To preserve your expensive shoes, slide each separately into zip bags and hot blow over them to get a perfect shoe cover. To unclog shower pores, place a paper towel over the shower head, pour … [Read More...]
Happy Narasimha Jayanthi 2026
Tomorrow is Sri Narasimha Jayanthi, may this day make you stronger with immense devotion to the god. This is Sri Lakshmi Narasimha sculpture at Hampi. Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Karvalambam … [Read More...]
Nanneshwara Temple, Lakkundi
The Nannesvara temple is located to the west of Kasivisvesvara temple in Lakkundi. This 11th century Hindu temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva. Adam Hardy, architecture scholar and … [Read More...]
Sooryanarayana Temple, Lakkundi – Suryanarayana temple
Sun plays a vital role in our lives and the whole mankind, animals, plants, and birds thrive because of the sunlight. Hence, Sun is worshipped throughout India. Rathasapthami festival is … [Read More...]
Brahma Jinalaya – Jain Basadi – Lakkundi
Brahma Jinalaya is a Jain Basadi / temple built in the 11th century by Attimabbe mother of Ahniga Masavadi the ruler of Lakkundi. Queen Attimabbe was generous and a benefactor of Kannada … [Read More...]
Kashivishwanatha Temple, Lakkundi
Kashivishwanatha / Lord Shiva Temple is the most flamboyant of all the temples in Lakkundi with intricate designs carved on the shikara / towers and the doorways. Kashivishwanatha … [Read More...]
Festival dates in Vaisakh month – April and May 2026
Festival dates in Chaitra month – March and April 2026 Vaishākh (April – May) Akshaya Tritiya – 19 April 2026 Basava Jayanthi– 20 April 2026 Ramanujacharya … [Read More...]
Kodanad View Point, Kotagiri
When in Kotagiri it is a must to the Kodanadu View Point. It is a place that one can spend hours looking at the rolling hills and valleys. Kodanadu View Point is 20 km drive from Kotagiri … [Read More...]
Flowering Tobacco
I was surprised that there is a flowering version of Tobacco. Tobacco is largely grown in K.R.Nagar area. During my birding trip, I have come across large acres of land growing Tobacco and … [Read More...]
Quinoa Buddha Bowl
Quinoa Buddha Bowl is a bowl teeming with fibre and protein. Various tastes and textures form this bowl to satiate the soul. Ingredients: 1 Cup Cooked Quinoa with Salt 1 Cup Purple … [Read More...]
India loves to pose – 58
India loves to pose series contains random pictures of people in different moods and gears captured during a moment in their story. I believe that behind every face lies a story. Young India is … [Read More...]
Patchwork frame making – Snow White and Seven Dwarfs
When kids during summer holidays we used to be engaged making a lot of arts and crafts. There was not continuous TV nor mobile phones. Here is one art work that I made using material … [Read More...]
April 2026 Hints
Clean window tracks by pressing paper towels into the groove and pour half a cup of water and slide the window. Remove the paper towel. Your tracks will be clean. To make a paper towel … [Read More...]
Watermelon Sparkler
Fruit juice with soda adds the right spirit to the mood. Here is a simple cool watermelon sparkler recipe to keep you cool and your spirits high! Ingredients: Watermelon juice with or without … [Read More...]
Lakkundi
Lakkundi is also known as Lokki Gundi and it is a place filled with history, striking yet forgotten Hindu and Jain temples, wells, inscriptions and museum . This village is situated 12 kms … [Read More...]
Vegetarian Recipes
Sabudana Vada Recipe – Sago Fritters – Sago Vada
Sabudana Vada are fritters prepared using Sago Pearls. It is an authentic snack of Maharashtra. Time Required: 20 Minutes + Soaking Time Ingredients: 1 Cup Sabudana / Sabbakki / Sago … [Read More...]
Masala Chai – Masala Tea Recipe
Tea prepared using spices. A favorite drink among Indians and the only place on this earth where tea is literally cooked. Time Required: 10 Minutes Serves: 4 Ingredients: 4 tsp Tea … [Read More...]
Akkithari Uppittu – Rice Upma – Broken Rice and Flat beans Upma
Akkithari Uppittu is a dish prepared using broken Rice. This dish when prepared using boiled Flat Beans or Winter Beans (Avarekalu) is extremely tasty and very popular in South Karnataka. … [Read More...]
Mosappu – Leafy Vegetables side dish Recipe – Hari Sabji Subzi Recipe
This is a very healthy curry and is prepared using assorted leafy vegetable and lentils. Mosappu is a favorite among the Vokkaliga community in Karnataka and also relished by others. The … [Read More...]
