Pigeons and Egret at rampants of fort in the upper lake, a view to see from VIP road when sun shines in winters !
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Indonesian puppets at Bhopal's Lokrang
Indonesian Rod puppets are attracting visitors to Bhopal’s Lokrang festival. Lokrang is a five day event held every year at Bhopal. It showcases the cultural and traditional heritage of India in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. It opened on January 26, 2010. This is 25th year of Lokrang. It not only showcases heritage it but also has a theme pavilion. This year theme pavilion displays ‘Puppet’. Puppets of forms like glove, rod string and shadow are being displayed at the show. It has puppets from nine Indian states like West Bengal, Orissa, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and some other countries like Indonesia, Turkey, and Vietnam.
Indonesia rod puppets are among the various puppets which have been displayed at Lokrang are being liked and clicked by many. Rod puppets have: three dimensional carved figurines which are manipulated from rods below the "stage." In addition to this the pavilion also has water Puppet from Vietnam that dance on water are also on display. It also has display of Shadow puppets, which have cut-out figure held between a source of light and a translucent screen. Shadow puppets from Turkey and Andhra Pradesh are on display.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
Solar Eclipse as seen from Bhopal
Pictures of Longest Solar eclipse which had dazzled India, as seen from Bhopal.
Pictures courtesy A. M. Faruqui
Sunday, January 3, 2010
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