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- www.kevin-palmer.com - After my first storm chase of the year I camped on the Yellowstone River at Reed Point. The sun came out for just a few minutes before sunset.
East Pinnacle
Indian Fort Mountain
Near Berea, KY
Here's one more shot from Indian Fort Mountain, taken a couple of years ago. This is just a few feet to the right and above where my previous post was taken. Knowing what I know now, I would've never hiked up there to take a shot from an overlook on a blustery day. But the color was perfect.
Indian Fort Mountain was home to the Hopewell Indians from 400 BC to 100 AD.
Now, I wonder how long it will take for someone to say the magic word....
Gopinath Temple but ironically it has lost its main idol to the thieves. This is a Krishna temple (hence the name Gopinath). Perhaps the theft of the main statue prompted authorities to be more stringent.
There are some stories about Princess Ratnavati being a devotee of Lord Krishna. But the main temple courtyard had something to do with dance & music, I presume; as the roof of the hall just outside the sanctum is decorated with some beautiful statues of musicians.
Hiked for 6 hours on the hottest day of the year at Ft Hill in south west Ohio. The orchids and other wild flowers were awesome. I mistakenly added two miles to our hike. Maybe not mistakenly but stupidly. At 74 I've got to be a little more careful.
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The "Cadets" leaving Fort after opening ceremony. 23/12/12.
Found no record of this event. The building most resembles the Red Fort in Delhi, though it does not completely match.
Taken in Amer, Rajasthan, India.
It was *mid-morning when I arrived at the imposing Amer Fort just outside Jaipur. Built by Raja Man Singh I, it was opened in 1592. The tiny town of Amer itself is just 4 square kilometres in size. Here you can just make out the tourists being ferried up on elephant back. My elephant was a 1.6 petrol so I was up in no time.
*I really would've liked to have seen more sunsets and sunrises especially from a photography point of view, but the truth is the roads are just too dangerous to travel along in the dark mostly due to cows, camels and goats dashing out onto the highways or worse still, trucks coming at you head on in the wrong lane.
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Shot it at Varanashi.
The name Varanasi has its origin possibly from the names of the two rivers Varuna and Assi for it lies with the confluence of Varuna with the Ganges being to its north and that of Assi and the Ganges to its south.Another speculation about the origin of the name is that the river Varuna itself was called Varanasi in olden times, from where the city got its name.
Through the ages, Varanasi was variously known as Avimuktaka, Anandakanana, Mahasmasana, Surandhana, Brahma Vardha, Sudarsana, Ramya, and Kasi.
In the Rigveda, the city was referred to as Kasi or Kashi, "the luminous one" as an allusion to the city's historical status as a center of learning, literature, and culture. Kasikhanda described the glory of the city in 15,000 verses in the Skanda Purana. In one verse, God Shiva says,
The three worlds form one city of mine, and Kasi is my royal palace therein.
Another reference to Varanasi is found in a hymn by Sri Veda Vyasa:
"Ganga-taranga-ramaneeya-jataakalaapam,
Gauri-nirantara-vibhushita-vaamabhaagam.
Narayanapriyam-Ananga-madaapahaaram,
Varanasi-pura-patim bhaja Vishwanatham."
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Shot it at Varanashi.
The name Varanasi has its origin possibly from the names of the two rivers Varuna and Assi for it lies with the confluence of Varuna with the Ganges being to its north and that of Assi and the Ganges to its south.Another speculation about the origin of the name is that the river Varuna itself was called Varanasi in olden times, from where the city got its name.
Through the ages, Varanasi was variously known as Avimuktaka, Anandakanana, Mahasmasana, Surandhana, Brahma Vardha, Sudarsana, Ramya, and Kasi.
In the Rigveda, the city was referred to as Kasi or Kashi, "the luminous one" as an allusion to the city's historical status as a center of learning, literature, and culture. Kasikhanda described the glory of the city in 15,000 verses in the Skanda Purana. In one verse, God Shiva says,
The three worlds form one city of mine, and Kasi is my royal palace therein.
Another reference to Varanasi is found in a hymn by Sri Veda Vyasa:
"Ganga-taranga-ramaneeya-jataakalaapam,
Gauri-nirantara-vibhushita-vaamabhaagam.
Narayanapriyam-Ananga-madaapahaaram,
Varanasi-pura-patim bhaja Vishwanatham."
