NHS Trip - Madikeri

Story Continued from: NHS Off-Academic Trips -> NHS Trip - Pearl Valley -> NHS Trip - Yercaud

Trip to Madikeri was planned sometime in 1997-98. We were in 1st year Engineering, I think (Guys, please correct me if I am wrong).  Plan was to visit Madikeri, Bhagamandala, Tala Kaveri - Birth Place of River Kaveri, Abbey falls, Kushalanagar and back home. You can also read my recent story on Madikeri trip. I am trying to recollect all the fact in this story. I barely remember.

We were very fond of train journey and hence took train from Bangalore to Mysore and from there we went to Madikeri by Bus. We rented a dormitory and all of us stayed in one room.

The group was Srinand, Sudhindra, Myself, Naga, MS, Harisha and Gopi. (Left to right in the pic below)

We visited Raja Seat and enjoyed the evening. I still remember the late evening, it was raining cats and dogs and there was no power and I had brought candle and matches as per my father's suggestions which helped a lot to kill the evening. The rain was really deadly and we had never witnessed such rains in Bangalore.

Raja Seat:

Why Naga is staring MS like that???

 

 

See the "iStyle"

Abbey Falls:

Next Morning we started and visited Abbey falls. Enjoyed a lot. Now, getting down to the falls is prohibited as it is very dangerous. But at that time, we could get into water.. Naga was very afraid of water and never touched the water..

I am really surprised to see Srinand getting wet in water..

 

 

 

Chaddi.. Whats happening man ??

 

Abba! Look at the faces..

Bhagamandala - Talakaveri:

We also visited Bhagamandala, Talakaveri. Some snaps..

Bhagandeshwara Temple at Bhagamandala

 

Tala Kaveri.

Nisarga Dhama:

While returning back to Bangalore, we visited Nisarga Dhama near Kushalanagar.

 

 

Complete Album Slide Show:

 

Story Board:

Pearl Valley -> Yercuad -> Madikeri -> Chunchi Falls ->  Sangama - Mekedatu

Review: Deception Point by Dan Brown

I was not a great reader. I had never finished any books completely. I don't remember what triggered me, I started reading this book with lot of dedication. I used to easily lose all the interest by the time I had finished half - that was my previous experiences. But now I have finished this book by Dan Brown, Deception Point. I am so happy that I am writing a review on this book. Book is a scientific thriller. Dan Brown's other famous works are The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, and Digital Fortress. Book keeps you interested till the time the suspense of - The "controller" is revealed. Its a very good mixture of politics, scientific facts and very adventurous. The tweaks and turns are very good. But I think final part of the book is little boring. You feel frustrated towards end.   My next read is Winning, by Jack Welch - as per Sri's Recommendation

NHS Trip - Yercaud

Story Continued from: NHS Off-Academic Trips -> NHS Trip - Pearl Valley

This time it was decided that we go little far. We desperately wanted to go in train. We decided on Yercaud. But there was no train till Yercaud, which is a hill station. So we booked train till Salem and from there we went to Yercaud by bus. We took a dormitory. Enjoyed the whole trip. I still remember I lost my frizbee disk there.

Went boating, can see some snaps.. Also there are some view points, like Men's seat/ Women's seat. Trekked in the evening and enjoyed a lot. Team was (As I remember) MS, Harisha, Naga, Chaddi, Gopi, Tejaswi and Myself.

Boating at Yercaud:

You can see from left: Naga, Harisha, Chaddi, MS, Teju, Gopi and Myself

See this snap.. This is meee .. So funny.. yappa..

I am not very sure whether this was during Yercaud, some please correct me if I am wrong

Story Board:

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Pearl Valley -> Yercuad -> Chunchi Falls ->  Sangama - Mekedatu

NHS Trip - Pearl Valley

Story Continued from NHS Off-Academic Trips

I am really happy that I am writing this post. The photos I am going to attach here are as old as 13 Years. It was when we were all in High School. We used to trip a lot in bi-cycles. One of the adventurous trips was Trip to Pearl Valley, a.k.a "Mutyala Madu". As the name suggests, the falls here is very small and looks like fall of pearls. It is situated near Anekal. From Bangalore it is around 42 KM. We had packed food and carried food boxes as well with us. Each one of us had prepared an item. I still remember I had packed Curd Rice for all 8 of us.

Riders From left to right: Myself, Dhruvakumara (no alias), Anil M S (alias emme), Harisha (alias HG), Late. Nagaraja (alias Naga), Sri Chanda (chaddi's younger bro, alias chanda), Kiran Karanth (alias KK), Srinanda (alias Chaddi),

 

Guys, see those faces, they are all so funny. The attire the style, Wah! See my shoes, Emme's shorts, Harisha's cap, Naga's open-button shirt.

 

 

 

 

The route we took was Dairy Circle - Bannerghatta road - Meenakshi Temple - Bannerghatta National Park - Jigani - Anekal - Pear Valley

On the way we visited very famous Meenakshi temple. This photo was taken inside temple premises. See Naga's pose!!

 

 

 

 

Myself, Dhruva and emme. What a pose..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is mutyala Madu, Pear Valley. Not so much of water. But enjoyed the trip

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As usual emme did not wet himself. It was a great fun. Yeh.. Chaddi did not even touch water. hehe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Myself, MS, Chaddi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By the time we reached home was around 6:30 PM. My house was in Lakkasandra, very near to Bannergatta Road. We all assembled back there. This was the last shot. You can see my niece and nephews also. 

Harisha is carrying Yashu, You can see Shilpa sitting between me and KK, Gowri is sitting on my lap. :-)

 

 

 

 

Story Board:

Pearl Valley -> Yercuad -> Chunchi Falls ->  Sangama - Mekedatu

NHS Off-Academic Trips

We have tripped a lot when we were in National High School. Most of them were off-academic trips. Let me try to list down all of them. Most of the trips were on bi-cycle.

1. Doddalada Mara
2. Meenakshi Temple
3. Bannerghatta
4. Pearl Valley (Mutyala Madu)  - I have photos
5. Chunchi Falls -
6. Madikeri  - I have photos
7. Yercaud - I have a couple of photos
8. Nandi Betta
9. Sangama - Mekedaatu - MS, Srinand and my family trip - I have photos

I think I am missing few more. Guys can you please help me in making this list as elaborated as possible? I am also trying to collect all photographs during those trips. Please help me. When I counted few years back I remember the list of having 11 trips. So I must be missing 3 more.

Story Board:

Pearl Valley -> Yercuad -> Madikeri -> Chunchi Falls ->  Sangama - Mekedatu

ಗುರು ಪೂರ್ಣಿಮೆ

ಪ್ರತೀ ವರ್ಷದ ಆಶಾಢ ಮಾಸದ ಹುಣ್ಣಿಮೆ ದಿನ ಇಡೀ ಭಾರತದಲ್ಲಿ ವ್ಯಾಸ ಪೂರ್ಣಿಮೆ ಅಥವಾ ಗುರು ಪೂರ್ಣಿಮೆ ಎಂದು ಆಚರಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಭಾರತದಲ್ಲಿ ಗುರುವಿಗೆ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಮಹತ್ವ ಕೊಡಲಾಗಿದೆ. ’ಗುರು ದೇವೋ ಭವ’ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಮನೆಯೆ ಮೊದಲ ಪಾಠಶಾಲೆ ಅಮ್ಮನೆ ಮೊದಲ ಗುರು ಎಂದೂ ಸಹ ಹೇಳಲಾಗಿದೆ.  ’ಕಲಿಸಿದಾತಂ ವರ್ಣಮಾತ್ರಂ ಗುರು’ ಎಂದು ನಾವು ನಂಬಿದ್ದೇವೆ. ಮೊನ್ನೆ ಶುಕ್ರವಾರ ಗುರು ಪೂರ್ಣಿಮೆ ಇತ್ತು. ಅದರ ಸಲುವಾಗಿ ನನ್ನ ಜೀವಮಾನದ ಎಲ್ಲ ಮಹತ್ವದ ಗುರುಗಳನ್ನು ನಾನು ನೆನೆಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಇಚ್ಚಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಇದರ ಮೂಲಕ ಅವರೆಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ ನನ್ನ ಮನಃ ಪೂರ್ವಕ ವಂದನೆಗಳನ್ನು ಅರ್ಪಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ.

