19 journeys. One road. 

Home. Ana Sagar, where pelicans arrive in winter and painted storks and spoonbills gather on the shore — photographed on the ground and from the air. Clouds rolling below Taragarh at dawn, monsoon storms, Diwali and Dussehra over the lake, and the city lit up at night.

Season

Oct – Mar

Region

Rajasthan

Altitude

486 m

Coordinates

26.4786°N 74.6238°E

The holy town around its sarovar — the ghats at sunset, the temples by night, the view from Savitri hill — and the Pushkar Fair: camels, herders and the fair ground. Pushkar is also the setting of the song “PUSHKAR”, shot with Akshat as Director of Photography.

Season

Oct – Nov

Region

Rajasthan

Altitude

539 m

Coordinates

26.4897°N 74.5511°E

India's largest inland salt lake, between Ajmer and Jaipur. In winter its shallows turn pink with flamingos — the setting for Akshat's flamingo series, flown at first light.

Season

Nov – Mar

Region

Rajasthan

Altitude

316 m

Coordinates

26.9150°N 75.1000°E

Forts, observatories and temples in pink sandstone — Amber above Maota lake, Hawa Mahal from straight above, the instruments of Jantar Mantar, Jal Mahal, Nahargarh and Galta Ji. Jaipur is also where his work was shown at the state-level exhibition at Birla Auditorium.

Season

Oct – Mar

Region

Rajasthan

Altitude

558 m

Coordinates

26.9200°N 75.8200°E

Chand Baori, one of India's deepest stepwells — thousands of steps folding down to the water, photographed from directly above.

Season

Oct – Mar

Region

Rajasthan

Altitude

493 m

Coordinates

27.0075°N 76.6068°E

Moosi Maharani ki Chhatri beneath the Aravallis, and the lake palace at Siliserh in the monsoon green.

Season

Jul – Mar

Region

Rajasthan

Altitude

395 m

Coordinates

27.5686°N 76.5935°E

Winter mornings in Jhunjhunu, when fog fills the fields to the treetops — and the stepwells of the region, seen from above.

Season

Dec – Feb

Region

Rajasthan

Altitude

245 m

Coordinates

28.3800°N 75.8800°E

On the edge of the Thar — Junagarh Fort and its painted halls, Lalgarh Palace, the red sandstone havelis of the old city, and sundown in the dunes at Raisar.

Season

Oct – Mar

Region

Rajasthan

Altitude

357 m

Coordinates

28.0200°N 73.3100°E

The Ghanta Ghar with Mehrangarh rising behind it over a city painted blue, and the temples and cenotaphs of Mandore.

Season

Oct – Mar

Region

Rajasthan

Altitude

301 m

Coordinates

26.2900°N 73.0200°E

The Ranakpur Jain temple in the Aravalli forest — its domes and spires, seen from the air.

Season

Oct – Mar

Region

Rajasthan

Altitude

525 m

Coordinates

25.1158°N 73.4707°E

Lake Pichola and the City Palace at sunrise and blue hour, the Monsoon Palace at Sajjangarh against the sunset — and at Nathdwara, the Statue of Belief.

Season

Sep – Mar

Region

Rajasthan

Altitude

633 m

Coordinates

24.5734°N 73.6824°E

The Vijay Stambh and the ramparts of Chittorgarh, stretched along their plateau in the monsoon.

Season

Jul – Mar

Region

Rajasthan

Altitude

756 m

Coordinates

24.8877°N 74.6460°E

When the rains come, the plateau of Hadoti pours over its edges — Bhimlat and Menal in full flood. Taragarh above Bundi, and a mugger basking on the Chambal at Kota.

Season

Jul – Sep

Region

Rajasthan

Altitude

316 m

Coordinates

25.3000°N 75.4100°E

The backwaters of the Mahi — scattered green islands, the dam with its gates open, and monsoon falls in the hills around.

Season

Aug – Oct

Region

Rajasthan

Altitude

490 m

Coordinates

23.5735°N 74.5405°E

A documentary shoot for the Government of Gujarat on 1–2 August 2025, around TTF Ahmedabad — the Sabarmati Riverfront, Atal Bridge, Adalaj stepwell, Kankaria Lake and the old heritage city. And at Kevadia, the Statue of Unity.

Season

Nov – Feb

Region

Gujarat

Altitude

16 m

Coordinates

23.0300°N 72.5800°E

The backwaters of Alappuzha at dusk, from the air.

Season

Sep – Mar

Region

Kerala

Altitude

69 m

Coordinates

9.4704°N 76.3648°E

The ghats of the Ganga — from the river by day, and from the air on Dev Deepawali, when the whole crescent of the river is lit with lamps.

Season

Oct – Mar

Region

Uttar Pradesh

Altitude

29 m

Coordinates

25.3100°N 83.0100°E

The waterfalls of Meghalaya — Nohkalikai, Krang Suri and the falls of Sohra and the Jaintia Hills — the monoliths of Nartiang, Shillong from the air, and sunset on the Brahmaputra at Guwahati.

Season

Oct – May

Region

Assam · Meghalaya

Altitude

1,265 m

Coordinates

25.5000°N 92.0000°E

June 2025 — Sydney Harbour from the air and the water, the Sea Cliff Bridge on the Illawarra coast, Brisbane's Story Bridge by night, a humpback breaching off the Gold Coast and a tall ship off Fitzroy Island near Cairns.

Season

June 2025

Region

Abroad

Altitude

174 m

Coordinates

33.8568°S 151.2153°E