Flowers from my garden ... a new hiibiscus bloomed this morning

Sun filtering through the trees

Every old home in Madras will have a mango tree . And so does mine . Out of the couple ,this is my favourite mango tree in my home in Madras.There are no mangoes that were hanging,waiting to be plucked ,but often I have lost myself squinting at the sun filteriung through it . Watching squirrels chase each other , parrots screeching in ecstasy and a kite chasing a pigeon ...the mango tree has been my inspiration many times .

Another weekend..another temple .This was not planned. We drove down to Hosur (TN border) from Bangalore yesterday to catch up with some friends who had driven down from Chennai to meet more friends ..Amidst all this socialising, a divine intervention happenned..we saw a temple on a hillock...We are not the religious variety but there was something magical about this place -so we decided to go up there ...It was an ancient temple dedicated to Lord Shiva called Chandra Sudeshwara It was already twilight and cameras and mobiles were not allowed, but I couldn resist shooting some pics on my mobile .What makes the pictures interesting for me is how the look of each picture changes with the light

I'm on a nostalgic trip..to Bijapur,.12 years ago as eager students , we went on a field trip and one of the assignments was in photography ...we were asked to look for unusual,interesting angles and frames and shoot some b & w pics as well ...The pictures are amaterish and even evoke a laugh as I wonder what I was experimenting...Ive preserved the look as it is even while scanning as they were old prints .

Another road - another journey - Glimpses of Somnathpur ,the Hoysala temple built in 13th century

Glimpses of Rajasthan - Some pictures taken on my mobile while driving from Delhi to Jaipur

All journeys have a sunrise and a sunset . I am in love with the twilight moment and I wanted to present an ode to some of the sunsets in my life so far ..



Sunset @ Hampi ,Karnataka..one of my oldest pics



The setting sun at Arunachal Pradesh ... Its surprising we actually saw it set !



While approaching Kaziranga Sannctary in Assam




Sunsets in a beach are always special ...this one is at Kovalam, Kerala



Lost in the colours - another one at Kovalam



A rosy picture at Alleppy, Kerala

Orchids from Bomdila,Arunachal Pradesh


From my mother in law's garden



A closer view - No,I dont know the name


Hibiscus -another closer view


From my humble garden

















Montage of dahlias