Bitten by the photobug

At a shrine, an unholy sight

2011-12-04T08:00:00.000+05:30

This clutter at the entrance reflects a throng of pilgrims visiting the Kukke Subramanya hill temple in Karnataka. You get to see this sight, disorderly and rather unholy, at the entrance of Hindu shrines, where devotees leave their footwear at the door before they enter the temple.
My post for Shadow Shot Sunday.

Mysore Memories

2011-12-04T06:07:00.000+05:30

Going through 'My Pictures' stored in our computer I happened by this one.I don't recall when, and why I took this picture of the oval athletics ground near Crawford Hall, Mysore. Now that I no longer live in Mysore the photo gains nostalgic value. This, then, is my this week's entry for Scenic Sunday and SOOC.

Clubhouse swimpool

2011-12-03T06:10:00.000+05:30

Took this photo of the clubhouse swim-pool at our residential complex in Chennai, a couple of months back. Reflections are sharp, presumably, because the pool had not been cleaned to show up the blue flooring.
My post for Weekend Reflections

Plastic toys

2011-12-03T05:51:00.000+05:30

Plastic toys, bloated with nothing but thin air, on sale by a roadside hawker looking for customers in passing vehicles. This shot was taken on a drive from Mysore to Bangalore at a road-crossing when the traffic light was red.
My post for Drive-by-Photography

Morning scene

2011-12-02T05:53:00.001+05:30

More often than not, we wake up nowadays to a Chennai skyline that is grey, dripping and depressing.It is monsoon seasson in Tamilnadu.

On a clear day you get this scene from the 9th floor corridor in our residential complex - Mantri Synergy on OMR, Chennai.
My post for SkyWatch

Temple cart

2011-12-01T05:32:00.000+05:30

The bullock cart,parked on the temple campus is used to carry puja materials (used in temple rituals) at the Thirukadaiyur temple in Tamilnadu. The cart was commissioned in 1996.
My post for Signs,Signs

T for temple

2011-11-30T12:46:00.001+05:30

A Hindu temple at Livermore CA.
My image for this week's ABC Wednesday. The letter: T

At Blackhawk Plaza

2011-08-26T05:46:00.005+05:30

Grandsons - Sidharth and Nikhil - in a dance mode at the prospects of visiting the cars museum at Blackhawk shopping plaza, Danville C A.
My post for SkyWatch.

Sky in flame

2011-07-02T06:01:00.002+05:30

Clouds camouflaging a rising sun over Muthukkadu Lake, near Chennai, makes the sky appear as if it is on fire.
My post for Weekend Reflections

Toll point Chennai

2011-07-01T06:04:00.002+05:30

Toll point on Chennai by-pass road.
My post for SkyWatch and Walk in the Street

Of blue and yellow

2011-06-27T12:38:00.002+05:30

At a railway station platform, on the Mysore-Bangalore line.
My post for Mellow yellow and Blue Monday.

Morning moon

2011-06-24T11:45:00.002+05:30

The morning after a full-moon night we used to see the moon on the western sky in our Mysore neighbourhood as my wife and I set out on our morning.
My post for SkyWatch and Walk in the Street

Signpost

2011-06-23T12:55:00.003+05:30

A signpost on a Mysore road that leads to all places of interest in the city.
My post for Signs, Signs

Public transport

2011-06-21T05:45:00.002+05:30

A newspaper serves a dual purpose for a commuter in a Chennai city bus on a summer afternoon.
My post for Ruby Tuesday and My World

At Mysore market

2011-06-20T07:39:00.002+05:30

Farmers bring their produce for sale at a make-shift market that is open only during morning hours or until the vendors run out of their stocks.
My post for Mellow Yellow.

Shop front

2011-06-20T07:25:00.003+05:30

Meat shop opens earlier than most other retails on this street at Kelambakkam, Chennai. Cleanliness is not a priority with shoppers here.
My post for Blue Monday.

Crossing the lines

2011-06-19T12:45:00.002+05:30

It's not safe, but it is the easy way, a short cut, to move from one platform to another. Such is the scene at a wayside station on the rail line between Bangalore and Mysore.
My post for Sundays in My City, SOOC, Shadow Shot and Scenic Sunday.

