DAILY PHOTO: Vajdahunyad Castle, Budapest

Taken in the Summer of 2011 in Budapest, Hungary.

DAILY PHOTO: A Corner Building with Cupola in Budapest

DAILY PHOTO: Hungarian Parliament & a Boat on the Danube

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DAILY PHOTO: Buildings in Budapest

Taken in Budapest in October of 2022

DAILY PHOTO: St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Pune

Taken in March of 2023 in Pune.

DAILY PHOTO: Ohel David Synagogue, Pune

Tomb of David Sassoon, businessman & philanthropist who funded the Synagogue

FUN FACTS: – This is the largest synagogue in Asia (if you don’t count Israel as an Asian nation.) – But Pune has only about 200 Jews. – The synagogue is also called Laal Deval. – It was built in the 1860’s in the English Gothic style.

DAILY PHOTO: Aga Khan Palace, Pune

The palace now houses a Gandhi museum focusing on the lives and independence work of Mahatma and Kasturba Gandhi, and houses a memorial to the Mahatma, Kasturba, and Mahadev Desai (the latter two died while imprisoned here.)

Unimpressed [Tanka]

a stately building
 stands beside the river,
  commanding the eye.
 but that ancient river
  remains unimpressed.  

DAILY PHOTO: Franciscan Garden, Bratislava

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Strange Geometries [Haiku]

a stone jali
 of strange geometries
  catches viewers.