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Africa, Asia, Built Heritage, Heritage, World Heritage Sites

Egyptian Gardens in comparison with Colonial Gardens and the Post Independence Gardens of Pakistan

June 14, 2018June 10, 2018

Description of Egyptian Gardens A comparison of Egyptian Gardens with Colonial Gardens and Post Independence Gardens in Pakistan is pretty much necessary to trace the …

Asia, Built Heritage

Chennai?s vanishing Art Deco architecture

June 13, 2018June 12, 2018

Chennai has always been a favorite for Indo-Saracenic architectural masterpieces. Be it the Chepauk palace or the Madras High Court or the Ripon building, there …

Asia, Built Heritage

Surveying the Shalimar Gardens

June 11, 2018June 7, 2018

The Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan built the Shalimar Gardens in 1637. Akin to all previous Mughal landscape architecture, I found this architectural marvel to also …

Asia, Built Heritage

Hoysala Architecture

June 8, 2018June 6, 2018

Hoysala Architecture is an architectural style that was developed by the Hoysala Empire between the 11th and 14th centuries, particularly in the region now known …

Asia, Built Heritage, Heritage, Public Spaces

The Nilkantheshwar Temple

June 5, 2018June 4, 2018

If someone is in search of peace and wants to breathe fresh air with exotic views and colours of nature then there is q place …

Asia, Built Heritage, Heritage, World Heritage Sites

Shanghai Confucian Temple

June 1, 2018June 1, 2018

The Shanghai Confucian Temple is an architecturally powerful complex. It is perhaps the only complex which functions in a beautiful yet subtle combination of a …

Asia, Built Heritage, Conservation, Religious

Ganesh Bagh in Chitrakoot

May 30, 2018May 27, 2018

Chitrakoot and its surroundings are steeped in religious and mythological anecdotes. This is the place where Lord Rama spent eleven out of his fourteen years …

Asia, Built Heritage

M. C. Escher and the Chand Baori

May 29, 2018May 28, 2018

M. C. Escher (1898-1972) was a Dutch Artist who made calculatedly thought-out woodcuts, lithographs and mezzotints. Initially in his career, he took inspiration from nature, …

Asia, Built Heritage, GIP Jan - June 2018

Ghalib ki Haveli: A remnant of the Mughal Empire

May 23, 2018May 25, 2018

Mirza Ghalib is an Urdu and Persian poet in the royal court in Delhi. He was the one who saw Delhi burn, and is considered …