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November’s Full Beaver Moon

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We are blessed to see the moon as close to the Earth on the Nov 14, 2016. This will happen again only in the November 25, 2034. We bunked the office and started to ECR beach. We landed at the correct time. By the time, the moon was playing hide and seek with the clouds. We couldn't capture what we could see with the eyes. The eye of the mobile was still point less before the eye.

Panchabootha Sthalam

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Crew - Alone Places - Trichy, Chidambaram Dated - Sep 16, 2016 The idea of visiting pancha bootha sthalam rooted after visiting the Ekambareswar Temple in Kanchi. As my mundane, before visiting any place, I read about the sthala puranam(epic about the place). While reading about the temple, I came across the panch bootha sthalas. By the time, I came to know about it, I already visited three temples in the five. I took a decision to complete the remaining temples too as soon as possible. Here are the list. 1. EARTH - Ekambereswar, Kanchipuram 2. WATER - Jambukeshawar, Thiruvanaikaval, Trichy 3. FIRE - Arunachaleswar, Thiruvannamalai 4. AIR - Sri Kalahastheswar, Srikalahasthi 5. SPACE - Natarajeswar, Chidambaram Along with the remaining 2 temples, I planned to visit the Ranganatha swamy temple at Srirangam. Sthala puranam for Srirangam temple: Lord Rama, an Avatar of Vishnu, worshiped the idol for a long time, and when he returned victoriously from Sri Lanka after ki

Muttukadu Backwater

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For all the cities, residing next to the sea bay, they may hear the word "backwaters", but this backwater is collated with the bird sanctuary. If you want to have a drive in the water boat, we should visit this place. And please be there by the Sun Set, it would be awesome. Here are the photos.

Cholamandal Artist's Village

After having peeped my head in the arts, I got interest to see the arts. I started to dig and read the different types of arts. But I am not sure there is so much scope beyond what you thought. This can be happen only when you see the others arts and applause them. Finally it never be made possible without him, Madhu. Tons of thanks to him. This is the place for the contemporary/modern art, started by the K.C.S. Paniker. If you have really have a heart to see the artist's view, you surely need to visit this place. But I am very sorry for the photos. It was not allowed to capture the arts. Of course, it should not. Really we have gone through the each art show cased there and started to make our sleeping minds to awake to understand. Some didn't, but some strike us what the artists exposing through the arts.

Vandalur Zoo Park(Arignar Anna Zoological Park)

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I have been in the Chennai since 2012, but I never find time to visit this place. But finally, this made possible. I need to say thanks to the Madhu, my colleague to provoke to see this place. I am very pleased to see this place especially, Lion Safari, Butterfly garden are awesome. Don't miss them. Here we go for the pictures. Do you know? 1. The previous location of zoo was set up in 1855 and was the first public zoo in India. 2. The zoo is named after Tamil politician Annadurai commonly called as Aringar Annadurai.