tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62273393738017400202026-04-08T15:33:16.671+05:30All things about my experience of traveling and photographyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227339373801740020.post-38487559338047450772017-06-04T04:12:00.001+05:302017-06-04T04:13:52.518+05:30

Flocks of Pelicans roaming around the lake These pictures were taken during a visit to Herbal lake some time ago.  Fortune to see many different bird species and it was a feast for eyes to see lots of pelicans in the lake.  Never seen them before outside captivity. Pelicans chasing a cormorant for fish A Brahmini Kite taking rest

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I visited Amsterdam during Feb this year and that happened to be the coldest climate they have faced for last 10 years.  The whole of Europe was chilling in cold and at Amsterdam it was -13C.  That was the coldest I have faced.  The whole city was filled with snow and it was the first time I am in such a place.  It was a wonderful experience.  I had earlier visited

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Sydney Harbor View from Rosebay Sydney Harbor Bridge Sydney Harbor Bridge Opera House, Sydney Opera House, Sydney Opera House at Night Sydney Harbor from Circular Quay Nightview at Circular Quay, Sydney Church at Rosebay View from Rosebay

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Lilly Flowers at Hebbal Lake On an invitation from my bird expert colleague, I went to Hebbal lake.  I have been planning to visit this place for a long time, but finally covered it after being in Bangalore for a long time.  We heard that there are pelicans and other migratory birds like Ibis here at this time and we went on to explore. We started early since our aim is to see

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While returning from Belum Caves (Read about this in my previous post), we stayed in Anantapur at Hotel Sapthagiri Balla.  It is a very good hotel in this town with attached veg (Chutnees) and multi-cuisine (Spice) restaurants.  After a nice rest, we had breakfast at the attached Chutnees restaurant (buffet breakfast was included in the room charge), we started towards Lepakshi.

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Kaindondrahalli Lake is next to my apartment and still I seldom visits this. It has changed from a dumpyard to a beautiful lake due to BBMP renovations with help of local residents and a private contractor.  People who used to go for morning walk told me there are lots of birds in there.  So I finally decided to take a trip with my Camera.  Below are some photos of birds I

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During this year end, we were looking for nearby places to visit in a day or two.  We were planning to travel with a friend and family and this place was suggested by them.  It is surprising that we never heard of this place before.  Belum Caves is the second largest cave in Indian subcontinent and the longest caves in plains of Indian Subcontinent, known for its stalactite and

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Public mixing fruits in Fruit Mixing Ceremony at Total Mall It's Christmas time again. Every year, Total Mall in Bangalore conducts fruit mixing ceremony to create Christmas Cakes. This years event was held at Total Mall, Sarjapur Road where 2000kg of dry fruits were mixed with Brandy and Rum for making 5000kg of Plum Cake for Christmas sale.  Public were invited to participate and

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Effigy of Ravan ready to be burned As part of Dussehra celebrations in the apartment, Ravan Dahan was performed by the residents.  I am seeing this for the first time since this is more a North Indian tradition.  In Kerala, this day is celebrated as Vijayadashami and terminal of Navarathri festival.  The concept and the focus are totally different from the Dussehra

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Local community taking their Ganesha Idol for immersion in Hosa Road, Bangalore.

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Independence Day, a photo by Ramki's reflections on Flickr. Via Flickr: Flags being sold on the eve of i-Day at Lalbagh Gardens

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Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Trivandrum The Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple is one of my favorite temples, mainly because I lived around the temple for so many years and the festivals of the temple were my childhood fantasies.  The notable festival is the Aaarattu festival and Navarathri festival during which we used to regularly visit.  The city of Thiruvananthapuram received its

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Taken from the foot of Twin Tower I do have a bag full of blog posts pending with me to be written due to the obvious reason - work which pays me.  My hope is to get some time to offload lots of memories had had in the recent past which I couldn't put down in this blog.  Let this be a start of my regular write-ups.  At least I hope so, like the guy who says this is my last

