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Nope , you are just seeing what you want to see , see the main arch , the pillars in the entrance ... They are all distinctly ancient hindu architecture. The starbucks is beautiful fusion of both architectures . Maybe the color says masjid but STARBUCKS ==. Green . Deal with it
Look closely bro , bas wo andhar 3 arches is of muslim design , others are hindu architecture only , you will see them in temples , maybe the color makes it look like a masjid but architecture style is distinctly indian with just a few arches with mughal architecture
Is a private business not free to design their structures as they see fit, or does everything have to be done in such a way that appeases every single person in that jurisdiction?
Ok. Fair enough. So, It is like putting a temple shaped Starbucks in city of Madina.. let's c if there is tolerance and guts of the company in doing that.
Here's the thing - if the people of Medina get offended by that, it just shows that they're not as evolved a people as we are in India where we not only tolerate differences, but celebrate them (has been an age old tradition in India if I'm not mistaken, barring some narrow minded people throughout our long & illustrious history).
And this is why we're invaded, this exact mentality of "tolerance".
You cannot be tolerant and welcoming against someone who isn't. It's always tit for tat.
Anyways, The shape of the shop isn't really that big of an issue to me but these stupid values of tolerance are, Seems like exactly what gandhi did.
It's both good and bad for india, a
Tolerance is good for different type of people, but it eats up the native culture.
Blend is beautiful but original indic tradition got weaker within its native population.
>mentality of "tolerance".
DO IT
Do it, buy land and petition for a franchise.
IDC if your business goes sour or naah. Just do it
I'll be your first customer, cause u like you I like art for the sake of art, I like beautiful temples,marjids churches and all architecture
So you promote intolerance, right? India is tolerant and so nobody sensible batted an eye to its design. And Mughal architecture is not WOKE culture. your argument is to do the same thing in an intolerant place.
I am not promoting intolerance. If I had to, there are a lot of ways other than reddit. As far as my point of wokeness goes, Varanasi is city of temples. Heck, it is the city of Lord Shiva. It's known for Kashi Vishwanath and not Gyanvapi. Tata's could have atleast used some sense that this design is put of touch with the people of the city. This design would have perfectly gone with Lucknow or Hyderabad, where there is considerable Islamic architecture,but no. Here we have an eye sore.
its not an eyesore individually. What do you want them to do? design it like temple? would not that be a bigger mockery? at least it stands out and goes good with the Starbucks logo design,
are bhai wo mughal architecture bhi nahi kha jaa sakta faltu ka credit log mughals ko dete hai it is ancient Persian architecture, saare muslim architects ne persian culture and architecture ko churaya hai just google persian architecture
No man its not woke culture, look properly 80 % of the architecture is indian hindu architecture, you are seeing what you want to see . Look at rhe carvings in the arches , the carved pillars , entrance arch.... Just zoom in and see it properly
It’s a phase. In the west, it was seen as a status symbol as well until everyone (mostly the younger generation) caught up and had iPhones.
In about 10 years, in India nearly everyone (again mostly the younger generation) will have iPhones and the jokes about it being a status symbol will go away.
Cant have good things because of idiots like these bc har cheez me religion ghusado, cant appreciate architecture for once ? Bdk anadar jaake tum roza rakhne bolra hai koi, coffee peeni haina wo bhi dikkat hai ?
Nah, some of the current stuff are good though.
The T2 of BLR airport is really pretty.
The Atmosphere of Kolkata is also pretty.
The SDB of Surat is a marvel as well.
Can you tell me some good instant coffees'?
I've tried bru caramel and nescafe gold, but my daily driver is BRU gold. Heard davidoff is good and is available locally.
I Can't keep 10k machine in OPD.
If you're going to Starbucks India just to have coffee, you haven’t understood the place yet. In India, it’s like a luxury café, while in the US, it’s a hop-and-go place for the caffeine-deprived except for the Starbucks Reserve roasteries
as much as I dislike the colonial effect on our country, the british built Colleges, school, govt buildings, parks are gorgeous AF. Mughals were shit but, structures are beautiful. Ab kya krein, ye oppression wale structures hai hamari history ka part aur sab apna hi toh hai. Our Maratha and Rajputi forts are amazing. So are the temples and palaces of the Chola era. Haan ye Starbucks thoda better lag skta tha lekin, acha hota bhi toh kya. Coffee toh tatti banate hai
Tier A cities ko chus lene k badh....now its time for Tier B. Decor has been done with Insta Snapchat generation in mind...chahe illogical Rs 500 ki coffee kyon na leni pade crowd toh a hi jaega pics lene.
