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Wishing everyone a very happy Ugadi !!!
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Sankashta Chaturthi
Yesterday (26th Oct 2010) was a special Sankashta Chaturthi as it fell on a Tuesday. I heard that fasting on this day is equivalent to observing the fast for 21 days :). Researching on internet, found this link that mentions it to be Angarak Ganesh Chaturthi and explains why it’s special. Thought it’s a good time to start fasting on this day – with only fluids until moonrise. But reading through this link , it looks like you cannot have any fluids except water and that too in limited quantities. Dates of sankashta chaturthi for this year are here .
Birthday - Nandi temple and California Ramanashree resort
Planned to goto Nandi temple in Nandi ( chikkaballapur ) and ranganatha temple in chikkaballapur in the morning at around 9 AM. I got around 8:45 :) and got ready immediately but Pallavi and my daughter Sireesha got ready by only 11:30 :(. So dropped the plan of chikkaballapur and went to only Nandi. First we went to Kanave basavana temple which is around 3 kms from the Nandi temple. Then happened to visit the Saibaba temple and vrudhashrama – Ashram for old people who do not have anyone to take care of them. After giving them a donation – they insisted us to have lunch there. We went to Nandi after having lunch there. A great temple – the gods there seem to be so real. Uma maheswara temple, Bhoga nandi temple, parvathi temple inside that are all beautiful. There was also a tulu film shooting happening and the music was good. The same 10 seconds music was being played and there were atleast 4 trials before we left the place. Evening, we decided to go to California Ramanashree re...
Coastal Tamil Nadu Trip
Trip covering Chidambaram, Cuddalore, Pichavaram, Poompuhar and Karaikal. Trip Start Date: 21st Aug 2010 5:30 AM Trip End Date: 24th Aug 2010 4 AM Route: Bangalore – Salem – Attur – Chidambaram – Cuddalore – Chidambaram – Pichavaram – Poompuhar – Karaikal – Kumbakonam – Tanjavur – Tiruchi – Karur - Salem - Bangalore People: Mom, Divi and me in Ritz Jeeju, Hema, Aditi, Bhoomika, Paapa and jeeju’s ma in Wagon R. Plan was to visit some beaches – but since it was heavily raining in the west coast – Goa / Karwar was rejected. On the east coast, since Mahabalipuram and Pondicherry were done, we wanted to goto some other places. Jeeju suggested Karaikal but since my first view of that place was as a remote village- i said we can visit it on one of the evenings. So we decided to cover Chidambaram , Cuddalore , Poompuhar and the temple towns Tanjavur and Trichy on the way back! As usual we planned to start at 5 but ended up 30 mins late and started at 5:30. Divi was the last one ...
Armed robbery in our layout
This happened in our layout a week back :(... Fear is visible in everyone's eyes in the layout ! Hope the police do something about this! Fear stalks the edges of City After spending a fortune and constructing dream houses, Bangaloreans residing on the outskirts of South-East, especially off Meenakshi temple, Bannerghatta Road are living under constant fear of being robbed. Association members have been very pro-active though and lots of suggestions and flyers. Important Self-Serve suggestions from the EC members: a) Keep your front and rear doors always closed and latched. b) Before opening the door, make sure that you know them well. c) Use peeping eye on the doors. d) You can fix steel doors and keep them secured, whereas the wooden doors can be kept open a little. e) You can have a dog (not small pets) at home if acceptable. f) You can have CCTV/Burglar alarm and kept always in ON position. g) Always re-verify the information, especially if you are called ...