Country life

2011-06-18T05:54:00.003+05:30

Goats parking themselves on road, rain water on the mud patch, a vintage house and a leisurely pace reflect life in a Tamil Nadu village.
My post for Camera Critters and Weekend Reflections.

Tourist bus

2011-06-16T05:54:00.004+05:30

The bus has come all the way from Kolkata to Mysore, carrying tourists doing India overland.
My post for Signs,Signs , Walk in the Street and Sky Watch.

Eye-hitting red

2011-06-14T08:29:00.002+05:30

Central bus station in Mysore was painted red during a recent renovation.
My World and a post for Ruby Tuesday

A sky so full of colours

2011-06-13T07:45:00.005+05:30

A rising sun paints the sky for us, at the Mantri Synergy residential complex on OMR in Chennai.
My post for Mellow Yellow and Blue Monday

A temple priest

2011-06-12T06:56:00.005+05:30

A scene outside Vontikoppal Venkateswara Temple in Mysore. A priest steps out after mid-day ritual. The temple provides a landmark to one of the city's major road-crossings.
The temple at night.
My post for ShadowShot, Scenic Sunday, SOOC , and Sundays in My City.

Roadside windmills

2011-06-10T05:49:00.002+05:30

Big farmers and textile mill-owners have taken to wind farming in Tirupur district in southern India. Power generated by windmills is sold to the state electricity board.
My post for Sky Watch and Walk in the Street.

Mobilizing the faithful

2011-06-09T08:45:00.003+05:30

The billboard at a road junction in Mysore speaks of ISKCON's event management resources, including expensive advertisement announcing a religious occasion . Not many temple trustees or their patrons think of, or can afford such high-power marketing.
My post for Signs, Signs

U for Udupi

2011-06-08T08:56:00.003+05:30

Flogging wall posters of Lord Krishna outside the Udupi Krishna temple in Karnataka.
Post for ABC Wednesday

A Danish cannon

2011-06-08T08:42:00.003+05:30

The rusted cannon head, dating back to 1600s, was part of the protective placement around a Danish Fort at Tharangambadi in southern India. The fort, now housing a museum,and its surroundings that was once a Danish settlement,is being restored by Danish Tranquebar Association.
My post for Outdoor and Watery Wednesday

Once a temple car, now a scrapheap

2011-06-07T08:43:00.002+05:30

A condemned temple car cast away on the campus of the Nanjangud temple in karnataka. Chose to share this with Ruby Tuesday followers as well.
Such is My World this Tuesday.

Summer break

2011-06-06T08:14:00.003+05:30

With schools closed for summer these children hitch a ride on their father's pushcart, to help him with vegetable sales. Photo taken on Chamaraja Double Road in Mysore.
My post for Mellow Yellow and Blue Monday.

Work in progress

2011-06-05T18:30:00.003+05:30

Extension of the city metro line to connect Chennai airport with Velacherry.The framed photo in the foreground is that of Lord Balaji, placed on the dashboard of the vehicle from which I took this photo.
My post for Sundays in My City

Breakfast time

2011-06-05T06:51:00.004+05:30

They hang out for breakfast in front of a bakery in Mysore. This early morning scene is played out daily as Raghavendra Bakery on Devaraja Urs Road opens for business. The crows wait for crumbs tossed out at them as the bakery staff clean the shelves for holding freshly made bread and cake, and other eats.
My post for Camera Critters, SOOC, Shadow Shot and Scenic Sunday.

Reflected sun

2011-06-04T07:51:00.002+05:30

The morning sun reflected on window pane of the medical college alumni building in Mysore.
My post for Weekend Reflections

Pushcart vendor

2011-06-03T05:58:00.003+05:30

A pushcart helps you take your wares to the customers' doorstep. Flower-seller in the photo, taken in Mysore, is on way from the flower mart to customers in his locality.
My post for SkyWatch and Walk in the Street

Public restroom

2011-06-02T06:04:00.002+05:30

My post this week - writings on the wall of a rest room in Mysore - was inspired by Frankly My Dear - bilingual signposts from Cairo and Bangladesh. Even if we can't read the text we get the picture, don't we.
My post for Signs, Signs

T for tree

2011-06-01T08:27:00.003+05:30

A leafless tree by the Kukkrehalli Lake in Mysore.
My post for Wordless, outdoor, Watery and ABC Wednesday.

