I wish you all a very happy Ugadi and Hindu New Year. This year it is the Subhakritu Nama Samvatsara. Let everything be shubha (auspicious) to everyone! Habbada Adige (festive food) plays … [Read more...]
Happy New Year 2022
Wish you all a very happy New Year! … [Read more...]
Happy Deepavali – Happy Diwali
Here is wishing you all a very happy Deepavali! During Deepavali also known as Diwali varieties of sweets and savories are prepared along with festival food. Lamps are lit and houses are … [Read more...]
Happy Durgashtami 2021 – Durga Pooja – Dasara Durga Pooja
The eighth day of Dasara is celebrated as Durgashtami and Goddess Durga is worshiped across India. Wish you all a happy Durgashtami. Let Goddess Durga give you immense strength and energy! … [Read more...]
Gowri and Ganesha Festival Platters – Festival Food – Habbada Adige
Wish you all a very happy Gowri - Ganesha festival! Shopping, mantapa decorations, and preparing delicious festival food mark the Gowri - Ganesha festival celebrations. Gowri … [Read more...]
World Sparrow Day 2021
The year 2020 was difficult one for the Homo Sapiens. A non-existent virus trapped people in their homes to reflect and to give back to the environment. Every year on 20th March, the World … [Read more...]
Happy Makara Sankranti 2021
Wish you all a very happy Boghi and Makara Sankranti. Kite flying is an integral part of celebrating Makara Sankranti. A kite festival is held in Rajasthan and Gujarat during this time. … [Read more...]
Happy Durga Pooja 2020
Tomorrow is Ashtami (8th day of Dasara / Navaratri) festival, Durga Pooja. Happy Durga Pooja dear readers. Now, it is the turn Mother Durga to bless us and overpower the demon (COVID). … [Read more...]
Traditional Mysore Dishes Platter
Mysore is home to many traditional dishes. When we went on a picnic to Karanji Lake in Mysore, one of my friend packed the following Mysore dishes: Bisibelehuli anna popularly known as … [Read more...]
Happy Onam 2020
Wish you all a very happy Onam, readers. The houses in Kerala must be in a festive mood with Pookalam and Onam Sadya. The below Pookalam represents peace with the Swan … [Read more...]
Rainy Season in India
It is rainy season in India. The monsoon kept its time this time and arrived in the first week of June to Kerala and from there it spread to Karnataka, Maharashtra, and upwards. Now, the … [Read more...]
Red Damselfly
A beautiful Red Damselfly resting on a plant. A beauty to behold! Also, there is a lot to learn from this small insect, it sits still without moving for a very long time as though … [Read more...]
Happy Ugadi 2020
Wish the readers a very happy Ugadi and New Year. I wish and pray that you are all staying at home and are safe! Hope the beginning of the New Year brings great joy and destroys all evil. This … [Read more...]
Happy Durgashtami 2019
The 8th day of Dasara / Navaratri is Durgashtami. This is a state festival of West Bengal. The goddess is worshiped along with Ganesha, Subramanya, and Saraswathi in West Bengal. … [Read more...]
Happy Saraswathi Pooja 2019
As children we were taught to chant Saraswathi shloka. I chant this to this day. Our elders always advised us to worship Ma Saraswathi and seek her blessings. Here is the lyrics of "Ya Kundendu … [Read more...]
H.H.Maharaja Krishna Raja Wodeyar IV and H.H. Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar
Mysoreans have deep respect for the kings who ruled the Mysore state. Below are the photograph / paintings of H.H.Maharaja Krishna Raja Wodeyar IV and H.H. Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar. … [Read more...]
Dasara Dolls – 2019
Doll arranging is so much part of celebrating Dasara in the Mysore region. Thankfully the tradition is still continuing and people are arranging the dolls getting inspired from the Mahabharatha, … [Read more...]
Happy Onam 2019
Tomorrow is Tiru Onam and the celebrations include Pookalam / floral carpets, rituals, and Onam Sadya (sumptuous vegetarian meal). This festival is celebrated in Kerala. Wish you all a … [Read more...]
Washing Carrots in Kodaikanal
Juicy carrots are plucked from the farm and are taken to the lake in baskets. The carrots are washed with water using legs to remove the mud. They are washed again and loaded into … [Read more...]
Farmer’s Best Friend
Bullocks are farmer's best friend in India. They are tall and handsome with horns of varying length. The farmer takes care of the bullocks like his own children. Captured this … [Read more...]