Fire & Ice
It is an adventure just to even witness the lava flow. But it is all the more intriguing and intimate to follow the lava from the crater to the ocean entry. They make the way thru lava tubes and...
View ArticleSunset by The Garden of Three Islands
Japanese Garden also called as The Garden of Three Islands is one of the many gardens within the Chicago Botanical Gardens. Here it is indeed easy to overlook how the Japanese respect for nature and...
View ArticleLife is Amazing
For a minute, walk outside, stand there, in silence, look up at the sky, and contemplate how amazing life is :) A night under the stars always brings in thoughts of contemplation :) This was shot by...
View ArticleThe Celestial Glow
Shooting Star … now what would U wish for :) This past weekend the weather was pretty warm and the skies clear providing a right mix for some star gazing. Being around new moon and the Eta Aquarids...
View ArticleBe like the tree …
Be like the tree, and let the dead leaves drop – Rumi Canon 7D : Canon 10-22 mm : ISO 100: 10 mm : f3.5 : 1/20 sec Pisgah National Forest Brevard, North Carolina, USA
View ArticleBe Still
Once, while driving to Atlanta, the evening sky was so dramatic, that it would have been a sin not to stop. Luckily, Maps showed a blue patch near by, indicating a water body. But only in a crunch, you...
View ArticleVivekananda Rock by twilight
In a conflict between the heart and the head, follow your heart. – Swami Vivekananda Eight years back, when I visited Kanyakumari, I did not get to actually visit the Vivekananda Rock. Back then, I...
View ArticleIraniyur
Just a short drive from Karaikudi is lraniyur, which hosts this lovely Aatkondanathar Swami temple. As the first rays of the sun hit, birds chirped all around, accompanied by the cool and pristine...
View ArticleFind your light
The dark does not destroy the light; it defines it. It’s our fear of the dark that casts our joy into the shadows. Find your light and make it shine :) Canon 7D : ISO 2500 : 10 mm : f3.5 : 30.0 sec...
View ArticleDivine Island
Vandiyur Mariamman Teppakulam (வண்டியூர் மாரியம்மன் தெப்பக்குளம்) is a temple tank located near to Vandiyur Mariamman Temple and situated at a distance of about 4 km from the Meenakshi Amman Temple in...
View ArticlePerspective
Sometime all we need is a new perspective. Perspective – it changes everything. One of the amazing things in life – just when we think we have everything figured out & then you stumble upon...
View ArticleThe Prakaram of Nemam Temple
Nemam Temple near Karikudi is one among the 9 temples connected with the Nagarathar community. The nine temples connected with the Nagarathar or Natukottai chettiyar include: Ilayathakudi,...
View ArticleCalming the Chaos
Our society thrives on the concept of being busy all the time. The entire system is built around to keep you busy, on the edge, always being bothered, forcing to carry the mountains that aren’t yours...
View ArticleSeparate yet same
The Oaks of Charleston – at the outset it looks like each one is standing in a line – individually. Look further, and you would realize each one of them is connected at a far deeper level – by the...
View ArticleStanding Out
Fitting in does not mean you belong.Standing out does not mean you are desolate. Don’t be afraid to Stand out. We are born unique, but spend the first couple of decades of our life, learning to...
View ArticleA Contemplative Evening
Be here now. Be someplace else later. Is that so complicated ? – David M. Bader It is not complicated, it indeed is very simple But simple might not be easyEasy or not, Be simple, Be mindful. Canon 7D...
View ArticleYin Yang of Life
Breath-in.2.3.4.Hold.2.Breath-out.2.3.4.5.6.Hold.2. & repeat … Watercolor on Cold Pressed Paper
View ArticleA pristine beauty – Hebbe Waterfalls
Alluring, exotic, immaculate … words don’t come close to describe this place. In the forests of deep interior Karnataka, by the district of Chikkamagaluru lies this pristine beauty. 13 kms of...
View ArticleThe not so silent Sathodi Falls
Amazing, how a thundering waterfall can be so violent, yet so calming – all at once.Tweet Sathodi Falls – though just 15 meters high – is quite a picturesque waterfall located deep in the forests of...
View ArticleSimple Life
Life is simple –it will continue to be soif only, we stop to make it complicatedTweet Sony A7III : Sony 16-35 mm : ISO 250: 16 mm : f4.0 : 1/1000 sec Paddy FieldsSagara, Karnataka, India
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