 

ಹೆಸರು	ವಿವರ
ಅಮ್ಮ	ಏನು ಬಿಟ್ಟಿದಾರೆ ನಮ್ಮಮ್ಮ. ಇನ್ನೂ ಕಲಿಸ್ತಾನೇ ಇದ್ದಾರೆ ನಮ್ಮಮ್ಮ. ನಾನು ಹುಟ್ಟಿದಾಗಿನಿಂದ ಮಾತು, ನಡಿಗೆಯಿಂದ ಹಿಡಿದು, ವಿವೇಕದ ತನಕ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಹೇಳಿ ಕೊಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಾರೆ
ಸರಸ್ವತಿ ಟೀಚರ್	ನರ್ಸರಿ ಟೀಚರ್
ಎಲ್. ಪಿ. ಟೀಚರ್	ಪ್ರೈಮರಿ ಟೀಚರ್
ಸೋಮಣ್ಣ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಿಗಳು	ಬ್ರಹ್ಮೋಪದೇಶ, ಸಂಧ್ಯಾವಂದನೆ ಇತ್ತ್ಯಾದಿ
ಏ.ವಿ. ಸತ್ಯನಾರಾಯಣ	ಹೈಯರ್ ಪ್ರೈಮರಿ ಸಾರ್. ನಮಗೆ ಬುನಾದಿ ಹಾಕಿ ಕೊಟ್ಟವರು
ಕೆ. ಎಸ್. ಟೀಚರ್	ನೀತಿ ಪಾಠ ಹೇಳಿ ಕೊಟ್ಟವರು
ಎಸ್. ಎಸ್. ಟೀಚರ್	ಗಣಿತ ಹೇಳಿಕೊಟ್ಟವರು
ಸುಬ್ರಮಣ್ಯ ಅಡಿಗರು ಸತ್ಯ ನಾರಾಯಣರು ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀಕಾಂತರು	ನನಗೆ ವೇದ ಪಾಠ, ದೇವರ ಪೂಜೆ, ಪವಮಾನ ಸೂಕ್ತ, ರುದ್ರ, ಇತರ ಸೂಕ್ತ ಗಳನ್ನು ಹೇಳಿ ಕೊಟ್ಟವರು
ಶ್ರೀಧರ್ ಹೆಗ್ಗಡೆ	ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತ ಹೇಳಿಕೊಟ್ಟವರು
ಡಿ. ವಿ. ನಾಗೇಶ್	ಪ್ರೌಢ ಶಾಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಗಣಿತ ಹೇಳಿಕೊಟ್ಟವರು
ಪದ್ಮಾ ರೆಡ್ಡಿ	ಇಂಜಿನಿಯರಿಂಗ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ compiler design ಹೇಳಿ ಕೊಟ್ಟವರು

 

ಇನ್ನೂ ಅನೇಕರು .. ಮತ್ತೊಮ್ಮೆ ಮುಂದುವರೆಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಸದ್ಯಕ್ಕೆಇವರಿಗೆಲ್ಲ ನನ್ನ ಅನಂತಾನಂತ ಪ್ರಣಾಮಗಳು

Madikeri - Kushalnagar- Abbey Falls

Story continued from Trip to Nagarahole - Coorg -> Drive into Nagarahole -> Chilligeri Estate -> Irpu, The Falls -> Waynad (Kuruva, Tirunelli) -> Talakaveri - Bhagamandala

 

Friday Evening:

We arrived at Madikeri on Friday evening and were very hungry. As it was too late (4PM) we could get only some snacks. Had bajji's and coffee near Raja Seat. We still did not have a booking to stay. On the compound of Raja Seat we found ad of Hotel Hilltown. Looked good and called them, and found it had accommodation. It was near Bus stand, went there and found it was pretty ok. Checked in there and went to visit Raja Seat. It was around 6:00PM, and completely misty. There was musical fountain and enjoyed a lot

Enjoy the Video:

Abbey Falls:

It was Monday morning and we had start early so that we can reach Bangalore as before dark. I wanted to avoid night driving. But we had still not seen Abbey falls. It was morning 7 AM we started to visit the falls. Had early break fast and started 7 KM drive towards the falls. We reached at around 7:30 AM and it was unmanned and raining heavily. We witnessed wide falls in the beautiful rainy morning and can not forget the scene for the life. Please witness the same in the video.

Kushalanagara:

While driving back to Bangalore we stopped at Dubbarey Elephant camp which is found with 10 KM diversion from main road before Kushala Nagar. Then we visited Kushala Nagar Nisarga dhama and Buddist camp. All was very fine. Enjoy the videos

 

From Kushalanagar we drove straight into Bangalore. By the time we reached Bangalore it was around 8PM. Since them till now I still have trip hang over!!

Story Board:  

Drive into Nagarahole -> Chilligeri Estate ->Irpu Falls -> Waynad (Kuruva, Tirunelli) -> Talakaveri -> Madikeri/Kushalanagar

 

That's All Folks!!!

Talakaveri - Bhagamandala

Story continued from Trip to Nagarahole - Coorg -> Drive into Nagarahole -> Chilligeri Estate -> Irpu, The Falls -> Waynad (Kuruva, Tirunelli)

Sunday Morning:

Got up around 7AM and got ready and had break fast at the restaurant. Started to Talakaveri by 10AM. It's 42 KM from Madikeri and the scenic beauty during the travel is amazing. It doubles during the rains. Both sides of road you can see coffee and spice plantations. Roads are very good.

We reached Bhagamandala in less than an hour and visited Bhagandeshwara temple. There is a triveni sangama at this place. Kaveri, Kannike and Sub terranian Sujyoti (Gupta Nadi) meet here. Due to rains again, we could not get into waters.

Talakaveri:

Road after Bhagamandala towards Talakaveri becomes very curvy and ghat section begins. I loved driving in that road too. As we drove up the hill and altitude increased, we could see substantial difference in climatic conditions. We could witness mind blowing mist at that altitude and enjoyed a lot. You can also see the video below and enjoy the same. We could hardly see anything at a distance more than 10 feet. We offered pooja to Lordess Kaveri, visited Shiva temple up hill and started back. They have improved a lot in Talakaveri.

The Video:

Story Board:

Drive into Nagarahole -> Chilligeri Estate ->Irpu Falls -> Waynad (Kuruva, Tirunelli) -> Talakaveri -> Madikeri/Kushalanagar

Waynad (Kuruva, Tirunelli)

Story continued from Trip to Nagarahole - Coorg -> Drive into Nagarahole -> Chilligeri Estate -> Irpu, The Falls

Next Day Morning:

As I told you we had decided to check out the next day morning. With lot of reluctance, Land Lady agreed. We packed everything early in the morning at around 8 AM. There was another couple arrived that morning from Bangalore. They had reached Chilligeri through bus. The fact amused me was, they did not know it would be raining so much and did not even had umbrellas for them. They thought it was very near to Madikeri. Then in the bus someone told to get down and catch another bus towards Kutta and Manchally it seems. They arrived at around 4AM in the morning.

New Recipe:

Morning break fast was comprised of Bread-Butter-Jam which both usually don't like. There was another choice for us, which was looking like Chapathis, but tasked like Rotti. I asked the made what is that called, "Rotti Akki" she told. Which was funny any way. I then asked Land Lady about the recipe she told the procedures.

The procedure: Cook rice, mix it with rice flour similar to Chapathi dough. Then using pappad maker flatten it and cook on "tava". We want to try it, not yet done anyway.

Crossing the borders:

Moving out of Chilligeri, we drove south towards Waynad forest area. We saw Karnataka-Kerala border in juts 2 KM. Crossed borders and entered Kerala. The roads improved immediately. The inside-forest drive of Waynad was as good as that of Nagarahole. But did not see much animals.

Tirunelli Temple:

After around 10 KM we got a merger from right, from Tirunelli. Turned right and drove another 8KM curved roads towards the temple. It is Lord Vishnu's who is the standing posture. Looks beautiful. You need to climb around 50-60 steps. The temple was under renovation. We also donated some amount for the same. The scenic beauty with misty mountains was really astonishing. You can enjoy the same in the video below

The Un-Visited Kuruwa:

As I told you we had visited Waynad from IBM in 2005-Aug. I need to blog another successful love story of this trip. But the point is we did not visit Kuruwa in that trip. I was hoping at least I can visit it in this trip. Kuruwa is around 23 KM from Tirunelly. You should actually travel back to the same junction you reached while coming from Waynad Forest. After around 20 KM you get a small deviation towards your right which leads towards Kuruwa. The the more adventurous drive started. The road was bad, unmanned more over there was a tree fallen on the road. I had to somehow cross it and reach the ferry pick up point. But alas, deu to rains, we could not cross the river and only could go near river and ferry pick-up point and see Kuruwa from far. :-(

Move on to Madikeri:

After viewing Kuruwa from far, we started directly towards Madikeri. We had to rewind back the whole road trace till Kutta and move towards Gonikoppa-Virajapet and reach Madikeri. By the time we reached it was around 4 PM. We had not yet had Lunch. The total drive was almost 100KM.

The Video:

Story Board:

Drive into Nagarahole -> Chilligeri Estate ->Irpu Falls -> Waynad (Kuruva, Tirunelli) -> Talakaveri -> Madikeri/Kushalanagar

Irpu: The Falls

Story continued from Trip to Nagarahole - Coorg -> Drive into Nagarahole -> Chilligeri Estate

 

The Drive:

We started at around 3PM on Friday towards Irpu, which according to Land Lady was only 2 KM from Estate. By the time I reached the falls my meter read around 7 KM. Roads were very bad. The scenic beauty overdid the bad the bad roads. The mist was amazing. We could hardly see tips of Brahmagiri Hills.

