View allAll Photos Tagged taluk
youtu.be/K4fl3W2VHeA?si=pcuMN3Mh8W0p9gSD Anamudi is a mountain located in the Indian state of Kerala.
The mountain's shape looks similar to the forehead of an elephant. Due to that the literal meaning of mountains Malayalam name 'Anamudi' is 'Elephants forehead'.
It is the highest peak in the Western Ghats and South India, at an elevation of 2,695 metres. It lies on the border of Devikulam Taluk, Idukki district and Kothamangalam Taluk, Ernakulam district.
Clicked on the boundry wall of the Anantha Lake Temple near Kumbla in Manjeswaram taluk of Kasaragod District of Kerala. The Indian Robin is widespread in the Indian subcontinent, and ranges across Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The males of northern populations have a brown back whose extent gradually reduces southwards with populations in the southern peninsula having an all black back as seen here. This is only the second time I got to click this bird, the first sighting was in Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh where I captured a pair of the race 'cambaiensis'.
Incidentally this is my 2000th upload at Flickr :-)
"What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?"
~ E.M. Forster
Clicked at the border of Kannur and Wayanad districts near a place called Boys Town, a village in the Mananthavady taluk in the Wayanad district of Kerala.
Clicked near the parking area of the Anantha Lake Temple near Kumbla in Manjeswaram taluk of Kasaragod District of Kerala. This bird has been introduced in many other parts of the world and has established itself in the wild on several Pacific islands including Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and Hawaii. This is the nominate race 'cafer' that is found in Peninsular India.
Panoramic and outskirt view of the temple :
Seeyamangalam is a small village located near Desur. This village has a reputed Shiva temple named Stambhesvara or Tun-Andar (in Tamil, ‘the lord of pillars’). This name Tun-Andar might be given because of two pillars in front of this cave temple. Stambheshvara name was perhaps given due to a high boulder standing on the floor of dry tank near this temple. As per a legend, when the tank was full of water, only the tip of this free standing boulder was visible which is revered as Shiva lingam in the water, hence the name Stambheshvara. This temple has been extended during late Pallavas, Cholas and Vijayanagara times. Now we see two mandapas erected in front of this cave, totally hiding it from the front. From a Chola inscription of this temple, it is found that Seeyamangalam would be belonging to Tennarrur-nadu (region named after Tennattur), a subdivision of Palagunra-kottam, a district of Jayangonda-Chola-mandalam. The temple itself was then called Tirukkarrali, ‘the scared stone temple’. A foundation inscription of Mahendravarman I names this cave as Avanibhajana-Palleveshvaram.
Description Link :
puratattva.in/2010/11/03/seeyamangalam-avanibhajana-palla...
Sunset over Red Hills Lake - Chennai, India
REPOSTED
The Red Hills Lake,also called Puzhal Lake (Tamil: புழல் ஏரி) is located in Ponneri Taluk of Thiruvallur district, Tamilnadu, South India . It is one of the two rain-fed reservoirs from where water is drawn for supply to Chennai City, the other one being the Chembarambakkam Lake.
Redhills lake:The other name of this lake in Tamil is POZHAL YERI; Previously this was used as a Irrigation lake. During the British Rule, it was utilised as a Military Camp. That is why Pozhal Town is also expressed as Camp.This lake was used as an Airport for Water plans for to make a landing and takeoff. There was a concrete ramp to bring the floating crafts and vessals to the then Workshop and the remains can be seen.There was a big Bangalow for the Military personals with Wind mill pump house, sump,overhead tank,a small swimming pool, Tennis court and a mini Theatre for the military use.In order to feed the water plans, there were few huge M.S.tanks for oil storage on the earthern bunds of this lake.For this heavy movement of vehicles, the earthern bunds are enforced with concrete paths. The lake and its water was made to quench the thirst of Chennaities right from the year1868. This lake gets it s supply from Poondi Reservoir and the Cholavaram Lake, through its Upper and Lower Supply Channals.Thus the irrigation utility was stopped. Now a days Poondi Reservoir and Sembaramapkkam Lakes interlinked to get water from Kandaleru (Telugu Ganga Project)and at present ,the Redhills Lake is made to fill on both sides apart from the rain water from the Catchment areas.Its water spreading area is around 7.5KMs and with much storage capacity, when compared Poondi and Cholavaram Lakes.
Acknowledgement / Source : wikimapia.org/141440/Red-Hills-Lake
The full capacity of the lake is 3,300 million ft³ (93 million m³).
"The goal of life is living in agreement with nature."
~ Zeno
Clicked at the border of Kannur and Wayanad districts near a place called Boys Town, a village in the Mananthavady taluk in the Wayanad district of Kerala.
At the time of Sunset - from a village at Perambalur, 50 Kms north of Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu.
FEATURED IN FLICKR EXPLORE ON 27-08-2014. # 302.
www.flickr.com/photos/59670248@N05/14869745240/in/explore...
Reposted.
___________________________________________________________________ _______________
Copyright © learning.photography.
All rights reserved. All images contained in this Photostream remain the property of learning.photography and is protected by applicable Copyright Law. Any images from this Photostream may not be reproduced, copied, or used in any way without my written permission.
Thanks for your Visit, Comments, Favs and Awards !
No private group or multiple group invites please !
Where Rank is specified underneath any Explored Photo, that means that is the highest Rank achieved in Explore.
Those who have not uploaded any photograph yet, or have uploaded a very few photographs, should not mark me Contacts or comment on my photo. I may block them.
______________________________________________________________________ _______________
Perambalur is a district headquarters and a taluk and municipality in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Perambalur District came in to existence after trifurcation of Tiruchirappalli district with effect from 30.09.1995.
Perambalur (பெரம்பலூர்) is located at 11°14′N 78°53′E / 11.23°N 78.88°E / 11.23; 78.88. It has an average elevation of 143 metres (469 feet).
As of 2001 Indian census, Perambalur had a population of 29,698. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Perambalur has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 73%. In Perambalur, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Main religions are Hinduism (87%), Muslim (8%) and others (5%).
Source : Wikipedia
Mathur Aqueduct or Mathur Hanging Trough, is an aqueduct in southern India, in Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu state. Built over the Pahrali River (also called Parazhiyar), it takes its name from Mathur, a hamlet near the aqueduct, which is about 3 kilometres from Thiruvattar town and about 60 km from Kanyakumari, the southernmost town of India. It is one of the longest and highest aqueducts in South Asia and is a popular tourist spot in Kanyakumari District.
Mathur Aqueduct was constructed in 1966 by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, K. Kamaraj, as a drought relief measure across the river Pahrali. Its purpose is to carry water for irrigation from an elevated level of one hill to another. The irrigation water feeds the taluks of Vilavancode and Kalkulam.
The aqueduct is built across the Pahrali river, a small river that originates in the Mahendragiri Hills of the Western Ghats. Mathur Aqueduct itself carries water of the Pattanamkal canal for irrigation over the Pahrali, from one hill to another, for a distance of close to one kilometer. This aqueduct is needed because of the undulating land terrain of the area, which is also adjacent to the hills of the Western Ghats.
Mathur Aqueduct is a concrete structure supported by 28 huge pillars, the maximum height of the pillars reaching 115 ft. The trough structure is 7 ft in height, with a width of 7.5 ft. The trough is partly covered with concrete slabs, allowing people to walk on the bridge and to see the water going through the trough. Some of the pillars are set in rocks of the Pahrali river, though some of the pillars are set in hills on either side.
There is road access to one end of the aqueduct and to the foot of the aqueduct (the level where the Pahrali flows) on the opposite side. There is a huge flight of stairs, made more recently, that allows one to climb from the level of the Pahrali river to the trough.
Irrigation water flows through the trough for a large part of the year, except in the summer (from February to May).
SUNDAY @ City
Barbaque
Hot dogs
Ice cream
No school
NO HOMEWORK!
....
....
....
A TYPICAL VILLAGE SUNDAY
Swimming @ free of cost
taken at bettarayaswamy temple pond,
thali taluk, krishnagiri dist. tamilnadu, india.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijra_(South_Asia)
Hijra (for translations, see [n 1]) is a term used in South Asia – particularly in India and Pakistan – to refer to trans women (male-to-female transgender individuals).[1][2] In different areas of Pakistan and India, transgender people are also known as Aravani, Aruvani or Jagappa.[3]
In Pakistan and Bangladesh, the hijras are officially recognized as third gender by the government,[4][5] being neither completely male nor female. In India also, transgender people have been given the status of third gender and are protected as per the law despite the social ostracism. The term more commonly advocated by social workers and transgender community members themselves is khwaja sira (Urdu: خواجہ سرا) and can identify the individual as a transsexual person, transgender person (khusras), cross-dresser (zenanas) or eunuch (narnbans).[6][7]
Hijras have a recorded history in the Indian subcontinent from antiquity onwards as suggested by the Kama Sutra period. This history features a number of well-known roles within subcontinental cultures, part gender-liminal, part spiritual and part survival.
