Bijoy Jain and Studio Mumbai!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> An Indian Architect who inspires me to the core with his commitment to sustainibility practices is Mr Bijoy Jain.Mr Bijoy Jain creates a zen kind of atmosphere in any projects he does.The peace transpiring from each of these projects are ultimate.All his projects are simple and elegant and his designs let in the most amazing kind of sunlight:)-<span style="line-height: 1.6em;">He and his "Studio Mumbai" has worked at different levels across the country proving his manifestation to the commitment</span><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">.</span></span><br /><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 24px;">Palmyra House, for example, was constructed with traditional building methods and all materials are locally sourced, from the foundation’s stone and sand to the joinery made from an Indian hardwood called ain wood and the ever-present palmyra louvers filtering the light and allowing rich air circulation.</span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">As told to Guardian"</span><span style="line-height: 24px;">The palmyra palm is considered one of the most important trees on the subcontinent, with as many as 800 documented uses. Not only does it tolerate a variety of climatic conditions, but it provides fruit, medicine, weaving and writing materials, as well as a sturdy trunk for construction that may reach as long as 30 meters.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As well, the house was built on a coconut plantation in a way that avoided the loss of income- and shade-generating trees. (While Western architects must struggle to bring light into a building, Jain’s challenge is frequently just the opposite, to cut the light.) It reflects Jain’s ethic of creating structures that deeply inhabit their environs – rather than seizing space from a landscape – a reflection of his belief that humans don’t enter a space from outside of nature but exist within the matrix.</span></div><div style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“When I’m referring to nature, I’m referring to man and nature as being reversible or part of the same entity,” he said. “It’s very personal.”</span></div><div style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are other lessons to be found in the collaborative approach of Studio Mumbai.</span></div><div style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Embracing change, for starters.</span></div><div style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Architecture, according to Jain, must first of all “contain life”, and accomplish that in a way that recognizes that landscapes change, people change. Life itself stretches from before birth and reaches forward beyond death into decay.</span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">Studio Mumbai  carefully develops projects through a process that draws from traditional skills, local building techniques, materials and an ingenuity that arises from limited resources. The essence of their work lies in the relationship between land and architecture. Studio Mumbai </span><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">describes themselves as being “inspired by real life conditions” as they understand complex relationships through the power of observation.</span></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“The endeavor is to show the genuine possibility in creating buildings that emerge through a process of collective dialog, a face-to-face sharing of knowledge through imagination, intimacy, and modesty.”</span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Projects from Studio Mumbai are Utsav House,House on Pali Hill,Copper House II , Belavali House, Leti 360,Tara House and Palmyra House,Trinity House</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How  beautiful are these spaces..would love to build something closer to these homes..down south:)-fingers crossed!</span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; 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Picture credit Helene Binet (Palmyra, Tara House), Fram Petit (Bungalow 8), Ryo Yung (Leti), Michael Freeman (Reading Room), Studio Mumbai (Leti, Pali Hill, Tara Baoli, Tara House)</span></div>

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Indian Architecture and Art-The Streets of Mandawa.