The Falls:

I had visited Irpu when I was in 7th grade.  Man there was no comparison. It was like a tap water when I visited long back. But now, the sound at the gate itself was hinting me that the falls is huge. There is an entrance and parking fee (About 10 bucks per person and 10 for my car, dont remember exactly). I could see amazing improvements on the pathway towards the falls. There was not problem to reach the falls even though it was pouring. The whole pathway is cemented and no chance of skidding. I liked it..

After 15 min of climbing up the Brahmagiri hills, we could see the gigantic falls. Wow.. I never expected that our trip would turn so beautiful suddenly. Enjoy the video

 

 

Story Board:

Drive into Nagarahole -> Chilligeri Estate ->Irpu Falls -> Waynad (Kuruva, Tirunelli) -> Talakaveri -> Madikeri/Kushalanagar

Chilligeri Estate

Story continued from Trip to Nagarahole - Coorg -> Drive into Nagarahole

The Estate:

After adventurous drive into Jungle, we exited Nagarahole, and after few minutes drive we entered the village called Kutta. From here, we need to take some deviation towards Manchally Village. People here talk Kannada, Kodava and also Malayalam. The drive from Kutta to Chilligeri is only 2 KM but very scenic. The road from Kutta goes towards Srimangala and after around 2 KM you get a small diversion towards Manchally Village. The scenic beauty doubles after entering this road. You have farms on both sides of road and this leads to The Jade and as well as Chilligeri.

The Chilligeri estate is good, not that great. They have a very old house, as old as 100 years. Owner Somaiah and family stay there. His wife, Banu runs the entire show. She welcomed us with Amazing Coorg coffee and showed us our room which was inside her house. We felt very uneasy to stay in someone else's house. And then I walked around the entire estate and realized that there is another out house with 4 rooms. I asked her whether we can get one there. She agreed and we moved into one of the rooms there.

The Flora:

Estate contains lot of vegetation on Coffee, Banyan, beetle leaf, jack fruit, Moosambi, Sapota , spices. It was raining almost all the time we stayed there. Initial plan was to stay 2 days and roam around a lot. Also visit, nagarahole safari, Wayanad Forest Safari, Kuruva island, Tiruneeli Temple etc. Heavy rains ruined our plan and we decided to check out the next morning. The lady gave us some trouble by asking 2 days' rent and leave, but then she agreed after realizing we can not do much in the heavy rains.

We went to Irpu falls in the afternoon and enjoyed a lot. I will write another post for Irpu falls.

The Food:

The food provided was good enough. May be  meat eaters would have enjoyed more by having Coorg-famous pork. We also enjoyed rice, rasam, sambar, curry and pappad. Enjoyed a lot the next morning during break fast. She had prepared a kind of Roti, she called it as Rotti-Akki. Learnt the recipe of the same and checked out in the morning.

The Video:

 

Story Board:

Drive into Nagarahole -> Chilligeri Estate ->Irpu Falls -> Waynad (Kuruva, Tirunelli) -> Talakaveri -> Madikeri/Kushalanagar

Drive into Nagarahole

This story is continuation of Trip to Nagarahole - Coorg

The Realization

Thursday night I kept 3 Alarms at 3:45 AM, 4 AM and 4:15 AM for the next morning. We both were determined to leave latest by 5:30 AM.  I got up for the second Alarm at 4AM and woke Thimmi as well. Both got ready by 5 and started at around 5:15 AM. To reach Mysore road from my home takes around 10 min. One I was there, the fun began. I could rip my car at around 100-120 till I reached Mandya. We have our favorite restaurant called Sharada Restaurant. We had tasted when we had visited Mysore few years back (Ooops I have not blogged that trip yet!!). As it was just 7 AM and restaurant was just open, we could get only coffee and upma. We sipped the drink and moved on. At Srirangapattana we deviated as per the route discussed, I took right towards Ranganatittu and Hunsur. By that time it was around 7:30 AM. Had breakfast at Hunsur. After Hunsur, I knew it was full of Jungle till I reach Chilligeri estate, so we had to force some food in.

From Hunsur it takes less than 15 min to enter Nagarahole Jungle. At the entrance, you have to give all your and your vehicle details to the security guard and enter in. Note: Two wheelers are not allowed inside. The fun stated from there onwards:

The Jungle Road, welcome by Jumbo

It was just around 8AM when we were into deep jungle of Naragahole. The roads were empty, it was complete silence. You can feel it in the video below. After few distance we could witness a Jumbo Elephant on the road. We were just speachless. Happy, scared and confused.. Wow that moment were amazing..

 

 

After some distance from there, we could witness a lot of Deers. We moved towards National Park Entrance via Murkal. At Murkal there is an Elephant camp, but there is no permission for public to go inside. We could see few elephants standing outside.

 

Story Board:

Drive into Nagarahole -> Chilligeri Estate ->Irpu Falls -> Waynad (Kuruva, Tirunelli) -> Talakaveri -> Madikeri/Kushalanagar

Trip to Nagarahole - Coorg

The plan: It was just routine work and both of us were tired like hell. We first decided that we are going out somewhere, and I decided myself that this time we are going in our car. First choice was Chikmagalur. Thimmi's colleague had recently gone there and enjoyed a lot itseems. She expressed that we go there. The place where they stayed was Nature Nirvana. I called for accommodation for weekend of 27-29 Jun. It was not available. I asked for the next weekend, even though it was available I did not book because I realized that it was heavily raining and roads are very bad during this season.

So the next choice was Coorg. After a lot of research on net I found this blog post, which talks about South Coorg and beautiful drive inside jungle. I was more excited about drive within jungle that anything else. More over the place was very well situated, which is amidst, Nagarahole, Waynad, Kuruwa, Irpu and complete jungle. I also got the Estate Stay information from the same blog post and called them and got the accommodation and booked for 2 days. Land Lady insisted me to deposit 50% amount into the specified SBI account. I did the same and got confirmation the accommodation.

Accommodation Details: 

Chilligeri Estate
P.O. Box – 167, Manchally Village & Post,
Kutta, S. Kodagu. Pin – 571 250.
Ph : 08274 – 244265. Mobile : 94485 82496.
Contact : Mr. T. T. Somaiah / Mrs. Banu

Tariff  - Rs. 1000/- Per person per day.

Other good places to stay is The Jade. This place also very near to Chilligeri and better than it. I did not get accommodation there. The rate was also almost same.

The preparation:

As I was driving this time, I wanted to be more cautious of routes. I did research on Google Maps and found the complete route till Chilligeri estate in Kutta from my home. I got all the printouts highlighting major land marks on the maps. I really started loving Google Maps after that. I could trace all the roads even within Jungle on the Google Maps. Another risk I had anticipated was - Plan was to start very early in the Friday morning like around 5 AM, so that traffic is very less and I don't miss the entire day. In that early morning I would not get much people in the jungle to ask for the routes if I miss. Find my entire route document below:

Other than the route, a lot of planning was made. I had already serviced my car and checked all the tyres and made it full tank. I know it was a rainy season and took good jackets and very importantly 2 umbrellas and a torch. Made sure both of us have both slippers and trek shoes and warm clothing. Took 5 Lts of water cans. Charged my camera, handy cam and cell phones.

Keep tuned to this blog to see more on following

Story Board:

Drive into Nagarahole -> Chilligeri Estate ->Irpu Falls -> Waynad (Kuruva, Tirunelli) -> Talakaveri -> Madikeri/Kushalanagar

Trip to Coorg

Wow... its over.. uff.. so nice.. Safely reached.. Enjoyed a lot. In few lines if I have to say about my adventure..

---> Great drive, Full of rain, Amazed about mother nature, drove for about 800 Kms in 4 days, smooth car, lovely companion

Stay tuned for more stuff on this trip..

Story Board:

Drive into Nagarahole -> Chilligeri Estate ->Irpu Falls -> Waynad (Kuruva, Tirunelli) -> Talakaveri -> Madikeri/Kushalanagar

Bob'son'

My colleague's name is Bobson,
Who was recently gifted with a son
Bobson named his son - Bob
So, Bob's Father name is BobSON !
And, Bobson's Son's name is Bob !!

 

Weird huh ?

Our next adventure .. To South Coorg

Oh man, I am excited. We are driving to South Coorg, to a place called Kutta, which is very near by Nagarahole, Irpu falls and Waynad. I spent around 3-4 hrs today on Google maps to identify the entire roads starting from Bangalore to Kutta. It will be total of around 6 hrs journey. Around 240 KM. Out of which around 50 KM will be inside Nagarahole Forest. Wow! I am excited.

This is not actually a very good season to go to that place, we are taking little risk. We want to enjoy rains as well.

 

The Plan: Thimmi and I will be leaving home very early in the morning on this Friday at around 4:30 - 5 AM. I will be driving the entire  stretch. Plan is to reach Nagarahole forest area as early as possible. I think it will be around 8:30 AM. This will make the drive more excited. Rest of the plan to visit different places will be made then and there. Plan is to come back Sunday night, if get crazy, will be taking Monday also off. Just want to get lost man..

