Life in Chennai

Sharing with you few pics I took during my recent visit to Chennai. At the break of the first light ladies of the house clean their courtyards and decorate with Rangolis (patterns on the floor) made with rice powder. The idea behind the rice powder is that they want to start their day by doing a good deed of feeding the ants and the insects early in the morning! During their annual festival that is Pongal the ladies of the house take extra pain to make intricate and colorful rangolis. What you see here is a basic design made in day-to-day life…
Aranmula

Heard of the wonder mirror? Seeing is believing. I had heard about Aranmula Kannadi (mirror) before, but had no idea about the unique craft this village boasted of, till I saw the mirror myself. Can you believe it that the metal is polished by the artisans in such a fashion that the metal starts to […]
Varkala

Varkala – Virgin paradise in the God’s Own Country Lapping of the waves, clear blue sky or star studded nights, whiffs of brewing coffee and freshly made cakes, foot tapping melodies, beauty of the sunset, crawling time, majestic cliff, raising toasts to good times – that is Varkala in capsule for you. Varkala is a […]
Local food experience completes any Travel …

Local food experience completes any Travel