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Sankar Pagodas

Posted by Annette Johnson on April 10, 2018

Posted in: Myanmar. Tagged: #culture, #destination, #heritage, #landmark, #old, #religion, #site, #sky, #temple, #tourism, #travel, #view, #worship, amazing, archaeological, brick, buddhism, Burma, burmese, civilization, dry, famous, historical, inle, interest, mwetaw, Myanmar, pagoda, panorama, paya, place, ruins, samka, samkar, sankar, scenery, scenic, season, shan, stupa, takhaung, tharkong, tour, touristic, wallpaper, zone. Leave a comment

The Famous floating Pagodas of Sankar, which sadly due to the droughts that Myanmar recieve are now not floating

Graffitti and Street Art Singapore

Posted by Annette Johnson on April 10, 2018

Posted in: Singapore Singapore. Tagged: #culture, #exterior, #heritage, #illustration, #landmark, #old, #outdoor, #red, #street, #symbol, #tourism, #traditional, #travel, #vector, #view, antique, asian, beauty, business, china, chinese, classic, colorful, decoration, design, draw, facade, home, house, lantern, light, Malaysia, paint, peranakan, shop, singapore, style, Thailand, tour, town, urban, vintage, wall, window. Leave a comment

In 2013 I was in the amazing city of Singapore where I sought and found some of the wonderful street art you will see here in this slide show.

Havelis of Shekhawati, Rajasthan

Posted by Annette Johnson on April 10, 2018

Posted in: Indian Subcontinent. Tagged: #culture, #heritage, #hindu, #hinduism, #india, #indian, #old, #ornament, #palace, #traditional, #unique, asian, bikaner, cenotaph, chhatri, decorated, decoration, frescoed, gherka, haveli, hindi, historic, house, landscape, layer, mandawa, mansion, natural, nawalgarh, ornately, painting, patio, pigment, plaster, rajasthan, rajasthani, rajhastan, rajput, residences, residential, shekhawati, technique, town, typical, wall. Leave a comment

In 2007 I visited India in the Rajistan region. During my search for the famous Hevelis I visited Shekhawati, Nawalgarh, Mandawa, Jhunjuno, Fatephur and Dunlod. This slideshow is the collection from all these locations. They were all in different conditions ranging from derelict and falling down to part lived in to completely restored. I have tried to reflect this in my selection of images and even put a couple of images of the restoration drawings put on the walls to guide the artists during restoration. Haveli- Is a huge private mansion in India or Pakistan. The Rajasthani havelis were constructed by the wealthy Marwari community in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan in the 19th century. A haveli typically has two courtyards one for the men and the inner one for the women, the walls were adorned with beautiful colourful frescoes painted by commissioned artists. The themes were usually images of Gods, Goddesses & animals. Mandawa, Ramgarh, Fatehpur are dusty little towns in the Shekhawati area that have many old havelis, which in their glorious days would have been a treat to the eyes, but even today have not lost their timeless beauty. A handful of these havelis are being restored and given a new lease of life by private organizations, historians & architects. Some of them have been converted into heritage hotels.

Xieng Khuan Buddha Park

Posted by Annette Johnson on April 10, 2018

Posted in: Lao People's Democratic Republic. Tagged: #culture, #exotic, #god, #heritage, #hindu, #landmark, #monument, #park, #religion, #sculpture, #sky, #statue, #stone, #temple, #tourism, #tourist, #travel, #worship, amazing, attraction, buddha, buddhism, buddhist, famous, fantasy, figures, idol, khuan, landscape, laos, legend, monster, mysterious, religious, sacred, southeast, spiritual, Thailand, tree, tropical, vientiane, wat, wisdom, xieng. Leave a comment

I visited this weird and quirky place in 2012 when spending time in Laos near vientiane. It caught my imagination, I hope it does yours!

Buddha Park is more curious than spectacular – which makes for a curious spectacle. A rogue monk is said to have attempted to reconsolidates Buddhism and Hinduism into his own brand of mysticism through a prolific collection of sculptures depicting various deities and scenes from both religions. The information provided at the park is less dramatic, simply stating that Bunleua Sulilat constructed this sculpture garden in 1958 before fleeing across the Mekong to Thailand in 1978 and building a sister park across the river in Nong Khai.

