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December 2025 Hints

If your plant is shrivelled, the following can help you revive it: Add one table spoon sugar in two litres water. Let the sugar dissolve completely. Later feed to the plant. Dissolved a … [Read More...]

November 2025 Hints

Fold used butter wrappers and put them in your fridge. Next time you need to grease a pan, just grab your pre-buttered wrapper and coat the pan. Fruit fly problems – -Take a glass and fill it part … [Read More...]

Sugar Snap Peas Stir Fry Recipe

I was delighted to find Sugar snap peas in the grocery store and they are so easy to use. The whole pod can be eaten.  They are sweet and crisp.  You can add them to salads or eat them as is … [Read More...]

Vegetarian Recipes

Watermelon Juice

A very cool juice...perfect during summers. Time Required: 15 Minutes Serves: 4 Ingredients: 4 Cups Watermelon Cubes, De seeded 4 - 6tbsp Sugar ½tsp Pepper A pinch of Kala Namak/Black … [Read More...]

Chakkali

A salty fritter in the shape of concentric circles, which is commonly prepared in South Indian homes and a favorite among children.  Chakkali is compared to the Moon and a rhyme goes like this "Chanda … [Read More...]

Mango Phirni

Sweet dish prepared using Rice paste cooked in Milk.  Mango Phirni is a very popular dessert of Kashmir. Time Required: 1 Hour + Chilling Time Ingredients: ½ Cup Basmati rice ½ litre … [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...]

Indian Lemonade

Lemonade flavored with Saffron and Cardamom Required Time: 15 Minutes Serves: 3 Ingredients: Juice of 1 Lemon 3 Glasses of Water 7tbsp Sugar A pinch of Salt A pinch of Saffron … [Read More...]

Travel

Planet X, Mysore

Updated on April 30 2014: Planet X is closed now. Mysore was always nicknamed as a “sleepy town” and the visitors whine that there is nothing in Mysore except for historical monuments and ancient … [Read More...]

Edakkal Caves

Do you want to come face to face with the drawings made by your ancestors in the Stone Age period? Have you ever wondered about the way they lived? You can get some answers with a visit to Edakkal … [Read More...]

Devanahalli

Devanahalli was also known as Yusufabad and is situated in Bangalore rural district. The history of Devanahalli dates back to the 15th century. Rana Byre Gowda was the leader of a group of … [Read More...]

Kavadi Kere

A beautiful lake spread over 62 acres shines like glass reflecting the blue sky and the hills all around it.  The floating dried leaves along with lily leaves creates a lovely pattern over it.  Beside … [Read More...]

Agumbe, Karnataka

Agumbe is known as Chirapunji of South India as this place is next to Chirapunji in receiving a very high rainfall. So, you can just imagine the beauty of this place, rain forests covered hills, … [Read More...]

Big Banyan Tree

Known as “Dodda Aalada Mara” in Kannada, this big banyan tree is 380 to 400 years old.  It is situated in Kethohalli village, 25 Kms from Bangalore city.  Dodda Aalada Mara is one of the biggest … [Read More...]

Udupi Sri Krishna Temple

Udupi is famous for the Krishna Matha (monastery) established by the dwaitha philosopher Sri Madhvacharya in the 13th Century. The presiding deity of Udupi Sri Krishna Temple is fondly called as … [Read More...]

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Festivals

Goddess Sharadamba Utsava

Happy Saraswathi Pooja 2014.  In Sringeri, Karnataka, during Dasara festival, the utsava murthy (procession idol) of Goddess Sharadamba (Saraswathi) is taken in a small chariot around the temple … [Read More...]

Hoovilya

Hoovilya is an auspicious ritual conducted just before major celebrations like Marriage or Upanayana / Sacred thread ceremony in Karnataka. It is more like an all women’s party, where at least 5 or … [Read More...]

Mannethithina Amavasya

Manneththina Amavasya, “mannu” means mud; “yeththu” in Kannada means bullocks and “Amavasya” means no moon day. This festival is celebrated in North Karnataka, and bullocks made of mud are worshiped … [Read More...]

A thought on Saraswathi Pooja

ವಿದ್ಯೆಯ ಮಹತ್ವ ಒಡಲೊಳಗಿರುವದು ವಿದ್ಯೆಯು ನಡೆದರೆ ತಾಂಬರವಲ್ಲ ಕಳ್ಳರು ಕದಿಯರ್ ಪೊಡವಿಪರು ಕಸಿದು ಕೊಳ್ಳರ್ ವಡಹುಟ್ಟಿದವರು ಪಾಲು ಕೇಳರು ಕೇಳೈ Meaning: Knowledge is something that belong to you.  Strangers … [Read More...]

Rama Navami

Rama Navami is a festival celebrating the birth of Sri Rama, son of King Dasharatha of Ayodhya. “Yada Yadaa hi dharmasya gnanirbhavathi bharatha Abhyuththaana madharmasya thadathmaanam … [Read More...]

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