Sep 122013
 
desi IN Wow Hyderabad Magazine

desi in Wow Hyderabad Magazine September is a special month, this marks the anniversary of desi Traveler moving on its own domain with the post on  A Rare Ganapati that I found in interiors of MP. Another first has happened this September. While desi Traveler has  featured as a blog a few times in different online and print media, including one of my pictures appearing in Deccan Chronicle and two of my pictures from Tal Chapar winning prizes from Lonely Planet in a photography competition, I have never written a post for a print magazine or newspaper. Recently I was approached [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Jun 122013
 
Sitaram Bagh Temple Celebrates its 180 Years

180 Year Celebrations of Sitaram Bagh Temple Hyderabad Surrounded by gnarled, but majestic Tamarind and Mango trees in  Mangalghat  a busy suburb in Hyderabad I discovered the 180 year old Sitaram Bagh Temple, founded by Ganeriwal family  180 years ago.  I visited the temple as part of a HWS team to click pictures of the celebrations of 180 years of establishing the temple in Hyderabad, which was ruled by Nizams during those days.  I think their cannot be a better example of secular traditions of Hyderabad that the temple was given a Jagir (land ) by the Nizam to [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]