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A very long and tiring journey from Behror took us to the town of beautiful Havelis..The lanes and streets are quite dusty and narrow ,but  the havelis are the glory of the old days ,a must see.We went by car,wandered on foot to the near and far havelis in search of the beauty within.Remembering the bygone eras.The stunning paintings,the gods and godesses captured our hearts and soul..As we walked along..dont forget to walk with us ..</span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlU5Z7LCWc0kH51F0hFIK5ouu_KZWTz7D349KhIdSyH1SMrj_257kViwz8UlDJDKur87QeHsnSxlcAknjVYPFmORf-X1em_kArIbMpH-Egxv8O5zNeOr2itVwiEssb7i61N_XHGieYIA/s1600/IMG_4205+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimC0TNFeEXq4RH7CacKge1os_ERu85FirbuXZ1IU5zTNh8lOeUm_c8eVuCvEXm2F_-_ob_BxCgQqduH6y95n0wxpzkbvSbP8PqO4njyU7YktzeTyTXIE72rjeFUhMt9KWkpbhg3kETsbM/s640/IMG_4093+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">there were all heritage structures on each side of the road</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZlIWtUx5qUiWEvmmgWivpbIuVf_iAwKy9upoCSOZFR_sfLkS8NvaDMMM7Ve5avqhzFgGtrxgsLGdKXoMqk40SoUeo_XRMaMSNdp0NhuoEHmTZ9e6Vm3ZT2s1f7YfNYKYqyM2cWZjqXg/s1600/IMG_3993+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZlIWtUx5qUiWEvmmgWivpbIuVf_iAwKy9upoCSOZFR_sfLkS8NvaDMMM7Ve5avqhzFgGtrxgsLGdKXoMqk40SoUeo_XRMaMSNdp0NhuoEHmTZ9e6Vm3ZT2s1f7YfNYKYqyM2cWZjqXg/s640/IMG_3993+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">a peek into one of the havelis</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6jcMIG_2b2zCjp1QPPO8QIBIyu9fAJBVuK5mwIjJKbGQsPnYvRfhoxw0UOoSb56wh6i8eD49oPhdrRlqaZs1UGj1Grp4YcahyphenhyphenHcrBTAIBN1RFhQL_XhiZPwBT0xlQmMObE_apT0TxDM8/s1600/IMG_4098+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6jcMIG_2b2zCjp1QPPO8QIBIyu9fAJBVuK5mwIjJKbGQsPnYvRfhoxw0UOoSb56wh6i8eD49oPhdrRlqaZs1UGj1Grp4YcahyphenhyphenHcrBTAIBN1RFhQL_XhiZPwBT0xlQmMObE_apT0TxDM8/s640/IMG_4098+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">lot of old buildings ,some were closed for ever and most of them had the caretaker's  family living there</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSEdaMV3jNuRstCJpNIYH2zp7IV_IFAlptSlakccAJyVPLka_syKSAhd1JQqDeRX-SxeOt1QkI5sCatkZLDRY1JM-WnN8O0RpfYQc3__869U14NgDoPdyUlm8lGUF2GcCZ4D9d5U8wCfk/s1600/IMG_4099+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSEdaMV3jNuRstCJpNIYH2zp7IV_IFAlptSlakccAJyVPLka_syKSAhd1JQqDeRX-SxeOt1QkI5sCatkZLDRY1JM-WnN8O0RpfYQc3__869U14NgDoPdyUlm8lGUF2GcCZ4D9d5U8wCfk/s640/IMG_4099+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">all havelis were distinctly different and none of them had the fresco paintings