In South Asia, many hijras live in well-defined and organised all-hijra communities, led by a guru.[8][9] These communities have sustained themselves over generations by "adopting" boys who are in abject poverty, rejected by, or flee, their family of origin.[10] Many work as sex workers for survival.[11]
The word "hijra" is an Urdu word derived from the Semitic Arabic root hjr in its sense of "leaving one's tribe,"[12] and has been borrowed into Hindi. The Indian usage has traditionally been translated into English as "eunuch" or "hermaphrodite," where "the irregularity of the male genitalia is central to the definition."[13] However, in general hijras are born with typically male physiology, only a few having been born with intersex variations.[14] Some Hijras undergo an initiation rite into the hijra community called nirwaan, which refers to the removal of the penis, scrotum and testicles.[11]
Since the late 20th century, some hijra activists and Western non-government organizations (NGOs) have lobbied for official recognition of the hijra as a kind of "third sex" or "third gender," as neither man nor woman.[15] Hijras have successfully gained this recognition in Bangladesh and are eligible for priority in education.[16] In India, the Supreme Court in April 2014 recognised hijra and transgender people as a 'third gender' in law.[17][18][19]
Nepal, Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh have all legally recognized the existence of a third gender, including on passports and other official documents.
Terminology
The Urdu and Hindi word hijra may alternately be romanized as hijira, hijda, hijada, hijara, hijrah and is pronounced [ˈɦɪdʒɽaː]. This term is generally considered derogatory in Urdu and the word Khwaja Sara is used instead. Another such term is khasuaa (खसुआ) or khusaraa (खुसरा). In Bengali hijra is called হিজড়া, hijra, hijla, hijre, hizra, or hizre.
A number of terms across the culturally and linguistically diverse Indian subcontinent represent similar sex or gender categories. While these are rough synonyms, they may be better understood as separate identities due to regional cultural differences. In Odia, a hijra is referred to as hinjida, hinjda or napunsaka, in Telugu, as napunsakudu (నపుంసకుడు), kojja (కొజ్జ) or maada (మాడ), in Tamil Nadu, Thiru nangai (mister woman), Ali, aravanni, aravani, or aruvani, in Punjabi, khusra and jankha, in Sindhi khadra, in Gujarati, pavaiyaa (પાવૈયા).
In North India, the goddess Bahuchara Mata is worshipped by Pavaiyaa (પાવૈયા). In South India, the goddess Renuka is believed to have the power to change one's sex. Male devotees in female clothing are known as Jogappa. They perform similar roles to hijra, such as dancing and singing at birth ceremonies and weddings.[21]
The word kothi (or koti) is common across India, similar to the Kathoey of Thailand, although kothis are often distinguished from hijras. Kothis are regarded as feminine men or boys who take a feminine role in sex with men, but do not live in the kind of intentional communities that hijras usually live in. Additionally, not all kothis have undergone initiation rites or the body modification steps to become a hijra.[22] Local equivalents include durani (Kolkata), menaka (Cochin),[23] meti (Nepal), and zenana (Pakistan).
Hijra used to be translated in English as "eunuch" or "hermaphrodite,"[13] although LGBT historians or human rights activists have sought to include them as being transgender.[24] In a series of meetings convened between October 2013 and Jan 2014 by the transgender experts committee of India's Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, hijra and other trans activists asked that the term "eunuch" be discontinued from usage in government documents, as it is not a term with which the communities identify.
Gender and sexuality
These identities have no exact match in the modern Western taxonomy of gender and sexual orientation,[24] and challenge Western ideas of sex and gender.[11]
In India, some Hijras do not define themselves by specific sexual orientation, but rather by renouncing sexuality altogether. Sexual energy is transformed into sacred powers. However, these notions can come in conflict with the practical, which is that hijras are often employed as prostitutes.[25] Furthermore, in India a feminine male who takes a "receptive" role in sex with a man will often identify as a kothi (or the local equivalent term). While kothis are usually distinguished from hijras as a separate gender identity, they often dress as women and act in a feminine manner in public spaces, even using feminine language to refer to themselves and each other. The usual partners of hijras and kothis are men who consider themselves heterosexual as they are the ones who penetrate.[26] These male partners are often married, and any relationships or sex with "kothis" or hijras are usually kept secret from the community at large. Some hijras may form relationships with men and even marry,[27] although their marriage is not usually recognized by law or religion. Hijras and kothis often have a name for these masculine sexual or romantic partners; for example, panthi in Bangladesh, giriya in Delhi or sridhar in Cochin.[23]
Social status and economic circumstances
Most hijras live at the margins of society with very low status; the very word "hijra" is sometimes used in a derogatory manner. The Indian lawyer and author Rajesh Talwar has written a book highlighting the human rights abuses suffered by the community titled 'The Third Sex and Human Rights.'[28] Few employment opportunities are available to hijras. Many get their income from extortion (forced payment by disrupting work/life using demonstrations and interference), performing at ceremonies (toli), begging (dheengna), or sex work ('raarha')—an occupation of eunuchs also recorded in premodern times. Violence against hijras, especially hijra sex workers, is often brutal, and occurs in public spaces, police stations, prisons, and their homes.[29] As with transgender people in most of the world, they face extreme discrimination in health, housing, education, employment, immigration, law, and any bureaucracy that is unable to place them into male or female gender categories.[30]
In 2008, HIV prevalence was 27.6% amongst hijra sex workers in Larkana.[6] The general prevalence of HIV among the adult Pakistani population is estimated at 0.1%.[31]
In October 2013, Pakistani Christians and Muslims (Shia and Sunni) put pressure on the landlords of Imamia Colony to evict any transgender residents. "Generally in Pakistan, Khwaja Sira are not under threat. But they are in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province because of a 'new Islam' under way", I.A. Rehman, the director of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.[32]
In a study of Bangladeshi hijras, participants reported not being allowed to seek healthcare at the private chambers of doctors, and experiencing abuse if they go to government hospitals.[33]
Beginning in 2006, hijras were engaged to accompany Patna city revenue officials to collect unpaid taxes, receiving a 4-percent commission.[34]
Since India's Supreme Court re-criminalized homosexual sex on 13 December 2013, there has been a sharp increase in the physical, psychological and sexual violence against the transgender community by the Indian Police Service, nor are they investigating even when sexual assault against them is reported.[35]
On 15 April 2014, in National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India, the Supreme Court of India ruled that transgender people should be treated as a third category of gender or as a socially and economically "backward" class entitled to proportional access and representation in education and jobs.[36]
Language
This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (November 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
The hijra community due to its peculiar place in sub-continental society which entailed marginalisation yet royal privileges developed a secret language known as Hijra Farsi. The language has a sentence structure loosely based on Urdu and a unique vocabulary of at least a thousand words. Beyond the Urdu-Hindi speaking areas of subcontinent the vocabulary is still used by the hijra community within their own native languages.
In South Asian politics
In 2013, transgender people in Pakistan were given their first opportunity to stand for election.[37] Sanam Fakir, a 32-year-old hijra, ran as an independent candidate for Sukkur, Pakistan's general election in May.[38]
The governments of both India (1994)[39] and Pakistan (2009)[40] have recognized hijras as a "third sex", thus granting them the basic civil rights of every citizen. In India, hijras now have the option to identify as a eunuch ("E") on passports and on certain government documents. They are not, however, fully accommodated; in order to vote, for example, citizens must identify as either male or female. There is also further discrimination from the government. In the 2009 general election, India's election committee denied three hijras candidature unless they identified themselves as either male or female.
In April 2014, Justice KS Radhakrishnan declared transgender to be the third gender in Indian law, in a case brought by the National Legal Services Authority (Nalsa) against Union of India and others.[17][18][19] The ruling said:[41]
Seldom, our society realises or cares to realise the trauma, agony and pain which the members of Transgender community undergo, nor appreciates the innate feelings of the members of the Transgender community, especially of those whose mind and body disown their biological sex. Our society often ridicules and abuses the Transgender community and in public places like railway stations, bus stands, schools, workplaces, malls, theatres, hospitals, they are sidelined and treated as untouchables, forgetting the fact that the moral failure lies in the society's unwillingness to contain or embrace different gender identities and expressions, a mindset which we have to change.