The Route: The route will be Bangalore - Mysore - Mysore Ring road towards West and reach Hunsur SH 88 - HD Kote road - Nagara Hole forest - Gonikoppa Road - Kutta. We have already booked accommodation at Chilligere Resort, which is just few KM away from Irpu falls.

The Places: Nagarahole, Waynad, Irpu Falls, Kuruva Island, Kushala Nagar, Abbey Falls, Lakshmana Thirtha, Madikeri etc

Preparation: Driving map is ready, Accommodation is ready, packing in progress,

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Day out to Lumbini Garden

It was a lovely Sunday morning we decide to go to Lumbini Garden at Nagawara. I had never been there but heard of good things about it. Thimmi and I started at around 11 AM and reached there by 12 noon. You can see route at attached map.

Coming from Mekhri circle towards Hebbal flyover take diversion towards east in the outer ring road. From there it is around 3-4 KM and you get in your left side.

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Entrance fee: 30 per person and 30 per camera Very nice place for kids, boating (general and peddle). They also have some water games. Not so great, but nice for weekend get away. Lots of games for kids.

You get all kinds of food there. Boating was very nice. Worth a visit..

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Here are some snaps ->

Tampere Photos

Here are some photos Thimmi has captured during her Tampere Visit ->

 

Tampere Map

 

 

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ಬೇಗ ಬಾರೇ ನನ್ತಿಮ್ಮಿ

ನನ್ ಬಿಟ್ ಯಾಕೆ ದೂರ ಹೋದೆ, ನೀನೇ ಎಲ್ಲ ನನ್ತಿಮ್ಮಿ
ನೀನಿಲ್ದಂಗೆ ಬಡವಾಗೈತೆ, ಈ ನನ್ ಜೀವ ನನ್ತಿಮ್ಮಿ
ಹೋಗಿದ್ದೊಂದೇ ತಿಂಗಳ್ಗಾದ್ರೂ, ವರ್ಸಾಂಗೈತೆ ನನ್ತಿಮ್ಮಿ
ನಿಂತೋಗೈತೆ ಗಡ್ಯಾರದ್ ಮುಳ್ಳ, ಬೇಗ ಬಾರೇ ನನ್ತಿಮ್ಮಿ

 

ಊಟ ಹತ್ತಕ್ಕಿಲ್ಲ ಮೈಗೆ, ನಿದ್ದೆ ಬಾರಕ್ಕಿಲ್ಲಾ ಕಣ್ಗೆ
ಕೆಲ್ಸ್ದಾಗಂತೂ ಮನ್ಸೇ ಇಲ್ಲ, ನೀನಿಲ್ದಂಗೆ ನನ್ತಿಮ್ಮಿ
ಮನ್ಯಾಗೆಲ್ಲಾ ಉಮ್ಮಸ್ ಇಲ್ಲ, ಮನ್ದಾಗ್ ಲವ್ ಲವ್ಕೇನೇ ಇಲ್ಲ
ಅಗ್ಲೂ ರಾತ್ರೆ ಬ್ಯಾಸ್ರಾ ಎಲ್ಲ, ಬರ್ಬಾರ್ದೇನೇ ನನ್ತಿಮ್ಮಿ

 

ಸ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ವಿಚ್ನೋನ್ಗೆ ಕೆಲ್ಸಾ ಇಲ್ಲ, ಗೋಲ್ಗೊಪ್ನೋನ್ಗೆ ಗಿರಾಕಿ ಇಲ್ಲ
ಚುರ್ ಮುರಿ ಗಾಡಿ ಕಾಣಕ್ಕಿಲ್ಲ, ನೀನಿಲ್ದಂಗೆ ನನ್ತಿಮ್ಮಿ
ಗೋಕುಲ್ ವೆಜ್ ಗೇ ಬಾಗ್ಲೇ ಗತಿ, ಅಡಿಗಾಸ್ ಗೇ ಎತ್ತಂಗಡಿ
ಐಸ್ ಕ್ರೀಮ್ ನೋನ್ಗೆ ಯಾಪಾರ ಇಲ್ಲ, ಬೇಗ ಬಾರೇ ನನ್ತಿಮ್ಮಿ

 

ಆಗ್ಲೇ ಆಯ್ತು ಅದ್ನೆಂಟ್ ದಿವ್ಸ, ಆದಂಗೈತೆ ಅದ್ನೆಂಟ್ ವರ್ಸ
ಎತ್ಕೊಂಡ್ ಕುಣ್ದಾತೀನಿ ನಿನ್ನ, ನೀನ್ ಬಂದ್ ಮ್ಯಾಕೆ ನನ್ತಿಮ್ಮಿ
ಇನ್ನೇನ್ ಬಂದೀಯಲ್ಲೇ ಅಂಥ, ಆಕಾಸ್ದಾಗೆ ತೇಲ್ಕೊಂಡಿವ್ನಿ
ಬೇಗ ಬಾರೆ ಬೇಗ ಬಾರೆ, ಬರ್ಬಾರ್ದೇನೆ ನನ್ತಿಮ್ಮಿ

 

My dear Thimmi, has gone to Tampere, Finland for a month for attending a training. She went Apr 30th and will be back on May 30th. I am missing her a lot and this poem is dedicated to her and asking her to come as early as possible.

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You don't have to know to feel it ..

I was listening to Swami Sukhabodhaananda's speech on Bhagavadgeeta. More than the content I caught a very curious concept Swamiji was trying to explain. I just wanted to share the same. He was reading a verse from Geeta and asked listeners to enjoy it, even though they did not understand it. He started explaining the concept that one can enjoy/feel anything even if he/she does not understand it. He started giving some examples as below:

 

No need to know Sanskrit to feel Bhagavdgeeta.

No need to know the dynamics of Fan to feel cool breeze..

No need to know technology of Television to enjoy a TV program

No need to understand complexity of "LIFE" to live it

Last but not least.....

No Need to understand your wife to live with her and enjoy journey of life with her.

Women feel things... Men try to know it/ understand them.

So swami suggested all women to start understanding men and suggested all men to feel women's feeling instead of trying to understand them.

 

What a concept yaa.... your comment please yaa..

ಇದೂ ಸಹ ನಿಮಗೆ ಗೊತ್ತೆ ??

ಕಳೆದ post ನಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಲವು ಅಪರೂಪದ ಪದಗಳನ್ನ ಪಟ್ಟಿ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದೆ. ಇದರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಚರ್ಚೆ ಮಾಡಿದಾಗ ಇನ್ನೂ ಕೆಲವು ಪದಗಳು ಹೊರ ಬಂದವು. ಕೆಲವನ್ನು ನಾನು observe ಮಾಡಿದೆ. ನಿಜವಾಗಲೂ ಇದನ್ನ ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ casual ಆಗಿ ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆಂದರೆ ನನಗೆ ನಿಜಾಗಲೂ ಆಶ್ಚರ್ಯ ಆಗತ್ತೆ.

1. ಕಣಕ: ಒಬ್ಬಟ್ಟು/ ಚಪಾತಿ ಮಾಡಲು ಕಲಸಿದ ಹಿಟ್ಟು. (Dough)

2. ಗಳು: ತೆಳುವಾದ ಕಡ್ದಿ/ ಸಣ್ಣ ಕೋಲು. ದಬ್ಬೆ ಗೊತ್ತಲ್ಲ್ವ? ಅದೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಮನೆ drainage pipe ಕಟ್ಟಿಕೊಂಡ್ರೆ ದಬ್ಬೆ ಹಾಕಿ ಶುಚಿ ಮಾಡ್ತಾರಲ್ಲ. ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಗಳು ಅಂತಾನೂ ಕರೀತಾರೆ.

3. ಗುಬ್ರ್ಹಾಕ್ಕೊ: ಗುಬ್ರು is same as ಮುಸುಕ್ಹಾಕ್ಕೊ

4. ಹಂಕು/ ಹಪಾಪಿ : ಎರಡೂ ಒಂದೇ ಅರ್ಥ. ತುಂಬಾ restless ಆಗಿ ಆಡ್ತಾ ಇದ್ದ್ರೆ, ಅದ್ಯಾಕೋ ಹಾಗೆ ಹಂಕ್ ಹಂಕ್ ಆಗಿ ಆಡ್ತಾ ಇದೀಯ ? ಅಥವಾ ಯಾಕೋ ಹಪಾಪಿ ಮುಂಡೇದೆ ಊಟ ಮಾಡಿಲ್ಲ್ವ ?

ಇದು ನಿಮಗೆ ಗೊತ್ತೆ ?

ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸುಮಾರು ಅಪರೂಪದ ಪದಗಳನ್ನ ನಾವು ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸ್ತೀವಿ.. ಎಷ್ಟೋ ಸಲ ಅಂಥ ಪದಗಳಿದೆಯಾ ಅನ್ನೋ ಅಷ್ಟು ಆಶ್ಚರ್ಯ ಆಗತ್ತೆ.. ಕೆಲವು ಪದಗಳನ್ನ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಪೋಸ್ಟಿಸ್ತೀನಿ.. ಅವುಗಳ ಸಾಂಧರ್ಭಿಕ ಅರ್ಥದೊಂದಿಗೆ. ಈ ರೀತಿ ಅಪರೂಪದ ಪದಗಳನ್ನು ನೀವೂ ಹೇಳಿ..

