Ooty

Arguably the most popular hill station in southern India.

homes set on the steep hillside
Ooty

homes set on the steep hillside

Ooty, abbreviated from Udhagamandalam, is a resort town in the Western Ghats, in Tamilnadu. This town was the British Raj's summer resort, with a steam railway line connecting to Mettupalayam.

Village on the way to Ketti

Ooty

| Ketti Valley View Point

Village on the way to Ketti

GALLERY

Ooty

Ooty Town

homes set on the steep hillside

Ooty

Ketti Valley View Point

Village on the way to Ketti

2012

Chimpanzee

The many expressions of a chimp at the Mysore Zoo.

2009

Rashtrapati Bhavan

Here are a few photographs taken from outside the president's palace.

2013

Taj Mahal

Taj was closed on the day I landed in Agra. Just because of that I went around to see a different taj...

2007

Adalaj

Architecturally thrilling 5 storied stepwell in Gujarat

2005

Poor man's Taj!

Aurangzeb's son built this, in fact to rival the taj.

2004

Ooty Railway Station

Officially Udagamandalam, the last station in the Nilgiri Mountain Railway.

2004

Padmanabhaswamy temple

Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu at Thiruvananthapuram.

2004

Peafowl

A photograph from the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P52 days!

2004

Zoo Shots

A collection of photographs taken @ various zoos

2004

Elephants at Zoo

Madhur Temple

Ancient temple in north malabar

2021

Boulders

Boulders in Hampi

2011

Cricket

A bunch of cricketing actions captured from the countryside.

2012

Tea shop at Thettu Road

A shop that sells unniyappam (ഉണ്ണിയപ്പം) in the middle of the forest!

2008

Shankaracharya

Adi Shankara is credited with unifying and establishing the main currents of thought in Hinduism.

2013

Nifty Fifty

EF 50mm f/1.8 II, the Nifty Fifty of Cannon lenses.

2012

Chandragiri Fort

Though humble in size compared to the much popular Bekal Fort, located 14km south, the views from Chandragiri fort is spectacular.

2019

Graphics Art

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2004

Shravanabelagola

Shravanabelagola,located 160km west of Bangalore is an important center of Jainism.

2012

Idli Vada that gone viral!

If you google 'Idli Vada',in all probability you'll see the above image.

2005

Excavation of Ajanta Caves

The striking part of the cave architecture is the absence of construction materials. Nothing was needed except the tools!

2012

Vaikuntha Perumal Temple

Built by the Pallava king Nandivarman II (720-96 CE), with later contributions from Medieval Cholas and Vijayanagara kings.

2012

Ahmedabad

The city was founded in 1411 by Sultan Ahmed Shah to serve as the capital of the Gujarat Sultanate.

2012

Canon EF-S 15-85mm

New Canon EF-S 15-85mm lens arrived!