Justice Radhakrishnan said that transgender people should be treated consistently with other minorities under the law, enabling them to access jobs, healthcare and education.[42] He framed the issue as one of human rights, saying that, "These TGs, even though insignificant in numbers, are still human beings and therefore they have every right to enjoy their human rights", concluding by declaring that:[41]
Hijras, Eunuchs, apart from binary gender, be treated as "third gender" for the purpose of safeguarding their rights under Part III of our Constitution and the laws made by the Parliament and the State Legislature.
Transgender persons' right to decide their self-identified gender is also upheld and the Centre and State Governments are directed to grant legal recognition of their gender identity such as male, female or as third gender.
A bill supported by all political parties was tabled in Indian parliament to ensure transgender people get benefits akin reserved communities like SC/STs and is taking steps to see that they get enrollment in schools and jobs in government besides protection from sexual harassment.[43]
History
The ancient Kama Sutra mentions the performance of fellatio by feminine people of a third sex (tritiya prakriti).[44] This passage has been variously interpreted as referring to men who desired other men, so-called eunuchs ("those disguised as males, and those that are disguised as females"[45]), male and female trans people ("the male takes on the appearance of a female and the female takes on the appearance of the male"),[46] or two kinds of biological males, one dressed as a woman, the other as a man.[47]
During the era of the British Raj, authorities attempted to eradicate hijras, whom they saw as "a breach of public decency."[48] Anti-hijra laws were repealed; but a law outlawing castration, a central part of the hijra community, was left intact, though rarely enforced. Also during British rule in India they were placed under the Criminal Tribes Act 1871 and labelled a "criminal tribe," hence subjected to compulsory registration, strict monitoring and stigmatized for a long time; after independence however they were denotified in 1952, though the centuries-old stigma continues.[49]
In religion
The Indian transgender hijras or Aravanis ritually marry the Hindu god Aravan and then mourn his ritual death (seen) in an 18-day festival in Koovagam, India.
Many practice a form of syncretism that draws on multiple religions; seeing themselves to be neither men nor women, hijras practice rituals for both men and women.
Hijras belong to a special caste. They are usually devotees of the mother goddess Bahuchara Mata, Lord Shiva, or both.
Hijras and Bahuchara Mata
Bahuchara Mata is a Hindu goddess with two unrelated stories both associated with transgender behavior. One story is that she appeared in the avatar of a princess who castrated her husband because he would run in the woods and act like a woman rather than have sex with her. Another story is that a man tried to rape her, so she cursed him with impotence. When the man begged her forgiveness to have the curse removed, she relented only after he agreed to run in the woods and act like a woman. The primary temple to this goddess is located in Gujarat[50] and it is a place of pilgrimage for hijras, who see Bahucahara Mata as a patroness.
Hijras and Lord Shiva
One of the forms of Lord Shiva is a merging with Parvati where together they are Ardhanari, a god that is half Shiva and Half Parvati. Ardhanari has special significance as a patron of hijras, who identify with the gender ambiguity.[50]
Hijras in the Ramayana
In some versions of the Ramayana,[51] when Rama leaves Ayodhya for his 14-year exile, a crowd of his subjects follow him into the forest because of their devotion to him. Soon Rama notices this, and gathers them to tell them not to mourn, and that all the "men and women" of his kingdom should return to their places in Ayodhya. Rama then leaves and has adventures for 14 years. When he returns to Ayodhya, he finds that the hijras, being neither men nor women, have not moved from the place where he gave his speech. Impressed with their devotion, Rama grants hijras the boon to confer blessings on people during auspicious inaugural occasions like childbirth and weddings. This boon is the origin of badhai in which hijras sing, dance, and give blessings.[
Hijras in the Mahabharata
Mahabharata includes an episode in which Arjun, a hero of the epic, is sent into an exile. There he assumes an identity of a eunuch-transvestite and performs rituals during weddings and childbirths that are now performed by hijras.[53]
In the Mahabharata, before the Kurukshetra War, Iravan offers his lifeblood to goddess Kali to ensure the victory of the Pandavas, and Kali agrees to grant him power. On the night before the battle, Iravan expresses a desire to get married before he dies. No woman was willing to marry a man doomed to die in a few hours, so Arjuna as Brihinala marries him. In South India, hijras claim Iravan as their progenitor and call themselves "aravanis."[52]
"Sangam literature use ' word 'Pedi' to refer to people born with Intersex condition, it also refers to antharlinga hijras and various Hijra, The Aravan cult in Koovagam village of Tamil Nadu is a folk tradition of the transwomen, where the members enact the legend during an annual three-day festival. "This is completely different from the sakibeki cult of West Bengal, where transwomen don't have to undergo sex change surgery or shave off their facial hair. They dress as women still retaining their masculine features and sing in praise of Lord Krishna,". "Whereas, since the Tamil society is more conservative and hetero-normative, transwomen completely change themselves as women. In the ancient times, even religion has its own way of accepting these fringe communities." The Bachura Devi worship in Gujarat and Jogappa cult of Karanataka are the other examples.the kinds of dialects and languages spoken by these community in different parts of the country and the socio-cultural impact on the lingo. 'Hijra Farsi' is the transgender dialect, a mix of Urdu, Hindi and Persian spoken in the northern belt of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan and 'Kothi Baashai' is spoken by the transgender community in Karnataka, Andhra, Orissa and parts of Tamil Nadu. "They even have sign languages and typical mannerisms to communicate. The peculiar clap is one such"
—Gopi Shankar Madurai, National Queer Conference 2013[54][55]
Each year in Tamil Nadu, during April and May, hijras celebrate an eighteen-day religious festival. The aravani temple is located in the village Koovagam in the Ulundurpet taluk in Villupuram district, and is devoted to the deity Koothandavar, who is identified with Aravan. During the festival, the aravanis reenact a story of the wedding of Lord Krishna and Lord Aravan, followed by Aravan's subsequent sacrifice. They then mourn Aravan's death through ritualistic dances and by breaking their bangles. An annual beauty pageant is also held, as well as various health and HIV or AIDS seminars. Hijras from all over the country travel to this festival. A personal experience of the hijras in this festival is shown in the BBC Three documentary India's Ladyboys and also in the National Geographic Channel television series Taboo.
Hijras in Islam
There is evidence that Indian hijras identifying as Muslim also incorporate aspects of Hinduism. Still, despite this syncretism, Reddy (2005) notes that a hijra does not practice Islam differently from other Muslims and argues that their syncretism does not make them any less Muslim. Reddy (2003) also documents an example of how this syncretism manifests: in Hyderabad, India a group of Muslim converts were circumcised, something seen as the quintessential marker of male Muslim identity.[clarification needed]
In films and literature
Bangladesh
The film Common Gender (2012) relates the story of the Bangladesh hijra and their struggle for survival.
India
Hijras have been portrayed on screen in Indian cinema since its inception, historically as comic relief. A notable turning point occurred in 1974 when real hijras appeared during a song-and-dance sequence in Kunwaara Baap ("The Unmarried Father"). There are also hijras in the Hindi movie Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) who accompany one of the heroes, Akbar (Rishi Kapoor), in a song entitled "Tayyab Ali Pyar Ka Dushman" ("Tayyab Ali, the Enemy of Love"). One of the first sympathetic hijra portrayals was in Mani Ratnam's Bombay (1995). 1997's Tamanna[56] starred male actor Paresh Rawal in a central role as "Tiku", a hijra who raises a young orphan. Pooja Bhatt produced and also starred in the movie, with her father Mahesh Bhatt co-writing and directing. Deepa Mehta's Water features the hijra character "Gulabi" (played by Raghubir Yadav), who has taken to introducing the downtrodden, outcast widows of Varanasi to prostitution. Not surprisingly, perhaps, the film generated much controversy. There is a brief appearance of hijras in the 2004 Gurinder Chadha film Bride & Prejudice, singing to a bride-to-be in the marketplace. There's also a loose reference, in the guise of "Rocky" ("Rokini") in Deepha Mehta's Bollywood/Hollywood.
The 1997 Hindi film Darmiyaan: In Between directed & co-written by Kalpana Lajmi is based on the subject of Hijra, wherein a fictitious story of an actress bearing a son that turns out to be neuter.
In the 2000 Tamil film Appu directed by Vasanth, a remake of the Hindi film Sadak, the antagonist is a brothel-owning hijra played by Prakash Raj. (In Sadak, the brothel-owning character was played by Sadashiv Amrapurkar under the name "Maharani".)
