Stay away

Stay away from those..

who have problem for every solution.
who make you feel you are hard to love.

who cant take responsibility of their actions.

who make you feel bad for being angry at them

when they do you wrong

Stay away from those..

who can never be fulfilled.

who want more and more.

who want to use you but not love you.
whose  action doesn't meet the words they say.


Stay away from those..

who are toxic for your mental health
who make you feel yourself low and believe.
who cant understand your silence.
who create their own storm and cry when it rains.

Kamakya Temple

Kamakya Temple

Our trip to Assam begin early in the morning from Chennai & as soon as we reached Guwahati airport, we took a tempo travellor & started ahead to the famous Kamakya temple, marking a wonderful beginning for the trip. It was Friday and there was a huge crowd waiting to have the darshan of the Devi.

It is said that the temple is Sakthi Peetam, one among the places where the parts of Goddess Parvathi fell and is being worshipped with great devotion. As per the myth, Sathi (Parvathi) who went to the Yaga of King Daksha his father, to which God Shiva, her husband was not invited got insulted by her Father & got herself in to the fire of the Yaga, Shiva,with rage started performing the cosmic dance taking the body of Sati & in order to pacify his anger, God Vishnu used his Chakra/ disc and the body of the goddess was cut in to pieces. It is believed that the YONI, or the female genital part has landed in Kamakya temple. For more details on the temple and its history are reference links below

One thing that caught my attention is that I found goats with Garlands and the entire temple was flooding with sparrows.  People pray to leave them  in temple once their wishers are fulfilled..

For more details:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamakhya_Temple

Staying Positive needs control of MIND

Day in- day out, we come across different kinds of people. Staying positive is very tough and challenging thing to do. Needs a lot of control over our Mind as I read in a book, "Mind Management is the essence of Life Management".

Self analysis 

To be not affected by external factors is greatest challenge and now I understand that is what the great Indian saints achieved by "Tapas".The calmness in their faces tells it all. Non- materialistic life, detachment, these words.. may 

Love this article on

4 Types of Negative People You Need To Avoid

1. THE USER

2. THE GOSSIPER

3. THE BLAMER

4. THE COMPLAINER

Below is the link to this article:
https://www.powerofpositivity.com/negative-people-need-to-avoid/

Up above the 7 Hills

Hi All,

Long since I wrote in my page..

I am not sure if I have any followers who read my blogs, but writing makes me re-visit those moments that I cherish and will bring a smile in my face sometime in the future when I may read these again.  Yes... I agree that's selfish. Still, who else can make me happy than myself?! Its always in my hands to be happy. So every time I determine to keep myself happy to my best. Though, like everyone I do have my mood swings, get affected by external disturbances. It takes a lot of control over ourselves and our emotions to keep our MIND in our control.. Too much of philosophy but that's the reality..!

I climbed up the 7 hills after 6 long years. THANKS to MALAYAPPAN(that's how I call HIM) who made it happen as planned (HIS plan). My mom always says, HE (Sri Venkateswara Swamy of the 7 hills) has to decide when HE wishes to give us darshan. Thanks a lot for the wonderful darshan as I noticed many people returned back without darshan of HIM as it was vacation time & there was heavy crowd.

The darshan was planned to be at 1 PM. I actually planned to climb up the hill all by myself, as I know the Lord is always with ME. My cousin said he will also join with me. Happy I was, & we started from  our Tirupaty  home by 6 15 AM and reached Alipiri (the foot hill) by 6: 20 AM. The walk up begin lighting a camphor at the first step. It was first time for my cousin climbing up. He is an athlete & never did  notice him rest. It was me who rested for fraction of minute in few of the steep steps. rest the climb was smooth & we made it up by 9 :15 with a break of about 30 minutes altogether in between, having a couple of Milkshakes (Vanilla flavour- both of ours favourite).

Shiva with the Kitty enroute to the Thirumala

Kitty:)

Deers in Thirumala

The Pangong lake

Never did I plan nor did I dream of visiting this nature's beauty.

Nature always surprises me. Of all the places I have visited so far, the moments I spent on the banks of this lake are one among the best. Nature always is the best GIVER. She is always in abundance to GIVE. She is the GOD, She is the best TEACHER, she lives over TIME, she is manifestation of LOVE, KINDNESS. 

