Jungle mornings by Lakshmi Ajoy
A photograph by Namratha Sitharaman
Dhamekh Stupa is located at an excavated Buddhist site in Sarnath, a small town near Varanasi. The stupa and other excavated structures are mute witness to the Birth and growth of Buddhism. This is a protected monument site declared by Archaeological Survey of India. It is said that Buddha preached his first sermon there after being enlightened.- A photograph by Kishor Kumar Mishra
A Quarry off the East Coast Road, Chennai- A photograph by Narayani V Manapadam