In 2005, a fiction feature film titled Shabnam Mausi was made on the life of a eunuch politician Shabnam Mausi. It was directed by Yogesh Bharadwaj and the title role played by Ashutosh Rana.
Jogwa, a 2009 Marathi film, depicts the story of a man forced to be hijra under certain circumstances. The movie has received several accolades.[57]
In Soorma Bhopali, Jagdeep encounters a troupe of hijra on his arrival in Bombay. The leader of this pack is also played by Jagdeep himself.
In Anil Kapoor's Nayak, Johnny Lever, who plays the role of the hero's assistant, gets beaten up by hijras, when he is caught calling them "hijra" (he is in habit of calling almost everyone who bothers him by this pejorative and no one cares much, except this once ironically, as the addressees are literally what he is calling them.)
One of the main characters in Khushwant Singh's novel Delhi, Bhagmati is a hijra. She makes a living as a semi-prostitute and is wanted in the diplomatic circles of the city.
Vijay TV's Ippadikku Rose, a Tamil show conducted by postgraduate educated transgender woman Rose is a very successfully running program that discusses various issues faced by youth in Tamil Nadu, where she also gives her own experiences.
In addition to numerous other themes, the 2008 movie Welcome to Sajjanpur by Shyam Benegal explores the role of hijras in Indian society.
In the Malayalam movie Ardhanaari, released on 23 November 2012, director Santhosh Sowparnika tries to depict the life of a transgender person. Manoj K Jayan, Thilakan, Sukumari and Maniyanpilla Raju perform leading roles.
In August, 2015, a music video featuring 7 hijras dressed in outfits or uniforms of various professions and singing the National Anthem of India created by a YouTube channel Yathartha Pictures went viral for being the first National Anthem video sung by hijras in India.[58][59] The hijras featured in the video were brought together by the Humsafar Trust, a Mumbai-based NGO which promotes LGBT rights.[60][61]
Tamil
Vaadamalli by novelist Su.Samuthiram is the first Tamil novel about Aravaani community in Tamil Nadu, published in 1994. Later transgender activist A. Revathi became first Hijra to write about transgender issues and gender politics in Tamil, her works have been translated in more than 8 languages and acting as a primary resources on Gender Studies in Asia. Her book is part of research project for more than 100 universities. She is the author of Unarvum Uruvamum (Feelings of the Entire Body); is the first of its kind in English from a member of the hijra community.[62][63][64] She also acted,directed several stage plays on Gender and Sexuality issues in Tamil and Kannada."The Truth about Me: A Hijra Life Story" by Transgender A.Revathi[65] is part of the syllabus for Final Year students of The American College in Madurai. Later Naan Saravanan Alla" (2007) and Vidya's "I am Vidya" (2008) became first transwoman autobiography.[66][67]
Pakistan
The 1992 film Immaculate Conception[68] by Jamil Dehlavi is based upon the culture-clash between a western Jewish couple seeking fertility at a Karachi shrine known to be blessed by a Sufi fakir called 'Gulab Shah' and the group of Pakistani eunuchs who guard it.
Murad (which means desire; the English title was Eunuch's Motherhood), was an award winning biographical Telefilm drama made by Evergreen Media Europe for Pakistan's television channel Indus TV that aired in 2003. The cast had the country's top male television actors playing "hijras": Sohail Asghar, Nabeel, Qazi Wajid, Kamran Jilani. It was directed by Kamran Qureshi, written by Zafar Mairaj and produced by Iram Qureshi. It won both Best TeleFilm and Best Director awards at 2003 Indus Telefilm Festival.[69][70] The story revolves around "Saima", a trans woman, who adopts a helpless child "Murad" and her relationship with him against the backdrop of her struggling throughout her life and her "desire" for her son. She has sent him away to live at a hostel so she can earn a living as a dancer, after her son gets cross with her, due to teasing (verbal and sexual) they face while dancing. This was the first time that influential male actors came out to support "hijra" rights during interviews; noting that in Pakistani English at that time eunuch was the term to describe a transgender person, and "khwaja sara" (also khwaja sira) had not yet replaced what is now considered a derogatory term due to decades of heckling and name calling, "hijra".[71][72]
In 2004, Kamran Qureshi directed a trans drama, Moorat ("effigy," however, the English title was Eunuch's Wedding. It was produced by famous actor and producer Humayun Saeed and Abdullah Kadwani with more than a dozen star-studded cast members for a 33-episode series.[73][74] It was nominated for Best Drama Serial, Abid Ali for Best Actor, and Maria Wasti for Best Actress at the Lux Style Awards 2005.[69][75] The show was credited for making people understand the pain and abuse that khwaja sara (hijra) constantly endure when people make fun of the way they look or dress without knowing them or how they were naturally born this way. The story involves a young lady who is arranged to marry. It turns out her husband is transgender. The story unfolds trans community and their deprived and isolated world. It portrays eloquently how they, too, are not far away from the human emotions and feelings and their world not much different from the heterosexual community. Even though they are in plain sight, they are tthey are taboo subjects and are not taken seriously. This makes them suffer endlessly in silence wrapped in slurs. The 33-episode series therefore touches on transgender abuse, women abuse, poverty, immorality of arranged marriages, and child abuse.[76]
Bol (Urdu: بول meaning Speak), is a 2011 Urdu-language social drama Pakistani film. It concerns a patriarch, Hakim, who is a misogynist, a domestic abuser, a bigot, and a zealot who forces religion on his family. They face financial difficulties due to Hakim wanting a son. He rejects his transgender daughter, Saifi, as he wanted an heir and she identifies as a girl. Saifi is deeply loved by the rest of her family. As she grows up, men want to take advantage of her and she does not understand at first. However, her oldest sister intervenes and teaches Saifi about what kind of touching is inappropriate. As Saifi grows older, she is not allowed to leave the house. She finds her sister's dresses compelling and tries them on, revealing her gender identity. A neighbour played by famous South Asian singer Atif Aslam, who is in love with one of the sisters, gets Saifi a job at a place where they paint trucks, with the blessing of Saifi's sisters and mother. Saifi dresses like a boy; however, other boys sense her lack of self-esteem and eventually gang-rape her. She is saved when another transgender person, played by Almas Bobby (a transgender actor), finds her and takes her home. Hakim overhears Saifi telling her mother and Zainab what happened. When everybody is asleep, Hakim locks the room and suffocates his child for luring the men for the "shame" he would have to bear if the story got out.[77] It received several positive reviews from critics and went on to win the Best Hindi film award in IRDS Film awards 2011 by Institute for Research and Documentation in Social Sciences (IRDS).[78]
Outside South Asia
The novel Bombay Ice by Leslie Forbes features an important subplot involving the main character's investigation of the deaths of several hijra sex-workers.
The novel City of Djinns by William Dalrymple also features a chapter on hijras.
The novel A Son of the Circus by John Irving features a plot-line involving hijras.
In the graphic novel Habibi by Craig Thompson, the protagonist, Zam, is adopted by a group of hijras.
In the 2009 Brazilian soap opera Caminho das Índias (Portuguese: "The way to India"), hijras are shown in some occasions, especially at weddings and other ceremonies where they are paid for their blessing.
In the TV comedy Outsourced (2011), a hijra is hired by Charlie as a stripper for Rajiv's "bachelor party", much to Rajiv's utter horror.
A short film, under the direction of Jim Roberts, is being made by Rock Star Productions in which the protagonist is portrayed as a hijra. This film is set to be released on 1 May.[year needed][citation needed]
Kamran Ahmed Mirza is a popular gender performance artist in Oregon, United States.
Documentaries
Jareena, Portrait of a Hijda (1990)
Ladyboys (1992)
Bombay Eunuch (2001)
The Hijras: India's Third Gender (2001)
India's Ladyboys (2003)
Between the Lines: India's Third Gender (2005)
Middle Sexes (HBO documentary includes segment on modern Hijda) (2005)
Shabnam Mausi (2005)
The Hijras of India (BBC radio documentary)
Kiss the Moon (2009)
Call me Salma (2009)
Mohammed to Maya also titled Rites of Passage (2012)
Kokkarebellur is a village in Maddur taluk of Mandya district of Karnataka, India. The village is named after the Painted Stork (Ibis leucocephalus) called “Kokkare” in Kannada language. Apart from Painted Storks the Spotbilled Pelicans, are also found here. Both are classified as “near threatened category” in IUCN Red List of 2009. The village is one of the 21 breeding sites existing in India.
