The Venkateswara Temple is a vishnu temple in Tirumala, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. The Temple is dedicated to Lord Sri Venkateswara, an incarnation of Vishnu, who is believed to have appeared here to save mankind from trials and troubles of Kali Yuga.
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Wild Trees
“Time has a different quality in a forest, a different kind of flow. Time moves in circles, and events are linked, even if it’s not obvious that they are linked. Events in a forest occur with precision in the flow of tree time, like the motions of an endless dance.” ~Richard Preston, The Wild Trees:…
Hydrabadi Sharwama
The bliss of visiting close friends from another city, in their hometown, has its perks. By nature I love going to places that are far from fancy but delicious. Only locals know such hidden gems. I’m a poor eater but I love good food. This sharwama in the by lanes of a far-from-quaint Hyderabad was…
Stop Right Now!
I am a Spice Girls fan, I used to like the funk in their songs. Sadly for the millennials though, they never heard of the band; let alone their songs. The only spice that survived the bygone era was Posh Spice, better known as Victoria Beckham, wife of football star David Beckham. So, you may…
Bliss
History is not always about wins or losses. It’s not always bitter either. They can bring some soothing moments back. But like Margaret MacMillan cautions us: “We can learn from history, but we can also deceive ourselves when we selectively take evidence from the past to justify what we have already made up our minds…
In Wilderness
It is easy to be controlled, restrained and cultured; after all that how all of us were taught to live. Just the other day, I was talking to a friend about how as kids being wild and free came with conditions (read not being caught by parents). But there is a different kind of thrill…
Bugged For Life
We all live in an insane amount of stress, a first world problem. We are so consumed with balance, that we lose the essence of when to stop prioritizing. Work life balance is a new fad that consumes us more than it puts us at ease. From a race to win, the marathon turns into…
The Grandness Of India
Known as the Grand Canyon of India, this little forgotten paradise gorge is called Gandikota and is located at the Pennar River in Andhra Pradesh. Gandi means gorge and Kota is fort in Telugu. This beautiful and very abused natural wonder in the country is in a district called Kadappa, which is also form of…
Snapshots of my World 