The hidden treasure of great Mesopotamian Civilization, as narrated and seen from British Museum, London
Author: Rakesh Rai
Kanyakumari – A Charm in Ocean
“छेड़ कर जैसे गुज़र जाती है दोशीज़ा हवा, देर से ख़ामोश है गहरा समुंदर और मैं।“ There is not so much to see in Kanyakumari. This is how I enjoyed my two days here.“Visit Kanyakumari during the monsoon season. Relax on the balcony of state hotel Hotel Tamil Nadu, gaze at the ocean for hours […]
Rameswaram – Corridors of Divine Grace
The longest labyrinth of corridors in world. Amazing creation.
One of the four Dhams (Four divine abodes) and believed to contain consecrated Jyotirlingas setup by Goddess Seeta ji and Lord Rama. Longest Labyrinth of corridors in world with 1.17 KM length. Though some other claimants are also there with respect to covered, uncovered, finished and unfinished. But most befitting answer is Ramenathaswamy temple corridor.
Madurai – The Athens of the East
Is Madurai, the Athens of East? This is not hyperbole. The city is as old as Athens and proved by recent excavations corroborating a developed 600 BC civilization underneath. The city overwhelms with many water bodies, ancient temples, caves and two millennium old inscriptions. Today city pans out in modernity but still antiquity sits on […]
Keeladi – Antiquity Of Man in Tamil Nadu
June, 2024. Dismayed. The key to the buried ancient treasure of civilization of Tamil Nadu was lost for 120 years. Again we got the key in 2015 and since then a series of excavations is on now.
Please forward this travelogue to ‘Keeladi’ of Tamil Nadu to make the world aware of Southern India river valley civilization.
A Traverse into Ancient Vietnam
Vietnam is not an ordinary country. It is the live example of the series of invasions, unabated unrest, continuous struggle for the identity of independence, unrest and highest degree of agony a country can face. Still they survived. It was an experimental ground to dislodge democracy and communism or vice versa facing the highest amount of bombing on any country since humans invented bombs and explosives. It was reduced to an experimental lab to test the supremacy of one on other.
The shadow still sits on their faces. We can sense it.