The uniqueness in Kokkarebellur is the long established bonding between the Spot-billed Pelicans and the villagers who have adopted this bird as their heritage, since they consider the birds as harbingers of good luck and prosperity to the village. The benefits derived by the villagers from these birds are basically in the form of phosphorus and potassium rich manure obtained from the bird droppings.
கோயிற்பட்டி சங்கரன்கோயில் சாலையில் திருவேங்கடதிற்கு அருகிலுள்ளது செவல்பட்டி. ஊரை ஒட்டியுள்ள குன்றின் அடிவாரத்தில் அண்மைக் காலத்தே கட்டப்பட்ட கோயிலொன்றும் இடைப்பகுதியில் வடக்கு நோக்கிய குடைவரயொன்றும் காணப்படுகின்றன.
வெளித்தள்ளி அமையும் சரிவுகளில் இருந்து மாறுபட்ட நிலையில், இங்குக் குன்றின் சரிவு உள்ளடங்கி இறங்குவதால் குடைவரையின் வெளித்தோற்றம் பிற குடைவரைகளிலிருந்து
பெரிதும் வேறுபட்டுள்ளது.வெளித் தள்ளிய சரிவுகளில் அமைக்கப்படும் குடைவரைகளில், முகப்பின் அரைத்தூண்களை ஒட்டி வரும் பக்கச் சுவர்கள் மேலிருந்து கீழாக அகலப்படும். இங்கோ , அதற்கு நேர்மாறாக அச்சுவர்கள் மேலிருந்து கீழாகக் குறுகுகின்றன. முதல் வகைக் குடைவரைகளில் முகப்புக்கு முன்னால் அகலமான தரையமைப்பு பரந்திருக்கக் காணலாம். ஆனால் இங்கோ, மேற்கில் முற்றிலுமாய்த் தரையமைப்பே இல்லாமல் தாழ்வான பாறை தான் உள்ளது. சரிவு விரியும் குடைவரைகளில் தரை அமைப்புக்கு நேர்மாறாக அகலக் குறைவான கூரையே அமையும் உள்ளவாங்கிய சரிவால் செவல்பட்டிக் குடைவரைக்குப் பரந்து விரிந்த கூரை கிடைத்துள்ளது.
முகப்பு, மண்டபம், கருவறை , சிற்பங்கள் ஆகியவை ப் பெற்று ஒரு முழு குடைவரையாக அமைந்துள்ளது.
குடைவரையின் காலம்:
கி.பி ஏழாம் நூற்றாண்டு பிற்பகுதி.
DESCRIPTION COURTESY :
தென்மாவட்டக் குடைவரைகள். மு.நளினி, இரா.கலைக்கோவன். டாக்டர்.இராசமாணிக்கானார் வரலாற்றாய்வு மையம். திருச்சிராப்பள்ளி.
KOTTAYIL KOVILAKAM near North Paravur in Ernakulam District acquires a rare significance in a world, which is struggling to defeat religious fanaticism.
Here, where the Periyar and the Chalakudy Rivers meet, the place has become a focal spot for pilgrims and tourists, as four historic-religious places co-exist amicably. The Malavana Para, standing high, like a sculpture, amidst the majestic flow of water, is enchanting.
A mosque and a temple stand close to each other. Facing them, is the synagogue and the church. The co-existence of all these, within 500 metres, makes Kottayil Kovilakam a symbol of religious harmony.
The history of Kottayil Kovilakam begins with the period of Perumakkanmar. During this period, the place was dominated by a large Brahmin population. There is mention in `Sanghakala Kritis' of the Pathemaries (Patamars), who came down during the reign of the Siberian emperors, and anchored on the banks of the Periyar. During the Chola rule, the Kovilakam became a centre of learning.
The history of Kottayil Kovilakam and the Paliyathachans of Kochi is inter-linked. The Paliyathachans had to flee, following the Pandya-Chola attack during the 9th Century. They came back to Kochi during the 13th century as dependents of King Kulasekhara, whom they served in the capacity of prime ministers.
In 1663, the Dutch built Paliyam Kotta, as a gesture of gratitude to the Paliyathachans, for helping them conquer the Portuguese. Inside the kotta, a kovilakam was built specially for women, and hence the name Kottayil Kovilakam.
Later in 1754, the Travancore Army, under King Marthanda Varma, imprisoned Paliyathachan, following a battle. In 1809 Paliyathachan was sent in exile and in 1936, the Government confiscated the Paliyam property.
Even today, the group of Paliyam buildings at Chendamangalam stands majestic, reminding us of the bygone golden years of history. In 1790, during the`Padayottam' of Tipu Sultan, one of the `Karyastans' of Paliyam, named Koya Muhammed, was shot dead. The last rites of Koya Muhammed was performed befittingly by the Paliyam men and the mosque at Kottayil Kovilakam stands with `Taqbirs' of memory. Within the walls of the Sree Krishna temple, which stands adjacent to the mosque, can be seen the ruins of Tipu's fort.
The Jews came and settled here fearing Portuguese attacks in the 15th century. They were a business community. The market place behind the synagogue was famous for trade due to its proximity to the river Periyar. The road in between the synagogue and mosque was called Jews Street. The Jews later migrated to Jerusalem.
The Jesuit missionaries built a church here nearly 1,500 years ago. The well in the churchyard is believed to have an entrance to Tipu's fort. A printing press started here by the Jesuits in the 16th century was damaged during Tipu's `Padayottam' .
A `Silalighitham', (lithographic record) recovered in 1935 remains here in the church.
Kottayil Kovilakom is a small village in the Paravur taluk, Ernakulam district of Kerala state, near Kochi, south India.
Its not Fog ! A cloudy forest @ Kodaikanal. Kodaikanal is a city in the hills of the taluk division of the Dindigul district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Its name in the Tamil language means "The Gift of the Forest". Kodaikanal is referred to as the "Princess of Hill stations" and has a long history as a retreat and popular tourist destination ................................................................................... PUBLISHED IN YAHOO TRAVEL: travel.yahoo.com/blogs/compass/cooling-mists--flickr-phot...
Sunset over Red Hills Lake - Chennai, India
Reposted for those who have not seen this earlier. This is one my most favourite !
______________________________________________________________________ _______________
Copyright © learning.photography.
All rights reserved. All images contained in this Photostream remain the property of learning.photography and is protected by applicable Copyright Law. Any images from this Photostream may not be reproduced, copied, or used in any way without my written permission.
Thanks for your Visit, Comments, Favs and Awards !
No private group or multiple group invites please !
Where Rank is specified underneath any Explored Photo, that means that is the highest Rank achieved in Explore.
Those who have not uploaded any photograph yet, or have uploaded a very few photographs, should not mark me Contacts or comment on my photo. I may block them.
______________________________________________________________________ _______________
The Red Hills Lake,also called Puzhal Lake (Tamil: புழல் ஏரி) is located in Ponneri Taluk of Thiruvallur district, Tamilnadu, South India . It is one of the two rain-fed reservoirs from where water is drawn for supply to Chennai City, the other one being the Chembarambakkam Lake.
Redhills lake:The other name of this lake in Tamil is POZHAL YERI; Previously this was used as a Irrigation lake. During the British Rule, it was utilised as a Military Camp. That is why Pozhal Town is also expressed as Camp.This lake was used as an Airport for Water plans for to make a landing and takeoff. There was a concrete ramp to bring the floating crafts and vessals to the then Workshop and the remains can be seen.There was a big Bangalow for the Military personals with Wind mill pump house, sump,overhead tank,a small swimming pool, Tennis court and a mini Theatre for the military use.In order to feed the water plans, there were few huge M.S.tanks for oil storage on the earthern bunds of this lake.For this heavy movement of vehicles, the earthern bunds are enforced with concrete paths. The lake and its water was made to quench the thirst of Chennaities right from the year1868. This lake gets it s supply from Poondi Reservoir and the Cholavaram Lake, through its Upper and Lower Supply Channals.Thus the irrigation utility was stopped. Now a days Poondi Reservoir and Sembaramapkkam Lakes interlinked to get water from Kandaleru (Telugu Ganga Project)and at present ,the Redhills Lake is made to fill on both sides apart from the rain water from the Catchment areas.Its water spreading area is around 7.5K.Ms and with much storage capacity, when compared Poondi and Cholavaram Lakes.
Acknowledgement / Source : wikimapia.org/141440/Red-Hills-Lake
The full capacity of the lake is 3,300 million ft³ (93 million m³).