೧. ತಣುವು : ಥಂಡಿ ಇರುವಂಥಹ ಪದಾರ್ಥ. ತೀರ ಒದ್ದೆಯಿರುವುದಿಲ್ಲ, ಆದರೆ ಒಣಗಿರುವುದೂ ಇಲ್ಲ. ಉದಾ: ಬಟ್ಟೆಗಳು ಇನ್ನೂ ತಣುವಾಗಿದೆ

೨. ಬೋಸಿ : ಬಚ್ಚಲಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸುವ ಚೊಂಬಿಗೆ ಬೋಸಿಯೆನ್ನುತ್ತಾರೆ.

೩. ಗೋಮ : ಊಟವಾದ ಮೇಲೆ ನೆಲವನ್ನ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ನೀರಿನಿಂದ ಶುಚಿಗೊಳಿಸುವ ಕೆಲಸ. ಉದಾ: ಗೋಮ ಬಳಿಯುವುದು. ಅಥವಾ ಗೋಮೆ ಹಚ್ಚು

೪. ಆರಿ ಅತ್ತಿಕಾಯಿ ಆಗಿದೆ: ಯಾವುದಾದರೂ ತಿನ್ನುವ ಪದಾರ್ಥ ತಯಾರಿಸಿ ತುಂಬಾ ಹೊತ್ತಾಗಿ ಆರಿ ಹೋಗಿದ್ದರೆ, ಆ ಸಂಧರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ.

೫. ಒರಚ್ಚು: ಯಾವುದಾದರೂ ಪದಾರ್ಥ ಅದರ ಜಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಸರಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದರೆ, ಬೇರೆಯದರ ಜೊತೆ ಸೇರಿ ಅದರ ಮಹತ್ವ ಕಳೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳದಿದ್ದಾಗ, ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸುವುದು. ಉದಾ: ದೇವರ ಮನೆ ಒರಚ್ಚಾಗಿ ಇದೆ.

೬. ಸಾಟಿ: ಚಪಾತಿ ಮಾಡುವಾಗ ಸಣ್ಣದಾಗಿ ಲಟ್ಟಿಸಿ, ಒಳಗೆ ಎಣ್ಣೆ ಹಾಕಿ ತ್ರಿಕೋಣದ ರೀತಿ ಮಡಸುವ ವಿಧಾನ. ಉದಾ: ಚಪಾತಿಗೆ ಸಾಟಿ ಹಾಕು

 

ನಾರಿ ನೀನಿಲ್ಲದಿರೆ ..

ಶಿಶಿರದಲಿ ಎಲೆಯುದುರಿ ಮರವು ಬೋಳಾದಂತೆ ಬೇಸಿಗೆಯ ಬೇಗೆಯಲಿ ಕೆರೆ ಬತ್ತಿದಂತೆ ಕರಿಯ ಕಾರ್ಮೋಡದಿಂ ರವಿಕಾಂತಿ ಕಳೆದಂತೆ ನಾರಿ ನೀನಿಲ್ಲದಿರೆ ನಾ ಬೊಂಬೆಯಂತೆ | ಪ|   ತೈಲವಿದೆ ದೀಪವಿದೆ ಬತ್ತಿಯಿದೆ ಕತ್ತಲಿದೆ ಜ್ವಾಲೆಯಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಕಾಂತೆ ಏನಾದರೇನು ? ನೂರಾರು ಬಂಧುಗಳು ಹತ್ತಾರು ಬಳಗಗಳು ನಾರಿ ನೀನಿಲ್ಲದಿರೆ ಯಾರಿದ್ದರೇನು ? |೧|   ಕೆಂಡವಿಲ್ಲದ ಹಂಡೆ ಗುಂಡಿಯಿಲ್ಲದ ಅಂಗಿ ದಂಡವಿಲ್ಲದ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಸಾರ್ಥಕತೆಯೇನು ? ಬರ ಬಡಿದ ಭೂಮಿಯಲಿ ಭತ್ತ ಬಿತ್ತಿದ ಹಾಗೆ ನಾರಿ ನೀನಿಲ್ಲದೆದಿರೆ ಈ ಬಾಳು ಬರಿದು |೨|

 

ನನ್ನ ತಿಮ್ಮಿಗಾಗಿ ಈ ಕವನ ಮುಡಿಪು ....

Testing Uploading of images thru - Windows Live ..

Photos

From my archives: I had taken this shot in Dec-2004. I used to click a lot. Its been a long time I clicked. Batteries for camera had drained out. Today I bought 2200 mAh Panasonic batteries. I hope I can re-starting my shooting..

Windows Live - ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ..

ಇವತ್ತು ವಿಂಡೋಸ್ ಲೈವ್ ಇನ್ಸ್ಟಾಲ್ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡೆ. ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಬ್ಲಾಗಿಸುವ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನವಿದು..

Trip to Ooty

We had been to Kadaltheeram beach resort in Feb this year through Artha Health Options. I have given more info about Artha in this post .

As a second trip, Sowmya and I had decided to go to Ooty. We planned this trip sometime in 2nd week of Sep 07. Booked hotel through Artha. They booked Hotel called Sunshine Inn which is in Coonoor road. I booked travel for Oct 6th to Oct 8th - Delux bus from KPN travels, which starts from Bangalore at 10 PM and reaches Ooty by morning 7 AM; and starts Ooty at 9 PM and reaches Bangalore at 5 AM. This bus is daily and very convenient. I booked bus tickets over internet. During our trip to Kanyakumari also we had booked KPN bus. I feel it very comfortable.

After I booked everything, suddenly there was a very important meeting that spurted at my office on 8th Oct. I called Artha and asked for pre-ponement, for which they did not oblige. Then I directly called Sunshine Inn and explained this problem, he was very polite and obliged for the request. He told I can use the same voucher for the stay from 5th Oct to 7th Oct. As it was non-season it was doable.

We started Thursday night 10 PM from Bangalore and arrived at Ooty on 5th Oct, Saturday 7 AM. Checked into the Hotel Sun Shine Inn. We were very tired as the Mysore to Ooty road is pretty bad. It was as if we were sitting in a swing. We slept till 9AM and then had dosa as break fast. Hotel folks asked whether we want to take a city sight seeying. As we did not have anything in our plans, we took it. He charged 150 per persons and took us around Ooty and Conoor. We saw Dodda Betta, which is highest view point, Botanical garden, Ooty lake in Ooty. We took peddle boat there. In Conoor he took us to Lamb's rock, Sim's park and to tea estates. As road to Dolphin Nose was broken we could not see that. Trip was pretty good. In the middle he parked for lunch at a decent restaurant. By evening, the temperature dropped heavily and I started catching fever. The most dumbest mistake we had done was, we had taken any warm clothing excepting a shawl. It was a very bad night for me. I had taken some paracetamols, which saved me that night.

Next morning: 06-Oct-07, Saturday

Woke up late, got ready by 10 and we wanted to go to Conoor by famous Toy train. There are 3-4 trains everyday from Ooty to Mettupalyam. Conoor station is in middle of these two cities. We took 11:15 AM train to Conoor. It reached Conoor by 12:15. The train is very small and has only 4 compartments. The seating arrangement is also very different. Ticket charge is Rs. 5 from Ooty to Coonoor. The scenic beauty, the tunnels and hair raising bends are all un-explainable. You feel as if you in Disney world. If you remember Dil Se - Chaiyya Chaiyya song was shot on this train itself. The maximum speed of train is only 30 KMPH. Its such an amazing experience.

At Conoor with some difficulties we found a decent Hotel. Had lunch and thought of going for some shopping. We hardly could find good place there to shop. We thought waiting for next train back to Ooty, but we did not have patience. So we took bus and reached back to Ooty by 3 PM.

There is a Wax museum in Conoor road just beside Sun Shine Hotel. We visited that. Its not that great. But they have started recently and still improving. Went back to room and rested for rest of the day. Suffered by fever again at night. Saved by paracetamol. :-)

Next day: 07-Oct-07, Sunday.
This was last day in our trip. In Bangalore we were thinking of going to Blank Thunder water park. But it is near Mettupalyam which is around 60 KM from Ooty. More over the weather was not suitable for water games and hence we skipped that idea and took another Sight Seeing for the day which they call it as Filmy Chakkar.

Even for this tehy charge 150 per person. It started at around 10 AM. In this trip, they took us on Mysore road towards Pykara. On the way we saw places like 9th Mile, 6th Mile, Pine trees and all the beautiful places where many Hindi, Kannda and Tamil movies has been shot. Guide explained very nicely. At the end he took us to Pykara Lake. This lake is very big compared to Ooty lake and it is natural where as Ooty lake is man made. Shooting is not allowed in Pykara. We ganged with other 3 pairs and took a Motor boat. The experience was really good. Had lunch there it self. Then he took us to Pykara Falls, which is not too far from lake. Falls is very broad and has multiple level falls. Water is calm and scenic beauty is very nice. Spent around an hour there and head back to Ooty.