Kids stuff

2011-05-31T06:41:00.003+05:30

The pavement market in front of Mysore zoo has mainly shops selling toys and dolls.
My post for Ruby Tuesday and My World

Pavement sales

2011-05-30T06:39:00.003+05:30

I couldn't quite figure out what it was on the pavement, other than that it was made out of bamboo. Pavement vendors set up shop around Devaraja Market before shopping hours at Devaraja Urs Road in Mysore.
My post for Mellow yellow and Blue Monday.

Green water

2011-05-29T08:49:00.002+05:30

The green cover over this water patch at Mysore zoo reflects utter neglect by those responsible for its upkeep.
My post for Shadow Shot, SOOC, and Scenic Sunday

Cloud cover

2011-05-28T11:13:00.001+05:30

A clouded view of the rising sun, from our 9th floor flat in Chennai.
My post for Weekend Reflections

Woodwork from coffee plants

2011-05-27T06:25:00.003+05:30

Works of art made out of deadwood gathered from coffee plantations are sold on roadside at Sakleshpur in Karnataka. Took this shot on road to Mysore.
My post for SkyWatch and Walk in the Street

Health insurance

2011-05-26T05:56:00.002+05:30

It's location on a city high street is such that you can't miss this ad., though for the dim-witted like me, it took a few moments to get the sense of it. Found this on the side wall of a tall building in San Francisco, during our visit there a few years back.
My post for Signs, Signs

S for Srirangapatna

2011-05-25T08:46:00.003+05:30

Along the historic Karnataka town, Srirangapatna, runs a stone-studded Cauvery. You see on this stretch of the river more boulders than water.The photo was taken from a Bangalore-Mysore railway train while crossing the river bridge close to Srirangapatna.
My post for Watery, Outdoor and ABC Wednesday.

Artwork at doorfront

2011-05-24T06:28:00.003+05:30

Traditionally such artwork, called Kolam/Rangoli, was done using rice flour. The idea, presumably, was to feast ants and flour-eating insects on festive occasions when people decorate their door-fronts with their artwork. The photo was taken from the third-floor sit-out in our Mysore apartment block.
My post for Ruby Tuesday and My World

Wayside station

2011-05-23T08:03:00.005+05:30

Maddur, a midway railway station on the Bangalore-Mysore line. Maddur is known for its tasty vada, a snack sold by traveling vendors on Mysore-Bangalore trains. Those looking for a spot of yellow in this shot will find it on the cement slab under the signboard.
My post for Mellow Yellow and Blue Monday

Marketplace

2011-05-22T07:57:00.004+05:30

The sturdy beast pulling a cartload of materials is poised to cross the road at T Narsipura. We happened by this marketplace on way to Somanathpura in Karnataka.
My post for Camera Critters, SOOC, ShadowShot and Scenic Sunday.

Weekend Reflections

2011-05-21T05:53:00.002+05:30

What can one say for such roadside reflection, on stagnant rain water, other than that it reflects poorly on the upkeep of roads by the municipal authorities. The photo was taken on Ramavilas Rd., Mysore.

River bridge

2011-05-20T08:10:00.002+05:30

A single lane bridge over the river at T Narsipura, Karnataka. the road leads to Somnathapura, a place of tourists interest.
My post for SkyWatch, Walk in the Street

Our Apartment complex

2011-05-19T08:14:00.003+05:30

A massive signboard has come up on top end of our 12-floor apartment complex in Chennai. We are among the first few residents who have moved in at Mantri Synergy, a nine-block residential complex. Work is still in progress and it would two to three months for all 700 odd families to move in.
My post for Signs, Signs

Temple wall

2011-05-18T08:21:00.002+05:30

The red & white stripes on the wall is the trade mark of most temples in southern India. This one is in Thirukkadyur, Tamilnadu.
My post for Watery, Outdoor and ABC Wednesday.