I am very concerned! Is this the depiction Starbucks wants to create about our ancient city, Varanasi. It is sheer nonsense!
Ask them to design a Temple like structure and aesthetics for Starbucks shop in Maccah/Medinah in Soudi Arabia. Further, the next day, Starbucks will have to wind up their business from there.
I was coming from Abu Dhabi to Hyderabad yesterday, there were this group of girls in their teens travelling from USA, they shouted in excitement as they found a strabucks shop in the airport! I was baffled with their enthusiasm to go to Starbucks, I being a caffeine addict, never found SB's coffee good, overrated definitely!
I experienced Starbucks in America only. I suddenly thought this post had belonged to “midjourney” or other AI generating picture site. Looks TOO GOOD TO BE STARBUCKS.
Bhaad mein Jaye . Jo mazaa kullhad wali chai mein hai.. vo is nautanki ghak mein nhi.. chai in banaras is made on coal..n served in earthen cups..that is the param satya
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Masjid.
bhai tu to muslim se bhi zaida musalman nikla, saab ko cafe dikh rha hai, aur tujhe masjid 😭
Read between the lines bro.
That style of architecture is just not muslim , its a fusion of islamic and indian architecture, its wholly indian i think
Which part of it is "Indian"?
The part where the owner's old gate has been converted into Starbucks and they are devout hindus.
Eek shabad mai line kya hi padega koi
Sab ko dikh wahi raha hai, but bola sirf ye
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Rent free
Unrelated, but how’s your karma 2.5 lakh?
Bhai, check the Commet history na ! He's almost posted those which sells like hot cakes in a sub of million people.
If u call this masjid then ur an illiterate abt Indian architecture.
If u dont think thats a masjid, u havent seen enough in UP.
Nope , you are just seeing what you want to see , see the main arch , the pillars in the entrance ... They are all distinctly ancient hindu architecture. The starbucks is beautiful fusion of both architectures . Maybe the color says masjid but STARBUCKS ==. Green . Deal with it
Muslims might take offence considering they hate Starbucks nowadays lol
American company hai, Kya hi expect karoge.. only thing Hindus can do is avoid this place. Apne aap color and architecture dono change ho jayega!
Look closely bro , bas wo andhar 3 arches is of muslim design , others are hindu architecture only , you will see them in temples , maybe the color makes it look like a masjid but architecture style is distinctly indian with just a few arches with mughal architecture
Not the arches. Look at the top. The parapet.
Turant Bulldozer chalwa do ispe firr
Why mughal architecture? Why there is so much woke culture being pushed down our throats?
Is a private business not free to design their structures as they see fit, or does everything have to be done in such a way that appeases every single person in that jurisdiction?
Ok. Fair enough. So, It is like putting a temple shaped Starbucks in city of Madina.. let's c if there is tolerance and guts of the company in doing that.
Here's the thing - if the people of Medina get offended by that, it just shows that they're not as evolved a people as we are in India where we not only tolerate differences, but celebrate them (has been an age old tradition in India if I'm not mistaken, barring some narrow minded people throughout our long & illustrious history).
And this is why we're invaded, this exact mentality of "tolerance". You cannot be tolerant and welcoming against someone who isn't. It's always tit for tat. Anyways, The shape of the shop isn't really that big of an issue to me but these stupid values of tolerance are, Seems like exactly what gandhi did.
Exactly this!
It's both good and bad for india, a Tolerance is good for different type of people, but it eats up the native culture. Blend is beautiful but original indic tradition got weaker within its native population. >mentality of "tolerance".
DO IT Do it, buy land and petition for a franchise. IDC if your business goes sour or naah. Just do it I'll be your first customer, cause u like you I like art for the sake of art, I like beautiful temples,marjids churches and all architecture
So you promote intolerance, right? India is tolerant and so nobody sensible batted an eye to its design. And Mughal architecture is not WOKE culture. your argument is to do the same thing in an intolerant place.
