Studio Matrx Monthly · Volume 1 · Issue 5 · October 2026
Amogh N P
✦ In loving memory of Amogh N P — Architect · Designer · Visionary ✦
Photography
✦ Through the lens · in Amogh's frame

Chikmagalur and Chitradurga through Amogh's lens

The hills of the Western Ghats at Chikmagalur in November 2020 — ridge after ridge under streaked skies, dawn from a timber deck, a room looking into the forest — and, two weeks later, Chitradurga Fort and the town below it.

Chikmagalur and Chitradurga, Karnataka November – December 2020 49 photographs
Grassy shola hills and the valley haze, Chikmagalur, November 2020 — photograph by Amogh N P
Grassy shola hills and the valley haze, Chikmagalur, November 2020 — photograph by Amogh N P
3 stages · 49 photographs

01The hills

31 photographs
Chikmagalur, Karnataka

Layered ridges, grassy shola slopes and valley haze in the Western Ghats.

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Grassy shola hills and the valley haze, Chikmagalur, November 2020 — photograph by Amogh N PRolling green ridges under a blue sky, Chikmagalur, November 2020 — photograph by Amogh N PLayered ridges of the Western Ghats under a streaked sky, Chikmagalur, November 2020 — photograph by Amogh N PThe long escarpment above the valley, Chikmagalur, November 2020 — photograph by Amogh N P

02The stay

11 photographs
Chikmagalur, Karnataka

Dawn under the eaves, a timber viewing deck, a cat on the ledge and a room with a forest view.

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Dawn over the forested hills from under the eaves, Chikmagalur, November 2020 — photograph by Amogh N PDawn over the forested hills from under the eaves, Chikmagalur, November 2020 — photograph by Amogh N PDawn over the forested hills from under the eaves, Chikmagalur, November 2020 — photograph by Amogh N PA cat on a stone ledge, Chikmagalur, November 2020 — photograph by Amogh N P

03Chitradurga Fort

7 photographs
Chitradurga, Karnataka

Back home in December — the town below the fort, temples among the boulders and a stone pavilion.

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Chitradurga town spread below the fort hills, December 2020 — photograph by Amogh N PChitradurga town spread below the fort hills, December 2020 — photograph by Amogh N PClouds over the boulders and ruins of Chitradurga Fort, December 2020 — photograph by Amogh N PClouds over the boulders and ruins of Chitradurga Fort, December 2020 — photograph by Amogh N P

A rare few leave behind a way of seeing.

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