similar</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyKLBqUmpQX8dBckXxxmwi4oAHBAS0ZYmY3dLuQzc3MyS3rfLRwLmFGNPtypuBH9SYZcCG_DGTFHs0Vg-3jKZSmLr1L3SGJqtbJerQq-HDONK-MjO-mSGFfFboM-OLy_DEcf9XKnNZF3w/s1600/IMG_4103+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyKLBqUmpQX8dBckXxxmwi4oAHBAS0ZYmY3dLuQzc3MyS3rfLRwLmFGNPtypuBH9SYZcCG_DGTFHs0Vg-3jKZSmLr1L3SGJqtbJerQq-HDONK-MjO-mSGFfFboM-OLy_DEcf9XKnNZF3w/s640/IMG_4103+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">this haveli had aroom painted in gold,all had translations in french</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAdOs1F16wV5nFbzDzWfvfxAiwIHEX1hAkZsgHV6xQ0m7XUaj6ZKRK_2dw2ewrjrj9Y5_GE7aAHMrm2zwybWE5phjbjhdFni5o68g-QeTTCvxfL5L3y8qs-lunHyz3DPRy98yuyKu4L_k/s1600/IMG_4104+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAdOs1F16wV5nFbzDzWfvfxAiwIHEX1hAkZsgHV6xQ0m7XUaj6ZKRK_2dw2ewrjrj9Y5_GE7aAHMrm2zwybWE5phjbjhdFni5o68g-QeTTCvxfL5L3y8qs-lunHyz3DPRy98yuyKu4L_k/s640/IMG_4104+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">towering buildings</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpUrOT_ATmXI9GW3FLvGko0QQ-cTm-kriPWmNxxEUzgo6BJOi_DibIfx6YGQfxbK46alF7PjkgHykMsV_qGm16Vf7ZGwzQ7x0KYhFWD4u-hHRb3utYAIjK0SHy4L-078lKRf6WOAPkJjg/s1600/IMG_4107+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpUrOT_ATmXI9GW3FLvGko0QQ-cTm-kriPWmNxxEUzgo6BJOi_DibIfx6YGQfxbK46alF7PjkgHykMsV_qGm16Vf7ZGwzQ7x0KYhFWD4u-hHRb3utYAIjK0SHy4L-078lKRf6WOAPkJjg/s640/IMG_4107+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">there werent any striking colours ,but all of them were in pastel shades</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLAJtxPJuLIluYFiVNdKdBE6298Y_y5ZF3P8BeoSGRXyICmJYKIcGX6NFVfraqaFrZZ9rFqx25dCY1ws9Ep-Moi3_oYHSm4MxZQIViwubob6XDQrvoN18C8sJ5UVs9UYGGsBfCYkHtNd0/s1600/IMG_4116+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLAJtxPJuLIluYFiVNdKdBE6298Y_y5ZF3P8BeoSGRXyICmJYKIcGX6NFVfraqaFrZZ9rFqx25dCY1ws9Ep-Moi3_oYHSm4MxZQIViwubob6XDQrvoN18C8sJ5UVs9UYGGsBfCYkHtNd0/s640/IMG_4116+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">it was funny indeed to find a room for phone booth...converted a room..somehow,disappointing the peeling paints and plasters</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhke1dZP-pbfnatEXFOAXfF63NhnoHde4QrY98hu8PPMi4-Aef-lSDEQzDwweoT7DRmMzoDNjfMaVXEeb7Cjm-P8EmOUdhjh0-JDHY8-DOEEctGyfTjgE_zqTedf4uoQsFQRINp5am2Wrk/s1600/IMG_4087+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhke1dZP-pbfnatEXFOAXfF63NhnoHde4QrY98hu8PPMi4-Aef-lSDEQzDwweoT7DRmMzoDNjfMaVXEeb7Cjm-P8EmOUdhjh0-JDHY8-DOEEctGyfTjgE_zqTedf4uoQsFQRINp5am2Wrk/s640/IMG_4087+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and finally into the MAndawa Haveli,where we stayed for the next two days...</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">All images :Lakshmi Arvind,please do not steal nor copy..</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div>

Indian Architecture and Art-The Streets of Mandawa.

A very long and tiring journey from Behror took us to the town of beautiful Havelis..The lanes and streets are quite dusty and narrow ,but  ...