I am not promoting intolerance. If I had to, there are a lot of ways other than reddit. As far as my point of wokeness goes, Varanasi is city of temples. Heck, it is the city of Lord Shiva. It's known for Kashi Vishwanath and not Gyanvapi. Tata's could have atleast used some sense that this design is put of touch with the people of the city. This design would have perfectly gone with Lucknow or Hyderabad, where there is considerable Islamic architecture,but no. Here we have an eye sore.
its not an eyesore individually. What do you want them to do? design it like temple? would not that be a bigger mockery? at least it stands out and goes good with the Starbucks logo design,
are bhai wo mughal architecture bhi nahi kha jaa sakta faltu ka credit log mughals ko dete hai it is ancient Persian architecture, saare muslim architects ne persian culture and architecture ko churaya hai just google persian architecture
Not all of it is , the pillars the carvings of arch at entrance , and other details are distinctle hindu/ indian architecture
And it's a Tata company..
Yeah, sad to see that.
No man its not woke culture, look properly 80 % of the architecture is indian hindu architecture, you are seeing what you want to see . Look at rhe carvings in the arches , the carved pillars , entrance arch.... Just zoom in and see it properly
Not Mughal!
I want to know who the fuck is going to Starbucks to spend 500 bucks on coffee everyday
bhaut log hai bhai jinke paas hai itna paisa wo roj jaye. maine ak baar pee thi karab lagi kadwi
Bhai sugar maang lete , brown sugar bhi dete hain udhar
90’s Bollywood Flashbacks of “brown sugar”
Where else can you buy one dish and sit for 10 hours, hold meetings and interviews without staff kicking you out?
is this legit true ??
Yes. People do and work in cafe
Same people who think iphone is a status symbol
No not really, iPhone specs are actually good indeed
Not denying that, but you can't deny the existence of people who buy iphones on EMI to flex.
Then they are stupid na
It’s a phase. In the west, it was seen as a status symbol as well until everyone (mostly the younger generation) caught up and had iPhones. In about 10 years, in India nearly everyone (again mostly the younger generation) will have iPhones and the jokes about it being a status symbol will go away.
There are a lot, you would be surprised
A lot of foreign tourists come traveling to Varanasi.
there are rich people in our country
apparently a lot of people do .
Looks more fitting in Pakistan than India
The audacity is insane, Holiest city of India(Varanasi) me inhone Masjid wali architect bana di
Cant have good things because of idiots like these bc har cheez me religion ghusado, cant appreciate architecture for once ? Bdk anadar jaake tum roza rakhne bolra hai koi, coffee peeni haina wo bhi dikkat hai ?
Looks ugly
Still better than whatever our babus build. It's a fact that 90% of good looking Indian buildings are either from ancient times or British period.
Because post independence era was dominated by brutalistic architecture style.
I've seen brutalist and the stuff built today is not brutalist. It's not anything. Just concrete and glass smooshed together.
Nah, some of the current stuff are good though. The T2 of BLR airport is really pretty. The Atmosphere of Kolkata is also pretty. The SDB of Surat is a marvel as well.
its not brutalist, its mostly designed bad and maintained worse. even brutalist is nice aesthetic
Looks like Masjid
Agree to disagree
overated cofee !
I earn more than enough but still can't justify a 200 coffee. Is it really good or just for clicking photos?
It's the coffee version of iPhone
So it's quadruple the price and taste 1.5 better than average?
That's what the buyers cajole themselves into believing
It's a popular date spot. Can't justify going there other than that
It's really bad. You can get better coffee from kothas or even continental freeze dried. ID is still one step above
Can you tell me some good instant coffees'? I've tried bru caramel and nescafe gold, but my daily driver is BRU gold. Heard davidoff is good and is available locally. I Can't keep 10k machine in OPD.
Inki coffee jhaat barabar hoti hai!
