Passing Marine Drive... have been there so many times before…but today was a different day…Enjoyed the sea breeze the high spirit of the runners and the momemtum…spent an amazing morning at the Mumbai Marathon... later sitting peacefully at the Nariman point sketched the panaroma from a distance....

A lovely early morning at Sewri jetty...Each year during winters flamingos visit the jetty tucked away in Sewri east, oddly in the company of oil refineries and industrial units. Ship wrecks are another sight that add effect to the viewing experience. Sewris mudflats are feeding grounds to thousands of Flamingos and other rare bird species which migrate from Siberia via the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, all thanks to the surrounding mangroves. Along with flamingos also spotted, other birds like the

Another sketch from Khotachiwadi, sketched on site and painted later. Bungalows at khotachiwadi still retain much of their traditional architecture and daily life patterns, which are fascinatingly out of sync with the rest of the city!

Another day in Khotachiwadi, went to see the ongoing exhibition "Khotachiwadi imaginaries" and got a chance to sketch one of the houses from the quaint old bungalows with their trellised balconies and latticed windows. An interesting mix of Portuguese and Indian origin!

Todays visit to a small part of Bombay.. within Mumbai...Narrow streets lead to colourful bungalows in Khotachiwadi.... #INKandWATERCOLOUR

And who says Navi Mumbai does not have heritage! Shivaji road or Line Ali -one of the main streets of Old Panvel is about 300 years old, developed around trade routes (both land and sea), during the Mughal rule and hence after by the Marathas, British and the Portuguese. The street is lined by old typologies of kapad bazaar(cloth market) and characterised by Wadas (large palace-like homes )that came up during the Peshwa period. A sketch from this street....a temple corner...fast changing charac

The intricately carved rock temple of Shiva stands proudly in the center of the complex, clustered in the middle of the town next to the Waldhuni river. The top dome of the temple seems to have been disintegrated, but the rest of it is remarkably in tact. The temple was built around 1000 AD in the Vesara architecture style that combines the northern style - Nagara, & the southern style-Dravida, and one can see both type of features.

The inner sanctum of the temple is located at a lower level inside the temple, and one has to climb down about 20 steps to go down in the Garbhagriha – or interior of the sanctum sanatorium. Located in the center of the Garbhagriha is the “Swayambhu” or self-manifested Shiva Linga.

A day well spent exploring the Sanjay Gandhi National Park- Sharing today’s sketch from the Kanheri caves nestled inside the park which are one of the most ancient rock caves and once served the purpose of Buddhist centers of education.

The temple is located on a small hill at Nerul built on the lines of Tirupati temple. It has been constructed according to the Shilpashastras which are popular in Southern India, where the main temple is always surrounded by subsidiary temples thus making a temple complex. Sketching this Gopuram (entrance gate) got me memories from 1st year architecture.

One of the smaller temples surrounding the main temple in the Complex.

A very quick sketch from elephanta, a courtyard enclosed between the main chamber and one of the lateral chambers, the sketch is from the opposite side from between the rocks leaving an ideal window for one to capture the frame and admire the scale.

The rock-cut temples on Elephanta island were a spectacle worth crossing the waters for. An hour-long ferry ride from Mumbai takes one to this quiet and picturesque network of sculpted caves. Here's a sketch from yesterday at these ancient cave temples of Shiva, cut in rock during the golden age of guptas.