Kalan – Raw Banana in spicy Yogurt Sauce – Kaccha Kela Raitha Recipe – Balekayi Mosaru Bhajji Recipe
This dish is from Kerala using raw Banana and Yogurt. This is served during Onam sadya. Time Required: 20 Minutes Ingredients: 1 Raw Banana, Peeled and chopped 2 Cups Curds / Yoghurt ½ … [Read More...]
Steamed Chilies Chutney
A chutney prepared using steamed Chilies..this Chutney is popular in Coorg District. Time Required: 15 Minutes Ingredients: 8 - 10 Green Chilies 10 - 12 Garlic Pods 1tsp Jeera/Cumin … [Read More...]
Kancheepuram Dosa
Kancheepuram is a temple town in Tamil Nadu. There is a Idli called Kancheepuram / Kanjeevaram Idli and here is a recipe for Kancheepuram Dosa. Time Required: 20 Minutes + Soaking Time + … [Read More...]
Cabbage Paratha – Cabbage Flat Bread Recipe – Gobi Paratha Recipe
Cabbage Paratha is an Indian bread stuffed with cabbage. A favorite among North Indians. This is also the best way to make children eat vegetables. Time Required: 20 Minutes Serves: … [Read More...]
Travel
Supra Waterfalls, Kotagiri
As we were driving up the winding hills to Kotagiri from Coonoor we came across this beautiful waterfall cascading from another hill. Stopped and took pictures of Supra waterfalls and just … [Read More...]
St. Lawrence Church
Churches built by the Portuguese dot the Goan landscape and St. Lawrence Church is one of them. Located on a hill and built in Portuguese style of architecture, this white church was built in 1565 for … [Read More...]
Wenlock Downs, Ooty
Wenlock Downs is popularly known as 9th and 6th mile as they are situated exactly at the 9th and 6th mile from Ooty. Innumerable movies have been shot here with the hero and the leading lady singing … [Read More...]
Gyudmed Monastic School, Gurupura
Gyudmed Monastic School is situated in Gurupura near Hunsur, Karnataka. It is a center for study of tantra established in 1972. The founder of Gyudmed monastery was Lama Je Sherab Senge in … [Read More...]
Madumalai
Picture1 - Madumalai Forest Madumalai means “first hills” and it is the one of the most beautiful wildlife sanctuary and it is also a tiger reserve established in 1940. The park is spared over 321 … [Read More...]
Holenarasipura, Karnataka
Holenarasipura is situated in Hassan district, Karnataka. Nayakas ruled this place from 1547 to 1667. Kanteerava Narasaraja Wodeyar, the king of Mysore defeated Narasimha Nayaka and Holenarasipura … [Read More...]
Jenukallu Gudda
Jenu means Honey, Kallu means stone and Gudda means hill. This place is a viewpoint in the Western Ghat, which offers a panoramic view of the hills packed one behind the other. Jenukallu Gudda is … [Read More...]
Festivals
Festivals in Shravana month – July and August 2025
Shrāvana (August - September) - From 25 July to 22 August (2025) Shravana Shanivara - 26 July, 2 August, 9 August, 16 August (2025) Mangala Gowri Vrat - 29 July, 5 August, 12 August, … [Read More...]
Buddha Poornima – Vesak
Buddham Sharanam Gatchami|| The above verse is a chant of Buddhists meaning "I take refuge in Lord Buddha". Buddha Poornima is celebrated by Buddhists all over the world. It is celebrated on … [Read More...]
Paryaya of Sri Krishna Matha (Krishna Temple) of Udupi
Paryaya is a ritualistic system by which the pontiffs of the eight muttts of Udupi, by turn, take up the responsibility of worshipping the deity at the Sri Krishna temple. The ceremony of the handing … [Read More...]
Dasara Gombe – Dolls Arrangement 2023
The best part of Navratri / Dushehra / Dasara celebrations in Mysuru was visiting neighbour's homes for the Gombe Arathi (doll arrangement / Golu) and enjoying the traditional and delicious sweets and … [Read More...]
Chhat Pooja
Thou by whose luster all the world of life comes forth, and by thy beams again returns unto its rest, O surya with the golden hair, ascend for us day after day, and still bringing purer innocence – … [Read More...]
Mahalaya Amavasya
15 days of the Hindu month is considered as Pitra Paksha, which are days dedicated to ancestors. It occurs in the Hindu month of Bhadrapada i.e. September-October in the Gregorian calendar. For the … [Read More...]
Festival dates in Pushya month – December and January 2026
Festival dates in Paush/Pushya (December – January) Dhanurmasa Pooja – Starts on 16 December 2025 and ends on 14 January 2026 Vaikunta Ekadasi – 30 December 2025 … [Read More...]
