Art & Architecture and monumental sculptures depicting the great Dravidian culture of South India, during the Pallava Kingdom’s rule with Kanchipuram as its capital,
a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mahabalipuram, for your view.
The Pagodas
One of the tower sculptures of the Pagodas
Monolithic Sculptures
A Monolithic Cave
Scriptures or Sculptures?
The epic tale of God Krishna and Kuchela depicted on the wall of the cave.
God Krishna and his childhood friend, Kuchela
Period:Â It is an ancient historic seaport (town) during the time of Periplus, 1st century CE, and Ptolemy, 140 CE.
It would have been better if we’d taken the popular train from Mettupalayam to Ooty, up the great mountains of Nilgiris, for it would have been a more relishing journey than by car. However, booking tickets was a hectic task as there was a great demand for them.
The pictures below are in a chronological order of our tour of Ootacamund (aka Ooty), the Beauty Queen Town of the Great Blue mountains of Nilgiris (‘Nila’ means Blue and ‘giri’ means mountain), Tamil Nadu, India.
A Lake in the Central part of the Town
Ooty Lake
Doddabetta, the highest peak of the Nilgiris
A view from DoddabettaThe Valley of Ooty
The Botanical Garden of Ooty
The Botanical Garden
A Wayside Pine Forest on the Ooty-Mysore Highway on the Mountain Range
Pine Forest
A lake on the other side of the pine forest
The Pykara Lake
A View of the Pykara Lake
Speed Motor Boating on Pykara
A view of the Kalhatty Falls from outside the mountain forest
Kalhatty Waterfalls
The Tea Plantations
After the pleasant trip, left our hearts in so many places in Ooty and thereabouts and returned home with sweet memories.
he was given a design and asked to do a drawing in an Artwork for Kids program.
Four years ago, he was an early pre-schooler attending classes at an age of two years (he hadn’t even started to speak…at that time), as a result of both the parents’ inevitable situation to pursue jobs to make both ends meet…
As we all tend to move towards development and advancement personally and socially; our home, dependents and kids lose their basic necessities, the love and care of their mother and father which is the most essential thing in every child’s life for him/her to develop as an individual…it’s a real serious thing to ponder over…isn’t it?