శ్రీ విరోధి నామ సంవత్సర ఉగాది శుభాకాంక్షలు

A very happy Ugadi to all. The name of the upcoming year, virOdhi is a bit strange. But let's look at it positively! Let there be no virodhas (opposing forces) and avarodhas (obstacles) for the good we intend to do. Let those be limited to the name of the year.

Found a place for the telugu panchangam for this year:

Download Panchangam

Thanks to the people who have made it available to all who do not have access to a printed almanac.

have a great year ahead!

Each picture tells a story!

One place of interest is the Kodanadaramswamy temple at Gollalamamidada. There is a Kodandaramaswamy temple which has two gopurams, one of 160 ft and another of 200 ft. Four walls of the gopurams are exquisitely decorated with episodes from epics. The top of 200 ft gopuram can be reached in ten levels. Each level gives a peek to the story unfolding on the wall there. This is an attempt to catch some of that. My honest opinion - this piece of work deserves more attention than it is getting!

Harithandhra

One morning we started from Rajahmundry and drove in the countryside. Amazing greenery and beauty. Have an eye-pleasing experience!

Innovative film city

We went to Innovative Film City near Bidadi in Bangalore on 26th Dec. 08. There are quite a few museums and a few rides. Good time pass. Heard many theatres are coming up here. Reasonable one day outing.

Kaivara Visit

We visited Kaivara on 27th Dec. We started at 9:30 AM. To reach this place, you have to reach Hoskote, drive few Km towards Chennai and then take the left to Sh-82 to Chintamani. This is a good road. Drive some 30 Km on this road and you'll see direction on your left to Kaivara. It is about 65 Km from Bangalore. From Kaivara we visited Kailasagiri, about 8Kms. On way back we did some mountain climbing and returned home by 7PM.

Trip to Gupteshwar from Jeypore

We went to Jeypore in May 2008. One of the days we visited Gupteshwar, a place in the dense forests, about 56 KM to the south of Jeypore. Road was pretty bad. But the way was scenic and enjoyable. Of course the darshan of Lord Gupteshwar finally makes you feel, the trip was well worth it. Serene Shabari which is a tributary of majestic Godavari flows calmly and the cool feel of that water is very nice.

A trip to the Zoo!

A brief visit to the Bannerughatta national park on 07th September 2008. This was Sreemayee's first visit to a Zoo park and the idea was to show some of the animals she has been only seeing in books. In the end, it appeared she liked the openness of the place more than anything else and happily walked around. The whole trip lasted a little under four hours (from garage to garage!).

జనరల్ స్టఫ్ఫ్ !

One day we just got bored and started driving. We covered Chikka Tirupathi, some 30KM or so from Bangtalore and then drove into TN, to Krishnagiri dam. Some general pics.

శ్రీమయీ మరియు చిన్మయీ తిరుపతి యాత్ర!

We drove to Tirupati for the tonsuring of Sreemayee. Some pics that I could click on the way.

ఫెస్టివల్ సీజన్ అండ్ అదర్ స్నాప్స్

I am really in a mood to upload snaps. My blog is witnessing activity after a great while!

These are some pics in the festival season, Sri Krishna Janmashtami, Vinayaka chavithi etc.