The dam is located about 8 km from Nemmara and 42 km from Palakkad; Nelliampathi, around 17 km away.The Pothundy dam is a nice site for tourists, covered with mountains. The dam is one of the major water sources for agricultural and drinking in the chittur taluk.
LOCATION :NELLIAMPATHI FOREST (Now Declaired a Tiger Reserve ), KERALA STATE. INDIA
this picture of mine is also publish in popular travel magazine "Discover India" in photo of the month section for 10.11.11
this HDR picture i took from single image as a result of which i got some noise. press L to view it in black
Thanks for your visit and comments on my previous image its beacuse of your comments and favs that my picture comes to Explore.
Yercaud (Tamil: ஏற்காடு) is a hill station in Salem, Tamil Nadu district, of Tamil Nadu state in India. It located in the Shevaroys range of hills in the Eastern Ghats; the Yercaud hill area is called the Shevaroy Hills. It is situated at an altitude of 1515 metres (4970 feet) above sea level, and the highest point in Yercaud is the Servarayan temple, at 5326 feet. It is so named owing to the abundance of trees categorised as a forest near the lake, the name signifying Lake Forest.[1] As a popular tourist destination, Yercaud is also called as Jewel of the South.[2] Yarcaud is connected to city of Salem, Tamil Nadu through Highway of 8 km. The temperature never rises above 29 °C (84 °F) or goes below 13 °C (55 °F). Coffee and citrus fruits, most notably oranges, are grown in abundance apart from bananas, pears and jackfruit. Scenically, Yercaud is as enchanting and picturesque as the hill stations on the Western ghats and trekking here can be one of the most pleasurable ways to pass time.
The total extent of Yercaud Taluk is 382.67 km2, including Reserve Forest. The entire County is administered as a Township. Yercaud also has a Village council.
Taken at Chikmagalur, on the way to kemmanagundi. This is not a post processed image, blue tint is is via adjusting white balance in the camera.
Kemmangundi
Kemmannugundi is a hill station in Tarikere taluk of Chikkamagaluru district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is 1434m above sea level.
Weather: 21° C, Wind SW at 10 km/h, 87% Humidity
Basic Information,Location :
www.flickr.com/photos/chithiram-pesuthadi/26971873832/in/...
"Vellairaiyul-kallarai-mel-ponnai marakatattai......"
The cave temple is perhaps the kallarai mentioned by the vaishnava alvar Tirumangai over which was built the present structural temple of Pundarikaksha (Senthamarai kannan) or Krishna.
குடைவரையின் காலமும் பெரிய ஸ்ரீகோயிலும்:
நிறைவடையாதுள்ள வெள்ளறைக் குடைவரையில் காணப்படும் கல்வெட்டுகள் குறிப்பிடும் 'பெரிய ஸ்ரீகோயில், பெருந்திருகோயில் என்னும் சொல்லாட்சிகள் பொதுவாக மாடக்கோயில்களைச் சுட்டவே கல்வெட்டுகளில் பயின்று வந்துள்ளன .
"மாடமதில் வெள்ளறையுள் கல்லறை மேல் " என்ற பாடலடி இக்குடைவரைக் குறிப்பதாகச் சில ஆய்வாளர்கள் சுட்டியுள்ளனர்.
The earliest inscription found on the third pillar from the east is that of Nandivarman identified as Nandivarman II . While the inscriptions begins with Nandivarman and his date (11 TH YEAR) it mentions in the second line " Pallavakulatilaka Nandivarman" and in the fifth line mention Visayanallulan.
Another unfinished and partly damaged inscription on the north base of the second pillar of the cave-temple dated in the 8th year of Cola Parakesarivarman (either Madurantaka Uttama cola or Aditya Karkala-II) registers a gift of gold for offering to the god krishna and his consort Rukmini in the Periya Srikoyil at Tiruvellarai. The donor was Irayirandevi-ammanar, the queen of Anaimerrunjinar-tevar "the lord who died on the back of the elephant.
The partly damaged inscription engraved on the fourth pillar of the same cave- temple mentions the god Sri krishna and refers to the setting up of an image of his consort Rukmini in the Periya Srikoyil at Tiruvellarai.
In addition there are also inscriptions of Pandiyan talai konta ko Parakesari, Rajaraja-I and few other cola kings.
It is thus clear that the cave temple was in exisitence in the early years of Nandivarman-II Pallavamalla and the vaishnava alvar Tirumangai, his contemporaray. It is not definites that it could have been excavated by Nandivarman-II in the early year of his reign when he was a very young elected to the throne in the dynastic revolution..Therefore it could be possible that it was excavated earlier. The lack of any sculptured representations once again is unable to arrive at the date of this cave-temple.
Puthucode is a small village in Palakkad district of Kerala state, south India. and is a panchayat under Alathur Taluk in Palakkad district.It has an old Bhagavathy Temple called Annapoorneswari Temple which is in the centre of 4 Streets ,viz,South ,East,North and West,each street being called Villages.
Its believed this is foot print of Lord Sree Rama.
"Chadayamangalam" or "Jadayumangalam" is historically an important place. It's a beautiful village lying between Kilimanoor and Kottarakara, 14km away from Kilimanoor and 21km from Kottarakara. It is situated on the South East side of Kottarakkara Taluk and this place is enriched with huge Black Rocks which attracts and fascinates everyone who looks upon them.
According to the Ramayana, when demon king Ravana was on his way to Lanka on Pushpak Vimana (flying chariot) after abducting Lord Rama's wife Sita, he encountered Jatayu. On seeing Sita cry for help, Jatayu got into a fight with Demon King Ravana and collapsed on the rock after failing in his attempts to thwart Ravana's kidnapping of Sita during which he cut the bird's wings.
According to legend, Chadayamangalam, which was known as Jatayumangalam in local parlance, was the place where Jatayu fell after losing to Ravana.
Outer View Of Sikhari Pallavesvaram Rock cut cave in Melacherry Village- Melmalayanur Taluk -Vizhupuram District.
செஞ்சி மேல்மலையனுர்ச் சாலையில் சிங்கவரத்தையடுத்து ஒரு கிலோமீட்டர் தொலைவில் அமைந்துள்ளது மேலைச்சேரி. ஊரிலிருந்து அரைக்கிலோமீட்டர் தள்ளியமைந்துள்ள பாறைக் கூட்டத்தில் பெரும் பாறையொன்றை மேற்கு முகத்தில் குடைந்து பல்லவர் காலத்தில் அமைக்கப்பட்ட மண்டபக் கோயிலே சிகாரி பல்லவேசுவரம்.
Inscriptions of the Nolamba ruler Nolambadiraja and the Rashtrakuta king Govinda III (806 AD) and copper plates of the Bana ruler, Jayateja and Dattiya (810 AD) refer to the construction and grants to the Siva temple at Nandi. Nandi formed part of the Bana-Nolamba territory during 4th to 10th centuries AD. Epigraphs indicate that it was under the rule of Cholas followed by Hoysala and Vijayanagara. However, the foundation of the present village is attributed to one Baire-Gouda of Avati in the late medieval times. The chieftains of Chikaballapur, Haider Ali and Tipu Sultan held sway over the area. A regiment of the British military was stationed from 1799 to 1808 AD between Nandi and Sultanpet.
The Bhoganandisvara temple is architecturally one of the most important specimens of Dravidian order datable to circa 9th to 15th century AD. Enclosed in its own prakara measuring 112.8 m x 76.2 m with double mahadvara, this complex consists of twin temples dedicated to Siva as Bhoganandisvara (north) and Arunachalesvara (south). Between the two is a small intervening shrine. Each temple consists of a garbhagriha, a sukanasi and a navaranga. Both sukanasi and navaranga are provided with sculptured jalis. Both temples have individual nandi mandapas in front. In between the two shrines is a kalyanamandapa built of black stone intricately carved with creepers and birds, even excelling the meticulously worked Hoysala specimens. The prakara has two Devi shrines and other related structures like vasantamandapa, tulabharamandapa and a square stepped tank.
Please zoom it to see the details.
Murdeshwar is a town in Bhatkal Taluk of Uttara Kannada district in the state of Karnataka, India. Murdeshwar is another name of the Hindu god Shiva. Famous for the world's second tallest Shiva statue, the town lies on the coast of the Arabian Sea and is also famous for the Murdeshwar Temple. Murdeshwar has a railway station on the Mangalore-Mumbai Konkan railway route.It is also a famous tourist place in Karnataka.
Nelliampathi is a hill station 60 kilometres from Palakkad in Kerala, India. It is surrounded by tea and coffee plantations. The village has its own gram panchayat and forms a part of the Chittur taluk.
