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stories of Ramayana at Hazara Rama Devastana

Further to the post dedicated to the sculptures of Sharavan Kumar at Hazara Rama Devastana, I revisited the pictures again and felt like...

a few relief sculptures at Chitradurga Kote

There are a few places which require more than one visit to see the place in detail. For example- Aihole, Badami and Hampi....

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A Chance for Healing, 170 Years After a Lakota Massacre

Dozens of personal belongings from the Rosebud Sioux tribe find their way home after spending decades in the Smithsonian collections Source link

a few relief sculptures at Chitradurga Kote

There are a few places which require more than one visit to see the place in detail. For example- Aihole, Badami and Hampi....

A Native Soldier Allied With the British Killed a Young White Woman in 1777. Propaganda Transformed Her Into a Martyr of the American Revolution

The patriots weaponized Jane McCrea's death to demonize their enemies and paint Indigenous people as uniquely violent Source link

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The Queen and the Mistress –

(Part 1 of 4) THE MAN BETWEEN THE TWO WOMEN: KING HENRY II OF FRANCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuqgcf-MGGY Twilight lingered over the little clearing in the woods around...

The Bayeux Tapestry, the scenes, visited and explained. –

THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY, THE SCENES, EXPLAINED. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETmWpJJx5AE When William, the French Duke of Normandy, went across the English Channel in September, 1066 CE, to take...

Appomattox Court House, the village. –

We went to the Appomattox Court House National Historic Park by pure chance last summer. It was a lucky set of circumstances—a long...

Was Jodha Bai really Akbar’s wife? –

Part 1 here; Part 2 here We’ve arrived at the stage of our Akbar-Maryam-Jodha saga, where Emperor Akbar has married his fourth and most...

William the Conqueror, the French usurper to the English throne. –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwQ1OONRxFo In 1066 CE, a French usurper, William the Conqueror, came to the English throne.  He was the Duke of Normandy, and his story...

Maryam, the first Hindu princess married into Akbar’s Empire. –

On the first part of this blog post, we tarried our way through the origins of the Mughal Empire until Emperor Akbar had...

Journeys across Karnataka: Shilpavana, Kannada University

The only visit to Kannada Vishwavidyalaya, Hampi was in December 2013. We had spent a couple of hours at the campus appreciating artworks,...

Journeys across Karnataka: Fern house, Cubbon Park

These pictures were shot on March 21 2020, the day before Covid-19 lockdown. My high school friend Anil and I met at Cubbon...

The Mughal Empire’s ruler, Akbar, and his first three wives. –

(Part 1 of 3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJb29f2lGb4 On the night before we leave for Agra, I mention to our driver that we’d like to stop at the...

The Norman Conquest of England and the Bayeux Tapestry. –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yjC45H58sY At the end of September, 1066 CE, William, Duke of Normandy, took a boat across the English Channel to land on the coast...

Journeys across Karnataka: locations of Hoysala temples

The prominent empires originating from the Kannada lands are Kadamba, Ganga, Western Chalukya, Rashtrakuta, Kalyani Chalukya, Hoysala, Vijayanagara and Keladi Nayaks. Each of...

Journeys across Karnataka: Chachadi Desai Waade

Jan 25, 2026The day started with a stopover at Bokyapur Kere near Garag to see the ancient Veerabhadreshwara Gudi. Bokyapur is a ghost...