Incredible India - Tourism places

[Hindustani78]

There are around 223 granite polishing units and another 160 granite quarries in the area. More than 50 % of the quarries have shut down their business following the closure of exports to China and now the GST would force the units to close and deny employment to several thousands of workers.

Commissioner of Police Tafseer Iqbal and MLA Puvvada Ajay Kumar trying their hand at archery at the summer coaching camp in Khammam on Monday.

 

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At least 15 electronic chips and 29 remote devices were seized from filling stations. The officials sealed seven petrol pumps and cancellation of their licenses was recommended.

 

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Lightning strikes in the backdrop of the historic Vellore Fort in Tamil Nadu on Monday. Photo: C. VENKATACHALAPATH

 

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Construction of Haleem bhatties across Hyderabad People can be seen preparing the Haleem Bhatties across the city ahead of the holy month of Ramadan in Hyderabad

DODA: Bakarwal shepherds on way to higher hills of the Bhaderwah Valley as part of their seasonal migration from the hot plain of Jammu region, on Monday. UNI PHOTO

 

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Yuvraj is no ordinary bull. Its seed fetches its owner Rs 150,000 for one ejaculation(HT PHOTO)

Sultan is 5 feet and 11 inches tall and has won the National Livestock Championship six times, the last being in 2013. (HT PHOTO)

250-yr-old stone table brought to Makkah Masjid 250-year-old stone table probably belongs to late Qutub Shahi period or early Asaf Jahi period been subjected to vandalism is shifted to Makkah Masjid on Thursday in Hyderabad. Photo:Laeeq

 

[rott]

I want to drive to this place....

@nair @Nilgiri

 

[wiseone2]

I want to drive to this place....

@nair @Nilgiri

it is insane

 

[Hindustani78]

Prized percussion: A craftsman works on a ‘chenda’ at Peruvembu in Palakkad. | Photo Credit:
K_K_Mustafah

Craftsmen who make leather musical instruments

Palghat Mani Iyer, part of the mridangam trinity, was among the masters who identified the skills here.

“We buy hides from Palakkad, Pudunagaram, and Wadakkanchery. With the proposed restrictions we will be forced to stop production of musical instruments” said a craftsman, M. Velayudhan

Kadayan members do diverse tasks such as process leather and chip jackfruit tree logs. While some scrub buffalo hides, others apply black paste on the leather in the instruments.

Cow hide goes into chenda and maddalam, goat hide in mridangam, and cow’s intestine to the edakka. Instruments made in Peruvembu include mridangam, chenda, shudda maddalam, thoppi maddalam and tabala

 

[rott]

Further contributions from my end...

Anyone care to drive on these type of roads?
@nair @Nilgiri @+4vsgorillas-Apebane, @ahojunk, @Beast
@beijingwalker, @Shotgunner51, @AndrewJin, @Jlaw, @TaiShang, @Chinese-Dragon, @Two @lonelyman @xunzi @rcrmj @samsara @waz @Pyr0test @faithfulguy

 

[Nilgiri]

Further contributions from my end...

Anyone care to drive on these type of roads?
@nair @Nilgiri @+4vsgorillas-Apebane, @ahojunk, @Beast
@beijingwalker, @Shotgunner51, @AndrewJin, @Jlaw, @TaiShang, @Chinese-Dragon, @Two @lonelyman @xunzi @rcrmj @samsara @waz @Pyr0test @faithfulguy

Nope, my butt puckers enough as it is negotiating montreal roads lol.

There are these crazy mountain roads in the Andes too....broadly comparable from what I have seen.

 

[waz]

Lightning strikes in the backdrop of the historic Vellore Fort in Tamil Nadu on Monday. Photo: C. VENKATACHALAPATH

Great photo, thanks.

 

[rott]

Nope, my butt puckers enough as it is negotiating montreal roads lol.

I really want to. Yet, I am scared of heights.

 

[Samudra Manthan]

 

[Hindustani78]

A Guru Mandiram at Maruthadi in Kollam which was lifted by 4.2 feet.

While being lifted the shrine did not develop any crack. The work was done by five men attached to the company House Lifting Service India. The work is not over, but the shrine is now at a height safe from floods. The experts have given an assurance that they would successfully complete the job in 20 days.

 

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Meghalaya - Glimpses from Above 4k