Scenic view and the soothing tender breeze at this hilltop is absolutely mind blowing . Presence of monkeys at the top of this rocky hill is often a surprise for the visitors as monkeys can not be seen anywhere in the nearby areas. Visitors feeding the monkeys ( seems to be harmless) is a usual scene there in the evenings, you may carry some peanuts .. fruits with you to feed them, as there are no shops nearby. Jatayu earth’s centre (Jatayu Paara) which is a well known nature park is located approximately 15 km away from this place. Malamel Rocky hill is a huge rock in Pathanapuram Taluk in Kollam district, Kerala, India. This village is situated between Anchal and Valakom by-pass road.
==> The Nindra Narayana Perumal temple complex is under the control of Hindu Endowment which has two rock cut cave; one is for Vishnu and the other one is for Kotravai.
==> The cave and the temple is 3 kms from sivagasi (virudunagar- Sivagasi road ) in Virudhunagar District of Tamilnadu.
விருதுநகர் மாவட்டத்தில் விருதுநகர் சிவகாசி சாலையில் சிவகாசியிலிருந்து மூன்று கிலோமீட்டர் தொலைவில் உள்ளது திருத்தங்கல். இவ்வூரின் குன்றில் தென்பார்வையாகப் பெருமாளுக்கு ஒரு குடைவரையும் சற்றுத் தள்ளிய நிலையில் பாறைச் செதுக்கலாகக் கொற்றவைத் தொகுதியொன்றும் காணப்படுகின்றன. அறநிலையத்துறையின் ஆட்சியிலுள்ள நின்ற நாராயண பெருமாள் கோயில் வளாகத்துள் இணைத்துக்கொள்ளப்பட்ட நிலையில் குடைவரையும் தனியார் ஒருவரின் பாதுகாப்பின் கீழ்க் கொற்றவைத் தொகுதியும் உள்ளன. இரண்டு கோயில்களிலுமே வழிபாடு நடக்கிறது.
குடைவரை
நின்ற நாராயண பெருமாள் கோயில் வளாகத்தின் மேற்குப்புறத்தே நிருவாக அலுவலரின் அறைக்கருகே தென்பார்வையாய் அமைந்துள்ள ரங்கநாதர் திருமுன்னே பழங்குடைவரையை உள்ளடக்கியுள்ளது. குடைவரையின் முன் பின்னாளில் இணைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள செவ்வக மண்டபத்தை சதுரம், கட்டு, சதுரம் என்ற அமைப்பிலான எட்டுத் தூண்கள் தாங்குகின்றன. அவற்றின் மேலுள்ள வெட்டுப் போதிகைகள் உத்திரம் தாங்க, மேலே வாஜனம், வலபி இவற்றுடன் கூரை. இம்மண்டபத்தின் வடபுறத்தே முகப்பு, முகமண்டபம், கருவறை என்ற அமைப்பில் குடைவரை உள்ளது.
The photos were shot in Aanaimalai Tiger Reserve is a protected area located in the Anaimalai Hills of Pollachi and Valparai taluks of Coimbatore District and Udumalaipettai taluk in Tiruppur District, Tamil Nadu, India, which I visited after getting COVID vaccination. I was taken care of by a person with love and affection during my stay there. 12-03-2021.
Shri Mangeshi temple is located at Mangeshi Village in Priol, Ponda taluk, Goa. It is at a distance of 22 km from Panaji the capital of Goa and 26 km from Margao.
This temple is one of the largest and most frequently visited temples in Goa. The temple has recently banned entry to foreign nationals citing objectionable dressing and conduct as the reason.
The 400-year-old Shri Mangesh temple dedicated to Shiva stands out with its simple and yet exquisitely elegant structure. The temple is noted for the pillars which are considered to be the most beautiful among the temples in Goa. There is a prominent Nandi Bull which is considered to be the Vahana (Vehicle) of Shiva. A beautiful seven-storeyed deepstambha (lamp tower), stands at the gates in the temple complex. The temple also has a magnificent water tank, which is believed to be the oldest part of the temple.
Sunset - from a village at Perambalur, 50 Kms north of Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India.
______________________________________________________________________ _______________
Copyright © learning.photography.
All rights reserved. All images contained in this Photostream remain the property of learning.photography and is protected by applicable Copyright Law. Any images from this Photostream may not be reproduced, copied, or used in any way without my written permission.
Thanks for your Visit, Comments, Favs and Awards !
No private group or multiple group invites please !
Those who have not uploaded any photograph yet, or have uploaded a very few photographs, should not mark me Contacts or comment on my photo. I may block them.
______________________________________________________________________ _______________
Perambalur is a district headquarters and a taluk and municipality in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Perambalur District came in to existence after trifurcation of Tiruchirappalli district with effect from 30.09.1995.
Perambalur (பெரம்பலூர்) is located at 11°14′N 78°53′E / 11.23°N 78.88°E / 11.23; 78.88. It has an average elevation of 143 metres (469 feet).
As of 2001 Indian census, Perambalur had a population of 29,698. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Perambalur has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 73%. In Perambalur, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Main religions are Hinduism (87%), Muslim (8%) and others (5%).
Source : Wikipedia
Kalugumalai is a panchayat town in Kovilpatti Taluk of Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu
Vettuvan Koil (English: a Sculptor's paradise) is a Hindu temple built between the 8th and 9th century. Kalugumalai is a priceless unfinished Pandyan monolith cave temple, part of the iconographic richness that helped chronicle the burgeoning richness of the Tamil culture, traditions, and sacred centres containing religious art.About 7.5 meter of the mountain is excavated in a rectangular fashion and in the middle the temple is sculpted from a single piece of rock. The carvings reflect the southern temple style of the Pandya era. Only the top portion of the temple is completed. The temple has an entrance and centre hall for the main deity. In the later days Ganesha's idol is kept and worshipped. At the top of the temple beautiful sculpture of Uma Maheswarar, Dakshinamoorthy, Vishnu and Brahma can be found. This temple is of same style of Kailasnath temple in Ellora, structural shrines at Pattadakal in Bijapur, monolithic temples of Pallavas at Mamallapuram showing the close political relationship between Pallavas, Chalukyas and Rashtrakutas.There are around 122 sculptures in the rock cut temple. The intricately carved statues are from fine granite.
KARWAR has a beautiful sea beach calm & quite. Karwar is the administrative headquarters of an eponymous taluk and of Uttara Kannada district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It was the chief town of the North Kanara district in British India.
Karwar is a seaside town situated on the banks of the Kali river which is on the west coast of the Indian peninsula. The town lies about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of the Karnataka–Goa border and 519 kilometres (322 mi) north-west of Bangalore, the capital city of Karnataka.
Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission.
© All rights reserved
A fantastic village route in Bagalkote, Karnataka, India. Bagalkot district is an administrative district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Historically, Bagalkote was the capital of the Chalukyan Empire of South India under Pulakesi I, who conquered the district in 550 CE. Bagalkot's Badami taluk remained the seat of the throne of the Chalukyas from 550 CE - 753 CE, when Chalukya king Kirtivarman II was overthrown by the Rashtrakutas. Remnants of Chalukyan art and architecture are important tourist attractions in Bagalkote. Pattadakallu has many UNESCO World Heritage temples built by Vikramaditya II, while Aihole, which lies on the banks of the Malaprabha River, is an important temple town with over 140 temples belonging to both the early and later Chalukya times. The cave temples of Badami Cave Temples and the Jain temples of Rashtrakutas at Lokapura and Bilgi are also famous.
A chola temple with apsidal vimana (Gajaprishtam) and now called pasupathisvaram , which has early chola inscriptions of Parantaka -1 and the lord in them called as ThirumadattuKunnanar (திருமாட்டு குன்றக் நாயனார் ,திருமாடத்த்து கூனனார், சடானாண்டார்).
The inscriptions refers this place as Thirunerkundram , (திருவிரற்குன்றம் , திருநெற்குன்றம் திருநற்குன்றம் ) and other inscriptions says Thinnakonam , Thinnagunam ( தின்னகோணம் , தின்னகுனம் )
One of 24th regnal year of Parantaka Inscriptions relates to an endowment for feeding a person (A.R. no 249 of 1932-33).
Other 14th year and 37th year of Parantaka Inscriptions refers gift for lamps (A.R.no 255 of 1932-33).
An inscription of 48th year of Kulottunga -1 (A.R. no. 252 of 1932-33) also relates to a gift for lamp.
