DAILY PHOTO: Tree on a Barren Hilltop

Taken on November 19, 2014 at Ajanta.

Taken on November 19, 2014 at Ajanta.

DAILY PHOTO: Crawford Market by Night

Taken November 22, 2014 in Mumbai

Taken November 22, 2014 in Mumbai

IMG_1480

DAILY PHOTO: Portrait of a Young Man on a Fort

Taken on November 20, 2014 at Daulatabad Fort

Taken on November 20, 2014 at Daulatabad Fort

DAILY PHOTO: Falls on the Waghur River: 3 Views

Taken November 19, 2014

Taken November 19, 2014

These are the falls just down the Waghur river from the Ajanta Caves. This is above the falls.

IMG_0669

 

 

This is looking down the toward the falls. Water collects in a series of natural cisterns, each filling and spilling into the next.

 

IMG_0649This is the waterfall from across the river.

 

DAILY PHOTO: Stairway to Aurangabad Caves

Taken on November 18, 2014 at the Aurangabad Caves

Taken on November 18, 2014 at the Aurangabad Caves

DAILY PHOTO: Red Building, Bombay

Taken on November 22, 2014 in Mumbai

Taken on November 22, 2014 in Mumbai

Except for old firehouses, one doesn’t see a lot of red buildings. So this one in the Fort District caught my eye. I didn’t realize until I returned home that it’s the home of “The Bombay Samachar,” which is the oldest continuously published newspaper in India–having begun in the year 1822.

DAILY PHOTO: Tower & Tree

Taken on November 20, 2014 at Daulatabad.

Taken on November 20, 2014 at Daulatabad

Atop the cylindrical structure to the right is an 18-foot long cannon that is ornately engraved so as to be a work of art.

The Ramshead cascabel of the 6 meter cannon at Daulatabad

The Ramshead cascabel of the 6 meter cannon at Daulatabad

DAILY PHOTO: White Lotus

Taken at the Bibi Ka Maqbara in Aurangabad on November 18, 2014

Taken at the Bibi Ka Maqbara in Aurangabad on November 18, 2014

DAILY PHOTO: Motorcycle by Mosque

Taken on November 18, 2014 in Aurangabad

Taken on November 18, 2014 in Aurangabad

DAILY PHOTO: Oriental Building in Mumbai

Taken on November 22, 2014 in Mumbai.

Taken on November 22, 2014 in Mumbai.

This Victorian landmark building dates to 1885. It’s across the street from the Flora Fountain.