My Mysore

2011-05-17T08:42:00.003+05:30

Pavement is home for these little ones ; they belong to families always on the move from one town to another, pitching their tents on sidewalks. They are mostly gypsies. Some families are, what I would call, economic nomads - craftsmen and artisans who have problem selling their wares. They move from place to place chasing fresh markets for their wares - pottery, decorative pieces, painted dolls and things. I caught up with these kids on a pavement close to the Mysore railway station. Presumably, their parents had just moved in, for a working stint in Mysore.
My post for Ruby Tuesday and My World

Blue train

2011-05-16T08:55:00.004+05:30

A strip of yellow on the blue train makes it a two-in-one shot - my post for Mellow Yellow and Blue Monday. Mandya is a wayside town, and a prime rail halt on the Bangalore-Mysore route. Known for paddy, sugarcane and its aggressive farming lobby, Mandya thrives on Cauvery water flowing through a well-knit irrigation canal system.

Mysore tonga

2011-05-15T05:54:00.002+05:30

Cart-driver and his horse find welcome relief in the shade from the punishing heat during summer. Horse-drawn two-wheeler, called 'tonga', is a vanishing mode of transport on Mysore streets.
My post for Camera Critters, Shadow Shot, SOOC and Scenic Sunday.

High Street Kelambakkam

2011-05-14T17:14:00.003+05:30

The morning after a sharp shower the night before leaves city streets in most places in a mess. This was the scene the other day at Kelambakkam, an outgrown village along Chennai's IT Corridor.
My post for Weekend Reflections and Walk in the Street.

Offending posters

2011-05-12T06:41:00.000+05:30

Political parties have scant regard for social norms/nicety when it comes to misuse of public space. That's how it is in a functioning democracy, which, it appears, functions mainly for politicians and their parties. The photo was taken at a prime road junction in the Mysore University complex.
My post for Signs, Signs.

Nothing special

2011-05-11T06:16:00.004+05:30

I am sure there are scenic settings such as this almost everywhere, but we tend to look for something special, different, and out of the ordinary when we photograph. This shot, taken at karanji Lake, Mysore, celebrates the ordinary.
My post for Wordless, Outdoor, and Watery Wednesday.

A quiet little town

2011-05-10T12:13:00.002+05:30

Dhali is a one-street town on way to Thirumurthi Hills. We passed through this quiet little habitation amid acres of farmland growing mainly coconut.
My post for Ruby Tuesday, My World and ABC Wednesday.

Garland of lemon

2011-05-09T08:09:00.005+05:30

Devotees offer lemon garlands to the deity at the Nimishamba temple in Srirangapatna near Mysore. Make-shift shops selling flowers/garlands and other puja offerings line the entrance to the shrine, located on the Cauvery river bank.
My post for Mellow yellow and Blue Monday (the blue here is a stretch, I admit)

Shadow on a mud patch

2011-05-08T06:26:00.004+05:30

Took this frame for the shadow on a mud patch in our Mysore neighbourhood that led us up a garden path (in a literal , not literary, sense)
My post for Shadow, Scenic, and SOOC Sunday.

Lonely walk home

2011-05-07T05:52:00.003+05:30

Parted from its flock a lonely sheep is left out on the road to fend for itself. Took this photo on a pilgrimage to Thirukkadiyur, a temple town in Tamilnadu.
My post for Weekend Reflections and Camera Critters.

School time

2011-05-06T17:08:00.002+05:30

Back-pack has become part of a student's uniform. A Mysore street scene at school time, when students are on way from the city main bus station to a neighbourhood school.
My post for Skywatch and Walk in the Street.

