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Traveling on a ferry boat (Dwarka peth, Gujarat)
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A scene from the holy Hindu town of Dwarka in the state of Gujarat, India.
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Today its raining in Delhi. With cold breeze blowing outside, its best time to sip a cup of hot tea with fries and enjoy the world cup cricket. This shot is taken from my apartments balcony.
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Canon Rebel xti
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 18 mm
25 second exposure at F 9
Manual Focus
ISO 400
RAW files processed with Aperture
Tripod - Targus from Target Store.
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The streets of Dwarka, New Delhi are now bright shinning with yellow flowers of Sona Chura trees lined across the streets. The bright yellow colors stay only for few day before giving way to green leaves and truly a treat for the eyes.
Common name: Amaltas, Golden shower tree, Indian Laburnum • Hindi: अमलतास Amaltas • Manipuri: চহুঈ Chahui • Tamil: கொன்றை Konrai • Malayalam: Vishu konnai • Marathi: बहावा Bahava • Mizo: Ngaingaw • Bengali: সোনালী Sonali, Bandarlati, Amultas • Urdu: املتاس Amaltas
Botanical name: Cassia fistula Family: Caesalpiniaceae (Gulmohar family)
This native of India, commonly known as Amaltaas, is one of the most beautiful of all tropical trees when it sheds its leaves and bursts into a mass of long, grape-bunches like yellow gold flowers. A tropical ornamental tree with a trunck consisting of hard reddish wood, growing up to 40 feet tall. The wood is hard and heavy; it is used for cabinet, inlay work, etc. It has showy racemes, up to 2" long, with bright, yellow, fragrant flowers. These flowers are attractive to bees and butterflies. The fruits are dark-brown cylindrical pods, also 2' long, which also hold the flattish, brown seeds (up to 100 in one pod) These seeds are in cells, each containing a single seed. A postal stamp was issued by the Indian Postal Department to commemorate this tree.
Medicinal uses: The sweet blackish pulp of the seedpod is used as a mild laxative.
Highest Position on Explore: May 21, 2011 #199
Anyone down there??
Pigeon and Common Sandpiper
Outskirts of Dwarka, Gujarat, India
24/12/2016
Canon EOS 7D + 55-250mm
Flock of Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus)
@ Outskirts of Dwarka, Gujarat, India
27/12/2016
Canon EOS 7D + 55-250mm
Mathura is a city and the administrative headquarters of Mathura district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located 162 kilometres south-east of Delhi; and about 15 kilometres from the town of Vrindavan. In ancient times, Mathura was an economic hub, located at the junction of important caravan routes. The 2011 Census of India estimated the population of Mathura at 441,894.
In Hinduism, the birthplace of Krishna, one of the main deities in that religion, is believed to be located in Mathura at the Krishna Janmasthan Temple Complex. It is one of the Sapta Puri, the seven cities considered holy by Hindus, also is called Mokshyadayni Tirth. The Kesava Deo Temple was built in ancient times on the site of Krishna's birthplace (an underground prison). Mathura was the capital of the kingdom of Surasena, ruled by Kamsa, the maternal uncle of Krishna. Mathura is part of the Krishna circuit (Mathura, Vrindavan, Barsana, Govardhan, Kurukshetra, Dwarka and Bhalka). Krishna Janmashtami is grandly celebrated in Mathura every year.
Mathura has been chosen as one of the heritage cities for the Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana scheme of Government of India.
Dwarka lies in the western coastal region of Gujarat. It is believed to be the site of the ancient Dwarka kingdom of Lord Krishna.
Dwarka, India
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