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India in the olden times

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Vintage Motorcycles

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Pictures of some vintage motorcycles. Incase there are any copyright issues please let me know. Click on the pictures for a better view.

Constructing the Eiffel Tower in Paris

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Shivneri trip

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The statue in the Shiv-Mandir Aundh - Nashik Phata – Bhosari – Chakan – Rajgurunagar (Khed) – Manchar – Narayangaon – Junnar – Shivneri Pune to Narayangaon: 75 kms This time we planned our trip to Shivneri. We left Aundh at 6.45 am and reached the Old Mumbai-Pune highway near Harris bridge at Bopodi. From there we followed the highway till Kasarwadi and took a right turn at Nashik Phata. The road is quite crowded because of the industrial town on the way. The people in Bhosari, Moshi, Chakan are so used to the highway that they carry a notion that basic traffic rules are not to be followed. So you encounter people going the wrong way in full speed. They also don’t mind to stop suddenly, turn abruptly and even manage to hold discussions in the middle of the road. There is no point in honking the horn as they are oblivious to it. Here we realise that India is indeed a free country and everyone is free to do whatever they want wherever they are. Rajguru Nagar is another place on the way. ...

Shivthar Ghal chi trip

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आपटी मध्ये अक्षय हा गृहस्थ मस्त उन खात पसरला होता. वैशालीचा पाय पडता पडता वाचला. भोर नंतर काही अंतरावर हे मातीचे धरण आहे . ह्याचे नाव मात्र समजले नाही. वरंध घाटात माकडे मात्र खूप आहेत . ही आहे शिवथर घळ . वरील उजव्या कोपरयात धबधब्याच्या खूणा दिसत आहेत . आम्ही गेलो तेव्हा धबधबा कोरडा ठण ठणठणीत होता . Shivthar Ghal - I would describe "Ghal" as a horizontal crevice in the mountain. Shivthar Ghal is 20 mts long and 15 mts broad. This was the place where Samarth Ramdas wrote "Dasbodh". It is situated in Raigad district just below the Varandh ghat near the border of Pune and Raigad. It gets its name from the river Shivthar that plunges several hundred feet into the Konkan. At the base of this water fall and behind the curtain of water is Shivthar Ghal. One can enter the hall where Ramdas Swami sat, prayed and dictated Dasbodh to Kalyan Swami. Shivthar ghal can be divided in three parts. One of these has statues of Samarth Ramdas and Kalyan Swami. Shivthar Ghal is a very s...