Living With Nature

2006-06-01T07:01:00.000-07:00

wedding collage ...... roopesh twin sister got married ....... murali and muttu got married ........ 5 marriages in a month ....... no more kerala trip for next couple of week :-(

2006-06-01T06:58:00.000-07:00

prakash anna in cow boy style ....... we had a nice time in fashion folks. last day when i went to drop sreeram anna .... i got some time to peep into to shop a get some stuff for me .......... i got a trekking bag, floaters, disel cargo, party wear and a nice metal mala .......

2006-06-01T06:54:00.000-07:00

went to ashram last day and found this beautiful insect............. what do u think ???

2006-06-01T06:53:00.000-07:00

this is a rare stone .......... very few gets this ......... u have to really blessed to get this .......... u know who got this .......... sujith ........ and u know what this stone is ...... its a kidney stone :-)

2006-06-01T06:52:00.000-07:00

long shot with shyam's tripod and nikon cam ........... night pooram .... i was watching this with raghuji from Art of living foundation ..........

2006-06-01T06:51:00.000-07:00

hands of a expert madalam player. madalam playes a important role in panchavadyam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panchavadyam .......... Madhalam is a drum made out of the wood of the jackfruit tree. It has two sides for playing, made out of leather, which give different beats. This is a heavy instrument which is tied around the waist of the person playing and the player stands all the while to perform.

2006-06-01T06:47:00.000-07:00

this guy made us jump ...... pallavoor kuttan marar ....... amazing personality .......Mr. Kuttan Marar, disciple of Peruvanam Appu Marar, Kumarapuram Appu Marar and Sreenarayanapuram Appu Marar, has been associated with the Ilanjithara Melam for nearly 30 years. He has been its `pramanam' (chief) for nine years. Recipient of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi and Guruvayurappan Awards in 2002, Mr. Kuttan Marar has performed extensively in the country and abroad. for more info http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/08/stories/2006050804630300.htm

2006-06-01T06:45:00.000-07:00

he saw me clicking and gave me a beautiful smile ...... these people do a great job during the festival ....... 24hr on duty .......... hands up to these great souls

2006-06-01T06:44:00.000-07:00

all-boys-party .......... very rarely i see girls during pooram ..... may be its very tough for feeemails in the sun .........

2006-06-01T06:43:00.000-07:00

when we jump they rest .... and when they walk we rest .......... during panchavadyam mahouts taking a little rest :-)

2006-06-01T06:41:00.000-07:00

collage of pandal decoration..... during the pooram festival the temple will get light decoration. its a art in itself ...... since we have seen it from our childhood its nothing great .... but people from around the world come to this day long festival. Its a nice way of excreting waste from our body .......... because we sweet a lot...........

2006-06-01T06:38:00.000-07:00

begger's art.... during thrissur pooram i badly wanted to get some nice night shots in my nikon cam........... was walking near dhanalakshmi bank and found this amazing piece of art. can u see a person ( looks like a begger in our eyes ) made this miracle ...... god is really crazy ..... or r we crazy ????

2006-05-15T02:13:00.000-07:00

hey hey its me ....

2006-05-15T02:10:00.000-07:00

green adds beauty to white .... or is it other way round.

2006-05-15T02:08:00.000-07:00

shadow shot ..... me and my friend photographer shyam at villangan kunnu, a hill station near thrissur ....... we went there early morning ( around 6:30 AM ) ........ when we finished our session at 9Am, one security guard came and told us that people are not allowed before 9AM. one the way back we had really nice puttu + kadalai + pazham and chai from a small cute hotel

2006-05-15T02:04:00.000-07:00

many people liked this shot ..... may be because of the ambience and ofcourse ____

2006-05-15T02:03:00.000-07:00

in the middle of a road .... after an hour long swimming session at basavangudi pool we were waiting for hot davangera butter dosa ...... i was not able to resist my temptation to click this one ..... sujith was laughing at me and people screaming at me ....... i was blocking the ROAD

2006-05-15T02:01:00.000-07:00

a lion cat .....

2006-05-15T01:59:00.000-07:00

i always love to click this flower ...... last one month i was in kerala, enjoying home food and the beauty of the land ..... one day early morning when i was doing my Surya namaskar i saw this flower with a huge smile ......

2006-05-15T01:56:00.000-07:00

during sreedhar wedding .... people from chennai came to kerala to attend the marriage .... we had planned a temple visit for all the visitors ...... the troup went to guruvayoor ( famous krishna temple ) and then mamiyoor temple ( very close to guruvayoor ) ....... hey the name guruvayoor came from Guru and Vayu ( the air god ) oor means place ..... so guruvayoour means -- The place of guru and vayu :-)

2006-05-15T01:52:00.000-07:00

in the middle of green ....

