My Heritage Chronicles

This post is actually a late post, a throw back, from the date of my visit to magnificent and architectural wonder temple of Lepakshi. I did this solo trip on one of the long weekends of Holi in 2015 but had failed to write a blog on the same. But few inquiries from friends about the place rekindled the thought of documenting my travel adventure from the pictures and notes taken from guide narration during my visit. As is my annual routine at the start of the year to look for long weekends and visiting places from my bucket list created from various sources, like reading blogs or articles or watching documentaries or some other source. Long weekend of Holi and a place down South was perfect match as Holi is not played with so much zeal and gusto in South of India as compared to North of India. So it was my way to avoid being caught in Holi color riots. Also having read about Lepakshi temple, The stories associated with temple and some of the architectural wonders the temple has, It...

Apart from the rich history that is attached to the formation of India and its legend, Mumbai has a unique chapter and can make historian's minds heavy. Mumbai's culture act as pure palimpsest and is a complete meal for anyone suffering from a deficiency in history lessons. The numerous forts scattered around the city are a testimony for the same. It comes as surprise to many that there were in total 11 forts in the city. Sitting on the urban fringe of Thane city and on a hill just south of Ulhas river and overlooking the natural creek on its west side, Ghodbunder fort is one of the forts and Mumbai's 16th-century marvelous piece of architecture. The humble Ghodbunder road, the state highway that connects Thane with the northern suburbs of Mumbai today once acted as a bridge between different cultures. The significance of this place was such that it is said to have played a crucial role in Indo- Arab trade which the Portuguese later used it to monopolize sea routes in...