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We had a discussion about Indian culture , traditions and temples during the leisure time. One of my colleagues told us about the temple Thiruvanchikulam and stories behind this temple. It was really interesting. I searched in Google to find more about this temple and i got a chance to visit this temple.  This temple lies at Methala village, south of Kodungalloor in Thrissur district, Kerala . It is one of the rare temples in Kerala , which retains its ancient Tamil flavor and connections. The outline map of the construction of the temple which was built in the 9 th century. Out of 274 Shaivite Thiruppathies in India, this is the only one in Kerala .  The temple has many small shrines dedicated to gods and goddesses. Gopuram Thevar , Dakshinamoorthy , Pasupathy , Natakkal Shivan , Sandhyavela Shivan , Palliyara Shivan , Unni Thevar and Konnakkal Shivan are the different forms of Shiva idols revered in this temple There are a number of stories making up the history of the...

Dedicating this travelogue to my friends. When I was in NeST, we planed a tour to Ooty. All most all colleagues visited Ooty before and this made us to rethink about the destination. As usual I discussed this with my parents and they suggested the place Dunsandle near Ooty. Dunsandle is the tea estate in Coonoor near Ooty which comes under BBTC (Bombay Burmay Trading Company). My dad was with BBTC and he got enough friends in Dunsandle Tea Estate. My dad arranged the accommodation for us. We all stayed in my dad's friends house. We started our journey by 10 o'clcok morning and reached Dunsandle in the evening. I would like to express my sincere thanks to Midhu and jismy (my friends) for sharing these pics. Dunsandle estate ( is situated in the Nilgiri hills), is 6,000 feet above the sea level. This is the road towards our house. The road was lonely and really beautiful. Bus services are available to this place. Home stays and other hotels are not available since its a Private ...

Valparai is the place where we (me, my sister and brother) used to go during our summer vacations when we were young school going kids; because our dad and mom was in Valparai. My dad was working in a tea estate which comes under BBTC and mom was a high school teacher. Because of the lack of good schools in Valparai; we were forced to stay along with our grandmother and completed our studies in Kochi, Kerala. After a long time, along with my kid and husband I visited Valparai during Sept. 2009. The most prestigious, impressive, inspiring and pollution free greenish heavenly land Valparai, a Municipality of Coimbatore district in Tamilnadu, is located above 3,500 feet from the sea level on the Anamalai Hills range of Western Ghats. We went to Valparai, in a rented tempo traveller, through Pollachi route which was incredible and unforgettable. It was an exotic experience. The road was completely covered by mist. To reach Valparai from Pollachi we have to cover 40 hairpin bends. This r...