2006-04-03T07:12:00.001-07:00

Vishu (വിഷൂ) is a festival held in the state of Kerala (and adjoining areas of Tamil Nadu) in India around the first day in the Malayalam month of Medam (March – April). This occasion signifies the Sun's transit to the zodiac Mesha Mesha Raasi as per Indian astrological calculations. This day is celebrated in almost all places in India by the Hindus albeit by different names. In Bihar this day is called Bihu, in Punjab Baisakhi and in Tamil Nadu Puthandu.

The festival is marked with offerings to the divine called Vishukkani. The offerings consist of a ritual arrangement in the puja room of auspicious articles like raw rice, fresh linen, golden cucumber, betel leaves, arecanut, metal mirror, the yellow flowers konna (Cassia fistula), and a holy text and coins, in a bell metal vessel called uruli. A lighted bell metal lamp called nilavilakku is also placed alongside. This arrangement is completed by women the previous night. On the day of Vishu, the custom is to wake up at dawn and go to the puja room with the eyes closed so that the Vishukanni is the first thing one sees. The Vishukani is later taken and distributed among the poor people. It is not uncommon for children to burst fireworks after the Vishukanni. The people wear new clothes (kodi vastram) for the occasion and the elders of the family distribute tokens of money to the children, servants and tenants. These tokens are called the Vishukaineetam and are usually in form of coins. People carry on this custom believing that in this way, their children will be blessed with prosperity in future.

Vishu is also a day of feasting, wherein the edibles consist of roughly equal proportions of salty, sweet, sour and bitter items. Feast items include 'Veppampoorasam' (a bitter preparation of neem) and 'Mampazhapachadi' (a sour mango soup).

2006-04-03T07:12:00.000-07:00

dine with muttu, kukku and family

2006-04-03T07:10:00.000-07:00

a complete kerala meal

2006-03-09T20:08:00.000-08:00

Living life as joy, and with ease, is spirituality. Spirituality is not some ritual, nor its doing something special. It is a very pleasant state of our being, an uplifted state of your being -- seeing that the whole world is all sprit; its all consciousness.

2006-02-09T21:50:00.000-08:00

She is beautiful, her look, figure, etc ..... makes it soooo attractive ......... got in manorama circle in my home town, thrissur

2006-01-23T20:30:00.000-08:00

Click Here to View the album macros.

Place: Art Of Living Ashram, Bangalore
Camera: Nicon CoolPix 5600
Mode: Mostly Macro, some with portraits mode ( pre-set modes )

2006-01-23T05:38:00.000-08:00

chicooooooo ..... like a penguine ......... can u see the pattern .........

2006-01-23T01:18:00.000-08:00

White - Color of peace, clarity of thoughts.
Red - Color of disturbance, when we are confused.
Green - Color of external nature
Black - Color of ignorance
Yellow - Color of Happiness
LIFE - Live In Full Enthusiasm.

Mix of all the colors (clarity, confusion, ignorance, ) makes it LIFE.

2006-01-23T01:04:00.000-08:00

Hozzzz is this ???? I just love this color and the small green patch.

2006-01-10T01:57:00.000-08:00

people like this pic for some reason .... its my hand and tapioca leaf .... near paddy field, uncle's house.

2006-01-10T01:55:00.001-08:00

i love this pic ..... clicked @ back yard of sita aunty house.

2006-01-10T01:55:00.000-08:00

capturing the hidden beauty of kerala

2006-01-04T21:04:00.000-08:00

one more in our photography club ......... jaychu got some nice snap when she went to skeing (new year celebration) ............ she has amazing eye/camera/and a beautiful smile ............ jaychu ..... looking forward to see more picture from you.

2006-01-04T21:00:00.000-08:00

jaychu ....... in new style .......

2006-01-04T20:55:00.000-08:00

my bro sreedhar and my sis mittu ... in prakash anna's home, chennai ........ in a jovial mood........ sreedhar is getting married on May 1st. That's going to be the next biggest celebration for "The Seekers"

2006-01-04T20:53:00.000-08:00

how is thizzzzzzzzzz .... fresh vegetables ....... gandhi nagar market, near Uphar Dharshini ( the famous UD )

2006-01-04T20:51:00.000-08:00

got a new cap (adventure works) / new kurta (fab mall) ... worth buying stuff from these palces ...... nice stuff @ decent price ........ wann shop ... then come to bangalore ..... am all alone at home .........

