Trees from Tirunelveli

Here is a collection of a wide variety of trees and plants clicked during the Tirunelveli Tour - trees seen on the highway, by the river side, inside temple prakarams as well as around temple teerthams.Hope you enjoy this collage of greenery:

   

       

 

Temple Gopurams in Tirunelveli

Here are some Temple Gopurams (entrance towers) clicked during our recent tour to Tirunelveli. Aren't they all magnificent? Look closely at the myriad sculptures ornamenting these grand monuments.

Sankarankoil

Karivalam Vandanallur

Srivilliputtur

Krishnapuram 

Srivaikuntham

Tiruchendur

Thirupudaimaruthur

Rosewood Furniture

We recently got our glorious antique rosewood furniture and artifacts repaired and polished.They now look elegant and beautiful. These have been in our possession for over 20 years and now look good to go for another twenty.Of these my favorite is the Rocking Horse made from a solid piece of wood.

The Gorgeous Moth

We had a gorgeous visitor to our garden last month and he settled down for a brief period in the polished granite bench in our verandah. It gave me very little time to rush upstairs to collect my camera run down again and take some quick clicks before the visitor flew away. Here are the results.

The moth has merged with the granite design

The moth against a white wall

The Temple Elephant

Featured here is a young teenage she elephant clicked at the one of the temples during our recent tour to Tirunelveli.Can you see the baby hair on its fore head? Can you all see the lovely designs painted on the elephants forehead as well as the ears? It is customary for the elephants to wear bells around its neck.The elephant was very well trained.It would bless devotees by placing its trunk on their heads and collect the toll fee and hand the same over to its keeper.The elephant is frequently used in temple festivities.

Banana Plantations in Tirunelveli District

Clicked during our recent tour to Tirunelveli. After the recent heavy rains which had lashed the district the vegetation was lush green all around and the Thamrabharani river was in spate.The valley on either side of the river is fertile and there are large acres of banana plantations.

Pappanasam Dam & Reservoir

We recently visited Pappanasam Dam & Reservoir also known as The Thamrabharani Dam in Tirunelveli district in Tamilnadu,India..This dam is located in the ghats of the Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve.A very picturesque place and the are breathtaking.