This Lake is across India and China. Learnt that the famous climax scene of the movie 3 IDIOTS was shoot here. What an exquisite sight. What a climate?! The lake is salty and covered by Himalayas with its snow clad tips, mesmerising sight...! colors of the lake- TORQUISE  BLUE, COPPER SULPHATE BLUE, and many more.. :) There are few DUCKS sighted on the lake.

Rest the picture will explain it all!

The COLORS!!

Do I require a Caption!?

Varshu's hat...Alas!!

Our tents!

SUN GLOWING:)

Spot me.... DUCK

Few Poses

check out the reflection!:)

Getting ready for the day's income

The Marmot

Travelling through the Himalayan ranges, From Nubra Valley to Pangong lake, did I encounter this cute creature- MARMOT!

 The creature native of this locality can be seen in the plains living like rabbit in its borrows.. Peeks out and poses for the cameras:)

calling out for the Shy Marmot. Peeking from its borrow

Yes. I am out of my borrow:)

Selfie with the Marmot!:)

The Pose

How am I?! :);)

Candid Pic please ...!

Nature=Beauty= GOD!

Another Selfie with Nature

River Shlok

Gangai konda Chozhapuram

Gangai konda Chozhapuram

My long term Wish of visiting this place came true on my birthday! Another trip with my cousins.

We started from my home town in my uncle's car and  had to drive 135 KM to reach Gangai konda chozhapuram (from Gunaseelam). It took 3 hours to reach the place and on the way we saw a beautiful sight of a lake filled with birds sitting on the trees. It was an exquisite sight and was delight to the eyes. There was also  lake and ruins of the ancient cholzha palace enroute.

The significance of this place is that it has the same design as the Great Thanjai Periya Koil, built by the legend tamil Chozha king, Raja Raja Chozha. This one was built by Rajendrachozha the son of Rajaraja Chozha. The deities are the Same, Shiva is named Bragedeeswara & goddess parvathi is Brugannayaki or Periyanayaki. The Shiva Linga is too huge bigger than Tanjai periya koil I hope.
The Nandhi at the entrance is also stunning with its huge appearance and beautiful ornaments.

There were 2 main sculptures that caught my attention. They are the ones below.The Lord Shiva himself coronating the King Rajendra Chozha and Goddess lakshmi

 As per history, the king Rajendra Chozha conquered till River Ganga, brought stones from Ganga and built this temple. Hence, the name Gangai konda chozhapuram. The nerby town is also called Jayamkondan, the one who attained SUCCESS.

The temple is similar to tanjai periya koil in its set up. The outer Gopuram is incomplete and also the outer premises walls stand unfinished. One can find a huge Yazhi, a lion faced elephant like creature said to have lived in this world but extinct now. Below it is a outlet of the well near by. It is believed that the people can take bath there without being seen from outside, but the ones who take bath can see people standing out.

There is also a separate sanctum for Durga Devi having several hands and hands full of weapons.
The specialty is that people can visit the gopuram top as there are steps leading to it.  The temple has beautiful lawns and is neatly maintained.

With this I have completed the TRIPLE CHOZHA TEMPLES
1. TANJAI PERIYA KOIL- By THE GREAT RAJARAJA CHOZHA
2. GANGAI KONDA CHOZHAPURAM- By RAJENDRA CHOZHA
3. DARADURAM- By RAJA RAJA CHOZHA II
The Red Granite stones and the Unique Vimanam structure are the lucrative feature of all the three temples.
However the Legend RAJARAJA CHOZHA, someone I feel proud every moment, is definitely someone who I would like to meet if he were still alive and congratulate him for making such a Master piece that not even his Successors couldn't match up. The stunning top of the Tanjai Periya koil still has researchers, scholars wondering how the King brought the granite stones not found in its 100 KM radius!!

Reading tamil Novels like Amarar Kalki's Ponniyin selvan, Sivagamiyin Sabadam, Parthiban kanavu, I often dream how life would have been those days, how people would have lived those days! Visiting these places tells me few things for sure.

The kings of those days definitely had a good Culture , interest for Art & Architecture. Above all their LOVE FOR GOD had been and still is so Huge that these temples stands as an evidence and has WON over time. TIME is the only thing that HUMAN RACE is still working hard to win over in every possible way. I would say these KINGS have already WON over TIME,as I sit after several centuries writing this blog..

SHAMBO MAHADEVA! MAY THE NAME OF THE LORD BRING PEACE TO THIS WORLD!!!