#Gujarat India

[shaas-archives]

Navratri is here and I miss my Gujarati boyfriend 😭

[rrcraft-and-lore]

The Great Raan of Kutch, one of the largest salt marsh deserts...in the woooooooooooooorld!

At twilight, you might be greeted with skies of soft rose quarts and washed amethysts.

This magical place is found in the Thar Desert in Gujarat India.

Once, this beautiful part of the world was part of the Arabian Sea as a large and long set of shallows. Over time, the slow geological uplift (what's also responsible for other parts of India - hi Himalayas), cut off the Raan and turned it into a still navigable lake. Then...with time, it began to dry.

[livesunique]

Lakshmi Vilas Palace, Vadodara, Gujarat, India

[kaalbela]

Rogan is an technique of cloth printing practiced in the Gujarat, Peshawar and Sindh regions of India and Pakistan. The word rogan has roots in both Persian and Sanskrit, meaning oil. In this craft, paint is made from boiled castor oil or linseed oil and vegetable dyes is laid down on fabric using a stylus.

The process of applying this oil based paint to fabric was developed among the Khatri community in Gujarat and the techniques of preparing and applying dyes was passed down in the family. As rogan printed cloth tended to be less expensive than other heavily embroidered garments but could still produce the illusion of embroidery, it was the wedding garment of choice for women from poorer families. The craft nearly died out in the late 20th century with the availability of cheaper and machine-made textiles. However, it is currently being revived mostly due to the efforts of the artist Abdulgafur Khatri and his family, who work tirelessly to spread awareness about Rogan art and teach it to young people, mostly young women from poor families in order to empower them by providing a means of livelihood as well as keeping the art of rogan alive.

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[risutisumisu]

never will there ever be a moment where i refuse to consume pani puri.

[inatungulates]

Northern blackbuck Antilope cervicapra rajputanae

Observed by udayagashe, CC BY-NC

[moodboardmix]

Nirmal-Van Residence,

Kurel, Navsari Taluka, Navsari District, Gujarat State, India,

Design Work Group

[wgm-beautiful-world]

Amazing architecture from Darbargadh Palace in Morbi, Gujarat, INDIA

[quiltofstars]

The Milky Way rising above the Rann of Kutch in India // Naiteek Vikamsey

[upstairsdownstairsandinbetween]

Mill Owners’ Association Building, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

Architect: Le Corbusier,

Image: © Nathan Willock-View/Alamy,

Courtesy of Olivia Broome and Hoxton Mini Press

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Source

[thatshowthingstarted]

Adalaj Stepwell or Rudabai Stepwell, Adalaj, Gujarat, India,

Built in 1498 in the memory of Rana Veer Singh (the Vaghela Dynasty of Dandai Des) by his wife, Queen Rudadevi.

[scrollsofhumanlife]

Hemlata Patel nee Trivedi at the Hudson River Waterfront

Born January 1st 1946 in Sojitra, Gujarat, India

Prescott, Arizona

[taricide]

Its absolutely terrifying how India is possibly in the beginning stages of a full blown genocide of muslims and dalits and other non Hindus and no one is talking about it. All the major news channels are controlled by the media, the prime minister hasn't given a single press conference in the nine years that he's ruled, one of the major opposition MPs was recently outsed from parliament in a bullshit move and BJP party members and supporters are openly lynching people and raising genocidal slogans publicly. And no one is talking about it

[kaalbela]

Mahabat Maqbara, India.

Sharang Pawar

[risutisumisu]

i wanna be soft spoken so bad but i’m gujarati