Austere aesthetics, minimalism, monochrome, are normally not words one would associate with a palace. That too an Indian palace. And yet the Padmanabhapuram Palace of Travancore near Trivandrum, is a testimony to these very qualities. Wide swathes of latticed wood, throw patterened shadows on dark flooring polished to resemble inky pools. Apart from the paintings displayed in one hall of the entire palace,...
Kali Ghat in Kolkata with its many temples will remain for me a dense conglomeration of scared spaces. An intertwining, overlapping mesh of invisible fields of energy dense with centuries of folklore of legendary ascetics, their gods and their devotion. And you as a lay person you will not see any of that. What you will see is tiny streets crammed with shops selling...
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