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Indian Architecture and Art-An Evening at Sarkhej Roja,Ahmedabad

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;">  <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sarkhej Roza was the home of the spiritual leader of Sultan Ahmed Shah named Ahmed Kattu Gang Baksh, who was a Muslim religious leader. It contains a cluster of monuments, the origin of which can be dated back to the times of Mughal rule in Ahmedabad.Read more<a href="http://www.sarkhejroza.org/overview.htm"> here</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sarkhej Roza,the most tranquil spaces I have ever come across and I think I could visit it umpteen number of times.The inner most mausoleum forms the wonderful realm of architecture within the Roza.Its truly a sacred world.The architecture is mesmerizing. It is a platform where three distinctive worlds coexist, namely royal, religious and social. The palaces and tombs form part of the royal world, the mosque constitutes the religious realm and the tanks and pavilions have given rise to the social world. The carved stone grills create an atmosphere of tranquility, thereby serving as a great retreat for people seeking peace.  Our Driver Johnny was the one who guided us in time at the Roza.When we reached there the sun had started its descend and the atmosphere was bathed in the golden light.What more could we ask for?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Adhan" the call for Prayer,could be heard from the  loudspeakers there .People rushing for prayers,some of them relaxing under the neem tree,some enjoying the breeze,some involved in gossip  sessions.There weren't much people there at this time of the year.The reflection of light created beautiful impressions as we rushed from buildings to buildings. The play of lights is wonderful and slow and gradually it envelopes the place.Indeed a blessing to be there.We even got permission to see the  backside of the tank.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Adhan and the  play of light and then you enter the mosque the most sacred among all ,and thats a space on its own ,helping us to see the ultimate goal,The god,the Allah as they say..As we entered ,it was filled with prayers the Namaz,a very simple,faithful and mindless exercise.It filled our mind..We could hear the voice of God in ones soul.It was one of the days when I felt in peace with myself and the surroundings.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTUYRfI7kvLvoX80brAKgiA64ydrXfDLrIyxR-4ftlZ7FBf_qnkaXXAAMx8_Zvtu7Ujd56M1hllyKHhRG_dHSNonhwxt1IO4dvgOFHA3um2-qHe0IUO1D5ZaiHptBGMWpk_IHEk_oYsRo/s1600/IMG_6213.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTUYRfI7kvLvoX80brAKgiA64ydrXfDLrIyxR-4ftlZ7FBf_qnkaXXAAMx8_Zvtu7Ujd56M1hllyKHhRG_dHSNonhwxt1IO4dvgOFHA3um2-qHe0IUO1D5ZaiHptBGMWpk_IHEk_oYsRo/s640/IMG_6213.