SIGNS AND WONDERS!

 

Bethel (Gujarati)

 

Nirmal (Gujarati for"purity") 

  

Sign in an Andhra Pradesh village

 

Secunderabad Advertising

 

Parsee Gateway   

(And an insufficient gospel) 

Welcome

Hyderabad Museum 

Museum Entry 

 

Still Hyderabad

Over to Mumbai Area

 

We All Have to Learn!

SECUNDERABAD SHOPPING

 

Secunderabad Drum Shop 

 

Hanging Drums       

 

Balance!

Fancy suitings and shirtings

Shopping Alley

Vegetable Seller

 

WEDDING

 

Bandsmen gather 

 

Bridegroom (on a white horse) 

 

The bridegroom's party

 

Hubbub

 

Bridegroom and bride - the next day 

 

Bound together.

 They were at the hotel I was staying at - they weren't people I know.

CHARMINAR - HYDERABAD

One minaret: Charminar is a gateway formed of four joined minarets.

 

 

Looking up within

 

One of the friendship gates seen from Charminar. 

 

The oldest building in Hyderabad seen from Charminar.

 

Mixed Hindu and Muslim motifs seen looking across the dome.

 

One of the windows

 

Read all about it!

Final view: