Goan temple

Goa is full of temples and very different from the temples found anywhere in india. A must visit if you are in goa for vacation. The picture here is kamakshi temple at shiroda.

Unusual flower

Does anybody know what flower this is ? I dont know but i guess nice flower...

Beautiful skies after a long time

Driving to panjim captured this piece of amazing shot on zuari bridge. With the monsoons fading away a lot of action in pictures can be expected.

Lone crusader

Rainworthy Shot

An isolated carrier disbursing H20 in the arabian sea and gradually moving on us. Shot from the half completed approach road to the yet to exist Mashem Bridge. This will be regular sight for travellers on NH17 if the bridge comes up. An amazing place too be if you got nothing to do...now you know why was I found there..

A cup of tea...

Be at office or at home, tea is one thing I cannot miss out post lunch. Infact waiting for my tea at office I remembered this pic had to be uploaded just becos it looked refreshing. there comes my tea...

Selling Fish @ Mashem in Goa

Fish is totally indispensible in Goa. We stopped by at the Mashem market to find some fish. It is quite amazing to listen to conversations happening and bargains falling apart when the village men both young and old try candy konkani on these fisherwomen.

Tiger Spotting at Kaziranga National Park...

An amazing video shot in Kaziranga National Park in India. This video is doing rounds on internet - shot by an unknown person. Do watch it. It is one of the scariest videos around...Imagine what would happen of you if you were sitting up on that elephant with your digital camera.

Monsoons - Not coping with Pace...

It should have been raining cats and dogs in Goa. I guess I was lucky as a school going kid to enjoy the really fierce but not so destructive monsoons. Believe me I enjoyed every bit of rains clad in my favourite yellow color duckback raincoat. Global warming wasnt heard of then. Wheres the rain gone now? Guess in Goa we ll have to wait as much as a week this year. With changing monsoon patterns we ll have almost everything changing around. I just couldnt believe my eyes when I watched television today - It read 38 Degree Celcius in Dehradun. Whoaaa hoaaa.... a 'hill station' patroned by the Britishers for summer holidays no longer stands designated. Where are we gonna run with the changing weather patterns??

(shot at colva beach - south goa)

Kolkatta

The old Kolkota bass and the hold age Kolkota Thaxi.

Kolkatta @ tea time...

No its isnt early British days. It is year 2008 and shot in Black and white..hides all the blemishes. Fair and Lovely...isnt it?

What British left for the Commmunists..

I believe a DNA test inside the Tram would reveal a lot about the Brits in India. Certainly nothing has changed about them in the last so many decades - Just one thing if at all is changed is the use for Commercial advertising on its exteriors. Have you been inside a tram in Kolkatta? I suggest you dont. It might possibly lead to Genetic overlapping of the 'left' over shredded DNA. The ACC on the Tram means Associated Communists Chors...

Nirmal Hriday

2 things about this picture. Nirmal Hriday and the Kolkatta cop. Now what about them? Nirmal Hriday is where it all started for Mother Theresa. This place in Kolkatta (a.k.a Calcutta) is the home for the 'unknown' started by Mother Theresa. And what about the COP? Zoom in and read the abbrevation on his suspect helmet. Its almost read as RIP.

The Great Indian Auto

Yes this is the great Indian Auto that has fancied even the Brits long after they have left India and gone to be ruled by the Indians in their own land. The only thing that comes to my mind why the firangs fancy this vehicle is that they are not found elsewhere. If you ask me it is the most difficult and the most uncomfortable of the mobiles you ll find on this planet earth. Off course that was the reason a bunch of guys, sorry attention seeking guys got on a bunch of autos and painted them all fancy and decided to climb Himalayas. It must have been some hardwork. If you are reading this from a far away land...the next time you are in India and you want some bum rolling ride..dont miss out on the great Indian Auto.. And if you are a Australian or a Brit..remember this auto has an unworldly inclination to discriminate good from bad.. yellow from black and what not. caution to the auto.

Arabian sea ...

Best viewed from this place. Probably the highest point in Goa which is right next to sea shore. A must try place during monsoons.... Get to see full glory of the ocean.

Bat Island off coast of Vasco da Gama

View from the MPT park at Sada Vasco.
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Temples in Goa have beautiful ponds which are used for all religious function.


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Temple at Mardol Goa

Deepa stambh or the lamp tower at the Mardol Temple in Goa

Early morning misty moods of the Coorg landscape

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Rain charged valley in Madikeri

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Moods of Coorg

View from my room where I stayed in Madikeri - the place seemed warm and serene and in minutes we had the april showers, the very reason why coffee grows in Coorg. Check out the next photograph, the whole valley was wild with heavy rain and thunder lightning.
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Where are the magnetic spots

Wonder if we ll see sunsets in the next decade
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Sunset at beach, benaulim goa
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Suspended animation
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Sunset at Benaulim beach, goa india
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My bridge to office. So tough to count the number of times I would have crossed the bridge in the last 5 yrs.
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Sunset at sernabatim, goa india
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Shigmo Festival in GOA

Shigmo in Konkani is a festival celebrated in Goa, a state on the west coast of India. One of the prominent festivals of the Hindu community in Goa, and is the Marathi/Konkani name for the pan-Indian festival of Holi.

In recent years, the state government has been offering its support for public Shigmo parades, made up of traditional folk and street-dancers and elaborately-built floats depicting scenes from regional mythology and religious scenes.

Meanwhile, Shigmo festivals also continue in diverse rural parts of Goa, spanning over a fortnight, with different days earmarked for celebrations in diverse areas. This festival is celebrated around March each year, is linked to the lunar-based Hindu calendar.

Shigmo Floats at Panjim Goa