India's "Diamond City" Surat - Page 3

Marathaman · July 7th, 2009, 08:16 PM

God how I love these houses - they are so ostentatious - try to cram as much bling as possible into the tiniest facades.

chitrakaar · July 7th, 2009, 08:17 PM

Continuing with Sarbhon!

chitrakaar · July 7th, 2009, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marathaman

God how I love these houses - they are so ostentatious - try to cram as much bling as possible into the tiniest facades.

So true!!!!

Finally, two pics of the 'village' temple

Marathaman · July 7th, 2009, 08:23 PM

^WTH is that!!

chitrakaar · July 7th, 2009, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Marathaman

^WTH is that!!

It redefines 'ostentatious'!

diskojoe · July 7th, 2009, 10:27 PM

diamond city looks like its where architechs go to die!

gaudy design everywhere.

chitrakaar · July 8th, 2009, 08:00 PM

Marathaman - wonder what you think of these pictures from the old section of Khambat (N. of Surat by the sea)

(All pics from Ashvin Patel - credit/copyrights w. Ashvin Patel)

An old style multi-story!

A bird-feeding tower in a central town square

Temple Doorway/Facade

In a back alley

Tradiitonal Stone Carving

chitrakaar · July 8th, 2009, 08:05 PM

Some glimpses of the local arts and crafts

Some unusual kites

Round kites!

isakres · July 10th, 2009, 03:19 AM

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Originally Posted by chitrakaar

Isakres - Indians who wear turbans are typically Sikhs.

(I actually don't sport a moustache - but perhaps its something else. When I came to study in the US - I was often taken for an Iranian or a Puerto Rican, even Brazilian. Funny thing is when I visited Yugoslavia, I was taken for a Turk, but in Turkey, I was taken for an Italian!!!!)

Now, it rarely happens because in California, people have seen enough Indians, so they can usually tell I am Indian.

llooollll ...

...
It would be cool to fit in so many stereotypes haha.....

isakres · July 10th, 2009, 03:19 AM

Cool art details in the buildings of the last pics as well...

chitrakaar · July 12th, 2009, 06:17 PM

Isakres:

Continuing w. the arts/crafts theme, I found these pictures of vintage carriages - dating to when the automobile was not yet in mass production - (pictures by local photo-bloggers - all thnks to them!)

This one is in Surat (in an old neighborhood)

These next two are from the old town area of the seaside town of Daman (north of Surat)

Traditional dance masks from a local museum

An ornate gate in Daman

Marathaman · July 12th, 2009, 06:20 PM

This looks like a temple gate.

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Originally Posted by chitrakaar

An ornate gate in Daman

chitrakaar · July 12th, 2009, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marathaman

This looks like a temple gate.

Yes, I forgot to mention it!

Marathaman · July 13th, 2009, 07:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chitrakaar

Yes, I forgot to mention it!

Its a Jain Temple

You can see the "wheel of dharma" on the top of the gate.

chitrakaar · September 27th, 2009, 07:35 PM

Back to Surat!

Photo Credit: all imgs from local photogrphers - all thnks to them

chitrakaar · September 27th, 2009, 07:40 PM

chitrakaar · September 27th, 2009, 07:41 PM

chitrakaar · September 27th, 2009, 07:43 PM

Jax419 · September 30th, 2009, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by rick1990go

every city has its pretty face

assure that the slums of Mumbai Indian shows no

after all, these beautiful and modern buildings do not live or 0.1% of Indian

but in the dirty slums live more than 60% of the population of cities like Mumbai, Dheli, Calcutta

amazes me how you like to hide the reality

It amazes me how much of a douchebag you are, This is a thread showing pics of a cities good side, If he wanted to show slums then the title would be "Slums of Indian Cities"

Wow there are some retarded people on this board.

People post pics of Chicago, NYC etc... all the time w/o posting the bad side and I hardly hear anyone complain about that...so please do answer me when I ask WTF is your problem?

lol I live in Chicago, IL and I have never once posted a pic of the dirty ghetto's and housing projects but I have never heard one person complain about it so STFU and enjoy the pictures the OP is providing otherwise GTFO of this thread.

India101 · October 5th, 2009, 02:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rick1990go

every city has its pretty face

assure that the slums of Mumbai Indian shows no

after all, these beautiful and modern buildings do not live or 0.1% of Indian

but in the dirty slums live more than 60% of the population of cities like Mumbai, Dheli, Calcutta

amazes me how you like to hide the reality

fyi, Surat is one of India's richest cities and does not have that many slums. And please go get a real life and do somthing better than comment on poor and dirty other countries are.

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chitrakaar Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 752 Likes (Received): 0	Marathaman - wonder what you think of these pictures from the old section of Khambat (N. of Surat by the sea) (All pics from Ashvin Patel - credit/copyrights w. Ashvin Patel) An old style multi-story! A bird-feeding tower in a central town square Temple Doorway/Facade In a back alley Tradiitonal Stone Carving Last edited by chitrakaar; July 8th, 2009 at 08:08 PM.

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chitrakaar Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 752 Likes (Received): 0	Isakres: Continuing w. the arts/crafts theme, I found these pictures of vintage carriages - dating to when the automobile was not yet in mass production - (pictures by local photo-bloggers - all thnks to them!) This one is in Surat (in an old neighborhood) These next two are from the old town area of the seaside town of Daman (north of Surat) Traditional dance masks from a local museum An ornate gate in Daman Last edited by chitrakaar; September 27th, 2009 at 07:42 PM.

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chitrakaar Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 752 Likes (Received): 0	More from the city of Surat Back to Surat! Photo Credit: all imgs from local photogrphers - all thnks to them

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