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Flower Arrangement – Solitaire

You do no need a bunch of flowers to create a flower arrangement.  A single flower can be a garden as well as a good flower arrangement. Ikebana rules can be sometimes applied to freestyle … [Read More...]

June 2026 Hints

Make a organic insecticide by adding onions and garlic to a jar of water, let it stand for a week, and spray plants with it. Used tea bags sprinkled on rose plants will make them blossom faster … [Read More...]

Nambhi Narayana Temple, Thodanur

The Nambhi Narayana/Lakshmi Narayana temple is the largest and the oldest temple in Thodanur. This was originally a Jain basathi/temple.  Hoysala king Bittidevaraya, who was a Jain was influenced … [Read More...]

Akeel Dip Recipe

Yes, like you I was intrigued hearing the name of this dip. Akeel Dip is from Yemen and is similar to Indian Raitha with its own unique twist. This dip can be served with any of the crisp starters or … [Read More...]

Song on Lord Panduranga

This song is in praise of Lord Panduranga of Pandharpur.   Panduranga appeared in Pandharpur to bless his devotee, Pundalik, who was busy serving his parents when the Lord arrived, … [Read More...]

Flower Arrangement – Windy

The wind blown arrangement is the nearest you can get to nature.  This arrangement is one of my favorite.  This arrangement gives an illusion of a tree laden with flowers blown to a side by … [Read More...]

Black-eyed Susan Vine

The attractive flowers of Black-Eyed Susan Vine are like a pop-up in any garden.  The profuse flowers are attractive and add the much needed colour among the other trees and plants. The … [Read More...]

May 2026 Hints

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...]

Vegetarian Recipes

Eggless Orange Cup Cake

Eggless Orange Cup Cake is a favorite at home and I made this batch to usher in the New Year! Type: Tea cakes Time Required: 45 Minutes Ingredients: 30 gms Butter 75 gms (1/3 cup + 1tbsp) … [Read More...]

Shavige Payasa

Shavige Payasa is vermicelli cooked in milk, which is also called as Kheer.  This is prepared during festivals and auspicious occasions. My mom makes the best in the world! Required Time: 20 … [Read More...]

Instant Garlic Bread

Time Required: 10 Minutes Serves: 2 Ingredients: 4 Bread Slices 8 Garlic Pods, Crushed 2tbsp Butter Method: Heat Butter and add Garlic and sauté for a minute or two. Spread a spoonful … [Read More...]

Green Apple Milk Shake

You might ask me why Green Apple and not Red? All varieties of Apples can be used, Green Apple adds more sourness to the shake. Time Required: 10 Minutes Ingredients: 1 Green Apple 2 … [Read More...]

South Indian Vegetable Pulao

South Indian Vegetable Pulao is a rice cooked with spices and vegetables. This recipe calls for adding freshly grated coconut into the masala paste.  Flavored rice with vegetables and … [Read More...]

Seared Bean Sprout Salad

Seared Bean Sprout Salad is tasty served as a side dish or can be served as a meal with some garlic bread.  A very interesting salad with crunchy Sesame Seeds and Orange flavor. Time Required: 20 … [Read More...]

Travel

Yennehole

Yennehole is a lake situated in Dadadahalli village in Mysore. This lake is surrounded by non-irrigated fields and fallow land. You can find many villagers grazing their livestock in these … [Read More...]

Hogenakkal Waterfalls

Hogenakkal in Kannada means Smoking rocks, but the name that is apt for this place is Yennekal meaning Oily rocks. This place is best avoided by one and all and it is a failure and shame on the … [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...]

Anegudde Sri Vinayaka Temple

Anegudde Temple is situated in Kumbashi village near Kundapur, Karnataka is dedicated to Siddhi Vinayaka / Lord Ganesha. Kumbashi is also the birth place of Sri Vadirajaru. “Ane” means Elephant … [Read More...]

Ramana Ashram, Thiruvannamalai

"Distracted as we are by various thoughts, if we would continually contemplate the Self, which is Itself God, this single thought would in due course replace all distraction and would itself … [Read More...]

Se Cathedral – Goa

Right opposite the Basillica de Bom Jesus, is the Roman Catholic Se Cathedral - Goa. It is the seat of the Archdiocese of Goa and is also a UNESCO heritage site. Built in 1510, but the actual … [Read More...]

Kudremukh

I have a hazy memory of me standing at one of the  view points in Chikkamagalur holding my sister’s hand and the elders identifying a faraway hill as Kudremukh from the shape of the hill. When … [Read More...]

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Festivals

Chaitra Poornima

Chaitra Poornima is the first Poornima of the Hindu lunar calendar and falls in the Hindu month of Chaitra, March – April according to Gregorian calendar. It is the Poornima (full moon) after the … [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...]

Satyanarayana Aarathi Song

It is a must to read the story of Satyanarayana at the end of Satyanarayana pooja.  Here is a song covering all the stories that has to be read.  You can sing this while doing the final … [Read More...]

Aarathi song for Lord Rama

On the auspicious day of the birth of Lord Rama (Rama Navami festival), songs praising him are sung while doing the traditional Arathi. ರಾಮನ ಆರತಿ ಹಾಡು ಮಂಗಳಂ ಜಯರಘು ಪುನ್ಗವರಾಘವಾ ಅಂಗದ … [Read More...]

Udaka Shanti Pooja

Udaka Shanti Pooja is performed before major events like marriage, upanayana, gruha pravesha, and so on. This pooja is performed for peace and harmony in the house. First, Ganesha is worshiped. … [Read More...]

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