Photography

சித்திரை என்றாலே திருவிழா மாதம்… பள்ளி, பரிட்சை என்று நொந்துபோன சிறார்களுக்கு அது உயிர் புதுப்பிக்கும் ஆக்சிஜன் என்றால் மிகச் சரியாக இருக்கும். அக்காலத்தில் மழை பெய்து வேளாண்மை, அறுவடை செய்து மற்ற மாதங்கள் ஓடும். சித்திரை வெயிலில் வேலை செய்ய முடியா காரணத்தால் அது முழுதும் கொண்டாட்டங்கள், பண்டிகைகள் என்று கழி(ளி)த்தனர் நம் முன்னோர். அது 15 நாள் கொண்டாட்டம்… பூச்சொரிதல் தொடங்கி முளைப்பாரி திருநாள் வரை பாடு அமர்க்களப்படும். சென்னை போன்ற பெருநகரங்களில் வசிப்பவர்கள் ஆண்டுதோறும் ஊருக்குச் செல்வதே இதுபோன்ற திருவிழாக்களுக்குத்தான். சித்திரை மாத ஞாயிறுகளில் பூச்சொரிந்து, அடுத்த எட்டாம் நாள் காப்பு கட்டி, நடுவில் உள்ள ஒரு வாரம் ஒவ்வொரு தெரு மண்டகப்படி நடத்தி கூழ் ஊற்றும் செய்முறை செய்து, அடுத்த ஞாயிறு அன்று திருவிழா நடைபெறும். ...

Not I, not any one else can travel that road for you,You must travel it for yourself.It is not far, it is within reach,Perhaps you have been on it since you were born and did not know,Perhaps it is everywhere on water and on land - Walt Whitman. It was a Friday evening on the end of summer, I called my wife from office and puzzled her by saying we have to prepare some eatables for our tomorrow’s picnic. Both of us were damn bored in weekends as we usually spend watching some old movies from our collection. Hence, She was also desperate for some out of town trip. We haven’t planned anything before. As soon as I returned home, we discussed about the places in and around Bangalore and outskirts for the picnic. Finally we landed in Lepakshi, the abandoned artistic treasure of Vijayanagar period. It is 130 kilometres away from our location in Bangalore and situated in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. We were unsure about the hotels or restaurants near the place. So, as per our tamil tradition, we prepared kattu soru, and curd rice which are taken by travelers from ancient times😜. Along with that we squeezed some lemons to fill the bottles with lemonade. ...

A little rain for few days filled the rivers to overflow. It was a day the water turns golden brown. Plants and debris everywhere, up to the knees rippling the flowing water. The time has come for us to rejoin the infinite stream of waters. It was around 9 am on August 15, 2017, Me and my wife geared up, to begin the expedition to Hogenakkal. My Tiago is ready, petrol tank was jammed up the day before. My car’s final free service was pending and I had the idea of doing it after the trip. I wanted to start the journey at 7 am finishing breakfast at home, but as usual, it was delayed and we decided to take breakfast on the way to Hogenakkal. ...

I have been trying my hand in photography for a few months now. Recently during a trip to Bannerghatta National Park i managed to shoot some of the wildlife using my DSLR camera. Here are few snaps from my recent trip to Bannerghatta National Park. Tiger’s tongue is so coarse, it can lick flesh down to the bone. The tiger’s tongue is covered with numerous small, sharp, rear-facing projections called papillae. These papillae gives the tongue is rough, rasping texture and is designed to help strip the skin, feathers, fur and meat right off its prey ...

So…. I thought of a bike trip after New Year. This time taking my wife on the trip. So I was thinking something short in distance something less than 150 km, then Ooty comes to my mind. Then we both decided to go on a trip from Coimbatore to Ooty. It is a weekend trip, we just decided 3 days before, so no big plans. Since it is the weekend, I know most of the hotels will be booked. So, I searched for decent hotels under 3k. After reading reviews from Tripadvisor and Google I booked Hotel Lakeview. I managed to pay around 2.5k after applying coupons from MakeMyTrip. ...