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Monday, May 2, 2011

Chola temples: A picture log: Ettukudi and Tiruvaymur

These are typical temples of the south. Ettukudi and Tiruvaymur are near Nagai (or more current reference - Thirukkuvalai - Birthplace of Mr. Karunanidhi). Ettukudi is a very beautiful Murugan temple.

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Here is a pic of the Idumban and Kadamban temple - local village gods.

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Thirvaymur is one of the saptha vitankas and has a beautiful tank opposite the temple.

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The above are the 4 saints - Appar, Sundarar, Manickavasgar and Thirugnanasambandar at Tiruvaymur

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Tiruvarur: Pictures of Kamalalayam and the Temple and the Bustle of the Bus stand

The Kamalalayam (temple tank) is as large as the temple and is very beautiful. I have seen it during different times of the day and this view is during sunset. I just took a few photographs to contrast the busy bus stand in this Thiruvarur (Tiruvarur) town with the calm peaceful temple tank.

From 201104_VaitheeswaranKoil

Good places to eat near the Bus Stand - Veg - SRR cafe(ok food - not too great) and Vasan Hotel (Better) - try the podi dosai in vasans [In the Bus stand photo, Vasans is at the end, SRR cafe is in the beginning]

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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Mylapore Tank Float Festival 2011 - Theppam - Part 2 - Photo essay

Mylapore Tank Float Festival 2011 - Theppam (Kapaleeswar Temple) - Part 2 - Photo essay

Lights of the night - Reflections on the mylapore tank look so beautiful

From 2011_Mylapore_Float_Festival

An ad for a Puncture shop on a tyre - New media

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Mylapore analytics - Predictions for every problem

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Awe

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Colors of the night - seen through the centuries

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Nikon D5000 Lens : f/1.8 35mm AF-S

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Monday, January 24, 2011

Mylapore Tank Float Festival 2011 - Theppam - Part 1

Mylapore Tank Float Festival 2011 - Theppam (Kapaleeswar Temple) - Part 1

The Mylapore Tank outside Kapali festival hosts the float festival (Theppam or Teppam in Tamil) in January every year.

Its usuually fun to go for this and the Aruvathi Moovar. This time it was on 21 Jan 2011 and we were there at 8 PM to see it in all glory.

I find that over 30 years, somethings have changed - The mamas and mamis come from Cognizant, Infosys, or some BPO versus TVS, Ashok Leyland or Amalgamations. The lights are neon lights versus dull serial lights or oil lamps / petro max lamps

But somethings haven't changed (luckily) - some mamis are still in Nine yards, families still bring the children for this slow moving entertainment, the flloat is still manually tugged and above all there is still a crowd for this.

See my next post for pictures

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