everyone enjoyed zoo

Bye bye Mysore

Mysore dasara exibhition

It was bad experince......nothing worth buying . All cheap chinese consumables. I expected some handicrafts an typical mysore . We going to My silk saree store.

Finished lunch+ice cream @ dasprakash paradise

Just finished seeing last animal display in zoo

Mysore from top of chamundi betta

Our offering to chamundi

We are inside chamundeshwari temple

Claimbing chamundi betta

We r now in mysore !!!!

Srirangapattana!!!

Reached mandya!

Just passed maddur

Finished break fast @ janapadaloka kamat yatrinivas resturant on mysore road

Just passed through ramnagar

Going to mysore!

Waiting for train

Waiting for train @ local railway station in subramanya .an experince to remember .....

Faith .... Belief ..... God...

You can not imagine .....neither intencity nor context of this photo ......wait until I give full account of this. Photo taken today @ kukke subramanya during ritual conducted after noon meal.

Though it was a highlight of the 4 days visit...........over all visit itself was great. the Chariot festival of lord subramanya was an unforgetable event.

I took 2 days off in November and went to Kukke Subramanya, son of Lord Shiva. Place situated in western ghat region. Lord Subramnya temple is situated in this town. The area is surrounded by mountains, Forest and rivers. Natural scenery is amazing and spiritual experience is intense. Had opportunity to eat pure organic food at temple for all 4 days of my stay. They cook 100% vegetarian, 100% organic food in 100% organic way (using fire wood and steam). We celebrated Chariot festival of lord Subramanya on last 2 days of my stay. It happens once in a year. The devotees offer their prayer in lot of different way. One such way, which took my breath away……..was........devotees rolling on banana leafs used by other devotees used for the lunch. They believe it has the magical power to cure illness and resolve lot of the life problem. It was very intense to see this. I almost cried.

Open space - food for soul

Having food at kukke subramanya temple .

Economy & tuk tuk

I took tuk tuk for drop to local railway station . He gave a picture of economy which I never imagined .

He say his tuk tuk business got big hit from economy down turn . He used to earn USD20 perday earlier but now.... He earns only 5 to 10 per day. He was very clear .....it was impact of economy down turn .

Some good news-every one talking!

Executives' Confidence Returns

Executives are becoming more optimistic about the economy and the strength of the recovery. In the most recent McKinsey survey measuring executive mood, 51% said they think the economy is better now than it was in September 2008. That's up from only 34% who thought so when McKinsey asked the same question six weeks earlier. Things look even rosier in China, where 33% of respondents said an upturn had begun, compared with only 19% among all respondents around the globe.

'gubbachhi' in Seattle

I thought these small sparrows are only seen in bangalore or bangalore airport . They used to be seen in large numbers in bangalore houses . But..... Today .... With change in city structure ..... They r not seen much.

I was surprised to see them in seattle airport . Made me nostalgic .

10th marriage anniversary

Had great time ,last week , @ Lalith Ashok hotel .....celebrated My 10th marriage anniversary .

Waiting @ airport

Waiting @ bangalore airport for My 3AM flight to Redmond. It is 12:30 now.... I am planning to take a nap.