Saturday, January 12, 2008

செஞ்சிக்கோட்டை - Gingee Fort

மறைந்திருந்து பார்க்கும், மண்டபம் என்ன ?

ராஜகிரி - Rajagiri


பாழடையா கோபுரம்

நண்பர்கள் கூட்டம்

கானவினோதனம்



"அதோ அந்த பறவை போல வாழ வேண்டும்.....! "



1) Kalyana mandapam (marriage hall) shot from just another corner.
2) The impressive Rajagiri fort atop the hill -"Troy of the East"
3) Gopuram of a ruined temple atop Ranimalai
4) View of lush green paddy fields from the hilltop.
5) Silhouette of my flute guru- Mr.Ghana, the reason why I was there in the first place.
6) A vociferous bunch of school kids who brought life to the ruins with their antics.

Senji koattai (Gingee Fort) is a historically important place in Tamil Nadu, which has seen numerous wars between the Indians(Jains, Pallavas, Chola kings, Pandya, Hoysalas, Vijayanagara kings, Muhammadans, Mughals) , British and French to capture it.

The Rajagiri (King's hill) is perched atop a intimidating rocky hill, and offers strategic advantage over other troops invading from the surrounding plains. There is Rani koattai(Queen's fort) on a nearby hill, which we climbed.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hello Arun,
I wish you a "Bonne année" with a lot of unique pictures to feed your blog !!
Not being a native indian speaker, i can unfortunately not understand the comments you give ;) But The more important is that you continue to make me travel and somehow dream in front of my laptop ....
Cheers,
Puma.

Anu said...

I love the past pic. The kids are HAPPY

Rex Maximus said...

பச்சை பச்சையா படம் எடுக்கறதே உனக்கு பொழப்பா போச்சு. நண்பர்கள் படம் ரொம்ப பச்சையா இருக்கு. saturation-அ கொஞ்சம் கொறைக்கறது!

மத்த படங்க உன்னோட italy trip photo-ங்க மாதிரியே இருக்கு :-(