2006-01-04T20:48:00.000-08:00

vikas and renjith ... visited bangalore some time back ...... got them in cool mood .... relax ed @ cubbon park .... from no where a hijada came to the park and starting collecting money ..... all we remember is we were out in less than 5 sec ........ rushed to next place (shopping, jayanagar)

2006-01-04T20:45:00.000-08:00

in the middle of the road ... but what a sweet smile ....... some time being un-cultured is blessing in disguise ..... because only those who are un-cultured (so called ) can become cultured ..... these are the real son's of nature ..... real living with nature .............

2006-01-04T20:42:00.000-08:00

is this a tree or some thing else !!!!!!!!!!! ....... on the way back from swimming pool ... saw this in one of the park......

2006-01-04T20:33:00.000-08:00

all of us with amma ( yellow color saree ) ..... we started our New Year bash here .......... with AMMA's blessing ................hot dosa/idly and sambar added more energy ...............

2006-01-04T20:29:00.000-08:00

new year 2006 celebration ...... evening we all went to chitra's musical evening .... singing/dancing/eating/warning from police toooo ............after that same group went to sumathiji house for kukku's birthday celebration .... day ended at early morning 4'O Clock..... what a nice way to celebrate

2005-12-19T21:15:00.001-08:00

tiruannamalai goupram .....

2005-12-19T21:15:00.000-08:00

we all ( except anna ... he was clicking the pic ) ..... near temple gopuram ... after breakfast ...........

2005-12-19T21:14:00.000-08:00

sumathiji ( Rest Of India Cricket Captain ), Prakash anna, sweet padma ji ....... (if forgot the tell padma ji that i have camera .... otherwsie u could have seen a better dressed padmaji.... courtesy: padmaji)

2005-12-19T21:12:00.000-08:00

on the way ..... we went to ganapathy temple ..... it was nice .... clicked lot of pics around temple ... very calm and beautiful place ....... had a hot chai @ poojari's house ........

2005-12-19T21:11:00.000-08:00

our journey started to tiruannamalai ... me, prakrash anna, christy, sumathiji, her daughter, padmaji, priya, priya amma, and her family .......... it was nice drive in pondy NH...... :-)

2005-12-19T21:09:00.000-08:00

on the way to tiruannamalai,.............

2005-12-13T20:37:00.000-08:00

dine @ TAJ ... me and anil ...... finally he is V E G G I E... we had salads .. pasta ... and fresh grape juice ....... walk at marine drive ( kochin, kerala ) is really refreshing ........

2005-12-12T20:46:00.000-08:00

finally after long time me and sangma met...... Her friend from coimbatore joined us .... we went to pizza hut .... sangma had lots and lots of spicy stuffs ........ other person u see in the pic is adnan sami's (singer) brother from kerala ......... same day spoke to prakash anna and sumathi ji ... we tried reaching madhuji and sangma's mom ...... both were in meeting....... .....

2005-12-12T20:40:00.000-08:00

celebrating HABBA ... parth ACHARYA and rajeev BACHU ...... in background hariprasad chaurasi and jasraj performing jugalbandhi ....

2005-12-12T20:39:00.000-08:00

last week-end bangalore hosted the biggest habba ( festival ) bangalorehabba. We couple of us from office went to palace ground ( same day bill gates came to palace ground for bizserv inaguration ) ..... had lots of food from namura hotel ( food in KG's ) ...... sugarcane juice and hot corn to end the food party .... it was nice experience ... rajeev's wife saritha had a bad day .....leakiiiing nose :-(

2005-12-09T00:47:00.000-08:00

www.bangalorehabba.net is a week long cultural festival which happens all over bangalore ( temple, park, malls, stadium, etc ) u name it there will some or the other function. Last day i went to MG Road where we have artists assembled from all over india to display their craftman ships...... people are busy talkin, eating, listening to music, drawing portraits and what not ..... The sprit of R E A L B A N G A L O R E....... E N J O Y !!!

2005-12-05T22:20:00.000-08:00

flew from coimbatore to bangalore ... got some snaps from plane.

2005-12-05T22:19:00.000-08:00

After the accident, The Omni became oooooomini ....... we were coming back after meeting the doctor .....

2005-11-29T20:33:00.000-08:00

met these people in lalbagh today morning ...... i am forced to click this pic :-) ...... i got to know that every sunday there is some event (instrumental, bhajans, etc) in lalbagh ( band stand, near glass house )

2005-11-29T20:30:00.000-08:00

me with my coolpix ...... Courtesy: eva mall wash room :-)

2005-11-29T20:25:00.000-08:00

pooja and anuragh ...... we celebrated anuragh birthday in eva mall ( near brigade road ) ......... it was on monday ........ not too many people .......... All from IIT-K were present, couple of pooja's college friends and last but not the least ...... Art Of Living friends tooooooo.......