Got down near Ooty market. Place is called Charing Cross. We shopped some items like pain oil, eucalyptus oil, some clothes, shawls sweaters etc. Head back to room had dinner and boarded the bus at around 8:30 PM. Reached Bangalore by 5 AM on Monday morning.

How far Fullness and Nullness

Zero, Null, Nothing, Vacuum -> where nothing can exist. Do you think such an entity is very far from Full, Complete, Everything ?


I have labeled this as a philosophical post and not any other, because, science talks about facts and ideas which can be argued with evidence. But this subject is little hypothetical and can not be proved with facts, hence I am trying to rely on philosophical inputs.

Lets take a shanti mantra from Vedas:

पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदम् पूर्णात् पूर्ण्मुदच्यतॆ

पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमॆवावशिष्यतॆ

Meaning:

That (Brahman) is whole. This (Creation) is also whole.
From That Whole (i.e. Brahman Only), this whole has come out (Creation)But even though this whole has come, out of that whole, yet that whole remains whole only(i.e. Brahman remains unaffected. Retains His fullness and completeness.)


I have taken the above meaning from one of the books. The meaning of the above mantra looks very vague and confusing. But if calmly read, one can derive many truths from this mantra.

1. Completeness of God: God is the one who created this world, or in other words this Whole world has been derived from God. As per our knowledge, this world is complete. So 'complete' has been derived from God who is again complete. But that does not affect Him.
   
2. The line 'पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमॆवावशिष्यतॆ' is very curious. According to Arithmetic, if you subtract X from X, what remains is ZERO. But according to this mantra, if full is removed from full, what remains is again full. Mathematics can not answer this, because in Mathematics, Full is indeterminate. But if I equate Mantra with what Arithmatic has taught me, I can conclude, ZERO is FULL

Now, Lets us observe some of our day to day activities that shows similarities between Fullness and Nullness:

1. At the end of session or a class, no questions will be asked by persons who completely understood it and who did not understand a bit of it.


2. Old man behaves like a child. He becomes very sensitive, wants everyone's attention etc.


3. Atheist and a Brahma Jnani, who understands real God, both behave in a very similar fashion. Atheist does not think about God; Brahma Jnani, understands that everything is God, he himself is God and he does not worry about God too much after that.
   
4. Only two who are happy in this world are: The richest man and the poorest man. For the former, there is everything and he does not have to worry, for the later, there is nothing to worry about.
   
5. Totally transparent object can become opaque in certain angle, due to Total internal reflection. So transparency and opaqueness are also not too far.
   
6. We feel frustrated, if our brain nothing to do (Joblessness) or it is full of thoughts (Hectic Work)
   
7. There is a saying in Kannada "ಅತಿಯಾದರೆ ಅಮೃತವೂ ವಿಷದಂತೆ": Meaning: Excess of Nector becomes poison
   
8. Another saying "ಅತಿ ವಿನಯಂ ದೂರ್ತ ಲಕ್ಷಣಂ": Meaning: Too mild person will be cruel from other end

There are many more examples and experiences in the same line. Please share to prove that Fullness and Nullness are not too far..

ಶಂಕರಾಚಾರ್ಯ - ಅದ್ವೈತ

ಇದೇನಪ್ಪ ಇವನು, sudden ಆಗಿ, ಏನೇನೋ ಬರೀತಾ ಇದಾನೆ ಅಂದ್ಕೊಂಡ್ರ .. ಹೂ .. ನಮ್ಮಮ್ಮ ಆಧ್ಯಾತ್ಮ ಜೀವಿಗಳು .. ನಮ್ಮಮ್ಮ ಅವರ friends ಗೆ ಸೌಂದರ್ಯ ಲಹರಿ, ಶಿವಾನಂದ ಲಹರಿ, ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ etc ಎಲ್ಲ ಹೇಳ್ಕೊಡ್ತಾರೆ. ಅವರ ಜೊತೆ ನಾನು ನನ್ನ ಪಾಮರ ಚರ್ಚೆ ಮಾಡ್ತಾ ಇರ್ತೀನಿ ಆಗಾಗ.. ಹೀಗೇ ಮೊನ್ನೆ ಭಾನ್ವಾರ ಆದ ಒಂದು ಚರ್ಚೆಯ ತುಣುಕು ಈ post.

ರಾತ್ರಿ ಎಲ್ಲಿಂದ್ಲೋ ಬರೋ ಅಷ್ಟ್ರಲ್ಲಿ ಸುಮಾರು ೧೧ ಘಂಟೆ ಆಗಿತ್ತು. ಈಗ ಅವ್ರ classನಲ್ಲಿ ಶಿವಾನಂದ ಲಹರಿ ಶುರು ಆಗಿದೆ. So, ನಾನು ಸುಮ್ನೆ ಆ ಪುಸ್ತಕ ತೆಗೆದು ಓದಕ್ಕೆ ಶುರು ಮಾಡಿದೆ. ನನಗೆ ಕೆಲವು doubts ಬಂತು .. ಹಾಗೆ ಚರ್ಚೆ ಶುರು ಆಯ್ತು.

ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆ: ಶಿವಾನಂದ ಲಹರಿಯು ಈಶ್ವರನನ್ನು ಕುರಿತು ಶಂಕರ ಭಗವತ್ಪಾದರು ರಚಿಸಿರುವ ಉತ್ಕೃಷ್ಟವಾದ ಕೃತಿ. ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಶಿವನನ್ನು ಹೊಗಳುತ್ತಾ ಬೇರೆ ಇತರ ದೇವತೆಗಳಿಗಿಂತ ಶಿವ ಹೇಗೆ ಉನ್ನತ ಎಂದು ವಿವರಿಸ್ತಾರೆ. ಅಲ್ಲಿಂದಲೆ ನನ್ನ ಸಂದೇಹಗಳು ಶುರುವಾಯ್ತು. ನಿಮಗೆಲ್ಲ ತಿಳಿದಿರುವಂತೆ ಶಂಕರೇ ಅದ್ವೈತ ಸಿದ್ಧಾಂತವನ್ನು ಮಂಡಿಸಿದ್ದು. ನನ್ನ ಸಂದೇಹ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಮುಂದೆ ಇಡುವ ಮುಂಚೆ ಅದ್ವೈತದ basics ಗಳನ್ನು ನಿಮ್ಮೊಂದಿಗೆ ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್ತೀನಿ.

ಅದ್ವೈತದ ಪ್ರಕಾರ:

1. ’ದೇವ’ನೊಬ್ಬ ನಾಮ ಹಲುವು - ಏಕಂ ಸದ್ವಿಪ್ರಾ ಬಹುಧಾ ವದಂತಿ
2. ’ದೇವ’ನು ನಿರಾಕಾರ, ನಿರ್ವಿಕಾರ, ಅನಾದಿ, ಅನಂತ, ನಿರ್ವಣಿ, ನಿರ್ಭಾವ, ನಿಸ್ಸ್ವಭಾವ
3. ಆತ್ಮ ಪರಮಾತ್ಮನ ಒಂದು ಭಾಗ - ಅಹಂ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಸ್ಮಿ ಅನ್ನೋ ವಾದ
4. ಪರಮಾತ್ಮ ನಮ್ಮೋಳಿಗಿರುವ ಅನುಭವ ಕೇವಲ ಜ್ಞಾನಯೋಗದಿಂದ ಬರುತ್ತದೆ

ಹೀಗೆಲ್ಲ ದೇವರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಮಂಡಿಸಿದ, ಶಂಕರರು - ಶಿವನೇ ಇತರ ದೇವತೆಗಳಿಗಿಂತ ಮಹಾಮಹಿಮನು ಅಂತ ಒಂದು ಶ್ಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ, ಶಿವನ ಆಕಾರವನ್ನು ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ಶ್ಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಇನ್ನೂ ಅನೇಕ ವಿಚಾಗಳನ್ನು ವಿವರಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ.
.. ಏನು ಇಷ್ಟೊಂದು inconsistency ಅಂತ ನನ್ನ ಸಂದೇಹ ಶುರು ಆಯ್ತು. ಉದಾಹರಣೆ ಕೆಳಗಿನ ಶ್ಲೋಕ

ಆಕಾರವನ್ನು ವರ್ಣಿಸುತ್ತಾ:

ತ್ರಯೀ ವೇದ್ಯಂ ಹೃದ್ಯಂ ತ್ರಿಪುರಹರಮಾದ್ಯಂ ತ್ರಿನಯನಂ
ಜಟಾಭಾರೋದಾರಂ ಚಲದುರಗಹಾರಂ ಮೃಗಧರಮ್
ಮಹಾದೇವಂ ದೇವಂ ಮಯಿ ಸದಯಭಾವಂ ಪಶುಪತಿಂ
ಚಿದಾಲಂಬಂ ಸಾಂಬಂ ಶಿವಮತಿವಿಡಂಬಂ ಹೃದಿ ಭಜೆ

ಪರಮಾತ್ಮನಿಗೆ ಆಕಾರವಿಲ್ಲವೆಂಬ ಸತ್ಯ ಗೊತ್ತಿದ್ದರೂ ಶಂಕರರು ಈ ಮೇಲಿನ ಶ್ಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಕಾರದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ
ಅದೆಷ್ಟು ವರ್ಣಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಅಲ್ಲವೇ? ಏಕೆ ?

