Thursday, October 06, 2016

Village Fence

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A village fence, which was built to guard their houses, also plays a role of hanger where they put cloths for dry.

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Pictures were captured at Mannavanur, a mountain village near Kodaikanal that overlooks rolling grassland and another side with terrace farming. Due to great source of meadow wild bison (Indian guar) frequent this area and thus also called as bison valley.

The houses here mostly seemed to build using clay mud and bricks and roofs thatched in iron sheets, which I perhaps believe is to withstand the cold weather and mountain terrain. 

Linking  this post for Good Fences  by Run a Round Ranch

15 comments:

Lady Fi said...

A lovely fence and what a view!

LV said...

Sad they only had such homes and at least they made do of the fence.

Locomente said...

The place looks pleasant :)

Jim said...

Good one.

TexWisGirl said...

oh, thank you for these wonderful, rustic views!

(and thank you for remembering zim and asking about gem. she is doing okay by herself. we still miss him, though.)

Rajesh said...

Wonderful shots of typical village fences.

Renu said...

Mountains always look so beautiful!

Sandhya said...

Any house surrounded by nature is beautiful!

Destination Infinity said...

The fence in the second photo without clothes is nice :)

Destination Infinity

Arti said...

Spectacular views and love the observation of the clothes on fences, so typical of us, India!

Uppal said...

So many convenient clotheslines ah!

Ruth Kelly said...

A fence makes a good place to dry clothes.

L. D. said...

You keep surprising me with the different terrains of India. I never imagined you will have this kind of area in your country. Great photos of the fences with backgrounds. I hang my extra shirt on a plant while I am mowing the yard. Thanks for stopping by my blogs. I really do appreciate it.

Twilight Man said...

I would be excited to see the real houses built from clay and mud. I have been hearing this for a long time.

Ida said...

Good use of the fence for drying laundry on. Very different housing from what we see in the US.