worthy trip

A fertile field.. something burning

Mahanandhi statue front view

On the way to Ahobilam, already getting dark.. dusk

On the way to Srisailam, impending rain

Ghat road to Mahanandhi from Srisailam..

The think forests and hills... dark and feary look

halt at Nandiyal.. near a check dam

Bathing at Mahanandhi temple - Tank.. outside one

Last month ie March 2008, planned a trip to Srisailam, Mahanandhi, Ahobilam in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. Eventhough we visited Srisailam and Mahanandhi last Feb 08, we visited yet another trip with in-laws.. The highlight of the trips are 1. The fantastic cloudy and rainy weather, which made the trip memorable. The forest ghat roads after the rains was a treat to eyes.. Nature at it best.. some snaps from my Sony Cybershot -Digital camera...

hw is this!!!

Creative statues are plenty across the world... they give the freedom to express their taughts, when there is freedom, the art blosooms, and gives new appeal, some of the above statues are make us to think beyond the ordinary....

enjoy.. the creative art!!!!

delicate and graceful

Amazing creativity and great art work... drawings on a delicate feather.. wow, enjoy...

Courtesy and thanks to email of Prof. Chandrasekar for fwding this images.

Gods way of protection

During World War II, a US marine was separated from his unit on a Pacific island. The fighting had been intense, and in the smoke and the crossfire he had lost touch with his comrades. Alone in the jungle, he could hear enemy soldiers coming in his direction.

Scrambling for cover, he found his way up a high ridge to several small caves in the rock. Quickly he crawled inside one of the caves. Although safe for the moment, he realised that once the enemy soldiers looking for him swept up the ridge, they would quickly search all the caves and he would be killed.

As he waited, he prayed, Lord, if it be your will, please protect me. Whatever your will though, I love you and trust you.

After praying, he lay quietly listening to the enemy begin to draw close. He thought, well, I guess the Lord isn't going to help me out of this one.

Then he saw a spider begin to build a web over the front of his cave.

As he watched, listening to the enemy searching for him all the while, the spider layered strand after strand of web across the opening of the cave.

Hah, he thought. What I need is a brick wall and what the Lord has sent me is a spider web. God does have a sense of humour.

As the enemy drew closer he watched from the darkness of his hideout and could see them searching one cave after another. As they came to his, he got ready to make his last stand.

To his amazement, however, after glancing in the direction of his cave, they moved on. Suddenly, he realised that with the spider web over the entrance, his cave looked as if no one had entered for quite a while.

Lord, forgive me, prayed the young man. I had forgotten that in you a spider's web is stronger than a brick wall.

We all face times of great trouble. When we do, it is so easy to forget the victories that God would work in our lives, sometimes in the most surprising ways.

Remember: Whatever is happening in your life, with God, a mere spiders web can become a brick wall of protection.

Borrowed wisdom from email forwarded by Prof. Chandrasekar.

story with a twist...

On walking into the factory, the MD noticed a young guy leaning against
the wall, doing nothing.
He approached the young man and calmly said to him, How much do you
earn?"
The young man was quite amazed that he was asked such a personal
question, he replied, none the less, "I earn $ 2000.00 a month, Sir.
Why?"

Without answering, the MD took out his wallet and removed $ 6000.00 cash
And gave it to the young man and said, "Around here I pay people for
working, not for standing around looking pretty! Here is 3 months
'salary, now GET OUT and don't come back".

The young man turned around and was quickly out of sight. Noticing a Few
onlookers, the MD said in a very upset manner, "And that applies for
everybody in this company". He approached one of the onlookers and asked
him, "Who's the young man that I just fired?"

To which an amazing reply came , "He was the pizza delivery man,
Sir...!!!"

Moral:- Know your staff well, and in simple, dont act in haste and repent in waste!!!!

nice story

Little girl and her father were crossing a bridge. The father was kind of scared so he asked his little daughter, 'Sweetheart, please hold my hand so that you don't fall into the river.'

The little girl said, 'No, Dad. You hold my hand.'

'What's the difference?' Asked the puzzled father.

'There's a big difference,' replied the little girl.

'If I hold your hand and something happens to me, chances are that I may let your hand go. But if you hold my hand, I know for sure that no matter what happens, you will never let my hand go.'


In any relationship, the essence of trust is not in its bind, but in its bond.

This message is too short......but carries a lot of inner meaning...

nice short story isnt.... (borrowed wisdom...from a email message!)

crossed triple century- Smile

As of this post, crossed 300 blog entries... All smiles.

Could you identify from the above photo- NATURE SMILES!!!

See attentively, the birds... U could see smiling shape!!!

wow, wonderful snap isn't... i received this photo today by email... i dont know the veracity of the photo... i hope this picture is not fake or morphed... Enjoy.... NATURE SMILES.....

good moral story on love...

There was once a lonely girl who longed desperately for love. One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving song birds. She took them home and put them in a small gilded cage. She nurtured them with love and the birds grew strong. Every morning they greeted her with a marvelous song. The girl felt great love for the birds. She wanted their singing to last forever.

One day the girl left the door to the cage open. The larger and stronger of the two birds flew from the cage. The girl watched anxiously as he circled high above her. She was so frightened that he would fly away and she would never see him again that as he flew close, she grasped at him wildly. She caught him in her fist. She clutched him tightly within her hand. Her heart gladdened at her success in capturing him.