On a tow truck

2011-05-05T09:01:00.001+05:30

Grandson Sidharth excited about a tow truck that dropped by his residence at San Ramon CA.
My post for Signs, Signs

P for paddy

2011-05-04T08:35:00.002+05:30

Farmer Ghani Khan grows 100 plus varieties of paddy (for seed bank) and has on his 20 acre farm over 100 odd mango trees. Each tree produces a mango variety with distinctly different taste. The ageing trees came with the ancestral land in Mandya, Karnataka , that that was a gift from Tipu Sultan to a Ghani Khan's ancestor who had served in Tipu's army.
My post for Outdoor, Watery and ABC Wednesday

At the Baba temple

2011-05-03T10:42:00.002+05:30

At the Sai Baba temple my wife discovered in our Chennai neighbourhood, to which we recently shifted our residence from Mysore.
My post for My World and Ruby Tuesday.

Mysore memories

2011-05-02T06:53:00.003+05:30

It has been over two weeks since we shifted base to Chennai, from Mysore. And my wife and I haven't yet got used to a life without Mysore, where we had spent over six years. Besides, I still retain in my computer a fair collection of Mysore photos. This one is a quiet image of an otherwise busy traffic junction on Devaraja Urs Rd. Took this photo before business hours.
My post for Mellow Yellow and Blue Monday.

Street scene

2011-05-01T06:44:00.003+05:30

This could be a scene from any suburb. But there is something special about this street in Sarawathipuram, Mysore, for Friends of Roadside Trees. The row of trees you see on the right were planted a decade back by Mr Gurukar, a tree-lover credited with planting nearly 1,000 trees in the city.
My post for ShadowShot , SOOC, and Scenic Sunday.

Udupi temple pool

2011-04-30T06:02:00.004+05:30

Reflections on the pool of Udupi Krishna temple in Karnataka. It was early morning, sky was overcast and the sun hadn't yet made up its mind to shine over the shrine this morning.
My post for Weekend Reflections.

Getting dolled up

2011-04-29T05:42:00.009+05:30

K R Circle is a prime landmark in Mysore. And I took these early morning shots in November last when the city was getting dolled up. Can't recall the occasion, though.
My post for Skywatch and Walk in the Street

A Mysore bazar

2011-04-28T06:26:00.002+05:30

The clutter of signboards reflects the profile of the goods and services on offer at this market street close to the inter-city bus station in Mysore. Kannada is the preferred medium for signboards.
My post for Signs, Signs

Boat stand oars

2011-04-27T05:47:00.003+05:30

Oars lined up at the boat stand of Karanji Lake, a tourist attraction in Mysore.
My post for ABC, Watery and Outdoor Wednesday.

A red lineup

2011-04-26T06:58:00.002+05:30

Public transport buses, requisitioned by the election authorities, are lined up on a school campus in Mysore, where the staff assigned to polling booths in various parts of the district assembled to be taken to their designated booths. Took this photo during the Karnataka panchayat elections some months back.
My post for Ruby Tuesday and My World

Yellow headload

2011-04-25T06:24:00.005+05:30

A blue-shirted vendor carrying a head-load of yellow to his flowers shop at Devaraja Market, Mysore.
My post for Mellow Yellow and Blue Monday.

Resident monkey

2011-04-24T06:42:00.004+05:30

This chap on the front gate was a monkey in residence in our Mysore apartment complex. And he isn't half as innocent as he looks. When these guys gang up and move about in the complex they were a menace to residents. You got to be on guard carrying a shopping bag with fruits, bread or other edibles monkeys fancy. We don't have such menace in our place in Chennai, where we moved in recently. But I do, at times, miss the antics of our Mysore monkeys.
My post for Camera Critters and SOOC

Mysore morning

2011-04-23T16:42:00.004+05:30

A misty morning in Mysore.
My post for ShadowShot and Scenic Sunday

Flogging brooms

2011-04-23T16:00:00.003+05:30

A brooms seller sets up shop amid the dust and squalor of the farmers market in Mysore. Fruits and vegetable growers from villages around the city bring their produce here for sale. I took this photo when my wife and I joined a photowalk organised by camera enthusiast Kiran Ravikumar and his young friends.
My post for PhotoHunt

Getting off a bus

2011-04-23T05:55:00.004+05:30

A tourist group doing Mysore in a city bus got off near the Palace grounds. My wife and I were on the bus which was on its way from Chamundi Hills to the Mysore city bus stand.
My post for Weekend Reflections

