Category Archives: Architecture

How Was Adalaj Ni Vav Built, 500 Years Ago?

Posted on October 11, 2013 by annetbell

This is an example of an architect’s quick sketch of Adalaz Ni Vav and is an representative  example of work the students would do at each site we visited.  When they started many of them felt inadequate but their skills improved … Continue reading →

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The Vision of Queen Ruda

Posted on October 10, 2013 by annetbell

The star was always covered by an umbrella. He is quite well known and popular in the TV and Bollywood movies. Maybe someone can tell us his  name. I always love these “clash of culture” pictures. . . . . … Continue reading →

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Art Book Center, Ahmedabad

Posted on August 29, 2013 by annetbell

We kept hearing about this amazing Art Book Store from lots of professor and student types in Ahmedabad, but we didn’t visit until our time was quickly coming to an end.  You know the frantic plans of “we might not … Continue reading →

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Architectural Decoration and Details in the Pols

Posted on July 23, 2013 by annetbell

Imagine the tales this door could tell of people entering it, through the years, and also about the designer and craftsman who made it. The homes in the Poles date back hundreds of years and yet much of the craftsmanship … Continue reading →

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Jama Mosque. . . . The Friday Mosque

Posted on July 21, 2013 by annetbell

The main entrance to this mosque is  from the noisy, crowed main street of the daily market  in the Pols of  Ahmedabad. In fact the gate is reached by ascending stairs  that are partially hidden by a crowd of small … Continue reading →

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Sarkhej Roza

Posted on July 15, 2013 by annetbell

Sarkhej Roza is a magnificent complex built on the outskirts of Ahmedabad.  It is composed of  a  modest, but graceful old  mosque, a library, a lake, gardens and palace ruins.  It was built by the city’s founding monarch as a … Continue reading →

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T J , My Favorite Old Dead White Guy

Posted on June 8, 2013 by annetbell

Growing up just thirty-five miles from Charlottesville in Virginia, spending graduate school years with my husband, and having my son graduate,  I hardly had a choice.  Everything was Mr. Jefferson this or that.  Don’t get me wrong, I love Charlottesville … Continue reading →

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Temple Towns in the South of India

Posted on April 22, 2013 by annetbell

Sacred Architecture was our focus in the Tamil Nadu cities of Srirangam, Chidambaram,Thanjavar, and Madurai. We saw many of the major Hindu Temples but only a tiny fraction of the 30,000 located in the state of Tamil Nadu alone. The … Continue reading →

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South India Here We Come!

Posted on April 5, 2013 by annetbell

Early tomorrow morning, our group leaves for our trip to the South of India for temples, temples and more temples. We are leaving the computer here. When we went North, it was a nuisance because we could never get on … Continue reading →

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Gandi-ji

Posted on April 4, 2013 by annetbell

Ghandi-ji was  the name showing love and respect by Indians for the Father of India. Interesting that he chose non-violence and civil disobedience to reach the desired end of  freedom and self-reliance for all Indians. Two hundred years before,  the … Continue reading →

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