Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Play...play and play

With their Teddy. Whenever I use the word Teddy then Mr.Bean
and tiny teddy appear before me. Its so funny to watch Mr.Bean in POGO. Every time they will find a new topic to play and it will end in quarrels. I wonder how they can play together and fight each other with in minutes.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Photos of children

Hari telling a story in Ramayana Mela at Changanacherry. He told a story about the 'sethubandhanam'. He narrated the little squirrel who also participated in the bridge making process and Srirama blessed him. Ramayana mela is a function carried out at Thrikkannapuram Temple, perunnai during Karkkidaka moth. Competitions based on Ramayana for children for two days. The temple is administered by Nair Service Society. Main deity is Sreekrishna and Sri Dharmashastha, Serpant, Hanuman is also there as sub deities.
Hari with his cousins Gopika and Achu at Kudamaloor. Gopika is very active and cute child. Her father is Mr.Unnikrishnan who is my husband's brother and they are living at Kudamaloor, Ambadikkavala.

Sree with Nandana. Nandana is sree's cousin and she is from Elappara. She is a cute and talkative girl with charming smile.


Thursday, October 4, 2007

My lovely children

Sree with his Ammoomma (Malathi Amma). Sree and Hari are lucky to live with their grand mother. She is very nice and have a lot of patience to handle the children.
Sree in an 'Elephant ride'. Sree is really an elephant lover, moreover he is very craze about the
elephants. There will be one or two files with the photos and news collections on the top of my table. He will always fetch these pictures. He will become thrilled when he saw elephants in Animal Planet. His grand father who is an adamant elephant lover wrote a book on elephants. To know more about elephants visit http://www.elephant-kerala.com/ .


Sunday, September 30, 2007

Sree, Hari and Aswin

Aswin is my sister's son. Now he is 3 years. He is very smart and naugty. One thing noticed that he had a keen interest in 'Chenda'. He plays his 'toy chenda' in a lovely manner. His grand father who retired from KSEB also very interested in art forms.

Sree Subrahmanya swami Temple, perunnai

Sree Subrahmabyaswamy Temple is at Changanacherry, Kottayam District. Chief diety is Subrahmanya swamy. This temple is very near to my home. My grand mother and mother are great devotees of 'velayudhaswamy'.

beauty of greenery-from kuttanadu

'Kuttanadan punjayile Kochupenne Kuyilale Kottuvenam Kuzhal venam Kurava venam' a line from the famous vanjippattu.
Some places in Kuttanadu...
Manackalchira, Kidangara, Ramankary, Mankombu, Chambakkulam, Pulinkunnu, Kannadi, Kavalam, Oorikkary, Kainakary, Chathurthyakary, Pazhaveedu, Pallikkoottummel,Pullangadi,Pallathuruthy, Kanjippadam, Ambalappuzha
Famous temples in Kuttanadu
Ambalappuzha Sreekrishna swamy Temple
Chakkulathukavu devi Temple
Mullakkal Temple Alappuzha
Mankombu devi temple
Chambakkulam kallambilil temple
Chambakkulam padippurakkal temple
Thakazhi Sri Dharmashastha temple

A scene from Alappuzha-Changanacherry Road

The road starts from perunnai(from MC road). The junction is called Red square. The Head office of Nair service society is also in this place. Throughout the journey you can see paddy fields, river and coconut groves. In this road you can buy fresh fish(Karimeen) and duck. Home stays are available, there you can mingle with the villagers and taste the village cuisine in a better way. House boats with all facilities are a major attraction of the tourists. The journey through this road opens up the life of Kuttandu in a better way. Children playing and bathing in the water, ladies cleaning utensils and washing clothes in the canal and the flock of duck passing by...the huge mountain of hay and the smell of grain remind us we are passing through the major granery of Kerala where life is very close with the nature and its beauties.
The canal running parellel to Alappuzha-Changanacherry road is a man made canal(AC canal). KTDC is planning to exploit the tourism opportunities in this area. They had built a boat jetty in Manackalchira in perunna to allow the tourist for a boating through the rural areas of Kuttanad and then to Kottayam through this canal. The project envisioned a connection of the back water tourism to Highrange tourism. The dredging of the canal is lagging due to negligence of authorities. The canal ends in Pallathuruthy river. Flood is a part of their life, they did not even consider it as a national calamity. For a farmer every thing even the thoughts are in the natural way...
Some more images from Aalappluzha-Changanacherry Road
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