Tag: art

• Tomb of Muhammad Ghaus and Tansen’s Memorial @ Gwalior, India

  Recently visited this sandstone mausoleum of a sufi saint Shaikh Muhammad Ghaus designed on early Mughal architecture. A pleasant revealation that happened during our visit was that right next to this tomb lies the memorial dedicated to Miyaan Tansen – one of the most prominent Hindustani Classical musicians and a God figure for several musicians from…

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  March 7, 2015

  Artwork, Blog, Explorations, Heritage, History, Photographs, Sufi

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• Siddhachal Jain Temple Caves – Monoliths and Carvings at Gwalior

  On the way up to the Gwalior fort the road climbs through a wooded gorge called the Urwahi valley. Facing it, and carved into the soaring sandstone cliff, are the imposing ‘Jain‘ monoliths that depict the Teerthankars. The Sanskrit/Hindi word “Teerth” means a destination situated at the bank of a river and “Teerthankar” would mean…

  adityapathak

  March 7, 2015

  Artwork, Blog, Explorations, Heritage, History, Meditation, Photographs

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• Some paintings by mom :)

  Just curated some paintings made by mom. Most of these came into existence during the 1980-90s.. while me and sis were tiny toddlers growing up.. watching mom’s unique art of living 🙂  

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  March 23, 2014

  Artwork, Blog, Photographs

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