Varalakshmi vratham

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Wishing you all a very happy and prosperous varalakshmi viratham to all with these pink flowers of Happiness...
Let Goddess varalakshmi shower
Blessings on you
and your family
On this auspicious day
Happy varalakshmi vratham...

Kaaval Deivam

I was born and bought up in Chennai. Hence i always wish to see the god Ayyanar riding his horse. I have seen the deity Ayyanar only in films. Recently while chatting with my fiance. I told about my wish of seeing the statues of Ayyanar.

        The next day I have received these Beautiful snaps of Ayyanar captured by him from his native near villupuram, which is kept in his own farm. The Eyes of the Deities are not yet opened. It will be opened on an auspicious day.

Village deities are found in all villages of Tamilnadu.  They are known as Kaval deivam or guardian spirits in Tamil. 

One such deity is Ayyanar. Ayyanar shrines are usually located at the peripheries or boundaries of rural villages. Ayyanar is often pictured with a sword riding an elephant, horse, bull or tiger fighting against demons and evil gods that are threatening the village and the deity is seen riding a horse. Weapons such as a trident or a lance are also associated with the shrine. The festivals of Ayyanars are celebrated in Sacred Groves during spring season by all the related clan.

In Tamil Nadu, Ayyanar  God is worshipped in open grounds surrounded by trees holds an important position in the local villages.

In the festive season, Folk Tales like Koothhu and Folk arts like Villupattu are enacted to bring out the message of the Ayyanar folk story to one and all.

Shakti Karagam

On Saturday (08.08.15) Shakti Karagam took possession in our Streets. Luckily i was on leave that day, and so i clicked the pictures of the Shakti Karagam and the drum players who came along playing the instruments.

My Niece Neha helped in clicking few snaps of the Shakti Karagam in the midest of offering prayers and taking blessings.

Shiv Lingam

I have Bought this tiny Shiv Lingam in Sri Kalahasti when visited the place. I just loved the tiny lingam made out of glass with blue hue.

how Cute na....

Santa on the Road

In the month of December when i went write the exam in Tambaram i have seen the Santas on the road singing and dancing and cheering up the People on the road in performing their Christmas carols.

My Brother Clicked the Photos on the drive...

Crocodile Park

Another Kids day out to Crocodile Bank, which is known as The Madras Crocodile Bank Trust and Centre for Herpetology.

This is Crocodile Bank  is located in East coast Road (ECR) spread over eight and a half acres of land and is home to over 2500 reptiles. This is one of the largest reptile zoos in the world. 

The Madras Crocodile Bank Trust is an organisation dedicated to the conservation of reptiles and amphibians in India. It was started when the population of crocodiles in India was almost on the verge of collapse due to excessive killing. Thankfully their efforts have bore fruit and now they have surplus number of crocodiles here.

It has quite a huge collection of crocodiles - from Magar's, Gharials, Alligators, Caimans and many others. Along with crocodiles there are numerous snakes, turtles and lizards. There are more than 1300 crocodiles preserved here in a single bank, a unique feature in India. Toddlers loved to see so many reptiles up close and enjoyed watching them.

Toddlers watching at the bank

A very good place where one can see  different types of crocodiles. Lots of information on crocodile is displayed. The conservation status, their habitat, what they eat everything in detail is given along with the pictures.

Snake out of the hole

Fortunate to have a learning session organised on volunteers explaining in detail about snakes and what precautions and avoidance to be done to get bitten by snakes. How to identify the venomous and non-venomous snakes.  The snake venom extraction is fascinating to watch where we can see the top four poisonous snakes of India. This bank in founded by Padma sri Romulus Whitaker a foreign person who are interested in reptiles manily King Cobra.

There is so much to learn and understand about these beautiful creatures and there are plenty of interesting and educational write ups about each.  The place is not too large and will be easy to walk with children.

The spacious Crocodile Bank grounds are covered by luxuriant coastal dune forest and provide a haven for native wildlife, including large breeding colonies of water birds and a secure nesting beach for Olive Ridley Sea Turtles.

Two Little toddlers

Watching the deer

Calling another nephew to see the deer

To protect the park from unruly and bad behaving tourists there is no food counter inside which is good. Overall a wonderful place to visit on weekends....



TIMINGS & TICKETS

Timings: Tuesday to Sunday, 9:00 am to 5:30 pm, Last Ticket: 5:00pm, Closed on Mondays

Entry tickets : Adult: Rs.60/-, Children below 10 years : Rs.30/-

Night Safari : Tuesday - Sunday 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm (Book Now)

Tickets : Adults: Rs.200/-, Child below 15 years : Rs.100/- 

On the hills of Tirupati

I Clicked These pictures on the hills of Tirupathi on my first visit to the temple.

Pen Drive

Science Exhibition at School

Science Exhibition is conducted in Narayana School and children has disguised themself in various costumes.Here is some candid clicks by my brother.

The girl dressed herself as Jansi rani the the brave queen and posing as brave as the queen.

 Ferrosious Kannagi & Jhansi rani

Kannagi is a legendary Tamil woman  ... Kannagi came to the king's court, broke open the anklet seized from Kovalan and showed that it contained rubies, as opposed to the queen's anklets...

Kannagi in Black

Mother Therasa

Tamil Poet Avvaiyar

Art work of kids are displayed for public view

Pastor & the Priest

Temple of Thanjavur

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