32-Years-old money-lender Datta Phuge from Pimpri-Chinchwad had a dream of wearing a “gold shirt”. He recently commissioned the gold shirt which took a team of 15 goldsmiths two weeks to make working 16 hours a day creating and weaving the gold threads. It doesn’t even end there because the gold shirt comes complete with its… Continue reading Wearable Shirt Made of £14,000 Pure Gold
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10 Examples of Extreme Transportation
Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters A man transported lanterns on his motorbike ahead of Vesak Day celebrations in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The festival, celebrated on May 5, commemorates the birth and enlightenment of Buddha.
Osama Bin Laden & Moammar Gadhafi Sand Sculptures
Indian sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik gives finishing touches to a sand sculpture to mark the killing of Osama bin Laden at the golden sea beach at Puri, Orissa. (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout)
Mehndi Designs: Creative Art of Hands & Feet Decoration
The Mehndi is a temporary form of skin decoration in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Mehndi is typically applied during special occasions like weddings and Muslim Festivals such as Eid-ul-Fit and Eid-ul-Azha. Similarly in Hindu festivals like Karva Chauth, Diwali and others. Mehndi was originally used as form of decoration mainly for brides.
Fish-shaped Building Inaugurated in Hyderabad, India
The newly opened National Fisheries Development Board building in Hyderabad, India, designed to resemble a fish. I like this concept and just hope this building will not be nominated as one of the ugliest buildings as the building in Shenyang was nominated.