Yercaud (Tamil: ஏற்காடு) is a hill station in Salem, Tamil Nadu district, of Tamil Nadu state in India. It located in the Shevaroys range of hills in the Eastern Ghats; the Yercaud hill area is called the Shevaroy Hills. It is situated at an altitude of 1515 metres (4970 feet) above sea level, and the highest point in Yercaud is the Servarayan temple, at 5326 feet. It is so named owing to the abundance of trees categorised as a forest near the lake, the name signifying Lake Forest.[1] As a popular tourist destination, Yercaud is also called as Jewel of the South.[2] Yarcaud is connected to city of Salem, Tamil Nadu through Highway of 8 km. The temperature never rises above 29 °C (84 °F) or goes below 13 °C (55 °F). Coffee and citrus fruits, most notably oranges, are grown in abundance apart from bananas, pears and jackfruit. Scenically, Yercaud is as enchanting and picturesque as the hill stations on the Western ghats and trekking here can be one of the most pleasurable ways to pass time.
The total extent of Yercaud Taluk is 382.67 km2, including Reserve Forest. The entire County is administered as a Township. Yercaud also has a Village council.
Munnar is a town and hill station located in the Idukki district of the southwestern Indian state of Kerala. Munnar is situated at around 1,600 metres (5,200 ft) above sea level, in the Western Ghats range of mountains.
The name Munnar is believed to mean "three rivers",referring to its location at the confluence of the Mudhirapuzha, Nallathanni and Kundaly rivers.Munnar town is situated on the Kannan Devan Hills village in Devikulam taluk and is the largest panchayat in the Idukki district covering an area of nearly 557 square kilometres (215 sq mi).[citation needed] The nearest major railway stations are at Ernakulam and Aluva (approximately 140 kilometres (87 mi) by road). The Nearest Functioning Railway station is at Udumalaipettai according to Google maps The nearest airport is Cochin International Airport, which is 105 kilometres (65 mi) away.
Theyyam performed in 'Kavu'
'Kavu' is the traditional name given for sacred groves across the Malabar Coast in Kerala, South India.Kavus are notable for Theyyam, the centuries-old ritual dance.
Theyyam is a popular ritual form of worship in Kerala, India, in the area Kasargod, Kannur Districts, Mananthavady Taluk of Wayanad and Vadakara and Koyilandy Taluks of Kozhikode of Kerala and also in South Canara and Kodagu of Karnataka as a living cult with several thousand-year-old traditions, rituals and customs.
This Theyyam named 'POOTHAM' performed in Vengara Kizhakkarakkavu Bhagavathi Temple after 8years.
Sunset over Red Hills Lake - Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
IN FLICKR EXPLORE ON 27-01-2014. #134
www.flickr.com/photos/59670248@N05/12176954053/in/explore...
______________________________________________________________________ _______________
Copyright © learning.photography.
All rights reserved. All images contained in this Photostream remain the property of learning.photography and is protected by applicable Copyright Law. Any images from this Photostream may not be reproduced, copied, or used in any way without my written permission.
Thanks for your Visit, Comments, Favs and Awards !
Where Rank is specified underneath any Explored Photo, that means that is the highest Rank achieved in Explore.
No private group or multiple group invites please !
Those who have not uploaded any photograph yet, or have uploaded a very few photographs, should not mark me Contacts or comment on my photo. I may block them.
______________________________________________________________________ _______________
The Red Hills Lake,also called Puzhal Lake (Tamil: புழல் ஏரி) is located in Ponneri Taluk of Thiruvallur district, Tamilnadu, South India . It is one of the two rain-fed reservoirs from where water is drawn for supply to Chennai City, the other one being the Chembarambakkam Lake.
Redhills lake:The other name of this lake in Tamil is POZHAL YERI; Previously this was used as a Irrigation lake. During the British Rule, it was utilised as a Military Camp. That is why Pozhal Town is also expressed as Camp.This lake was used as an Airport for Water plans for to make a landing and takeoff. There was a concrete ramp to bring the floating crafts and vessals to the then Workshop and the remains can be seen.There was a big Bangalow for the Military personals with Wind mill pump house, sump,overhead tank,a small swimming pool, Tennis court and a mini Theatre for the military use.In order to feed the water plans, there were few huge M.S.tanks for oil storage on the earthern bunds of this lake.For this heavy movement of vehicles, the earthern bunds are enforced with concrete paths. The lake and its water was made to quench the thirst of Chennaities right from the year1868. This lake gets it s supply from Poondi Reservoir and the Cholavaram Lake, through its Upper and Lower Supply Channals.Thus the irrigation utility was stopped. Now a days Poondi Reservoir and Sembaramapkkam Lakes interlinked to get water from Kandaleru (Telugu Ganga Project)and at present ,the Redhills Lake is made to fill on both sides apart from the rain water from the Catchment areas.Its water spreading area is around 7.5K.Ms and with much storage capacity, when compared Poondi and Cholavaram Lakes.
Acknowledgement / Source : wikimapia.org/141440/Red-Hills-Lake
The full capacity of the lake is 3,300 million ft³ (93 million m³).
The Main Exif data
Camera - Canon EOS 60D
Lens - EF70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Exposure - 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture - f/7.1
Focal Length - 300 mm
ISO Speed - 250
Athirapalli Falls also known as "Suren Chellakutti Falls" is situated in Athirappilly panchayath,Chalakduy Taluk in of Valparai, on the southwest coast of India. Located on the west-flowing Chalakudy River near the Vazhachal Forest Division and the Sholayar ranges, this 24-metre (80 ft) waterfall and the nearby Vazhachal Falls are popular tourist destinations. It is the largest waterfall in Kerala and is nicknamed "The Niagara of India".[1] Controversy about a state-proposed hydroelectric dam on the Chalakudy River above the waterfalls began in the 1990s and has continued through 2011.
River
The 145 kilometres (90 mi) long Chalakudy River, originates in the Anamudi mountains of the Western Ghats[2] and flows through the Vazhachal Forest toward the Arabian Sea. The river initially runs smoothly but becomes more turbulent as it nears Athirappilly. At Athirappilly Falls, the water surges around big rocks and cascades down in three separate plumes. Below the falls, the river remains turbulent for about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) until it reaches Kannamkuzhi. Then it calms and flows smoothly until reaching the dam at Thumburmuzhi.
Sunset - from a village at Perambalur, 50 Kms north of Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India.
Revisited.
______________________________________________________________________ _______________
Copyright © learning.photography.
All rights reserved. All images contained in this Photostream remain the property of learning.photography and is protected by applicable Copyright Law. Any images from this Photostream may not be reproduced, copied, or used in any way without my written permission.
Thanks for your Visit, Comments, Favs and Awards !
No private group or multiple group invites please !
Those who have not uploaded any photograph yet, or have uploaded a very few photographs, should not mark me Contacts or comment on my photo. I may block them.
______________________________________________________________________ _______________
Perambalur is a district headquarters and a taluk and municipality in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Perambalur District came in to existence after trifurcation of Tiruchirappalli district with effect from 30.09.1995.
Perambalur (பெரம்பலூர்) is located at 11°14′N 78°53′E / 11.23°N 78.88°E / 11.23; 78.88. It has an average elevation of 143 metres (469 feet).
As of 2001 Indian census, Perambalur had a population of 29,698. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Perambalur has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 73%. In Perambalur, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Main religions are Hinduism (87%), Muslim (8%) and others (5%).
Source : Wikipedia
குடைவரையின் அமைப்பு
உயர்ந்த குன்று அல்லது மலையின் சரிவு தரைப்பகுதியைத் தொடும் இடத்தில் குடைவரையை அகழ்வது வழக்கமாக நாம் காணக் கிடைப்பது. அகழ்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்ட பாறையின் ஒருபுறத்தில் மட்டிலுமே செதுக்கப்பட்ட வடிவங்களை நாம் காண இயலும். இதிலிருந்து மாறுபட்டு இக்குடைவரையின் கிழக்கு மற்றும் தெற்கு ஆகிய இரண்டு முகங்களிலும் குடையப்பட்டுள்ளது. கிழக்கு முகத்தில் குடைவுப்பணி முடிவடைந்த நிலையில் தென்முகப்பணி முழுமையடையாமல் உள்ளது.
மேலும் வாசிக்க :
CAVE:2 NARASAMANGALAM UNCOMPLETED BIG CAVE LINK :An Article By DR.S.SUNDARESAN
www.varalaaru.com/design/article.aspx?ArticleID=1280
Other References for Mamandur Caves :
travel.bhushavali.com/2012/09/dhusi-mamandur-tiruvannamal...