Chennai at dawn

2011-04-22T06:32:00.003+05:30

We have moved in to Padur outskirts of Chennai. And from our 9th floor flat this is what I saw at the crack of dawn.
My Skywatch

Signpost

2011-04-21T19:41:00.002+05:30

Road to Mamallapuram, a 7th century port town.
My post for Walk in the Street

Sign-bearing trees

2011-04-07T07:34:00.004+05:30

Prompted by blogger ewok1993 who has posted a signboard that speaks for a tree I retrieved from my collection following photos with signs on trees. Took these photos on Mysore University campus.

Lakeview

2011-04-06T06:05:00.002+05:30

From their condition one can see these boats are not used much. In fact, Kukkrehalli Lake isn't a favourite for boating enthusiasts. The Mysore University which maintains the lake uses it for training NCC cadets.
My post for Watery, Outdoor and ABC Wednesday.

Selfless soul

2011-04-05T06:05:00.004+05:30

He is an ordinary person with a mission extraordinary. A retired govt. official K R Gurukar has passion for planting saplings on city sidewalks. He has been doing it on a daily basis for the last decade or more. He plants honge, a species suited to Mysore. Goats and stray cows don't fancy honge leaves, he says.
Post for My World and Ruby Tuesday (there is a touch of red in the background)

The shutter is blue

2011-04-04T06:03:00.004+05:30

Dedicated Blue Monday bloggers may find their preferred colour taking a backseat here. Eye-stealer in the shot is coloured yellow. Took this photo at K R Circle during the last Dasara, an annual festival of which we in Mysore make a big deal. The festival stretches for 10 days during which the entire city is lit up. There are daily concerts held on the Palace grounds. A colourful procession through the town marks the end of Dasara festival.

Backyard bonfire

2011-04-03T17:36:00.004+05:30

Took this shot from third-floor window of our apartments complex in Mysore. We had a power shutdown, and all that could be seen in the darkness outside was this bonfire of a heap of dry leaves.
My post for Photo Sunday themed Fire and Mellow Yellow.

College campus

2011-04-03T05:28:00.002+05:30

A scenic and shadow shot for this Sunday came straight out of my camera. During our morning walk on the Maharaja's College campus, Mysore.

First of the month - April

2011-04-02T16:33:00.003+05:30

Flower sellers setting up shop on a pavement spread on Dewan's Rd.,Mysore. My first entry on this meme, this would be our last April in Mysore , where we have spent the last six years. My wife and I are shifting base to Chennai later this month.
My post for First of the Month.

A look-in

2011-04-02T06:03:00.006+05:30

This guy looks in through our car window hoping for some eats. Stray cows are not an uncommon sight in our part of the world. They are accustomed to being fed by residents as they work the street - with kitchen waste, bread crumbs, left-over dinner, fruits, vegetable, anything edible.
We met this cow at the parking lot near Chamundi Temple , Mysore. She apparently had no luck with the car parked next to ours, with closed window.
My post for Weekend Reflections, Camera Critters, and Photo Hunt.

Household fuel

2011-04-01T06:10:00.002+05:30

Solar water heaters co-exist with traditional boilers fed on shredded coconut shell in my town. A van offloads home-delivered fuel shell on Narayana Shastri Rd., Mysore.
My post for Sky Watch and Walk in the Street

Orange plus

2011-03-31T06:43:00.004+05:30

I can't figure out the connection between this signboard and the used cars lot it advertises. But then the colours and the design are so appealing that anyone who casts his/her eyes on this board is likely to get curious about what this is all about. And then, on finding out, wonder what used cars have to do with orange. Incidentally, this used cars lot ruins the look of our apartments block, viewed from Ramavilas Road, Mysore.
My post for Signs, Signs.

News stand

2011-03-29T05:36:00.002+05:30

A make-shift news stand at our bus station in Mysore. The news-vendor is generous enough to let the bus crew have a look-in at the morning papers between trips.
Posted for My World and Ruby Tuesday.

