Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Thought Process..!

I woke up today morning with 2 unexpected calls one at 7 am and another at 7:25 am. Having woke up a bit earlier, I decided to clean up my bed. I folded the washed clothes lying on my bed. Then took bath, dressed up, chanted my morning prayers and locked my PG apartment and walked to the lift. On the Lift, I read "Jesus Loves You". I got reminded of the song we used to hear in hostel in GP's system - "Our God Is An Awesome God".

Then I walked out my apartment and on the road I saw my bus waiting in the signal. I quickly made up my mind to get into it but when I lifted my foot the bus started moving. I missed the bus but I got reminded about the first Kovai Express journey where myself and Priya got into the train when the last unreserved compartment was moving out of the Coimbatore Railway Station.

Then I walked to the Bus stand and was waiting for my bus. The girl sitting next to me was wearing floaters which reminded me of GP's and Dhara's. The bus came, I boarded it and I got a window seat too. The girl sitting next to me was having a Nokia mobile which Karthi used to have in college. When the bus moved few stops, there was a person in a Splendor+ bike carrying a black Yahoo Bag. I got reminded of my brother Shriram's bike and Indu's bag.

Then there was a person at the bus stop asking whether the bus would go to Majestic. Funny - He was supposed to stand in the opposite side. It reminded me of the weird looks I used to get from the bus drivers when i was new to Bangalore. Then just a stop before the stop where I had to get down, there was a girl dressed in flurocent green and white dress getting ready to get down. She had a really long hair. It reminded me of Malathy's dress and Christi's Latchu's hair.

I got down in the stop I had to get down. There was a lady dressed up just like N.Geetha mam. Something reminded me of "Hetero Correlators" and "Pattern Matching" etc. I just thought if we are able to match so many things personally then how matchings would have been happening for every posible thought. With this thought I reached my office and signed the record. The person before me had entered the "In Time" as "10:10". I got reminded of......

Ooooops..! I finally understood how quick my mind could waver..!

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Mehandi

The moment this word is heard what comes to our mind is a greenish brown weird looking and different smelling paste set in some format in the hands and the reddish stain left behind in a duration of 3 to 4 hours.

Mehandi - Its a temporary form of skin decoration mainly done for brides in South East Asia, India, Pakistan and parts of Africa. It is also called Henna Tattoo which is inaccurate as tattoos are defined as permanent surgical insertion of pigments underneath the skin, as opposed to pigments resting on the surface as is the case with mehandi.

Mehandi application to skin came into custom for 2 reasons :
1) The color
2) The medical qualities

Mehandi color:
The color left behind after the removal of the paste is generally bright orange or dark red. It stays for a duration of minimum 4 days to max one and a half weeks. The color also depends upon the internal body heat and other characteristics.

Mehandi Medical Qualities:
It is supposed to soothe the skin and also reduce the internal heat of the body. When it is applied to hair it is supposed to nourish the hair and also make it healthy. When the internal heat is reduced it enables lot of effects like reduction of hair fall, deep sleep, reduction of graying of hair etc.

Some of my work:


Monday, May 4, 2009

Manam Virumputhae - song



I have tried this singing.. I sang it myself..!
Just a trial..!
Pls do comment..

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Golden Temple : SRIPURAM, Vellore



One of the biggest Hindu shrines in southern India, the SriPuram Golden Temple a grand golden temple built by a spiritual organization in TamilNadu at an approximate cost of Rs 600 crores, the kumbhabhishekam was performed on August 24, 2007, presence of over 30,000 devotees. The temple, covering 55,000 sq ft area, has intricate carvings and sculptures in gold. Except the walking path, the entire structure has been made of gold and copper. This would be more grandeur than the Golden Temple in Amritsar , mutt sources said.

There is another specialty about this temple. The pathway around the temple is not in oval or rectangle. It is in he form of a star. The Mutt sources say that it is the geometrical form representation for Goddess Lakshmi and so worshiping the goddess in this temple is more special.



This temple was constructed by Vellore-based Sri Narayani Peedam, headed by spiritual leader Sri Sakthi Amma. The walls of the pathway have inscriptions of teachings of Sakthi amma, Gita, Bible, Quran and the Guru Granth Sahib. So this itself means that everyone who believe in "One God" is allowed inside the temple. The Temple shines just after the clock strikes 6 in the evening. Being gold everywhere the vibration is felt physically as well as psychologically. The Utsava moorthy for this temple is Goddess Narayani or Lakshmi putting it in known terms - the wife of Lord Vishnu. The Sripuram is the biggest structure made out of gold. The goddess sculpture is so beautifully made that, though it is small in size it just stands in our memory once for all.


The temple is open all the days from 8am to 8pm. This shrine is easily accessible from road and is very close to the vellore highway. It has spacious car parking facilities, boarding lodging locations at the right cost. One thing that is to be foreseen is that the devotees of this shrine drop coins and notes into the water pond that separates the general praharam and the main sanctum. This separation was made to look at the reflection of the temple's glitter in water. The purpose is absolutely lost as the pond becomes dirty day by day. The picture below states the road map heading to the Golden Temple.