Wat Pa Non Sa-at

Posted by Annette Johnson on April 10, 2018

Posted in: Thailand. Tagged: #culture, #heritage, #hindu, #hinduism, #landmark, #monument, #old, #religion, #site, #sky, #stone, #temple, #tourism, #tourist, #tower, #travel, angkor, archeology, asian, buddha, buddhism, cambodia, cambodian, civilization, famous, historical, history, jungle, khmer, lake, reap, reflection, religious, river, ruin, siem, sunrise, Thailand, thom, tomb, tree, tropical, unesco, wat, water. Leave a comment

A beautiful collection of the sculptures within the grounds of the Wat and the itnterior of the Wat itself. I visited here whilst on my way back to Nong Khai via Looei in The North East of Thailand

Persepolis

Posted by Annette Johnson on April 10, 2018

Posted in: Islamic Republic of Iran. Tagged: #culture, #empire, #heritage, #landmark, #monument, #old, #palace, #sculpture, #site, #sky, #statue, #stone, #tourism, #travel, achaemenid, archaeology, archeology, attraction, bas-relief, darius, dynasty, east, excavations, fars, gate, historic, historical, history, iran, iranian, middle east, outside, persepolis, persepolis iran, persia, persian, relief, ruins, sand, shiraz, sight, unesco, wall, world, xerxes. Leave a comment

During my “Silk Route” journey in 2012 I travelled through Iran and of course the route Alexander the Great took to Persepolis the ancient City of Persia. Now in ruins, this UNESCO World Heritage is one that you really need to see to understand and get a feel of. The area of the site is vast and seems to just keep going and going. It is pretty amazing to walk around and imagine how it would have looked in the 4th century.

The Istana Leban Tunggal

Posted by Annette Johnson on April 10, 2018

Posted in: Malaysia. Tagged: #cultural, #culture, #exotic, #golden, #heritage, #landmark, #old, #palace, #tourism, #tourist, #tower, #traditional, #travel, attraction, cloud, decorated, design, dome, entrance, facade, gate, history, indonesia, istana, king, kingdom, kuala, landscape, lumpur, main, majestic, Malaysia, malaysian, mansion, negara, new, residence, roof, royal, royalty, sultan, sumatera, symbolic, traditional design, tree, vintage, yellow. Leave a comment

In 2016 just before y return to the UK I could not resist visiting the beautiful Country of Malaysia. On this occasion I spent some time in Pekan, where there are many traditional Malay wooden houses and some traditional wooden palaces, some are in great shape and some, well they are more like this one, how could i not fall in love with it and want to record it’s standing before it becomes so derelict that no one can see it’s former beauty.

Phu Phra Bat Historical Park

Posted by Annette Johnson on April 10, 2018

Posted in: Thailand. Tagged: #colour, #heritage, #holy, #old, #outdoor, #red, #site, #stone, #temple, #tourism, adventure, aged, antique, archaeological, ban phue, big, boulder, buddhism, civilisation, dvaravati, formation, geological, highland, historic, historical, history, huge, landscape, man made, massive, natural, nature, painting, phu phra bat, place, prehistoric, religious, remains, rock, ruin, sacred, shrine, spire, strange, talus, Thailand, udon thani, unusual. Leave a comment

In 2016 I landed in Thailand after 5mths in India, for a rest, well I was far to intrigued with the natural beauty of Thailand to stand still and Phu Phra Bat Park was one of my favourite first visits to the North East of Thailand.

I hope you enjoy it too and venture far enough up North to visit! Phu Phra Bat historical park in Udon Thani province in the North East of Thailand is a forested hill with natural rock formations shaped as caves with large rocky overhangs. The caves were used by ancient man as shelter and as temples where Buddha images were enshrined. What makes this site unique, is that it contains traces of several different civilizations and cultures spanning thousands of years. The hill contains traces of prehistoric man, the Dvaravati period and Khmer presence. The sandstone rock on top of the hill has been cut out during many centuries by glacier movement, wind and rain.

Some of the rock formations provide natural shelter, others were carved into by man thousands of years ago creating cave like structures. Many of the rock formations harbour ancient Buddha images and served as ancient wats (Buddhist temples). A number of walking trails have been been made through the park and there are a number of view points, from where visitors will have great scenic views of the surrounding area. Phu Phra Bat is set in a beautiful, natural and relaxing environment.

Danushkodi 2015

Posted by Annette Johnson on April 10, 2018

Posted in: Indian Subcontinent. Tagged: #culture, #heritage, #india, #landmark, #medieval, #monument, #old, #outdoor, #sky, #stone, #temple, #tourism, #travel, #view, abandoned, antique, castle, church, consequences, coral, destruction, element, famous, historic, historical, history, house, interior, island, landscape, nature, prayer, rameshvaram, remains, rock, ruins, sand, tamil nadu, texture, town, tsunami, typhoon, village, vintage, wall. Leave a comment

In December 1964, a cyclonic storm destroyed a vast part of Danushkodi, a massive tidal wave toppled a passenger train carrying 116 passengers and the Pamban Bridge which connected the island of Rameswaram to India was also destroyed in the storm. Over 1800 residents were killed in act of nature and most buildings and structures in Danushkodi were destroyed. It is said that the tidal waves battered the region all the way down till the entrance of the Ramanathaswamy temple of Rameswaram which was a main shelter point for people during the storm.

