Fragile, graceful arches of the Saat Kaman, standing for centuries, continue to frame the world of the people who live around it.

Poems and stories inspired by the people and monuments of Champaner-Pavagadh, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Gujarat, Western India.

Connected domes of royal residences later used as granaries for a city under siege continue to provide a place of rest.

Poems and stories inspired by the people and monuments of Champaner-Pavagadh, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Gujarat, Western India.

A priest at a wayside shrine watches in awe as the goddess Kali appears before him in the form of a woman who reaches out to steady her husband among the throng of pilgrims making their way up the path.

Poems and stories inspired by the people and monuments of Champaner-Pavagadh, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Gujarat, Western India.

An aspiring singer loses once again to a ruthless competitor. As he appeals to a higher authority, his trusted donkey chews his way to set up the villain for a humiliating end.

Poems and stories inspired by the people and monuments of Champaner-Pavagadh, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Gujarat, Western India.

Dancer and tree, the now and the then, in harmony at the Lakulish Mandir.

Poems and stories inspired by the people and monuments of Champaner-Pavagadh, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Gujarat, Western India.

Meditating Shiva at the Lakulish Mandir showers blessings on worshipers, divine, mortal, monstrous, and otherwise.

Poems and stories inspired by the people and monuments of Champaner-Pavagadh, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Gujarat, Western India.

Shiva, etched into the stones of the Lakulish Mandir, surrounded by a multitude of diverse followers dances through the ages.

Poems and stories inspired by the people and monuments of Champaner-Pavagadh, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Gujarat, Western India.

The relentless march of time and technology continue to chip away at the fortunes of a hardworking photographer until the goddess Kali intervenes by sending a stuffed toy tiger to lead the way to prosperity once again.

Poems and stories inspired by the people and monuments of Champaner-Pavagadh, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Gujarat, Western India.

Ruins of the iconic Lakulish mandir, one of the most famous and certainly the most picturesque and poetic, materialize from the mist cleared by the rising sun.

Poems and stories inspired by the people and monuments of Champaner-Pavagadh, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Gujarat, Western India.

A wily native uses his wits to deal with the arrival of a stronger, more aggressive foreigner just as the local kings did when the invading forces first arrived to lay siege to the mountain.

Poems and stories inspired by the people and monuments of Champaner-Pavagadh, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Gujarat, Western India.