2005-11-29T20:20:00.000-08:00

Today Morning, i went to lalbagh ....... met couple of oldies ............. what u see here is view of lalbagh lake .........(One old lady was carrying some sugar, i asked her why she is carrying it............ the respons was awesome ............. to feed the ANTS)

2005-11-29T20:18:00.000-08:00

Om ..... new style ...... last night i was experimenting with night shots ......

2005-11-28T05:41:00.000-08:00

week end, me, rajeev, saritha went to strand book exhibition ..... apart from some photography books ( which was costing some 2K ) ............. some interesting book on Sadhu's..... some books on Nude photography ...... that was nice ......... Looking at sadhu's book and nude photography it was a new experience ................ in front of the Tapasvis what will a nude do ...........

2005-11-28T05:37:00.000-08:00

My Study :-) Table......... u can see my laptop, tantra book, time piece, last but not the least my bath towel ............. last week end was hectic cleaning house .... but it was kind of nice after cleaning ......

2005-11-28T05:35:00.000-08:00

din @ bombay house ... once upon a time this place was hot spot in church street .... now its a loneeely place .... too bad ... ( my first b'day in bangalore i celebrated here )

2005-11-28T05:33:00.000-08:00

capturing the moment, rajeev & saritha ( first ever smiling photo of rajeev, compliments from saritha )

2005-11-24T02:36:00.000-08:00

me with new specs..........

2005-11-19T00:55:00.000-08:00

spinning moments of life..... Sujith @ Big Bazzar

2005-11-19T00:54:00.000-08:00

punjabi, gujarathi, mallu...... all india conference @ sweet home.

2005-11-18T02:42:00.000-08:00

ra...ra...finally jaychu in US. got her in yahoo chat. nice :-)

2005-11-17T19:32:00.000-08:00

Are we doing an advt ???

No, but we can !!! Don't u think so ???

2005-11-16T20:05:00.000-08:00

pics @ dawn

2005-11-16T19:56:00.000-08:00

picasa effect. the back ground u see is the Denabhandu Devasthana ( Chinmaya Temple, CMH Road)

2005-11-16T19:47:00.000-08:00

Looks like a forest, its not. Chinmaya Mission Temple, Indiranagar. We (10) of us learn rudra japam every day @ 6:30. Bharatji, takes little time from his busy schedule to teach us Veda mantra.

2005-11-16T19:44:00.000-08:00

Sunrise .... atlast in bangalore after long time. Can u see a bright SUN.

Place: Outer ring road, near domulur.

2005-11-16T01:30:00.000-08:00

In style, CRPF IG, Madhuji

2005-11-15T21:11:00.000-08:00

Dakshinchitra, locate 30KM away from chennai, nice place to visit. U can spent a whole day there exploring the marvelous architecture, design patterns. puppet show, glass blowing, sari weaving are some highlights.

2005-11-15T20:37:00.000-08:00

me with mala akka, jayshree, avvai patti and thatha.... what a g8 family.....

2005-11-15T20:33:00.000-08:00

my daily breakfast, located near jayanagar 3rd block. hot chai in the morning is really refreshing. The poeple whom u see in the right side will assemble there every day. Indeed a nice place for early morning jog and chai.

2005-11-15T20:30:00.000-08:00

On the way to Office ( ISRO Layout, Banashankri - MG Road )

2005-11-10T19:16:00.000-08:00

Wallpaper - ganges

2005-11-10T18:54:00.000-08:00

We ( 17 of us ) from chennai went for week long trip in the month of october. Had a g8 time.

We covered the following places:
Chennai - Delhi - Agra - Mathru - Delhi - Hardiwar - Rishikesh - Moussourie - Haridwar - Jammu - Vyshnodevi - Jammu - Delhi - Chennai

Today i am going to chennai for a get-together. We all are meeting again ( this time all the family member invited )

Prakash anna and priya is working hard to get the presentation ready.

Jay Shree is working hard to make sure that anna and piya is yapping all the time :-)

Sad news (infact good news) is jay kutty is going to U.S.A next week.

2005-11-10T18:46:00.000-08:00

Truly a marvelous piece of engineering. This bridge is between Sweden and Denmark. Picture taken from the side of Sweden. The bridge goes under water to allow movement of ships. This bridge is half under the water, for ships to pass and then again, it comes out on the other side.