Showing posts with label Historic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Historic. Show all posts

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Trenton, Florida

Trenton is a small city of about 2000 population in Gilchrist County of Florida. 



It is a beautiful small town with historic downtown.



The district education office is neat


Public library.



Downtown.


Downtown has a couple of Quilt shops.



There are several informative boards.



The Trenton Depot is a historic train station in Trenton, Florida. It was built in 1905 as a stop on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad line from Newberry to Wilcox and on to Cross City.[wikipedia]






A restaurant Cherry's Seafood & Steak




Suwannee Valley Quilt Festival is organized annually. 





Trenton is the home of Trenton Tigers.


Saturday, December 27, 2014

Street Vendors of India Gate, Delhi, India

India gate is a Nation Monument and Historic place in Delhi. It attracts a lot of tourists every day. To cater to these tourists, there a lot of street vendors too trying to sell variety of stuff.



A vendor selling wooden flutes. 


One selling little gadget to produce soap bubbles.



A great variety of caps and hats.


Bhel Puri a famous fast food snack item.


Key rings made of bids with letters on it. Custom made with names.


Pendents and earrings.


Bhel with attractive display.


Potato chips and popcorn.

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta, Karnataka, India

Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta, is a hill (betta in Kannada) located in the Chamarajanagar district of the state of Karnataka, at a height of 1450m India and is extensively wooded.


The gopuram of the temple is single-tiered and rests on the compound wall of the enclosure.



It is the highest peak in the Bandipur National Park.  The place is also known for its picturesque views of the surrounding hills, valleys and visitors may also see the spectacular sunrise and sunset from the top.




It lies in the core area of the Bandipur National Park and is frequented by wild life including elephants (Elephas maximus). 



Dense fog predominates and covers the hills round the year and thus gets the prefix Himavad (in the native language of Kannada) and the temple of Venugopalaswamy (Lord Krishna) gives the full name of Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta.




Cloud cover is present most of the times due to the altitude.




 Detailed and intricate design is present on temple.



The top of the temple is painted in golden yellow color.



Cheetal or Spotted Deer (Axis axis) resting near the temple.

Links:

  1. Official website of the temple
  2. Wikipedia

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum, Massachusetts.

Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum is modern museum where we not only get to see historical artifacts but also a multi-sensory, multi-media experience.


Each visitor is greeted and given a sticker badge to wear.


The museum is located on the Congress Street Bridge in Boston Massachusetts, a short walk from South Station.


There are two ships as part of the museum and we get to visit one of those.


Feathers are given to each visitor as disguise for Tea Party Participating patriots. 



Part of the history is enacted by the tour guides with audience participation.


Participants get to throw Tea into the sea. 







These is a complete list of actual participants in the historic protest.



They have tour shows scheduled every 15 minutes.



Official Website

TripAdviser 

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