The wonderful creature crossed out paths and the shutters couldn’t resist a wee bit! The slow grace and the majestic gait of this reptile just commanded attention.

Chattrapati Shahu Maharaj Palace turned Museum at Kolhapur, just 3 kms away from the city centre is still a majestic royal facade

This wonderful Shahu Maharaj palace at Kolhapur is still bearing the traces of the royal family and is now convereted into a museum that is a standing testimony to the glorious past of the Shahu Maharaj reins.

This flying ave struck a perfect sync with the shutter near Vasota fort in Satara district, Maharashtra

Brahminy Myna, seen at Bhilai, Chhatisgarh. It is now known as Brahminy Starling

This wondeful sparrow sized ave was spotted on the lower slopes of Mahuli fort near Asangaon, Maharashtra.  Crimson Sunbirds are tiny, only 11cm long. They have medium-length thin down-curved bills and brush-tipped tubular tongues, both adaptations to their nectar feeding.

The golden sand on the shores of Suvarnadurga fort isle seem to dissolve in the blue waters of the invading sea waves

Light house atop Kanakdurga fort seem to be calling to the azure blue skies to come and reach itself. The solitary tower keeps a vigilant eye on the harbouring vessels near the Harnai port.

Remnants of the old constructions atop Mandangad fort are the only few indications of the olden glory of Mandangad fort

The isolated canon smeared with Shendoor and the solitary tree with barren trunks is the indication of the seclusion that fort Mandangad is surviving in all these years