Life Photos

HMT

The villagers of South Karnataka before leaving their house, always have a towel hanging on the shoulder.  This towel has…

Happy New Year – 2014

Wishing all the readers a very happy new year!  

India loves to pose – 8

India loves to pose series contains random pictures of people in different moods and gears captured during a moment in…

Salute to the Prince of Mysore Kingdom

Below is the Mysore State Anthem with the third para dedicated to Sri Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar, who passed away today:…

Spectacular Sky

As we were walking back to the Venugopalaswamy temple on the bed of the parched back waters at KRS, Mysore,…

Plain Tiger Butterfly

Plain Tiger Butterfly or African Monarch, is a common butterfly which is found in Asia and Africa.  Photographed in Mallur.

Orchid Phalaenopsis in my garden

Orchid Phalaenopsis is also known as moth orchid

Indian Roller

Indian Roller is the state bird of Karnataka.  It is blue above with brown breast and pale blue abdomen and…

India loves to pose – 6

India loves to pose series contains random pictures of people in different moods and gears captured during a moment in…

Vijayadashami – 2013

Ravana behind bars on Vijayadashami day! Ravana was a learned Brahmin,  Tantrik,  and a Shiva bhakta, but his inflated ego…

Sapthami – Saraswathi Pooja – 2013

ಸರಸ್ವತಿ ಮಾತೆ ನಿನಗೆ ವಂದನೆ (Saraswathi Mathe ninage vandane) / Salute to goddess of learning

Kayyi Thuththu

The temple elephant in Dharmasthala gets a Kayyi Thuththu / hand full of rice from its Mahout.

Bombeaatavayya Idu bombeaatavayya

Dasara, a time for the Bombe/dolls to come out of the storage boxes and into the limelight! Bombeaatavayya Idu bombeaatavayya…

Huli Vesha during Dasara

The above picture was taken in Polali, Udupi District During Dasara in South Canara and Udupi district, people of a…

Mysore Dasara Procession in Black and White

Wish you all a very happy Dasara! This Dasara procession photograph was part of my grandfather's collection.  The photograph was probably…

Krishna Janmashtami – Gokulashtami – 2013

Delicious platter for Lord Krishna on Gokulashtami!

Cicada

Have you ever wondered how the insect that buzzes loudly in the forest looks like? If you have, then this…

Lord Nagaraja

Lord Nagaraja at T.Narasipura Nagara Panchami this year (2013) is on 11th Aug 2013.

Naga Bana – Garden of Snake God

Picture of Naga Bana at T.Narasipura. Nagar chauthi this (2013) is on 10th Aug 2013.