The vast, central courtyard of Amber Fort. Red sandstone pavers, red sandstone walls; baking hot surfaces, air swirling in the midday heat. On the edge […]
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2 Castles in the Himalayas? Timber castles? Belonging to a long, lost dynasty? Yes; it’s all true; it’s all here, in Naggar, in the Indian Himalayas. […]
Naggar, India – Castles in the Himalayas? Kathkuni architecture?
2 Daulatabad Fort isn’t all that well known outside of India. It doesn’t feature on many bucket lists, and it doesn’t make it into all that many […]
Daulatabad Fort, India – the Mad King’s impregnable ‘Hill of ...
4 The Kullu Valley pushes its way deep, deep, deep into the Indian Himalayas. Zoom in on the valley’s most northerly point and you’ll find the grungy […]
Hadimba Temple, Manali, India – demoness is guardian deity of ...
2 Through the waves of heat, through the illusions of pooling water, through the thick, churning air, emerges the form of Kailasa Temple. It’s the largest […]
Kailasa Temple, Ellora, India – largest monolithic building in the ...
2 Everyone has heard of the Taj Mahal. It brought Shah Jahan, its creator, everlasting fame and respect. It doesn’t surprise me to hear that others tried to […]
Bibi Ka Maqbara, Aurangabad, India – The poor man’s Taj ...
An enormous, ornate, ivory-white palace is what it looks like, a palace fit for the most illustrious of maharajahs. But the Taj Mahal isn’t a […]
Taj Mahal, Agra, India – temple? palace? mausoleum for the ...
2 Jodhpur, India, is the Blue City. Why Blue? Because Jodhpur sits on the fringe of the Thar Desert, and daytime temperatures soar to 40 – 45 degrees […]
Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur, India: inescapable jail of Batman villain Bane
1 Udaipur has many names: Venice of the East, the most romantic city in India, City of Lakes, the White City. It’s an oddly glamorous place, […]