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">as we enter the map of Sarkhej Roja</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt3y2RN3VNRUkqiq7jAt1E4Xzs5hntEp-5EsQO8EUUjGO6lalzdnFfU9bMhCDX2gE3Y2hNvoun9Eu8t3vzOm-DcrGVsA7V6_2tVg3obOwYXxnaK8l6IBkRx2r9UyBLTYXe5RcwtUpfy10/s1600/jaali-roza9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt3y2RN3VNRUkqiq7jAt1E4Xzs5hntEp-5EsQO8EUUjGO6lalzdnFfU9bMhCDX2gE3Y2hNvoun9Eu8t3vzOm-DcrGVsA7V6_2tVg3obOwYXxnaK8l6IBkRx2r9UyBLTYXe5RcwtUpfy10/s640/jaali-roza9.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">The Lattice work</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmKkaqHHNbRctHo5UAoexLuM7-OE0V5OoF5ezMl0pyBumADKm0c94nKESkmKJtsjdN_WLTNFzqWxqMxjZV8scDpUyCh8GiOsKPaK1g15EsX95Vj86IeaFbWrVwfHga6SiVBnklBXJnQs/s1600/jaali-roza.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmKkaqHHNbRctHo5UAoexLuM7-OE0V5OoF5ezMl0pyBumADKm0c94nKESkmKJtsjdN_WLTNFzqWxqMxjZV8scDpUyCh8GiOsKPaK1g15EsX95Vj86IeaFbWrVwfHga6SiVBnklBXJnQs/s640/jaali-roza.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">sun sets and the wonderful play starts</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu4tgUNEFkXzQ5BXQoimGnF5tGSbQwWBx0Cq3LvwnuvS6aF8cKpKuGNUeGjTzxorFmHuito5Dy32r9uexYISYcwwN1VxyOW1rQtN3M1CgILFklsPKZpSAdMrX32EEe2d18ENgXlBifHiY/s1600/jaali-roza2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu4tgUNEFkXzQ5BXQoimGnF5tGSbQwWBx0Cq3LvwnuvS6aF8cKpKuGNUeGjTzxorFmHuito5Dy32r9uexYISYcwwN1VxyOW1rQtN3M1CgILFklsPKZpSAdMrX32EEe2d18ENgXlBifHiY/s640/jaali-roza2.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">the shadows grew and grew and they ...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiup_LuQe99KEFraHNdTRC7tLwJWB7hrk8yCqLafa3I6QRI9xareS2sCBzLyiiHOOCKyLIkw0hD4q3BaB-F0feBa4VQW1RCMqwLS1nrpQs3mB-xk5xZV0UPJyfZYUHUCIoIITXDSrIa8nY/s1600/jaali-roza3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiup_LuQe99KEFraHNdTRC7tLwJWB7hrk8yCqLafa3I6QRI9xareS2sCBzLyiiHOOCKyLIkw0hD4q3BaB-F0feBa4VQW1RCMqwLS1nrpQs3mB-xk5xZV0UPJyfZYUHUCIoIITXDSrIa8nY/s640/jaali-roza3.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">they enveloped the place where we sat</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSG7l6SbcWruvn_chKLJJyT_i2tA4w57pichgcCq1L4wOvBZzvdczrCXuBySc7xLNy3SVs8l6WQhG5AQhe3o1woZ7hL4Bgm3_v-MCDhpL-ghhHXQF0i5mV6dGzni0P49dG2ePbsVTg8E0/s1600/jaali-roza10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSG7l6SbcWruvn_chKLJJyT_i2tA4w57pichgcCq1L4wOvBZzvdczrCXuBySc7xLNy3SVs8l6WQhG5AQhe3o1woZ7hL4Bgm3_v-MCDhpL-ghhHXQF0i5mV6dGzni0P49dG2ePbsVTg8E0/s640/jaali-roza10.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOw2CjjzNDsJtEpUxEu3FCWsqIfleOWKloQTFN9uZ24NUq9dP7CTtti_aAqWblqL-ZwePl8uzT7SSpWWQGHsCT79Yum_lyHN1-m4DWHYl1EC2IYV8tUKPp_Gph_04_E9j98MojIPR5FqA/s1600/jaali-roza7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOw2CjjzNDsJtEpUxEu3FCWsqIfleOWKloQTFN9uZ24NUq9dP7CTtti_aAqWblqL-ZwePl8uzT7SSpWWQGHsCT79Yum_lyHN1-m4DWHYl1EC2IYV8tUKPp_Gph_04_E9j98MojIPR5FqA/s640/jaali-roza7.