Neene (Kannada Song)

Sometimes you come across a song that is so beautiful that you just cant stop listening to it. Came across this one while randomly browsing on Youtube. Loved everything about it, the lyrics, music, the video the cast, the choregraphy. Every thing has been blended so well that you cant help falling in love with it. What makes it so much more interesting is that this is a crowd funded effort. Kudos to the team for creating such a beautiful piece of art and wishing they make many more such videos!

Enroute to Valparai

Dharmasthala

Tusk & Dawn

weekend stay in Tusk & Dawn in Sakleshpur. Rainy season is the best time to visit here to view the western ghats in all its glory.

Royal Mysore

Bhoga Nandishwara Temple

Few more pics from Bhoga Nandishwara Temple

Bhoga Nandishwara Temple

A temple pond refered to as Kalyani at Bhoga Nandishwara temple near Nandi hills, Bangalore.

Elephant Stables

One of the least destroyed buildings in hampi, is the elephant stable. This is located right next to the royal enclosure where the queens palaces were located. This building consists of 11 domed structure each one of them housing a royal elephant. The elephants were primarily used during festivals or important royal proceedings. 

Laxmi Narsimha

This is the largest monolithic status in Hampi. You will see the form of Narsimha sitting on coiled 7 headed snake, Sesha, the 7 headed snake forming a hood over him. Quite often the statue is refered to as Ugra Narsimha, but the original statue had Laxmi the gods consort sitting on his lap. The statue was badly damaged sometime during the downfall of Vijayanagara empire and the status of Laxmi has been missing ever since. The only clue of its existence is, we can still a broken arm resting on Narsimhas left arm(visible on the right side in the pic).

If you think it looks majestic now,  please do keep in mind that the statue was damaged severly. What you see now is what has been assembled back in the recent past, you will see some shoddy cement work here and there if you look closer. Just imagine how beautiful this may have been before it was destroyed. 

Just to give a sense of how huge the statue actually is, here is a pic to give you some point of reference.

Ishita Katyal

Now that is some confidence :)

Wonderful video, wish every parent watches this and realizes that they can help achieve full potential of their child rather than "Once they grow up"




Another article of Ishita

10-year-old Indian girl wows brainiacs' meet - Times of India


You go girl!!!

Ready for an Adventure?

Sasivekalu Ganesha

Magnificent view of the Sasivekalu ganesha Temple located on Hemakutta hills in Hampi. Called as the Sasivekalu(Mustard Seed) Ganesha due to resemblance with the Sasivekalu, this was built by local merchant some time in early 1500. The monolith statue is close to 2.4 meters in length and has an open pavilion unlike the other temple close by.

The below pic was taken during a different time

Gateway to Hampi

A ruin of a majestic gateway to vijayavittala temple complex. This measure atleast 15 feet high. Vijayavitala temple during Vijayanagara time had a market complex that attracted horse traders from all around the world. There are several carvings and sculpture here that depicts these scenes of horse traders. In the photo here if you look closely at the base is one such instance. View the image full size to see the base more clearly.

Shikara

Shikara of Kashivisvanatha temple, Pattadakal

Bhootnat temple, Badami

Bhootnath temple next to Agasthya Lake, Badami. One can also see the beautiful sandstone hill in the background. Bhootnath temple is west facing making it a beautiful location to view sunsets.

Bhootnath Temple next to Agasthya Lake

A temple adjacent to Bhootnath temple next to Agasthya Lake at Badami. One can also see the beautiful sandstone hill to left at a distance. Bhootnath temple is west facing making it a beautiful location to view sunsets.

Gateway to Hampi

One of the several two floored structure in Hampi which used to serve as gateways to temple complexes. This specific one is near vijayavitala temple close to the kings balance. #templeart #temple #beautifultemple #ig_karnataka #karnataka #mysuru_memes #nammakarnataka #indiaphotosociety #indiapictures #theindiaproject #incredibleindia #india #heritage #hampi #unesco #_soi #_hoi #desi_diaries #traveldiaries #traveller #indianphotographers #indianphotography #igramming_india #indiaclicks #indiatravelgram #ig_india #photoaddiction #marvelsoftheworld #gateways #mysimpleclick

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Nataraja

Nataraja with 18 arms. One of the most notable sculptures in Badami is this 18 armed lord Shiva. Pick any combination of his left and right arm and you get a dance mudra. It depicts a total of 81 mudras of Bharatanatyam dance. Amazing artistry of Chalukyas! 

Badami

Although Badami is more famous for the Caves, there are several other temples that are spread out closeby. One such temple besides the Agasthya lake. View the full version of the pic.

A glimpse of Pattadakal

A beautiful sculpture of Lord Shiva on the walls of a temple at Pattadakal, a UNESCO heritage site.  

Why more Car companies need to start looking at Tesla

I wish Tesla decides to launch in India soon!

Read Mario Zelaya's answer to Why do people like Tesla cars? on Quora