Heritage The ruins at Hampi offer one a glimpse into the past SUDHA MAHALINGAM Photographs by SUDHA MAHALINGAM Hampi’s uniqueness lies in the fact that despite the many centuries over which it was ...
ARCHITECTURE Classic examples of Hoysala excellence in sculpture SUDHA MAHALINGAM Photographs by SUDHA MAHALINGAM The filigreed carvings of the magnificent monuments of Belur and Halebidu in Karnataka ...
LEPAKSHI TEMPLE The grandeur of the Vijayanagar era temple at Lepakshi, Andhra Pradesh SUDHA MAHALINGAM Photographs by Sudha Mahalingam Built in the 16th century, the golden age of the Vijayanagar empire, the Lepakshi temple ...
Wildlife Watching the birds come to bathe in the Dandeli forest Sudha Mahalingam Photographs by Sudha Mahalingam The Dandeli forest in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka is a birder’s delight that ...
Conservation Shrinking tree cover and increasing tourist arrivals create an existential crisis for the lion-tailed macaque and other denizens of the forest in Valparai Sudha Mahalingam Photographs by Sudha Mahalingam A shy, exclusively fruit-eating, arboreal primate endemic to the Western Ghats, the ...
Ranakpur temple: Magic in marble Sudha Mahalingam Photographs by Sudha Mahalingam The Ranakpur temple, a three-storied structure built in 1436, stands out from other ...
Madagascar Island that time forgot Sudha Mahalingam Photographs by Sudha Mahalingam Mineral-rich Madagascar boasts a primordial limestone forest and a range of exotic fauna, ...
Madagascar: Lemur land Sudha Mahalingam Photographs by Sudha Mahalingam Lemurs are found nowhere else but in Madagascar and the nearby Comoro Islands, but with ...
Madagascar Tree of life Sudha Mahalingam Photographs by Sudha Mahalingam The baobab is revered in Africa and Madagascar as a sacred and mystical tree. Baobabs can ...
Adventure In the land of the Loba Text & photographs by SUDHA Mahalingam On the treacherous high-altitude trail to Lo Manthang, the walled city that is the capital ...
Travel Sichuan: Scenic and sacred Sudha Mahalingam Photographs by Sudha Mahalingam Sichuan is a pastoral paradise, much more varied and beautiful than its neighbour, the ...
Smoking chimneys, soaring cranes TEXT & PHOTOGRAPHS BY SUDHA MAHALINGAM Wildlife thrives in the unique ecosystem of Khijadiya, disregarding the frenetic ...
Seductive Spiti TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY SUDHA MAHALINGAM A Himalayan sojourn in the postcard-perfect Spiti valley in Himachal Pradesh.
Poetry in stone TEXT & PHOTOGRAPHS BY SUDHA MAHALINGAM Petra, the dazzling ancient city painstakingly carved out of sandstone, is Jordan's ...
Ultimate theatre TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY SUDHA MAHALINGAM At the Grand Canyon, watching nature's own virtuoso performance which is unrivalled ...
