H.H,.DALAILAMA n his DHARMASHALA

Nandakumaran Sir , Sukhi Sir and me ....

Old Delhi to Pathankot by Dauladhar express ..a night journey...

by morning at Pathankot in Punjab.. a travelhub to Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal pradesh .

by road to Dharamshala ....in the Kangra Valley between Shivalik Hills and Dhauladhars –

around1 pm we reached McLeod Ganj called “The Little Lhasa”.

hired a taxi and visited St. john church built with stone .... the shade of deodar branches, a memorial to Lord Elgin, British Viceroy of India.....

Dal Lake 2 or 3 kms away .... a spot surrounded by forests and a Shiva Temple nearby....

Dalai's head qrs... the Tibetan Govt: in exile is here. also a large tibetan community presence..

night stay at palmpur town...

Baijnath ancient temple, also dedicated to Shiva ...and Bir monastry... long bus journey covering entire after noon ....

again a night journey in train from Una Himachal to Dilli...

@MUTHANGA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY

It is history now. February 19, 2003: the day when about 500 armed police personnel suppressed the genuine cause of the weak and the marginalised. State mercilessly went on a rampage on the tribals at Muthanga leading to the death of one Adivasi and a policeman.

lots have changed......

later on Sep 2, 2007 ...onam... I am here with my wife n mol (Nish n Aash) to watch freely roaming wild elephants and deers. monkeys, birds etc also can be seen. . a drive through the road in the sanctuary in a jeep... suddenly two elephants appeared from in the jungle ... with or without fear... jeep suddenly breaked down. .... it was a terific journey I went through..!

TIRUNELLY TEMPLE in WYNAD

WE 3 b'fore the famous TIRUNELLY TEMPLE. ..... known as 'Thekkan Kasi'

It is believed, that a dip in the river Papanasini, near this temple, wipes one off all sins.

thanks to fathu n sabitha v 3 here on 2007 sep 2 .. onam holidays...

SULTANPUR n NEELGAIs

It was wednesday or thursday during March 2008

at abt 11.30 after our tea break, Dinker asked me to accompany him to New delhi airport to drop arelative.. he is my lone friend having car and living @dilli... surprise...

wen I c that our sajeevettan was also there... I invited our own n evergreen hero Bip with us ... airport duty OK ... started raining ....hunger .. also thirsty

just bought 1 or 2 kgs of Lichi ...what to do with this... where to have our lunch...

suddenly a sign board come to our view ... SULTANPUR BIRD SANCTUARY..25 Kms

v 4 people.. have car... just go .. STARTED

it took morethan one hour to reach there....

surely this a weekend getaway destinatin near delhi..

was watch tower 2 c migratory birds.. said, every yr >100 migratory birds arriving here... but can c only 5 ( peacock n 4 of us)

leisurely 3 hours to take full round of sanctuary on foot.. glance of Neelgai(Blue Bull) and Black Buck

Haryana Tourism ka Beer parlour was there inviting our esteemed presence... not to disappoint them.... we had noodles and/or chicken .... also lite Kattan Chaya,,,u may call it Zingaro... then...?

de SURPRISE JOURNEY ended by around 8 pm at kerala house.

Kashmir Vacation .... Srinagar

With Bip n Mukund, my classic Kashmir vacation included stay aboard lake side houseboat, sightseeing to 16th. century Moghul gardens and mountian resort of Gulmarg, visit to Hazratbal Mosque and old city Srinagar.

Enjoyed adventurously a holiday of a lifetime.

Srinagar is famed for its Mughal Gardens, Shalimar Gardens(Jehangir made 4 his wife), Shikara ride on the Dal Lake , Nishat Garden, Chashma Shahi(named because of a mountain spring that waters it), etc.

BUT V CAN'T C KASHMIRI GIRLS

GULMARG's SNOW COVERED SLOPES...!

It seems our prayers have been answered!.........

Bip, Mukund n me now at the world famous ski resort of Gulmarg, some 55 kilometers from Srinagar, the summer capital of Kashmir. it takes two hours drive from Srinagar to reach Gulmarg . A fourday trip to Kashmir during winter month of Janauary, 2008 ..

Gulmarg experienced about 1 feet of snowfall,

GANDOLA .... the cabin car or v can say rope way... wil drive us abt 15 kms from Gulmarg to a top n highest place covered fully with snow, I can't remember the place. The posts carrying Gandola looks like 110 KV electric line from Edamon to Maadakkathara going in Kerala.

mumbai.... aamchi mumbai

TERROR STRIKES AGAIN : Hotel Taj Mahal, Mumbai being burnt due to bombings and firings on the late wednesday night of 26th November 2008...... wen heard abt this on Channels went to old memories with my freiends, Bijukkuttan, jafer, saju peter(v call him pathru) n praveen .....

K E R A L A H O U S E , M U M B A I

The news, about the opening of Kerala House in Bombay, during 9/06 brought cheers n gr8 expectation. With friends, Jafer, Bijukkuttan, Saju Peter n Praveen, I visited the place, located near Vashi Railway Station, a prominent locality of our commercial capital, MUMBAI.

The front side of the Kerala House is very well kept and attractive.
But there is no one to look after it. The 5 Crore Palace is not properly looked into.
Is there any one to hear?

A G A S T H Y A R K O O D AM

A memorable trek to the Agasthyarkoodam peak, the magnificent peak in the Western Ghats at an altitude of 1890 m '''''.The second highest peak in Kerala.. with my friends Jafer, George, Shafeeq, Deepu

munnar with neighbours

a trip to munnar with the members of Ganga Nagar Residents Association... a 2 day trip with my family ..

aachi's arangettam at attukal

Aachi's arngettam ... first public perfomance ...of bharathanatyam .. held on 28th May 2009 (Thursday) in the premises of Attukalm Devi Temple, Trivandrum.

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I don't know how she performedd the complicated movements.

She was trained under Smt.Kalakshetra Parvathy Shyam at Kerala Kalakshetra, Poojappura.

My AACHUS studied dance for about 3 - 4years , first under Dr.Bobby Krishna and then at Kerala Kalakshetra where Smt.Malavika was also there for a while with Smt.Parvathy Shyam.