Suddenly she felt the bird go limp. She opened her hand stared in horror at the dead bird. Her desperate clutching love had killed him.

She noticed the other bird teetering on the edge of the cage. She could feel his great need for freedom. His need to soar into the clear, blue sky. She lifted him from the cage and tossed him softly into the air. The bird circled once, twice, three times. The girl watched delighted at the bird's enjoyment. Her heart was no longer concerned with her loss.She wanted the bird to be happy.

Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. It sang the sweetest melody, she had ever heard.

The fastest way to lose love is to hold on too tight, the best way to keep love is to give it -- WINGS!

Great lesson of Love, We are of opinion that possessiveness love may increase, but the truth is that Love cannot be gained by control or possessiveness.. Seems to be a paradox, but it seems it is the reality...

how is that

while browsing i saw the following pictures titled coincidence, you may decide yourself...

Wonderful -coincidence isnt...

memorable trip

Dawn started out journey to Srisailam

Sun ready to start its routine duty!

Rural early morning mist, serene and sleepy


The Calm road with green avenue

The route passing through thick jungle... monkeys are common & plenty

The route passing through uninhabitant landscapes and jungles.,eerie silence

The valleys, trees, shrubs, everywhere....destination not to be seen

Suddently green fields...and natures bounty

The Srisailam temple side gopuram - Sun's rays kissing the gopuram

The main entrance ot Srisailam temple

The ghat-forest route to Mahanandhi

The forest is thick, dark and mysterious

Till eyesight ends, no human inhabitants to be seen, only mountains and forests

Infrastructural development work- canal work under progress -enroute

A feel of the route, deserted, isolated, no much traffic!

It become evening when nearing Nandyal.. the dawn and rays of despair, maalai nerathu mayakkam!!!!

Could glimpse the traditional water extraction method in a fertile field.

A lotus pond - big enough to call a lake!!!

The Mahanandhi temple, backdroping beautiful mountain.

buring the waste in a field..

Last week I made a trip to the famous temples in Andhra Pradesh, namely Srisailam and Mahanandhi.The shrine of Lord Mallikarjuna picturesquely situated on top of Nallamalai Hills, Srisailam is reputed to be one of the most ancient kshetras in India. It is on the right side of the River Krishna in Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh.

The Srisailam temple is excellent, the shiva linga is a jyothirlinga and the size of the linga here is small. The route from Hyderabad to Srisailam is a real treat to nature lovers.

Still wonderful is that the route from Srisailam to Mahanandhi, as it is passing through thick forests. One can see the nature in its abundance, with varied landscape, such as hills, mountains, plains, fertile lands, green agriculture fields, water bodies, lakes, ponds, plain landmass and so on

Overall The trip was pleasant, as there is no much traffic flow and seldom one could find any vehicle coming across. In one place towards a narrow one way lane to Kurnool (110 Kms), from there another lane to Nandyal, where Mahanandi is situated, there we got struct for a while as road repair work was in progress. For kilometers nothing is available, lucky if you have water or eatables. One of the road laying worker, who was old and weak, after sternous work is pleading everyone for drinking water in that jungle, ( he told that he is looking for water but not available anywhere nearby) but nobody gave water to drink, he approached us and eventhough I was little hesitant initially as we have just one plastic bottle of water, but that poor man's plight made us to donate the water bottle to him, he drank it fully, and it made me to think how important and precious water is... One could imagine if our vehicle struck inbetween what is the fate....

The Mahanandhi temple is wonderful... there is water-flow, by way of canal inside the temple, and there is bathing ghat ( theppa kolam) inside the temple. The temple and its surrounding is very pleasant in Mahanandhi and one could feel the rural ambience in abundance.

The strange think what we saw in the Mahanandhi temple is the mosquito menance, we could see mosquito coils near the shrines...Since the temple is located near forest, that could be some different variety of forest mosquitoes....its bit is terrible and makes people to scratch their skins.

The return journey through the Kurnool - Hyderabad Highway... was a pleasant one as there is well laid road, on one side road expansion work under progress - 4 lane road conversion, neverthless the return journey was speedy... Overall it was an unforgettable journey indeeed...

this trip made me to accept - our Country India is truely an Incredible !ndia..

We havent explored it fully, It needs more time and energy to explore, still there are plenty of places in India to see and enjoy, Truely India is incredible, mystic and one could see varied facets of life, culture, habits, people, and places.

nice one on relationship

A Good Relation does not Depend on How Good Understanding We Have,
but it Depends on How We Avoid Misunderstanding

good one

Easy is to get a place is someones address book.

Difficult is to get a place in someones heart.

Easy is to judge the mistakes of others

Difficult is to recognise our own mistakes

Easy is to talk without thinking

Difficult is to refrain the tongue

Easy is to hurt someone who loves us.

Difficult is to heal the wound...

Easy is to forgive others

Difficult is to ask for forgiveness

Easy is to set rules.

Difficult is to follow them...

Easy is to dream every night.

Difficult is to fight for a dream...

Easy is to show victory.

Difficult is to assume defeat with dignity...

Easy is to admire a full moon.

Difficult to see the other side...

Easy is to stumble with a stone.

Difficult is to get up...

Easy to borrow wisdom like this from internet....

Difficult is to follow the same.