After this massive destruction, the town of Danushkodi was declared a ghost town by the Government and all remaining settlements were moved away for the town was stated to be “unfit for living”. Today, Danushkodi is a jeep ride away from Rameswaram. Hundreds of people visit the place to pay tribute to the ghost town. The skeletal remains of the Church building, the old Railway Station and the Water tank are reminders of a prosperous town that was here once.

We took a shared jeep ride to enter Danushkodi; from there, another local jeep took us on a thrilling ride to Land’s End, the tip of the island where we could see traces of the old town. A small settlement of fishermen now occupies the land.

Zeravshan Valley and 7 Lakes of Shing- Northern Tajikistan

Posted by Annette Johnson on April 10, 2018

Posted in: Tajikistan. Tagged: #culture, #destination, #ethnicity, #exterior, #heritage, #medieval, #old, #outdoors, #temple, #tourism, #tradition, #travel, archaeological, buildings, citadel, civilization, clay-bricks, discover, famous, fortress, geographical, hill, historical, journey, landscape, location, magnificent, mountains, panjakent, pendjikent, pre-islamic, proto-urban, remote, river valley, ruins, rural, sarazm, scenery, silk road, sogdiana, soghdians, sughd province, sunlight, Tajikistan, zeravshan, zoroastrianism. Leave a comment

During my trip across Central Asia I journeyed to this amazing area of Northern Tajikistan. I will let the images speak for themselves. Yes the sky is that blue and yes the lakes are that colour! and glacial cold too! The Zeravshan Valley (also Zarafshan or Zarafshon) is situated in northern Tajikistan, embedded between the impressive mountain ranges of the western Pamir-Alai massive.“Zeravshan” – which means “Golden River” in Tajik –is the main stream which crosses the valley and which supplies its inhabitants with a most precious resource: water. The area is famous for its unique mountain landscapes and its beautiful lakes: the Alauddin lakes, the Kulikalon lakes, Iskanderkul Lake, the seven lakes of Shing among many others. While being an important tourism and recreation destination during the Soviet era of dispatch tourism, it is now an insiders’ tip among those interested in mountain trekking, alpinism and the little travelled branches of the silk road.

Tanjavur Palace- Tamil Nadu – India

Posted by Annette Johnson on April 10, 2018

Posted in: Indian Subcontinent. Tagged: #craft, #craving, #culture, #destination, #detail, #empire, #ethnicity, #exterior, #fretwork, #god, #handicraft, #handmade, #heritage, #hindu, #hinduism, #hindustan, #holy, #india, #luxurious, #luxury, #macro, #marble, #medieval, #mythology, #nadu, #old, #ornament, #palace, #religion, #rich, #sculpture, #site, #spring, #stone, #summer, #symbol, #tamil, #temple, #thanjavur, #tower, #traditional, #world heritage, #world heritage sites, #worship. Leave a comment

The Thanjavur Maratha Palace Complex, known locally as Aranmanai, is the official residence of the Bhonsle family which ruled over the Tanjore region from 1674 to 1855 Tanjuvar Palace was built in 1636 by King Thirumalai Nayak with the help of an Italian Architect. The building we see today was the main Palace where the King lived. The original Palace Complex was four times bigger than the present structure. This palace consisted mainly of two parts, namely Swargavilasa and Rangavilasa. In these two parts, there are royal residence, theatre, shrine, apartments, armoury, palanquin place, royal bandstand, quarters, pond and garden. King Thirumalai Nayak celebrated festivals like Sceptre festival, Navarathri, Chithirai festival, Masi festival and the Float festival. He conducted daily dance and music performances in the palace. This palace was destroyed by his grandson Chokkanatha Nayak and the valuables were transferred to other places.

Journeys From A Small Room

All posts tagged #heritage

Sankar Pagodas

Graffitti and Street Art Singapore

Havelis of Shekhawati, Rajasthan

Xieng Khuan Buddha Park

Wat Pa Non Sa-at

Persepolis

Phu Phra Bat Historical Park

Danushkodi 2015

Zeravshan Valley and 7 Lakes of Shing- Northern Tajikistan

Tanjavur Palace- Tamil Nadu – India

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