CHHAYA CHITRA

Deoria Taal Trek

2022-06-23T19:54:00.001+05:30

Sangam of Indus & Zanskar at Leh

2018-12-01T20:38:00.002+05:30

Those parallel lines......

2018-12-01T20:23:00.000+05:30

Happy Holi

2018-02-28T19:47:00.000+05:30

With blooming TESU flowers
However this is just start of the flowering but colourful enough to mark its presence in the landscape. I've been lucky to be at that particular region at just the right time. And it's sheer pleasure to feel this Flame of the Forest so close. "Butea monosperma", commonly known as Dhak, Tesu, Palasi and Chhevla. And every part of this tree is useful in many ways. Having found it's flower's use in medicines, in everyday life in the form of Dona-Pattal made from leaves, it's resin being used in leather industry and so on.
Happy to encounter such a beautiful and useful tree.
Happy Holi

The Lunar Eclipse 31st January 2018 as seen from sky at Aligarh

2018-02-01T00:16:00.001+05:30

2017-12-01T20:15:00.001+05:30

2017-12-01T20:14:00.002+05:30

2017-12-01T20:13:00.002+05:30

2017-12-01T20:11:00.001+05:30

Artisan at work.....

2017-01-16T12:05:00.003+05:30

Sunbird

2016-11-05T01:42:00.001+05:30

Beautiful Barbet

2016-11-02T00:52:00.000+05:30

This beautiful "Coppersmith Barbet" visited our home looking for shelter for him and checked a few tree trunks for making nestling hole in their trunks. This bird makes his nest by carving hole in tree trunks. This happens only when your habitat is surrounded with a variety of trees. This time I noticed a bunch of Purple Sunbird and an Indian Tree Pie too.

Bachelor herd of Black Buck

2016-10-24T11:31:00.001+05:30

Meanwhile somewhere in Bharatpur.....

2016-10-22T02:19:00.002+05:30

2016-02-28T13:45:00.002+05:30

The benefit of growing flowers in your garden enables you to witness beautiful variations in forms, colours and textures. Also if one can spare some time and spend it among flowers, it helps in calming down.

Happy Sunday.

2015-12-15T00:05:00.002+05:30

Companion of the rough terrain

2015-02-13T20:46:00.000+05:30

Manual focusing is better to rely upon when working with Sun Birds. At least this works for me all the time.

2nd post of the year....

2014-11-20T20:55:00.003+05:30

2014-08-15T17:01:00.000+05:30

Common Krait

Another session of snake wrangling.

2013-12-30T20:43:00.001+05:30

Indian Grey Hornbill

2013-08-28T17:18:00.001+05:30

Greater Flamingo at Aligarh....... WOW!

2013-05-13T23:58:00.001+05:30

Pied Avocets in flight

2013-01-30T21:06:00.000+05:30

Coming back to home on a foggy winter evening....

2013-01-21T07:46:00.001+05:30

Not too afraid....

2013-01-19T21:02:00.000+05:30