ಅದೇ ರೀತಿ ಶಿವನ ಔನ್ನತ್ಯವನ್ನು ವಿವರಿಸುತ್ತಾ:

ಸಹಸ್ರಂ ವರ್ತಂತೇ ಜಗತಿ ವಿಬುಧಾಃ ಕ್ಷುದ್ರಫಲದಾ
ನ ಮನ್ಯೆ ಸ್ವಪ್ನೇ ವಾ ತದನುಸರಣಂ ತತ್ಕೃತ ಫಲಮ್
ಹರಿಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾದೀನಾಮಪಿ ನಿಕಟಭಾಜಾಮಸುಲಭಂ
ಚಿರಂ ಯಾಚೆ ಶಂಭೋ ತವ ಪದಾಂಭೋಜ ಭಜನಂ

ಮೇಲಿನ ಶ್ಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಇತರ ದೇವತೆಗಳನ್ನು ಕ್ಷುದ್ರಫಲ ಕೊಡುವವರೆಂದು ಕರೆದಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಅದ್ವೈತದ ಪ್ರಕಾರ, ಹರಿಹರಬ್ರಹ್ಮರೆಲ್ಲರೂ ಒಬ್ಬರೆ ಅಲ್ಲ್ವೆ? ಶಂಕರು ಈ ರೀತಿ ಹೇಗೆ ಬರೆಯಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯ ಅಂತಾನೆ ನನ್ನ ಮೂಢಮತಿಗೆ ತಿಳಿಯಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಅಮ್ಮ ಬಹಳ ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿ ಪರಿಹಾರ ನೀಡಿದರು. ಅದನ್ನು ನಾನು ನಿಮ್ಮೊಂದಿಗೆ ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಮುನ್ನ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ ?

Trip to Anantpur - Rayadurg :: Sri's Engagement

My close friend Sridhar Machani, got engaged on the 60th Indian independence day :).

He describes that as his In(Dependence) with his would-be.. hahaha.
As usual, I am blogging this little late :).


Whatever, we all enjoyed the trip, as it was arranged in Bride's native Rayadurg. The crowd of friends were more compared to his relatives. We all travelled together from Bangalore to Rayadurg and back to Bangalore. We started on 14th Aug, 07 night and were back on 16th Aug, morning. Good thing was even Sowmya had joined the trip and even she enjoyed a lot.

The place was very peaceful but very hot. Some pics:




Train journey was really awesome. Sridhar had done great job in putting "like minded" people together.. Thanks Buddy














On the way, scenic beauty was really great!

Ah! What a welcome by bride.. We all enjoyed it

Oh it was very hot, needed some drink badly..

Look at the pair. No No.. Not reception.. it was just engagement... :))

Can you believe it was just engagement, not marriage reception ??

From left to right:

Shashi, Sudhir, Mahendra, Jayprasad, Siddhu, Sridhar, Shailaja, Sowmya , Karthik, Kashi, Naveen

Read Kashi's blog on same topic

Kemmannugundi Trip - With P2P Team

It was around mid March: I knew that I would be leaving IBM and also Venkatesh had solid plans for leaving to the US on his H1. Before we all go scattered I wanted to have an unforgettable trip and thats when I proposed for a trip during our lunch time. The response was amazing, everyone supported the idea and we all started planning for the place to go. As most of P2P members had not seen Kemmannu Gundi, we all decided to go there. Mine was 3rd trip to Kemmannu Gundi, but still I wanted to visit again, such a nice place it is. Phanisayee being most experienced in our team suggested that we can also visit Belur and Halebid on the way back Bangalore. That was again an excellent idea.

So we conducted a Wednesday meeting in which every one was given a responsibility. Bharani as usual took finance and started collecting Rs. 1000 from each. I took the responsibility of arranging a vehicle. We proffered Tempo Traveller as our strength was around 10. Phanisayee took responsibility of getting Water cans, Medicines etc, Bharani took initiative to book cottages in Kemmannu Gundi, which can be done in Lalbagh. Those cottages are manages by Horticulture Dept of Karnakata. Likewise it was team effort for preparation. We brought another friend, Sharma who was also an IBMer. So we made a team.

We all started on 27th of April, 2007 Friday night to Kemmannu Gundi, which is around 300 KM from Bangalore in Chikmagalur district. We reached there at around 6 AM in the morning, got the rooms and lied down for few hours. When we got up it was around 7:30 AM.

Had dosa as breakfast and started trekking towards Hebbe falls which is around 12 KM from Cottages. Vehicle can go for 5-6 KM and rest we need to walk. We got a guide, and followed him towards Big Hebbe. Hebbe falls has 2 legs.

The trek toute was quite interesting. I had trkked in the same route for two times, but never had seen the top of leg of the falls. This guide started in a different route. He initially took vehicle for some distance and from there we actually started to trek. Wah! Awesome experience








Ups and Down.. Superb route of Kemmannugundi
















Dila Chata Hai ??


























Mid route. Wanted to shot a group photo. Do you see our Route Guide too ?
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Our guide took us initially to the top leg, where we enjoyed a lot. This place is quite un-touched. Many people don't know this place and don't try to reach also. It was little challenging for us to reach there. Even I had not seen that place in my previous visits.







Beside you can see the top leg of falls as seen during the trek route.




















The top leg of the falls is not very popular as one can not easily reach the water. You need to climb up som of the tough rocks to reach it. Oh my God! its such an awesome place to reach the water and sit under the water which is falling from around 120 ft heigh without abstruction
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After enjoying there, we started towards bottom leg of the falls. Our real trekking started when our guide lost the route. It was on of the life threatening treks that I have gone through. We could hear the noise of the falls but could not really reach there. We had hopelessly lost the route in the dense jungle. Thank God there was not much animals there. At one place we had gone down the hill, and our guide wanted all of us to climb the whole up-hill almost vertically. That was when we all started to curse him like anything. All energy within us had drained out. We all sat at the top hill and rested for some time. But mother nature was not angry on us, there was no rains. If there was any small sprinkle also, we could have got injured like worst. It was very slippery. Both the mud and the dry leaves.




Naveen and myself during second leg trek..





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At last we reached bottom leg of Hebbe falls. It was already 12 noon by that time. With the remaining energy we all played in falls; stayed there for couple of hours and started back to the vehicle. We all were so tired, that we did not want to have any more trekking and we took 2 jeeps to reach the vehicle.









































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Our guide had asked vehicle driver go to a place where we would come from bottom leg. As our route was different while coming back. Our driver was little worried as we were very late to what was planned for. That evening we did not have anything to do other than sleeping. :-)


On the way back towards our vehicle.. We were all exhausted..
















Next day (Sunday) morning, we started to 'Z' point but on the way people decided to have no more trekking and hence we turned our vehicle to another view point called Rajbhavan. We had a nice view from there, took some snaps and started to the room.








By 10:30 we checked out the rooms and started down the hill to Kalhatgiri which is again a falls, but not as big as Hebbe. It was very crowded and also place was not so good, so we decided to head back. From there we headed towards Hasan route to reach Belur.

On the way Belur, we found an Alemane, the place where jaggery is made from sugarcane. It was a wonderful experience to see how it is made. We got some fresh jaggery to eat as well. From there we started towards Belur.

Belur and Halebid are the most amazing places we enjoyed. We took guide at all the places. It started raining in Belur initially, but then it stopped until we finished seeying everything. Then again it started raining heavily. By around 5PM we started towards Bangalore and reached home by around 11 PM. I will upload the pictures of Belur and Halebid in a separate post..

ಹಬ್ಬಗಳ ಸಾಲು - ಶ್ರಾವಣ

ನಮ್ಮ ದೇಶದ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಬ್ಬಗಳ ವಿಶೇಷತೆ ಬಹಳ ಇದೆ. ನಮ್ಮ ಪೂರ್ವಜರು ಮಾಡಿರುವ ಪರಂಪರೆಗಳು ಹಬ್ಬಗಳ ಆಚರಣೆಗಳು ಬಹಳ ಸೂಕ್ತವಾಗಿವೆ. ನಮ್ಮಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರತಿದಿನವೂ ಹಬ್ಬದಂತೆ, ಅದರಲ್ಲೂ ಶ್ರಾವಣ ಮಾಸ ಬಂತೆಂದರೆ ಸಾಕು, ಹಬ್ಬಗಳೋ ಹಬ್ಬಗಳು. ಹಾಗೆ ನೋಡಿದರೆ ಶ್ರಾವಣದ ಪ್ರತಿದಿನವೂ ಹಬ್ಬಗಳೇ..

