Shubho Bijoya!Best Wishes to all,as the Festive Season comes to peak today, with the final Victory of the Divine over everything toxic & undesirable.May this new beginning hold forth for your continued well being & protection in every way. Pic-Mahishasurdanini,Thane,12c. CSMVS

Happy Vijaya Dashami , this post is especially for those who celebrate Rama's Victory over Ravana today. This frieze is from Hazar Rama Temple, Hampi, early 16c. Frieze shows bridge building, battle etc..Entire temple is full of such pictographic sculptural embellishment.

All are cordially invited to my photography exhibition.

Another beauty by Fredrick Stevens. This one along with Gostling. Army & Navy Building, Kala Ghoda area, Mumbai. Always been a shop of various kinds, now Westside.

For registration link please go to Intach Mumbai event posted on facebook. Victorian Web fyi too :) wish you could attend this !

With 26/11 round the corner,my visit to Leopolds.Respect,love & hugs to all those who experienced the trauma,at Leopolds, at other sites like Taj or so many others !!! a million kudos for having bounced back,bruised but not beaten!Leopolds is a historic a place,estd 1874

Don't know why this statue of Gopal Krishna Gokhale caught my closer attention today as if beckoned to read the tablet at its feet.. "Universal Education, National Unity, Equality of Citizenship, and Self Government." any guesses which 2 we have dropped from our conscience?

Was a sublime deep experience attending Mass at the St Thomas Cathedral. Sharing Blessings with you all .. Merry Christmas and best wishes for all round safety, good health and fulfilment !

Best Wishes on occassion of Shiv Jayanti,birthday of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.Pic-Child Shivaji with his mother Rajmata Jijabai.Her upbringing of him and ongoing moral guidance is said to be the major factor in shaping his ethics,resilience,character and his achievements

Something different from me, for a change ... This is grave of real life Pakeezah, the great actress Meena Kumari & adjacent is her husband Kamal Amrohi's grave, he is famous for classics like Mahal, Pakeezah & few others.Shown by Rafiq Baghdadi, cinematic history expert

Best Wishes to all on Buddha Purnima ! There is eternal relevance of Buddha's Teachings on Sorrow, ending of Sorrow, Desire, Attachment etc . Pic - Birth of the Buddha, Maya and the tree depicted... My pic from my visit to Borobudur, Indonesia, 2002.

A unique photographic virtual walk with live webinar. ... A thematic approach to understanding Urbs Prima in Indis ...

Reposting the event poster. Just in case you missed enrolling yet. Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum CSMVS British Library Publishing British Museum British Council in India BL Visual Arts 🦇 Victorian Web Victorian Studies Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata FYI too, please enroll & share as appropriate

The Urbs Prima in Indis saga organised by Instucen Trust continues ... parts 3 & 4... INSTUCEN Trust .. privileged to be invited again.

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Important history event coming up ..Jun 11, 5 pm, Walk at Fort, Evolution of Banking in Mumbai instagram.com/stories/herita…

मुंबईचा सागरी वारसा सांगणाऱ्या संग्रहालयाच्या निर्मितीसाठी स्थापन करण्यात आलेल्या 'मेरीटाईम मुंबई म्युझियम सोसायटी'च्या पुढाकाराने सदर पुस्तक संकलित करण्यात आले असून नामवंत इतिहासकार, लेखक, संशोधक, वास्तुरचनाकार यांनी लिहिलेल्या १८ प्रकरणांचा पुस्तकात समावेश करण्यात आला आहे.