In Brussels

 On 17th June, 2017,  Landed in Brussels to a beautiful weather, hazy and cloudy.

Memories of Brazil

 The beauty and memory  of Florina Polis, Brazil andf the 13th Women's World Congress.

University of Hyderabad

 The beautiful campus of the University of Hyderabad and its flora and fauna. 

Temple Town Vrindavan

  On 14th December, 2015, went around the city f Vrindavan. There are in all about 5000 temples in Vrindavan. Mathura boasts of 7500 temples a total of 12500.We took a rickshaw for the whole day to visit some of these. Few of these are in such narrow by lanes that a taxi cannot go through these. I saw the Vrindavan ki galiya  for the first time. I found a lot of imagination being used in making these temple's. Some have glass, some are in caves, some are of marbles. We got to see all the temples associated with Krishna, the spot where he got his ball from Jamuna river, where he stole the clothes of gopees the place for Ras leela in Nidhi van which boasts of Tulsi trees that go back into the history. I saw huge cut out statues of God's and Goddess. Every temple has a bhandara and they feed many people food through out the day. The prasad was very tasty where ever we had it. It consisted of poori, aloo sabjee, kichidi and what not. Really an amazing experience though a very tiring day.

Good bye Namchi

 We will miss you .Back to home in Hyderabad. The woods are lovely,dark and deep but I have promises to keep.And miles to go before I sleep.

Sight seeing in Namchi

 

Though all the places in Namchi are worth seeing and the mountains and the forests are soothing to the eye the faculty took us to few tourist spots on 16th November , 2016. We first went to  Samdruptse where there is a giant statue of Guru Padma Sam bhavan

Samdruptse Hill; the 'wish fulfilling hill' is just 5 km away from Namchi, situated at an altitude of 2134 m (7000 ft). This epic hill is ornamented with a giant statue of the Guru Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche); the patron saint of Sikkim who has been showering its blessings since more than 1,200 years. It is a 45 m tall statue, overlooking the whole city, and is gilded with gold that glitters when the sunlight falls over it. The hill offers the vista of the magnificent Mt. Kangchenjunga amongst the richly forested hills under the blue painted sky. It is believed that the hill is a dormant volcano and only prayers can hold it from erupting, that is why the local monks offer their reverence and devotion to it. The repository within the premises of the statue, has a profound collection of historical photographs of sikkim also including the fading photos of Mahatma Gandhi, come as a delight for the history buffs. The statue is an incredible triumph of engineering, that took around seven years for its construction under the sponsorship of the Sikkim State Government. The foundation stone for the statue was laid by Dalai Lama in the year 1997.

Our second stop was at the  Buddha park in Ravengla where there is a beautiful Buddha statue. We had a fantastic view of Kanchenjunga from there. It was constructed between 2006 and 2013, and features a 130-foot-high (40 m) statue of the Buddha, erected to mark the 2550th anniversary of the birth of Gautama Buddha, as its main attraction. The statue, built of 60 tonnes of copper, is an example of repousse work. Mount Narsing forms the backdrop to the statue.