Ravana @ at Mount Kailash

Ravana's encounter at Mount Kailas is a very popular iconography theme.

Note the veena made of one of his heads. Shiva's leg reaches his head. Parvathi's doesn't.

Madurai

Note the veena made of one of his heads. Shiva's leg reaches his head. Parvathi's doesn't.

Shiva and Parvati are depicted seated on Mount Kailash in the upper portion, while a furious Ravana tries to lift the mountain.

I've seen the artistic expression of this theme from elephanta to ellora to Belur to Maidrai to many more....

Stucco art inside Madurai Meenakshi Temple

Madurai

| Ravana at Kailash

Stucco art inside Madurai Meenakshi Temple

Note his right leg trembling, as Shiva presses his right leg to counter the move.

Ellora

| Ravana lifting Kailash

Note his right leg trembling, as Shiva presses his right leg to counter the move.

Cave 14 @ Ellora: Caved in situ into the volcanic rock, as part of the cave architecture

Ellora

| Ravana at Ellora

Cave 14 @ Ellora: Caved in situ into the volcanic rock, as part of the cave architecture

Inside the 6th century cave in Ellora

Ellora

| Ravana at Ellora Cave 21

Inside the 6th century cave in Ellora

Carved on the wall of Kailasanatha Temple at Ellora

Ellora

| Ravana at Kailasanatha Temple

Carved on the wall of Kailasanatha Temple at Ellora

Soapstone carving Chennakeshava Temple in Belur

Belur

| Ravana at lifting Kailash Mountain

Soapstone carving Chennakeshava Temple in Belur

Soapstone carving Mallikarjuna temple at Basaralu in Karnataka

Basaralu

| Ravana at Basaralu Mallikarjuna temple

Soapstone carving Mallikarjuna temple at Basaralu in Karnataka

The 5th century cave temple in the Elephanta Island

Elephanta

| Ravana lifting Kailash in Elephanta

The 5th century cave temple in the Elephanta Island

GALLERY

Madurai

Ravana at Kailash

Stucco art inside Madurai Meenakshi Temple

Ellora

Ravana lifting Kailash

Note his right leg trembling, as Shiva presses his right leg to counter the move.

Madurai

Ravana with Veena lifting Kailash

Note the veena made of one of his heads. Shiva's leg reaches his head. Parvathi's doesn't.

Ellora

Ravana at Ellora

Cave 14 @ Ellora: Caved in situ into the volcanic rock, as part of the cave architecture

Ellora

Ravana at Ellora Cave 21

Inside the 6th century cave in Ellora

Ellora

Ravana at Kailasanatha Temple

Carved on the wall of Kailasanatha Temple at Ellora

Belur

Ravana at lifting Kailash Mountain

Soapstone carving Chennakeshava Temple in Belur

Basaralu

Ravana at Basaralu Mallikarjuna temple

Soapstone carving Mallikarjuna temple at Basaralu in Karnataka

Elephanta

Ravana lifting Kailash in Elephanta

The 5th century cave temple in the Elephanta Island

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.

2021

Ravana @ at Mount Kailash

Ravana's encounter at Mount Kailas is a very popular iconography theme.

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

2004

Ooty Railway Station

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

Photography at Ajanta

Photography in Ajanta Caves is riddled with that typical good-news bad-news tradeoff.

2005

Ellora

Everything is scooped out from monolithic rocks to literally carve these giant temples and living spaces.

2018

Purple Lotus

Lotus Bloom shot with Canon EOS Rebel SL1, EF-S 15–85mm lens

2008

Hosaholalu

Ancient temple carved with soapstone sculptures

2013

Melukote

Anciant Vaishnava temple built on rocky hills of Yadugiri, Yaadavagiri and Yadushailadweepa, overlooking the Cauvery valley.

2005

Belur

The 12th century duo of Belur & Halebeedu represents the cream of the Hoysala artistic exuberance, probably only to be rivaled by the 9th Century Khajuraho temples in central india.

2011

Bisle Ghat

One of the most difficult ghat roads I've driven so far...there is not road in fact. The drive was about scrambling through the rubbles and boulders scattered all along the way.

2001

Quotes on India

The enigma and charm of India has caught the imagination of endless number of poets, thinkers, scientists, and philosophers.

2021

Swamp Sheoak

In some countries this considered a weed. In others it's an exotic garden plant.

2014

Areca nut

The term areca originated from the Malayalam word adakka (അടക്ക) and dates from the 16th century, when Dutch and Portuguese sailors took the nut from Kerala to Europe.

2014

Sprenger Asparagus

2024

Sanapur

Gone there to see Tungabhadra river in its raw form

2009

New Delhi

A few photographs from the New Delh's Rajpat area.