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">the mood,the sanctity of the environment made us bow down to god</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Xx8knobWOh2Fmnec3bxVZiZ-nibxcJvO3Aq4_iKVfBkSJ7CVPooK3MeffhBQ51XROeWyGBYws-AhndqJVhwe_k8dW_RuFMaf95vvKjsJq47prZHgIIBKAgaMzGUgrP5WgGYo9-jtnKk/s1600/jaali-roza6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Xx8knobWOh2Fmnec3bxVZiZ-nibxcJvO3Aq4_iKVfBkSJ7CVPooK3MeffhBQ51XROeWyGBYws-AhndqJVhwe_k8dW_RuFMaf95vvKjsJq47prZHgIIBKAgaMzGUgrP5WgGYo9-jtnKk/s640/jaali-roza6.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">noticing that each work is stark different from the other</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQtE7XRQ7z3br_PUTNLG71M34tqD9jhtusTQRDW3pZyXtskkUXGrmBWDoJ63EulsQQ-Rew3E-Gp8v6i97iR53WQcFILSLhGw9zrWs91VJwzsa-QfecsBcxDHtioAiQnKhVC0-rv2TXqo/s1600/IMG_6319.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQtE7XRQ7z3br_PUTNLG71M34tqD9jhtusTQRDW3pZyXtskkUXGrmBWDoJ63EulsQQ-Rew3E-Gp8v6i97iR53WQcFILSLhGw9zrWs91VJwzsa-QfecsBcxDHtioAiQnKhVC0-rv2TXqo/s640/IMG_6319.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">shadows and shadows</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikggS9vADcI6SRBNcRnTIsJ4PO_EPbfOnJnm0XLmnE4UL-Tl2BOdxwrX_NA11A6Mz4TMD6H1uyHQAILH3I6AiEDL8T0sZeQi-b4qYah0-clzqQVUFuMGkdUXTLTpqCWoqQ1FLxHcqmSbM/s1600/IMG_6325.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikggS9vADcI6SRBNcRnTIsJ4PO_EPbfOnJnm0XLmnE4UL-Tl2BOdxwrX_NA11A6Mz4TMD6H1uyHQAILH3I6AiEDL8T0sZeQi-b4qYah0-clzqQVUFuMGkdUXTLTpqCWoqQ1FLxHcqmSbM/s640/IMG_6325.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">its greener on the other side,as i panned</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ilzfQnQAQisDPyAsqOCnR1h2wTsXx8S7x24Q4JmHcwSoElbK6fRd6Myw2Uy_HUVQDSbS0MACV5p4Oo0GT5wl8ykqNMA54ttnxVtga4F0kWGHvAcLp79Skzl3hfPt2dw-qWzxecBOVEc/s1600/jaali-roza8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ilzfQnQAQisDPyAsqOCnR1h2wTsXx8S7x24Q4JmHcwSoElbK6fRd6Myw2Uy_HUVQDSbS0MACV5p4Oo0GT5wl8ykqNMA54ttnxVtga4F0kWGHvAcLp79Skzl3hfPt2dw-qWzxecBOVEc/s640/jaali-roza8.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">beautiful and exquisite</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXNhO74j6EZ-aJXjjcRCcYjWDSD-_rfqSENqe35TJkEHt4e1RWpiIdImqlx9woqi44LEyV40Ir7izlqmhoHIpYVSLfHQdre9pT0bNHdG7SLhVt7I6RtvVjOfdktKEA8uCpbbQSMZfyFXk/s1600/IMG_6358.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXNhO74j6EZ-aJXjjcRCcYjWDSD-_rfqSENqe35TJkEHt4e1RWpiIdImqlx9woqi44LEyV40Ir7izlqmhoHIpYVSLfHQdre9pT0bNHdG7SLhVt7I6RtvVjOfdktKEA8uCpbbQSMZfyFXk/s640/IMG_6358.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">the serenity</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPDDGQz7rI13-EZqsYU3X_aZWKdp_wlxQ6pxVlhSY2O-1AM7HzRxT7MrJAOwXss337a904KOEF__9ct1bCjfKaISwlkrkGQMD74S5rMu2UqLQ-8L0g44BG9UYjbZXfshR2agD1RPUMESA/s1600/IMG_6353.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPDDGQz7rI13-EZqsYU3X_aZWKdp_wlxQ6pxVlhSY2O-1AM7HzRxT7MrJAOwXss337a904KOEF__9ct1bCjfKaISwlkrkGQMD74S5rMu2UqLQ-8L0g44BG9UYjbZXfshR2agD1RPUMESA/s640/IMG_6353.