These are pictures of doors I took during my recent visit to the Taj Mahal.
Once you cross the above door, you need to walk around 300 metres to reach the West Gate entrace. There are 3 gates in all to the Taj. The West Gate is supposedly the most beautiful.
If you’re wondering what’s so beautiful about this gate, look at the next picture
If you’d like to read about my visit to the Taj Mahal, click here.
I’m participating in the Thursday Doors Challenge hosted by Dan Antion.
I’m also participating in the Flower of the Day challenge. The below is the picture of a flower I saw at the India Gate.
The Tanka Tuesday challenge for this week is to write a syllabic poem using a kigo (season) word. This week, I tried writing a mondo. It’s written in two stanzas. The first stanza asks a question and the second stanza answers the question.I used the kigo word ‘sneezes’ from the India database link provided by Colleen.
Catches the sun's rays Shimmering attractively Home to live in or ensnare? Hungry landlord waits 'Ah-choo,' my husband sneezes Dainty silken strands quiver
The weather is pleasant in the mornings these days. So, we’ve started going to the park for our morning walks. In celebration of the weather, we ended our walk with a coffee at the cafe in the park. When we stepped out, this beautiful web caught our attention and we stopped to take a picture. I had no idea then, that I would write this week’s Tanka Tuesday on this photograph. But here it is.
And here’s a tanka prose for the festival season.
The walls are painted, the drapes are washed, the tiles are polished and the doorway is decorated with marigolds and painted diyas. Diwali, the festival of lights is around the corner. The girls are back from university and of-course I’m thrilled to have them home.
A sweet aroma
The fragrance of Diwali
wafts in the hall
The holidays have begun
The children’s laughter rings loud
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