The light house is perhaps the most recent structure in Mahabalipuram/Mamallapuram. It doesn’t belong to the Pallava or Sangam period. It belongs to the British period! This light house was...
The Pancha Rathas or Five Chariots are popular rock-cut monuments that can be found at the end of Mahabalipuram site. From the Mahabs bus-stand, if you take a left, you...
The Shore Temple in Mahabalipuram/Mamallapuram (Chennai) is one of the most beautiful ancient monuments in India, built in the Pallava period (7th – 8th Century CE). Unlike the other rock-cut...
The Tiger Caves are not actually caves, and tigers do not live here! These rock-cut structures with tiger-head like shapes (some think it’s a mythological animal, ‘yeli’) are believed to...
Dakshina Chitra in East Coast Road (ECR), Chennai offers a glimpse of the culture and heritage of the bygone era in South India. It’s by far the most different tourist...
The Cholamandalam Arts Village and the Cholamandal Center for Contemporary Art museum is situated in Injambakkam (some distance before the VGP Golden Beach), East Coast Road (ECR), Chennai. It seems,...
I was actually photographing some stone sculptures outside the museum in Cholamandalam Arts Village campus (ECR, Chennai), when I accidentally went inside this Shiraz Cafe. I was welcomed by a...
The Parthasarathy Temple in Triplicane, Chennai, is an 8th century Hindu Vaishnavite Temple. It is one of the 108 Divya desams, dedicated to God Vishnu. The word ‘Parthasarathy’ means ‘Charioteer...
Before you think that I am crazy about getting other people’s signatures like film stars, cricketers, etc., just remember that you are visiting DI’s blog. DI is always above everyone...
The Chennai Bloggers Club (CBC) is our Facebook group. As an initiative of CBC, we have decided to send emails to ASI (Archeological Survey of India) requesting the ASI authorities...