Orangery Trottoir Cafe La Cigale

You will find Orangery Café Trottoir located in the front, facing C Ring Road, with inside and outside seating. The high class atmosphere, giant windows and high ceiling gives it a grand look. The chocolate shop and ice-creams are worth a try. The cafe has got real orange plants giving the ambience a fresh feel.



Cultural Village - Doha, Qatar

Built on reclaimed coastal land to the north of Doha, the Cultural Village conceptualized to reflect the heritage of Qatar through traditional architecture that accommodates lots of activities. This US$82million project includes an amphitheatre, heritage centers, libraries, art galleries and other academic facilities, not to mention retail outlets, coffee shops, museum facilities and market areas.

The Amphitheatre

The entrance to the Amphitheatre

Ancient Architecture

One of the popular restaurants

The entrance to the cultural village

The beach area

Buddha - सिद्धार्थ गौतम

Check out some of the photographs of Lord Buddha clicked on my tour to Srilanka last year.

Siddhārtha Gautama was a spiritual teacher from ancient India who founded Buddhism. In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha (P. sammāsambuddha, S. samyaksaṃbuddha) of our age, "Buddha" meaning "awakened one" or "the enlightened one." (via Wikipedia)

At the Hindu Temple in Colombo - In this photo Buddha is in Bhumisparsha Mudra. i.e. Earth Touching, Calling the Earth to Witness. Mudras are a non-verbal mode of communication and self-expression, consisting of hand gestures and finger-postures.

At the Hindu Temple in Colombo

Dambulla Rock Temple - Buddha is in Vitarka Mudra i.e. Intellectual Argument mode of communication

Inside the caves at Dambulla Rock Temple -

On the way to Kandlama -

On the way to Kandlama - Assuming this is another temple

Far Shot taken from top of Sigiriya Rock

Gautam Buddha standing tall and high

Tooth Temple in Kandy. Buddha is in Dhyana Mudra i.e. meditation

50 Degrees in Doha

It is 50 degrees here in Doha :( Just snapped the pic in my car. Any one of you experiencing similar temperatures in your city?

Qatar 2022 - At Dubai International Airport

On my recent trip to Dubai, I saw these ads displayed on the Departure Immigration Lobby of the Terminal 3 - Dubai International Airport. Interesting to see Qatar reaching out to Dubai to promote this campaign and spread the message; further I was amazed to see the latter lending support.