Taken at the Bibi Ka Maqbara in Aurangabad on November 18, 2014
DAILY PHOTO: White Lotus
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DAILY PHOTO: Pure Veg Elephant
Taken October 3, 2014 in Mysore.
I took this at the Dasara Flower and Garden Show in Mysore. The elephants were mostly constructed of peppers.
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DAILY PHOTO: Dasara Flower Show Gazebo
Taken on October 3, 2014 in Mysore
I just got back from attending Dasara (a.k.a. Dussehra or Vijayadashami) festivities in Mysore. Dasara celebrates Rama’s victory over Ravana, as well as Durga’s defeat of Mahishasur. There was a flower show about a block from the palace, and this gazebo was the centerpiece. The bottom pick was part of the floor of the gazebo.
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DAILY PHOTO: Thungbergia Mysorensis
Taken on July 7, 2014 in Munnar.
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DAILY PHOTO: Flamingo Flower and Lady’s Eardrops
Taken on July 6, 2014 in Munnar.
Taken on July 6, 2014 in Munnar.
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DAILY PHOTO: Scene from the Keralan Backwaters
Taken on July 4, 2014 in Kerala.
My apologies for not posting in several days, I’ve been out getting some new photos from new places. Specifically, I’ve been in Kerala. Here is the first of several DAILY PHOTOs from Kerala. This one was taken from a houseboat on the Backwaters.
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DAILY PHOTO: Guinea Fowl in the Garden
Taken one March 29, 2014 at Namdroling Monastery in Bylakuppe.
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DAILY PHOTO: Tree of Gold
Taken March 4, 2014 in Cubbon Park.
If you’ve ever seen the kung-fu movie Curse of the Golden Flower, there’s a scene in the Forbidden City where these vivid yellow flowers fill the central courtyard. Cubbon Park is a little like that right now.The tree responsible is called the Tree of Gold (Tabebuia Argentea.) It’s a transplant from South America and has a relatively short blossoming season during which its flowers are thick as can be.
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DAILY PHOTO: Crown of Thorns (Euphorbia Milii)
Taken on February 25, 2014 in Cubbon Park.
Like someone you may know, this plant is pretty at a distance but mean close up.
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DAILY PHOTO: Banana Flower
Taken in December of 2013 in Kuala Lumpur.
The other night, I ate banana flower for the first time–that I know of / remember–in two separate dishes. My wife and I were eating at the Oh! Calcutta on St. Mark’s Road in Bangalore, and we sampled banana flower croquettes as part of an assorted starter platter, and then I tasted some of my wife’s entrée, which was “dry cooked banana flower with coconut slivers.” The former was tasty, but so spicy that my undiscerning palate was incapable of learning anything about the flavor of this flower. The latter, much milder, dish tasted like a tasty take on mashed potatoes (again, to my unrefined palate.)
The picture above was taken in Malaysia, but banana flowers are present everywhere bananas grow (throughout much of tropics.)
Deceptively, the flower looks like it could be a deadly weapon–with its pointy, conical bloom.
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