As I share with you my little nuggets from my own culture every now and then, I love learning about other cultures just as much. Primarily, the thing that draws me is the parallels that other cultures draws with mine, yet they are distinctly unique. The Monastery at Kushalnagar in Coorg, Karnataka taught me about how Buddhist Monks enjoy their…
Tag: Karnataka
Weekly Photo Challenge: Entrance
Temple entrances fascinate me a lot, its interesting to see how any culture begins its religious learnings starting from its gate. This is the entrance to the Monastery situated at Kushalnagar in Coorg district in Karnataka. I love the play of warm colors against a cool blue palate in the sky. Too bad I couldn’t do…
Moving Mountains
Both my husband and I are nature lovers, but we don’t really prefer the same aspect of nature. I love water bodies more, while he enjoys mountains and landscapes more. However, we both don’t appreciate quarrying of mountains to make way for motor-able roads, which is ironic because without them, we won’t discover half of…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Worn 2
I got this shot waiting for traffic to open up on a semi quarried road. Kinda reminded me of the saying, simple living high thinking. However, I don’t know what is more worn out, the bicycle, the steel jar or the road… What do you think?
Peace at Heart
One of the most beautiful, monasteries in India, this one is called as the Golden Temple, at Kushal Nagar at Coorg, Karnataka. The peaks are said to be set in gold, and as local folklore suggests, the land was gifted to the Tibetan refugee monks as a gesture of goodwill. The area houses prayer houses,…
Security Always Comes First
They say Princess Diana would’ve survived if only she had belted-up. Anyway, not many people understand how much safety a standard seat-belt brings when you are riding at high speeds. As for this picture? It is from out stationary hired tourist car at Coorg. Just when I though I captured every shot with my camera,…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Morning 2
OK! I am very inspired with all the posts for the theme of the week, and so let me present to you a very typically South Indian Breakfast. On the plate is Idlies, Ulundu wada, Sambhar, Chutney, bread-butter and Ven-Pongal. I had trouble adjusting the lighting so the picture has come out grainy. What a…
Wild Fire
As the rains set in, many trees shed their flowers as a mark of respect. And one such tree is the Royal Poinciana or Flamboyant, or the Flame tree. These plants often spot red of yellow hues flowers that are edible too. Known as the Delonix regia we call it Gulmohar in Hindi where Gul’…
A Majestic Creature
I recently enjoyed a well deserved and unexpected break to Coorg, Karnataka (OK, the break was expected, but site wasn’t). One of the places we visited was an Elephant Training Camp, in the North of Coorg, in a place called Dubare. Here, they teach elephants to carry load and work for humans. As inhuman as…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Morning
It is a traditional Hindu belief to start the day with a visit to the temple. I am not an overtly religious person, but I believe in a supreme being. This is a picture of Tala Cauvery, the origin of the sacred River Cauvery, which gives water to two states, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, and is…
Snapshots of my World 