Bazar traffic

2011-03-28T11:30:00.002+05:30

Experts have it that on city roads in India you can find 18 different modes of transport competing for space. I can count five, not including the car in which I was traveling when I took this shot in Chennai.
My post for Mellow Yellow and Blue Monday.

Rising Sun

2011-03-28T05:53:00.003+05:30

As seen from a pavement on JLB Rd., Mysore.
My post for PhotoSunday themed 'Sun'

Shadow shot

2011-03-27T06:14:00.002+05:30

We can count on shade any time of the day in my tree-lined neighbourhood on Ramavilas Rd., Mysore. The morning shadow with a receding mist is particularly inviting.
My post for SOOC, Scenic Sunday, and Shadow shot.

Caged

2011-03-26T16:32:00.008+05:30

You wouldn't feel comfortable if such animal is held anywhere other than in a cage. The tiger here, they said, had seen action in Hollywood movies. This place we went to is a ranch near Salinas CA (Steinbeck country). The ranch has bed/breakfast accommodation for animal lover tourists , and a spacious enclosures for animals and birds trained to face the camera and hired for filming to movie/TV producers.
My post for Camera critters and Photo Hunt.

Village pond

2011-03-26T06:03:00.002+05:30

Safe drinking water is an issue in many villages. For the community pond is used for bathing , washing clothes and livestock. Gone are the days when the village pond was considered safe enough for drinking. Took this shot at Thirukadiyur in Tamilnadu.
My post for Weekend Reflections

Amateur and an athlete

2011-03-25T06:02:00.004+05:30

I am an amateur, my camera is basic, and I attempted an action shot. I couldn't click fast enough as she was running towards us; and I was taken unaware as she sprinted past me on her home run. This, then, was the best of the shots I could get. Photo taken on Radhakrishnan Ave., Mysore.
My post for Sky Watch and Walk in the Street.

Backlit ads.

2011-03-24T05:50:00.006+05:30

May not have the glitter of Vegas, but Devaraja Urs Rd., Mysore's Times Sq., is no less colourful.
My post for Signs, Signs

Temple tank

2011-03-23T08:17:00.004+05:30

Every other temple in southern India has a tank to go with it. The idea was to facilitate worshipers to wash their feet or bathe before entering the place of worship. In many places, however, the temple tanks are poorly maintained. This one belongs to Mayurnathar Temple at Myladuthurai, Tamilnadu.
My post for Watery and Outdoor Wednesday.

J for joy

2011-03-23T06:02:00.003+05:30

A picture of joy at Monterey Bay Aquarium. The boy is grandson Sidharth. I know this is bit of a brag. I could have as well let this post wordless. For who needs words when the picture can speak, so joyfully.
My post for ABC Wednesday

'Puja' time

2011-03-22T06:27:00.003+05:30

It is puja time at Ramavilas Road Ramar temple,to which my wife is a visitor every morning. This photograph is credited to her. Taken in by pujari Gururaj's dedication, she sought permission to photograph him while offering prayers to Hanuman. Gururaj, a student of Mysore Sanskrit College, volunteers at the temple during off-class hours, morning and evening.
My World and Ruby Tuesday post this week.

Swing in the living room

2011-03-21T08:30:00.004+05:30

Living room of my blogger friend in Ooty. Kalyani whose blog posts, as distinct in substance and style as her living room, chose not to blog nearly 4 months back - 'I don't want to 'continue to ruminate so much and publicly on me and mine'.
Wish she has a change of mind.
My post for Mellow Yellow and Blue Monday.

Kids on the stairs

2011-03-20T11:01:00.005+05:30

Diya, Samarth, Sidharth and Nikhil. The latter two - my grandsons in San Ramon CA on a trip to Mysore - with cousins, at their grandparents' place in Vidyaranyapuram.
My post for Photo Sunday themed Children

Girls and goats

2011-03-20T08:05:00.002+05:30

Unrushed pace of life at a small town in Tamilnadu, Thirukkadaiyur. The girls on way to school wouldn't want to disturb the goats.
My post for Scenic Sunday.