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">as we entered</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqmwabgUW202cxNqKc1Pkb-QGrqQ6ru0EXuMTECc4HSYuf_GBVF5ooo6x7u93PbY8_kZQBvzrpeDpkxC8rnMPGPVND_oACOloM537uh_-_X9Or8VPLy30ALLfJ3Dur5K1T5brhfXGazQQ/s1600/IMG_6372.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqmwabgUW202cxNqKc1Pkb-QGrqQ6ru0EXuMTECc4HSYuf_GBVF5ooo6x7u93PbY8_kZQBvzrpeDpkxC8rnMPGPVND_oACOloM537uh_-_X9Or8VPLy30ALLfJ3Dur5K1T5brhfXGazQQ/s640/IMG_6372.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">hear the inner voice,prayers filled the space</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKF7wrBhS7RoBE-5_yyUYblz1S-G_fTRth7AnNaUdrOqbAqVRRRogEAR4M0ixA-H0w6-2zUgYf6THgws2pVycAuTuQj63FDG1SPThEWvwwUxeqLAwB_AvMuKJW1G1IuFRD3v3jy5tl2pg/s1600/IMG_6419.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKF7wrBhS7RoBE-5_yyUYblz1S-G_fTRth7AnNaUdrOqbAqVRRRogEAR4M0ixA-H0w6-2zUgYf6THgws2pVycAuTuQj63FDG1SPThEWvwwUxeqLAwB_AvMuKJW1G1IuFRD3v3jy5tl2pg/s640/IMG_6419.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">please take note</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-dvKSXB6LsE320qPz6_0wP-hqW0oapPZOqDNnWLS_x4zKJkg47dZJBURxCRbtj_G6EB8mKLk0lcHf45cOU-2DFqp6sSgT8Lnm-Bi4nbWgA-nr5sTc563rmP_JMbIJn2phRq71ynR3osE/s1600/IMG_6418.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-dvKSXB6LsE320qPz6_0wP-hqW0oapPZOqDNnWLS_x4zKJkg47dZJBURxCRbtj_G6EB8mKLk0lcHf45cOU-2DFqp6sSgT8Lnm-Bi4nbWgA-nr5sTc563rmP_JMbIJn2phRq71ynR3osE/s640/IMG_6418.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">inshah allah!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNBo14ujuCrKMvh6GeQU9Lnseby_JR3Gq-3I9F7ml6thq6unHl3MTKkpyUtKJwbU24veOX_7p9krLswoUcDnvLsbDPvzxFxOmkuX8RpCmBLEccwybGnARLwABUyXXEJaPU-hhhneEuLnI/s1600/IMG_6307.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNBo14ujuCrKMvh6GeQU9Lnseby_JR3Gq-3I9F7ml6thq6unHl3MTKkpyUtKJwbU24veOX_7p9krLswoUcDnvLsbDPvzxFxOmkuX8RpCmBLEccwybGnARLwABUyXXEJaPU-hhhneEuLnI/s640/IMG_6307.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">a meeting room</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdc1tn8NjSkREOfuRzhIlY0p28H0XD8Xsyi5HTXXhnwJIKp03aOl-5mC9MTp2esZwNfXGtpFnXxGlC047YhF83rQkeK3RnylXQ7MzZTJ_9MCvmMmXiL9ULDGN3Jf5fOpEHkZ9vdAg9ZJk/s1600/tank-roza5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdc1tn8NjSkREOfuRzhIlY0p28H0XD8Xsyi5HTXXhnwJIKp03aOl-5mC9MTp2esZwNfXGtpFnXxGlC047YhF83rQkeK3RnylXQ7MzZTJ_9MCvmMmXiL9ULDGN3Jf5fOpEHkZ9vdAg9ZJk/s640/tank-roza5.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">the great tank,usually where bazzars are there during festival time</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdq8D0_rCJFFXqUL6gDyG7sOhd8mRAMlKnIWJ7A5sNcYJA1CO4rhS_GmP_LIQAWwqWgsx0KtyOcaQhp08wIzohTMTKZPyUNUxPijjAFmP2Q7bDXPzbjcoq2wEEfGBA1lyQY3J__F0h9HY/s1600/tank-roza1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdq8D0_rCJFFXqUL6gDyG7sOhd8mRAMlKnIWJ7A5sNcYJA1CO4rhS_GmP_LIQAWwqWgsx0KtyOcaQhp08wIzohTMTKZPyUNUxPijjAFmP2Q7bDXPzbjcoq2wEEfGBA1lyQY3J__F0h9HY/s640/tank-roza1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">light awashed buildings</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelIVMz2oEF1ISYrD4106D8v1XHkemeC3TNOlVeQMHgI04waAhClb9J6mXhkSWKcs_UcQM_mUBtNbLCJluJ9J8obMfSnhFnbrf-drXZF6LWd8wV0AilwQLG6C0w0C8_EVbvmdx4vOgUFE/s1600/IMG_6383.