Circle, Square, Circle, Square
Sometimes, the feature is just above you. This is the ceiling of the Queen Victoria Building. I took this shot while lying down on my back on the ornate floor directly below. This view looks up through three levels of this building to a stained glass dome. This shot is something that appeals to me [...]
Jaipur’s City Palace – Ridhi Sidhi Pol – the Peacock Gate
The last in this series of the four gates from Ridhi Sidhi Pol at Pitam Niwas Chowk in Jaipur’s City Palace – this is the Peacock Gate situated in the Northeastern corner of the courtyard. It is dedicated to Lord Vishnu and associated with autumn. Each of these gates has a spiritual connection that is [...]
Jaipur’s City Palace – Ridhi Sidhi Pol – the Lotus Door
The third in the series from Ridhi Siddhi Pol and Pitam Niwas Chowk at Jaipur’s City Palace, the Lotus Door is reminiscent of the summer. It is dedicated to Lord Shiva and his consort Parvati Devi, and lies in the Southwest Corner of Pitam Niwas Chowk. These doorways are a true reflection of the colours [...]
Jaipur’s City Palace – Ridhi Sidhi Pol – the Rose Gate
The second of the four gates of Jaipur’s Pitam Niwas Chowk; Ridhi Sidhi Pol’s Southeast Gate known as the Rose Gate is dedicated to the Goddess Devi and is representative of the Winter Season. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook + this on Google+ share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it [...]
Jaipur’s City Palace – Pitam Niwas Chowk – Leheriya
Jaipur’s City Palace is home to its Royal Family (now, a very ceremonial title, but back in the days of their reign. they were true royalty). Their palace is open to tourists on a regular basis, where one can view the various nooks and corners of the palace, and their intricate designs that are part [...]
Jaipur’s Jantar Mantar
There are a couple of these around India, and they are the oldest observatories in the world. Life in India has a lot to do with what is written in the stars. The Jantar Mantar in Jaipur is a UNESCO World Heritage site, and is a collection of architectural astronomical instruments. It was built by Maharaja [...]
The Bagaan
The Agra Fort is a UNESCO world heritage site (one of three in Agra) and is a site with a lot of Indian history about it. While it has been around since the first Mughal Emperor, Babar, it took its real shape in its current form during the reign on of Shah Jahan. It is [...]
Welcome to Sikandra
Having posted several images of his father’s tomb, and an image of the interior, it was merely a matter of time before I got around to posting a picture of the exterior. This is Sikandra, tomb of the third Mughal Emperor, Akbar. Sikandra is one of the three major attractions of Agra (the other two [...]
The tomb of the second Mughal Emperor
Today’s post is yet another rendition of Humayun’s tomb… I’ve presented it in the past both from the inside, and from the outside, from the top, and from the ground level. This perspective is a little away to the right from the main entrance, in an area that was under restoration in January 2011. There [...]
The Diwan-e-Am at the Red Fort
The Red Fort in New Delhi is one of the most historic buildings in India. It is here that the Indian national flag was raised for the first time in Independent India. Consider this – the entire city of New Delhi was – at one time – contained within the walls of the Red Fort. [...]
Arches from the Qutb Complex
One from my trip back to India from last year – the Qutb Minar is the official symbol of Delhi (embraced by their department of tourism) and is a classic example of architecture from the era of the Slave Dynasty – the dynasty of kings who rose to power from slavery. It is also a [...]
The Terrace of a Tomb
I’ve posted a couple of images of Humayun’s tomb in the past. A world heritage site and all, it is quite a large structure in its own right, and is well worth a visit if you’re in New Delhi. To truly appreciate the structure, you need to go in, and up to the upper level [...]
The Ceiling of Humayun’s Tomb
One of the things about Mughal Architecture is their attention to detail in every aspect. When visiting one of their monuments, one would be well served to take the time to look in every direction to be able to truly appreciate its splendour… and sometimes, that direction is directly above. The ceiling on Humayun’s tomb [...]
Khas Mahal
The Khas Mahal in New Delhi’s Red Fort is one of the best examples of the Mughal Architecture. Built by the fourth Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, this section of the Red Fort is cast together in white marble. The open plan layout of the living quarters is typical of Mughal architecture, with canals set within [...]
Qutub Minar
At 237.8 ft, New Delhi’s Qutub Minar is the world’s tallest brick minaret and a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is notable for being one of the earliest and most prominent examples of Indo-Islamic architecture. It was built by Qutb-ud-din Aibak who won Delhi from the Prithviraj under Muhammad of Ghor as his commander in chief, [...]
A Monument to Love
It is one of the most recognizable structures in the world. Built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal, it is the original monument to eternal love and is widely considered as one of the most beautiful buildings in the world. The Taj Mahal is the finest example [...]
Palace of the winds
The facade of this building still makes one wonder what it must have been like in the peak of its glory. The Hawa Mahal or Palace of the Winds is one of Jaipur’s most recognisable and well known landmarks. It was built in 1799 by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh, and designed by Lal Chand Usta [...]
Build it and they will come
I do have a thing for reflective surfaces – water, mirrors, glass, polished metal, wet tarmac and sand… they all add another dimension to an image, just like how this polished floor does to this corridor that runs down one of the hallways of the many retail outlets at Chadstone Shopping Centre. The glass roof [...]
Shop, shop till you drop
Have I said that I hate shopping? I hate shopping! I think it is one of the vilest forms of wasting time and would rather be hiking than shopping. Unfortunately, it is part and parcel of our lives, and the gentleman on the left of this image wasn’t there when I was setting up my [...]
Name Brands
I am not a big fan of shopping… heck, I absolutely hate shopping! If I could help it, I would do ALL my shopping on the Internet and have everything delivered to my doorstep. But inspite of all that, I found myself heading over to Chadstone Shopping Centre this past weekend. I had first visited [...]
Fullfill your desires here
Australia has been blessed with natural resources that have resulted in a commodities boom over the last decade, and have given rise to a series of shopping centres such as this in recent times. Pictured above is the Chadstone Shopping Centre which caters to affluent young families and houses outlets for every name brand that [...]
Corridors of power
Yet another image from my extended weekend during the Queen’s Birthday in the corridors of 333 Collins Street. The very “Italian” architecture of this building has always appealed to me. This building is home to the offices of several recruitment firms that fill the needs of Melbourne’s professional services market. This shot was taken during [...]
333 Collins
Photographing architecture is not one of the strong points of my repoitoire, but given that I had taken a day off from work today to take advantaged of the sun after a few weeks of gloomy clouds, I took a stroll down to 333 Collins Street, one of the grandest and most opulent looking office [...]
