Jun 30, 2007
Jun 29, 2007
Gods own country...
Jun 24, 2007
Darasuram...
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Airavatesvara Temple at Darasuram near Kumbakonam built by Raja raja Cholan- II during 1146 - 1163 AD...a marvel in Stone...
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Old snaps (1994) taken during my college days when I went on an Architectural study tour to Kumbakonam...
Few quick pen/ pencil sketches I had done during the visit can be viewed here : Sketch Book 3
Jun 16, 2007
Hogenakkal ...smoke that thunders!
Last month I went to Dharmapuri to visit my friend Sasi...and it is by now a tradition for Dharmapuriites to take their guests to Hogenakkal , a riverside spa some 25kms away. So off we rode to Hogenakkal.
The main Falls is a sight for sore eyes...
the rocky gorges sculpted by the water...
line of boatmen waiting to take their customers for a 'ride'...Their charges are day time robbery ! Another common sight here is untrained 'masseurs' giving crude body massages to boozed pot bellyed customers . Tourists are crazed about eating the fishes freshly caught and cooked along the waters - but beware if you have a weak tummy- they are cooked in re re reused oil...
meandering waters...
my boatman...
maddening crowds...May is the worst month to visit this place I guess ... mad rush of tourists dirty the waters... the water thats supposed to heal is actually a potential threat to your health...with dead fishes , plastic bags and bottles floating and garbage and beer bottles tossed around...
beating the summer heat...Sasi and his wife somehow convinced me and my wife to enter the murky waters - It was great fun and ofcourse both of us were down with viral infection for the next 3 days :(
The place is great and has greater potential to become a classy tourist spot if only the tourism department is run by people with atleast average
brains.
Jun 15, 2007
Got Booed !
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Thanks Boo for the " award "
and I pass it on to all the wonderful people I have listed as my 'blogmates'...
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