the feeling of standing in a place that has stood for centuries. A place that has seen time pass but has remained unwavering. A place that, even in its silence, speaks. →

For all those who asked for pictures…presenting the Meenakshi Amman Temple ! Full details of the place is here.. These two pictures were clicked during an earlier visit. These pillars and stone know each of my travails. My joys. My sorrows. For it is here that i spoke in silence. To the voice within. In →

He sat, painting red stripes on a quiet, unremarkable side step of the Meenakshi Temple. No rush, no shortcuts—just steady, precise strokes, his diligence filling the air. Much of our work is like that. We aren’t always building rockets or reshaping the world. Most days, we show up, put in effort, and add our strokes →

The Meenakshi Temple at #Madurai Built in the 16th century. Those were the advanced ages #meenkashi #architecture #pilgrimage #india #tourism →

Have been away travelling. That explains the silence. Will catch up ! By the way, the Meenakshi temple at Madurai, offers some wonderful sights. Of great architecture. Today, we sit here watching a dozen weddings getting solemnised. It doesn’t take long to realise that one breed seems to be calling all the shots. They seem →

Read Part – I here Its morning. Meenakshi temple at Madurai. We stand outside in the queue. There is a puja on, inside. And we are in the queue. And i watch this man, with a giant ‘fan’ made of peacock feathers. With one sweeping movement of his old frail hands holding the giant fan, →

And so you are back. After many miles of journey. Roads. Hills. Air. Air pockets. Fields. Villages. Malls. And all of that. You are back to where you live. And you wonder how right they were. When they said ‘time flies’. You feel this time around, time took the expressway ! But then, its still →

I have been travelling, with New Delhi being my immediate setting. The city hasnt changed much, although i havent gotten to see much of it either. One thing that is common to here and Bangalore and to all other places in India, is the rituals that are associated in the name of god. One of →

It’s early in the morning. The Sun is unleashing a fresh crimson on an early sky which still seems besotted with the night gone by. The Sun is there. Persistent yet silent. The only loud statement coming from it action : a constant rising. People warm up to the Sun. But before people do, the →

The Meenakshi Amman Temple at #Madurai has a feast for the eye! If one has the eye for it! →