During my recent trip to Uttarakhand , I was faced with a problem I had never encountered before. We were passing through Delhi, but we had hardly any time in the city. On earlier visits when I have had to change trains/flights at Delhi, I have always arrived in the morning and left again at night, visiting relatives in between. This time, I was arriving in the city at night, and leaving again early in the morning. There was hardly any time to visit people. I would only have a couple of hours with them before I’d have to leave again. For the first time, we considered booking a hotel, but there again, we were hesitant about the actual hotels, the costs involved, and the logistics of getting from the airport to the railway station and then back again from the station to the airport. That’s when we remembered reading something about a corporate-managed lounge at Delhi station. We soon figured out that we could book online and pay by the hour. Besides, we also learnt that there wasn’t ju
Khajuraho. The very name conjures up exotic images of erotic
art on temple walls. However, there is so much more to Khajuraho than just the
erotic, or even just temples. Last December, Samhith and I spent three days at
Khajuraho, exploring as much of the ancient town as we could, and over the next
few weeks, I shall try to show you the Khajuraho that we saw, beginning
with this photo clicked at the Kandariya Mahadev Temple.
The Kandariya Mahadev is one of the most impressive temples
at Khajuraho, and it’s the details which make it so impressive. This particular
figure is of Agni, the God of Fire. Here, though, he is one of the Ashta-Dikpalas, the guardians of the 8
directions. Agni guards the South-East, and it’s his placement on the South
East wall of the temple, which allows us to identify him here. Notice the finer
details, such as his beard….
These photos are among my favourites; among the hundreds I
clicked at Khajuraho, thanks to this female Plum-Headed Parakeet which chose
Agni to be her perch!
Her mate was nearby, perched on one of the smaller
Shikaras….
And they patiently posed for me as I went click-happy;
thrilled by the sight of birds on a temple, a combination I am always thrilled
to see!
Lovely pics.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteI usually wait for the birds to fly away before taking pictures. :P
ReplyDeleteBut this time at the Rani ji ki Baori in Bundi there was a flock of pigeons who refused to fly away and all my pictures of the Baori are with them in the frame.
And I look for birds to photograph! no matter where they are!
Deletelooking forward to your pics of the Bundi! esp with the pigeons now!
Thank you!
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