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The reproduction, publication, modification, transmission or exploitation of any work contained herein for any use, personal or commercial, without my prior written permission is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved."
Junagarh Fort is a fort in the city of Bikaner, Rajasthan, India. It is one of the few major forts in Rajasthan which is not built on a hilltop. The modern city of Bikaner has developed around the fort. The 5.28 hectares large fort precinct is studded with palaces, temples and pavilions. These buildings depict a composite culture, manifest in the mix of architectural styles, which are made of red sandstone (Dulmera) and marble. The fort is called “a paradox between medieval military architecture and beautiful interior decoration”
The fort complex was built under reign of Raja Rai Singh, the sixth ruler of Bikaner, and the construction of the walls and associated moat commenced in 1589 and was completed in 1594. Historical records reveal that despite the repeated attacks by enemies to capture the fort, it was not taken, except for a lone one-day occupation by Kamran Mirza.
A major feature of the fort is the stone carving done in red and gold coloured sandstones. The interiors of the palaces are decorated and painted in traditional Rajasthani style. The Junagarh palaces have a large number of rooms, as every king built his own separate set of rooms, not wanting to live in his predecessors’ rooms. These structures were considered as “at par with those of Louis’s France or of Imperial Russia”. Several types of architectural style are discerned in the fort complex and hence it is called a true depiction of composite culture.
Sindhudurg fort does not have much interesting aspects as Murud Janjira or even VijayDurg inside the fort. However walking on its walls is itself an experience. In 1664-67 AD, Shivaji Maharaj built this fort on 48 acres of island on a rocky island named Kurte. With a four km long zigzag line of 9 meters high and 3 meters wide rampart and with with 42 bastions, the Sindhudurg was a formidable structure.
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Anchuthengu Fort or Anjengo Fort, situated between the sea and backwaters, the first signalling station for ships arriving from England, established by The British East India Company (the British rulers) in 1695 (17th century) after the Queen of Attingal (Rani of Attingal) gave it permission to do so, the East India Company's first permanent post on the Malabar Coast, an important role in the Anglo-Mysore Wars in the 18th century, now under the protection of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI, Govt of India).
The Anjengo fort is square on plan. It has four bastions. Two of the bastions face the sea and other two the landside. In addition there are eighteen or twenty gun points facing the sea. The fort has two entrances from both Eastern and Western sides. The fort is situated the Arabian Sea coast. Anchuthengu Fort is a protected Ancient monument since 1921 and it is held by Archaeological Survey of India’s surveillance. Now a beautiful garden is maintained inside the fort.
Location: Anchuthengu (Anjengo), Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) District, Kerala State, India.
It is a piece of art, hangaing outside doors in traditional Rajasthani homes for knocking the doors. I found this one in Junagarh Fort.
Junagarh Fort is a fort in the city of Bikaner, Rajasthan, India. It is one of the few major forts in Rajasthan which is not built on a hilltop. The modern city of Bikaner has developed around the fort. The 5.28 hectares large fort precinct is studded with palaces, temples and pavilions. These buildings depict a composite culture, manifest in the mix of architectural styles, which are made of red sandstone (Dulmera) and marble. The fort is called “a paradox between medieval military architecture and beautiful interior decoration”
The fort complex was built under reign of Raja Rai Singh, the sixth ruler of Bikaner, and the construction of the walls and associated moat commenced in 1589 and was completed in 1594. Historical records reveal that despite the repeated attacks by enemies to capture the fort, it was not taken, except for a lone one-day occupation by Kamran Mirza.
A major feature of the fort is the stone carving done in red and gold coloured sandstones. The interiors of the palaces are decorated and painted in traditional Rajasthani style. The Junagarh palaces have a large number of rooms, as every king built his own separate set of rooms, not wanting to live in his predecessors’ rooms. These structures were considered as “at par with those of Louis’s France or of Imperial Russia”. Several types of architectural style are discerned in the fort complex and hence it is called a true depiction of composite culture.
Fort Calcutta in Faizabad, India. This fort was built by Nawab Shuja-ud-Daula after his defeat by the British in 1764 in the Battle of Buxar. The Nawab had to give up the city of Allahabad to the British as indemnity, which was till then a part of province of Avadh.
This fort is located in cantonment area in Faizabad, right on the banks of river Ghaghra. As of now nothing remains of this fort except for a hummock and an edict pictured here and now serves as a shooting range for the Army.