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelIVMz2oEF1ISYrD4106D8v1XHkemeC3TNOlVeQMHgI04waAhClb9J6mXhkSWKcs_UcQM_mUBtNbLCJluJ9J8obMfSnhFnbrf-drXZF6LWd8wV0AilwQLG6C0w0C8_EVbvmdx4vOgUFE/s640/IMG_6383.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">the tank from the mosque area</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3w6vuJLZDTk6MHpuqDxhQOuLDhqpJ2h9eElBANZDm0dJE-WZPQZto-q-XRqSE0FeEF6pdrxyKmXQNuRrqCsqcCjR-FrsFZ3ALmBe2eQsjBMNuLuTWy2nHvdf2xINcyspLJyli7WVFyxY/s1600/tank-roza2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3w6vuJLZDTk6MHpuqDxhQOuLDhqpJ2h9eElBANZDm0dJE-WZPQZto-q-XRqSE0FeEF6pdrxyKmXQNuRrqCsqcCjR-FrsFZ3ALmBe2eQsjBMNuLuTWy2nHvdf2xINcyspLJyli7WVFyxY/s640/tank-roza2.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">wonderful for summers,resembled hindu architecture alot</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-qlMBjqoCJMRbsEGnj_wA5hoNNUz1TfqsnoOD8Ex037TYh34dmBQgNx1DevHbCSdrctKxSK_lJSH3Pst9upLf_xfaW03uBnQWhf_SyTE1QLbi5m8G1HSOo9vsipDkXI_5YOD_fUZTnPg/s1600/tank-roza3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-qlMBjqoCJMRbsEGnj_wA5hoNNUz1TfqsnoOD8Ex037TYh34dmBQgNx1DevHbCSdrctKxSK_lJSH3Pst9upLf_xfaW03uBnQWhf_SyTE1QLbi5m8G1HSOo9vsipDkXI_5YOD_fUZTnPg/s640/tank-roza3.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">the tank in its entirety</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHfODh44ZYcyvcpIe54C7sQ88EVE22Ozpt_x1qapfOaoWQFe0mDqpQ8vo_J5NNEGMp00D4D0NtRBU4O7H9bT2bMtDANH-33sjAnwCfdHcttSTtMb7MTCHvbp8uR2Tcv3tmQMNKxs24gHo/s1600/tank-roza4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHfODh44ZYcyvcpIe54C7sQ88EVE22Ozpt_x1qapfOaoWQFe0mDqpQ8vo_J5NNEGMp00D4D0NtRBU4O7H9bT2bMtDANH-33sjAnwCfdHcttSTtMb7MTCHvbp8uR2Tcv3tmQMNKxs24gHo/s640/tank-roza4.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">used to get filled with water</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDN6tViG8evOaveVB9TGTaBNVopBEDAWLD_HlzyLYDRi1wVGgHs6OFCdtj9cjaXDzdpPU7u8k65xP0G9I5evxIgIbfVhP8kYa1esPfpnnJmwVoOxg92pxvSwGcYLkb2PoOrfssS8J0txc/s1600/tank-roza6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDN6tViG8evOaveVB9TGTaBNVopBEDAWLD_HlzyLYDRi1wVGgHs6OFCdtj9cjaXDzdpPU7u8k65xP0G9I5evxIgIbfVhP8kYa1esPfpnnJmwVoOxg92pxvSwGcYLkb2PoOrfssS8J0txc/s640/tank-roza6.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">sat here and remembered and rethinked a lot of together times..<br /><br />Images :Lakshmi Arvind<br />Pl do not copy nor steal images</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div></div></div></div>

Indian Architecture and Art-An Evening at Sarkhej Roja,Ahmedabad

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