ಶ್ರಾವಣ ಮಾಸದ ಹಬ್ಬಗಳ ಪರಿಚಯ ಹಾಗು ವಿವರಣೆ ಈ post ನ ಉದ್ದೇಶ.

ಹಬ್ಬಗಳ ಸಾಲು:

1. ಭೀಮನ ಅಮಾವಾಸ್ಯೆ - ಆಶಾಢ ಅಮಾವಾಸ್ಯೆ
   ಈ ಹಬ್ಬವನ್ನು ಮದುವೆಯಾಗದ ಹೆಣ್ಣುಮಕ್ಕಳು ಒಳ್ಳೆ ಗಂಡ ಸಿಗಲಿ ಎನ್ನುವ ಉದ್ದೇಶದಿಂದ ಆಚರಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಜ್ಯೋತಿರ್ಭೀಮೇಶ್ವರ ಈ ದಿನದ ಆರಾಧ್ಯ ದೈವ. ಭೀಮನ ಹಾಗಿರಲಿ ತನ್ನ ಗಂಡ ಅನ್ನೋ ಉದ್ದೇಶವಿರಬೇಕು. ಮದುವೆಯಾದ ಹೆಂಗಸರೂ ಕೂಡ ತನ್ನ ಗಂಡನ ಆಯುಷ್ಯ ಹೆಚ್ಚಲಿ ಎಂದು ಈ ಪೂಜೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಅಷ್ಟಕ್ಕೇ ಸೀಮಿತವಲ್ಲದ ಈ ಹಬ್ಬದಲ್ಲಿ ಸೋದರಿಯರು ಸೋದರರ ಕೈಯಿಂದ ಭಂಡಾರ ಒಡೆಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಭಂಡಾರ ಅಂದರೆ, ಕರಿದ ಕಡುಬು, ಆದರೆ ಅದರೊಳಗೆ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ ಸ್ವರೂಪಿ ನಾಣ್ಯವನ್ನು ಇಟ್ಟು ಕರೆದಿರುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಅಂತಹ ಕಡುಬನ್ನು ಮುಂಬಾಗಿಲ ಹೊಸಿಲಲ್ಲಿಟ್ಟು ಸೋದರ ಹೊಸಿಲ ಮೇಲೆ ಕೂತು ತನ್ನ ಮೊಣಕೈಯಿಂದ ಅದನ್ನು ತುಂಡರಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ. ತನ್ನ ಸೋದರಿಯನ್ನು ರಕ್ಷಣೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತೇನೆಂಬ ಸಂಕೇತ
   
2. ಮಂಗಳ ಗೌರಿ - ಶ್ರಾವಣ ಐದು ಮಂಗಳವಾರಗಳು
   ಮದುವೆಯಾದ ಹೆಂಗಸರು ಮದುವೆಯಾದಾಗಿಂದ ಐದು ವರ್ಷಗಳು ಈ ವ್ರತವನ್ನು ಆಚರಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಬೆಳಗ್ಗೆ ಎದ್ದು ಶುಭ್ರರಾಗಿ ಗೌರಿ ದೇವತೆಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಾಪಿಸಿತ್ತಾರೆ. ಐದು ಅರಿಶಿಣದ ಗೌರಿಯನ್ನು ಮಾಡಿ ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಪೂಜೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಎರಡು ಕಡೆ ಹದಿನಾರು ವೀಳ್ಯದೆಲೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಕೊಬ್ಬರಿ ಇಟ್ಟು ಅದರೊಳಗೆ ಹದಿನಾರು ಬಟ್ಟಲಡಕೆ ಇಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಅದರ ಮೇಲೆ ಒಂದೊಂದು ಅಚ್ಚು ಬೆಲ್ಲ ಇಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಹದಿನಾರು ತಂಬಿಟ್ಟಿನ (ಗೋಧಿಯಿಂದ ಮಾಡಿದ ವಿಶೇಷ ತಿನಿಸು) ದೀಪವನ್ನು ಮಾಡಿ, ತುಪ್ಪದ ಬತ್ತಿ ನೆನೆಸಿ ಹಚ್ಚುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಮಂಗಳ ಗೌರಿ ಕಥೆಯನ್ನು ಓದುವಾಗ ಒಂದು ಮೊಗೊಚೋ ಕೈಯ್ಯನ್ನು ಆ ಉರಿಯುವ ದೀಪದ ಮೇಲಿರಿಸಿ ಕಪ್ಪಾಗಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಈಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಇತರ ಯಾರಾದರೂ ಹೆಂಗಸರು ಈಕೆಯ ಜಡೆ ಹೆಣೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಕಪ್ಪನ್ನು ದೇವಿಗೆ ಕಣ್ಣು ಕಪ್ಪಿನಂತೆ ಅಲಂಕರಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಕಡೆಗೆ ತಾವೂ ಅದರಿಂದ ಅಲಂಕಾರ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಐದು ಜನ ಮುತ್ತೈದೆಯರಿಗೆ ತಾಂಬೂಲ ಕೊಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಈ ಸಂಬಂಧ ಕೆಲವು photoಗಳು
   


3. ನಾಗರ ಪಂಚಮಿ - ಶ್ರಾವಣ ಶುಕ್ಲ ಪಂಚಮಿ
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   ಬೆನ್ನು ತೊಳೆಯುವ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರದ ಒಂದು photo:
   
   ಸದ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಸಾಕಾಯ್ತು .. ಮತ್ತೆ ಬರೀತೀನಿ .. ಉಳಿದ ಹಬ್ಬಗಳನ್ನು ಸುಮ್ನೆ ಪಟ್ಟಿ ಮಾಡ್ತೀನಿ..
   
4. ಸಿರಿಯಾಳ ಷಷ್ಠಿ - ಶ್ರಾವಣ ಶುಕ್ಲ ಷಷ್ಠಿ


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6. ಉಪಾಕರ್ಮ - ಶ್ರಾವಣ ಶುಕ್ಲ ಚತುರ್ದಶಿ/ಪೂರ್ಣಿಮಾ


7. ರಕ್ಷಾಬಂಧನ - ಶ್ರಾವಣ ಪೂರ್ಣಿಮಾ


8. ಅನಂತ ಚತುರ್ದಶಿ - ಶ್ರಾವಣ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಚತುರ್ದಶಿ


9. ಶ್ರಾವಣ ಶನಿವಾರ - ಶ್ರಾವಣದ ಪ್ರತಿ ಶನಿವಾರ


10. ಸಂಪತ್ ಶುಕ್ರವಾರ - ಶ್ರಾವಣದ ಶುಕ್ರವಾರ


11. ಗೋಕುಲಾಷ್ಟಮಿ - ಶ್ರಾವಣ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಅಷ್ಟಮಿ


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ನಿಮ್ಮಲ್ಲಿ ಬಹಳ ಮಂದಿಗೆ ವಿಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ ಗೊತ್ತು ಅಂತ ತಿಳಿದು ಈ ಬ್ಲಾಗ್ ಐಟಮ್.
ಶ್ರೀವತ್ಸ ಜೋಶಿಯವರ ವಿಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ ಅನ್ನೋ ಪ್ರತಿ ವಾರದ ಅಂಕಣ ಬಹಳ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧಿ. ಆ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಬರಹಗಳ ಸಂಗ್ರಹವೇ ವಿಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳು. ನೆನ್ನೆ ೨ ಪುಸ್ತಕ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ಆಯ್ತು. ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಮುಂಚೆ ಒಂದು ಪುಸ್ತಕ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ರು. ನೆನ್ನೆಯ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮಕ್ಕೆ ಜೋಶಿಗಳು ನನ್ನ ವೈಯ್ಯಕ್ತಿಕವಾಗಿ ದೂರವಾಣಿ ಮೂಲಕ ಕರೆದಾಗಲೇ ನನಗೆ ಬಹಳ ಸಂತೋಷವಾಯ್ತು. ನೆನ್ನೆ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದಲ್ಲೆ ಆ ಸನ್ತೋಷಕ್ಕೆ ಸಾರ್ಥಕತೆ ದೊರೆಯಿತು.. ಅಬ್ಬ ಅಬ್ಬ ಅಬ್ಬ .. ಅದೆಷ್ಟು ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿತ್ತು ಗೊತ್ತಾ .. ಡುಂಡಿ ರಾಜ್ ರವರ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪುಸ್ತಕ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ಆಯ್ತು. ಡುಂಡಿ ರಾಜ್ ರವರ ಡುಂ ಡುಂ ಡುಂ ನಮಗೆಲ್ಲ ರಾಕ್ ಎನ್ ರೋಲ್ ಮಾಡಿತು. ಜೋಶಿಯವರು ’ಪನ್’ ಗಳಿಗೆ ಬಹಳ ಫೇಮಸ್.. ಪನ್ ಗಳ ಫನ್ ಧಮ್ ಧಮಾ ಧಮ್ ಆಗಿತ್ತು.

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