The rusted cannon head, dating back to 1600s, was part of the protective placement around a Danish Fort at Tharangambadi in southern India. The fort, now housing a museum,and its surroundings that was once a Danish settlement,is being restored by Danish Tranquebar Association.
A leafless tree by the Kukkrehalli Lake in Mysore.
Along the historic Karnataka town, Srirangapatna, runs a stone-studded Cauvery. You see on this stretch of the river more boulders than water.The photo was taken from a Bangalore-Mysore railway train while crossing the river bridge close to Srirangapatna.
The red & white stripes on the wall is the trade mark of most temples in southern India. This one is in Thirukkadyur, Tamilnadu.
I am sure there are scenic settings such as this almost everywhere, but we tend to look for something special, different, and out of the ordinary when we photograph. This shot, taken at karanji Lake, Mysore, celebrates the ordinary.
Farmer Ghani Khan grows 100 plus varieties of paddy (for seed bank) and has on his 20 acre farm over 100 odd mango trees. Each tree produces a mango variety with distinctly different taste. The ageing trees came with the ancestral land in Mandya, Karnataka , that that was a gift from Tipu Sultan to a Ghani Khan's ancestor who had served in Tipu's army.
Oars lined up at the boat stand of Karanji Lake, a tourist attraction in Mysore.
From their condition one can see these boats are not used much. In fact, Kukkrehalli Lake isn't a favourite for boating enthusiasts. The Mysore University which maintains the lake uses it for training NCC cadets.
Every other temple in southern India has a tank to go with it. The idea was to facilitate worshipers to wash their feet or bathe before entering the place of worship. In many places, however, the temple tanks are poorly maintained. This one belongs to Mayurnathar Temple at Myladuthurai, Tamilnadu.
We were in a group of photo enthusiasts, out on a group walk at Karanji Lake, Mysore. We had the place, all to ourselves, thanks to the efforts of the Photowalk lead Kiran Ravikumar. He arranged with the lake authorities to have our visit scheduled for 7 a m, a couple of hours before the gated Karanji opened for others.
Took this shot of Cauvery river from my window seat on a train to Mysore, as it was passing through the railway bridge at Srirangapatna.
Got this photo from our third-floor apartment in Mysore during monsoon last year. 
Every other temple in southern India has an attached pond, where pilgrims wash their feet, and many even bathe, before offering prayers.This tank at Vaidheeswaran Koil,Tamilnadu, is believed to have curative effect. In medieval days, they say, long-ailing believers camped for weeks on the temple premises to have a daily bath at the sacred tank.
Friend and a close relation Raghotham Rao sent me this picture of his recent Udaipur visit, taken by his daughter Kavitha. Trained in dentistry Kavitha is on the faculty of a hospital attached to a medical college in this Rajasthan city.
A sharp shower the night before leaves tell-tale evidence of uneven surface of this basketball court at the Mysore Medical College grounds. I pass by this ground every other day on morning walk, but have rarely seen it being used for a basketball game.
Stray dogs drinking in from a leaking underground water pipe, near our apartment on D Subbaiah Rd., Mysore.