattacharya
A tourist visiting Kolkata must drop into Jorasanko Thakurbari - the ancestral home of poet, philosopher and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Read More...

Enigma called Khajuraho ~ Ashish Kaul
Aptly called Madhya Pradesh, the state is truly central to India. It isn't only the awesome size of the topography that distinguishes it as the largest state of the country Read More...

Sun Shrine at Modhera ~ Sanjay Roy Chowdhury
A hectic work schedule at Arvind Mills implies that one hardly gets time to explore the exquisite and unblemished places in and around Ahmedabad. Read More...

Stepped Wells of Gujarat ~ Tanima Roy Chowdhury
Just about 17 Km North of Ahmedabad is the small village of Adalaj, which is famous for the extraordinary stepped-well located near it. Read More...

Lothal - An Archaeological Splendour ~ Tanima Roy Chowdhury
Tanima Roy Chowdhury visits Lothal to cater to her father's avid interest in history and finds herself enamoured by the place. Read More...

Khajuraho and Erotic Art - A Perspective ~ Ashish Kaul
Silpasastras, Vastusastras and other authoritative texts refer to the portrayal of erotic figures in art as just another element and not as a controversial or debatable subject. Read More...

Toy Train to Darjeeling ~ T.T. Shringla
Memories flash back six decades to pay homage to the toy train to Darjeeling that still chugs its way up the hills. Read More...

Sapphire God of Kolnapaku ~ Y. Radhika
Kolnapaku is a small village surrounded by green fields in the Telengana region of Andhra Pradesh state. To reach it, I began by taking the bus from the capital Hyderabad to Aleru, a small wonderfully sleepy town 60 kms away. Read More...

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