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View of the sculptures on top of the entrance to temple. Attukal Bhagavathi Temple in Trivandrum is one of the prominent religious places of Kerala. It is called Sabarimala of Women due to the annual Attukal Pongala (offering) festival solely participated by Women from Kerala and neighboring Tamilnadu.  The temple structure is built with sculptures from story of Kannagi who is believed

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Closer look at the Moon This Saturday (19th March 2011) was the day when it was the full Moon day and the Moon was the nearest to Earth.  It brought out the spectacle of seeing the Moon bigger and brighter.  Below is a shot of the Moon I had taken yesterday. The Moon was said to be seen 10% bigger than normal on this day. Un-cropped Shot at Moon

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Surya Kiran Air-crafts showing acrobatic show After many go's and no-go's, I could visit the AeroIndia show in Bangalore last week. It was a great experience to shoot (with camera) the amazing birds on display and their acrobatics. It was the last day of the show past Sunday and we decided on Saturday night that we will indeed visit the show. That was me and couple of my colleagues from

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We had several plans in mind for this year end holidays. Nothing worked out due to various factors. One of them was a trip to Delhi. The ticket costs were prohibitive and we dropped that.  At the end it turned out to be a good decision after reading flight delays and diversion in Delhi due to fog for last few days. At the last moment we had to decide on a getaway and we decided to visit my

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Pazham Pori (A typical Kerala snack) Food photography by itself is an art.  I am no expert in it, once in a while attempt it to get some pictures for my wife's cooking blog.  Proper lighting and composition is very important to get a great picture of the food.  When everything works, you will end up with a picture that can create water flow in your mouth.  Below are some

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Eagle at Cubbon Park Lake Finally, I took out time after a long time to blog.  It is really sad that my last post was in April this year.  So much time has gone and looks like I have been too busy.  Last week had few long weekends due to Diwali and Karnataka Rajyotsava.  We were sick in turn and couldn't make use of the long weekends.  We finally decided to go out and

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First of the formal photo publishing in a reputed online site.  Schmap has used one of my Opera House photos in their eleventh edition of Schmap Sydney Guide.  Below are the links to the online version of the guide and the iPhone version. Schmap Sydney Guide Schmap Sydney Guide (iPhone version) Here is the photo which was published.

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Attukal Temple Main Entrance Today is the Attukal Pongala Festival.  That is when the "largest gathering of women in the World" happens.  There is a Guinness world record registered for this festival.  During my childhood days, this was a time of joy and festivities.  The days leading to the "Pongala" festival were very eventful with lot of programs and activities planned

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During my short stay in Australia, I got a chance to take some pictures of Australian birds.  These are mostly shot in the evenings when I get some time to roam around.  This will be the first time I specifically shoot birds.  Spent a fair bit of time tracking them in Sydney harbor and Canberra to be able to get a good shot.  I still need to learn a lot to master art of bird

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This is suppose to be the longest eclipse in 100 years. I was on a flight to Sydney during this time and missed an opportunity to experience this. It was visible in many southern cities of India including my home town of Trivandrum. Below of some pictures taken by my brother of this rare and magnificent event in the universe.Photos courtesy Radhakrishnan A

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Have been thinking to write this for some time. A rare personal article on this blog. Since I left Trivandrum for Chennai in search of job, I had seldom visited the places where I grew up. During one of my recent visits to Trivandrum, I took time to visit the places I studied. Below are some pictures of places which shaped my early days. Vishwabharati Nursery School, Karamana, Trivandrum My

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Our trip to Mysore on last October long weekend was the first pleasure trip after we got our daughter. She has almost reached a year and is ready to join me. En-route to Mysore, we visited Sivanasamudram (also called Sivasamudram). I heard about the water falls from one of my colleague and decided to check it out. River Cauvery flows through this place towards its journey to find sea and

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