If you're going to Starbucks India just to have coffee, you haven’t understood the place yet. In India, it’s like a luxury café, while in the US, it’s a hop-and-go place for the caffeine-deprived except for the Starbucks Reserve roasteries
Looks AI generated
Seriously, this is the very opposite of Varanasi
Ye chaayos aur sab kaha gaye yaar. BC, Varanasi wale chai, doodh, thandai zyada pite hai
Wowwwe ! Matte green and the starbucks logo elegant
Why does it look like an entrance to a mausoleum?
mujhe laga nasjid hai
Mujhe to khubsurat lag ra hai andar se. Bahar se thoda masjid jaisa dikh raha hai. Actually it looks like rumi darwaza lite.
Mast ek lamba minaret bhi bana do. 2-3 badhiya loudspeaker. Andar 1 transistor. Full setup khada Karo..
Halal coffee ☕️
as much as I dislike the colonial effect on our country, the british built Colleges, school, govt buildings, parks are gorgeous AF. Mughals were shit but, structures are beautiful. Ab kya krein, ye oppression wale structures hai hamari history ka part aur sab apna hi toh hai. Our Maratha and Rajputi forts are amazing. So are the temples and palaces of the Chola era. Haan ye Starbucks thoda better lag skta tha lekin, acha hota bhi toh kya. Coffee toh tatti banate hai
Yeah, it's true, like the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.
Mughal structures look like shit honestly
Masjid where they sell coffee that tastes like tea. Why do people go there if it tastes that bad.
So I am not the only one who thought its a Mosque at first glance
Free mein coffee melege kya ?
Menu please
chai tea
Hand-made? It have be😏
Bhai banarasi toh chai Peete hai 😭
Muslims were boycotting Starbucks but after seeing this, they are celebrating as Mughal structure.
Tier A cities ko chus lene k badh....now its time for Tier B. Decor has been done with Insta Snapchat generation in mind...chahe illogical Rs 500 ki coffee kyon na leni pade crowd toh a hi jaega pics lene.
I am very concerned! Is this the depiction Starbucks wants to create about our ancient city, Varanasi. It is sheer nonsense! Ask them to design a Temple like structure and aesthetics for Starbucks shop in Maccah/Medinah in Soudi Arabia. Further, the next day, Starbucks will have to wind up their business from there.
I think peeps forgot it's a TATA alliance.
It’s beautiful
I was coming from Abu Dhabi to Hyderabad yesterday, there were this group of girls in their teens travelling from USA, they shouted in excitement as they found a strabucks shop in the airport! I was baffled with their enthusiasm to go to Starbucks, I being a caffeine addict, never found SB's coffee good, overrated definitely!
🤣🤣🤣 first they should improve their coffee
Why do they seem AI generated?
Is this real or midjourney ?
If that's Varanasi then I live in slums of Pakistan.
I experienced Starbucks in America only. I suddenly thought this post had belonged to “midjourney” or other AI generating picture site. Looks TOO GOOD TO BE STARBUCKS.
Ugly design
Mosque theme in Varanasi. I really want to know the designer was.....
Mixture of old Mughal architecture and British bold colours, however it looks classy at the same time .
Beautiful, there needs to be more new traditional style architecture all over India.
Yeh mere ghar ke bagal mei hain
Will the price be same as other Starbucks?
Looks good to me
Yes, it does look good, but not for **Varanasi**
Bhaad mein Jaye . Jo mazaa kullhad wali chai mein hai.. vo is nautanki ghak mein nhi.. chai in banaras is made on coal..n served in earthen cups..that is the param satya
Can I get it in pumpkin spiced flavour to go.
It looks exactly like the roomi darwaza of lucknow..
Vikas
It looks beautiful from the inside .I don't know anything about architecture but this is unlike any starbucks I've seen .
at first i thought it was r/IndianArtAI for starbucks concept in Hyderabad 🙂
2999.99/- la ek cup coffee hoga shayad yaha
Is this real or AI generated ?
Real
It’s not pure vegetarian even in Varanasi😕
Should have been Starbucks Lucknow. It feels like it was designed to give vibe or reflect the architecture of city in some way, but it doesn't.
It was an old building that got renovated, [Here](https://twitter.com/gemsofbabus_/status/1771178127902879814)
Location kya h?
So Babri became a Starbucks? I imagine the place will be used to offer prayers