Friday, December 26, 2008

edappally ganapathy temple

Ganapathy temple is inside the Edappally palace. Very famous for the Unniappam.
'Edappally thamburante kottarakkettinullil edayathe vazhunnorotta komban....' a famous song by Padmasri K J Yesudas. Perandoor bhagawathy temple is very near to it.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Anchumana devi temple

Three main dieties are worshipped here. Sree Bhuvaneswary, Annapoorneswary and Bhadrakali. Temple owned by Viswakarma society. Temple is located very near to the bypass of National highway 47.

Temples of Kerala

Kochi's first mall with multiplex


The mall has opened partially with some outlets for shopping. The multiplexes are on their way to completion. But we can see a large queue of vehicles in front of the mall. Kochitis are in a hurry to experience the mall culture. The mall is spread over an area of 3,55,000sq.ft. area.
Malls provide an international shopping experience with all the major brands in the world under one roof. Except shopping, malls have the facilities for recreation also. There will be theatres, food courts and play area for children etc. Its a place for hangout and a place of new genration which rocks with the world.

Other malls

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Ayurvedic terms

nalpamaram-athi,ithi,arayal,peral

dashamoolam-orila, moovila, pathiri, payyani, cheruthina, vellottu vazhuthina, kumizhu, koovalam, munja, njerinjil

dashapushpam-mukkutti, thiruthali, karuka, kayyonni, nilappana, cheroola, vishnu kranthi, muyal cheviyan, uzhinja

Thriphala-nellikka,kadukka,thannikka

thrimadhuram-neyyu,sharkara,then

Panchamlam-ambazham,narakam,puli,panichakam,njerinjambuli

Ashtapathram-kayyonni, aadalodakam, koovalam, padavalam, cheruvazhuthina, mukkapeera, ponnaveeram,kanjikoorkka

madhuthrayam-neyyu, then, panchasara

panchakarma-nasyam,vasthi,vamanam,virechanam,snehapanam

Panchaloham-swarnam,velli,chembu,irumbu, eeyam

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Thodupuzha

Scene from Thodupuzha. Well is situated just in the middle of the road. There are 12 hair pin bends from Thodupuzha to Reserve forest area. Its a great experience to travel through this route, we can feel the nature through this reserve forest area.

naadukani view point in Idukki


Views from the top

Moolamattom power station view from nadukani view point






Nadukani view point is under Hydel tourism Department of Kerala.

naadukani view point from the road .

Friday, October 3, 2008

Moovattupuzha

Vazhakkulam town
Vazhakkulam pineapple cultivation
Muvattupuzha is a main town in Ernakulam District. Angamali-Trivandrum highway, Muvattupuzha-Punalur highway and Kochi-Madurai highway meets at this junction. Its also a meeting place of three rivers Kothayaar, thodupuzhayaar and Muvattupuzhayaar.

Vazhkkulam is a famous town in Moovattupuzha. We can see heaps of pineapple in Vazhakkulam town. These are high quality pineapples we can buy it right from there.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Thripunithura Kovilakom



Images from the Royal town of Kerala.

Monday, September 22, 2008

Ernakulam


Kacherippady, Kochi.
Kaloor International stadium, Kochi, Kerala
Jawaharlal Nehru stadium is an International stadium in Kochi. Stadium was built in 1996. It has the capacity to carry 60, 000 spectactors. It is the 5th largest in India. It has played host to international cricket events and football matches.

North Over bridge, Kochi.


Palarivattom junction, Kochi


Jos Junction, Kochi.



Thykkoodam


Dawson Vihar, Naval Quarters at Thykkoodam, Kochi

RLV college of music and Fine arts, Thripunithura

Irumbu palam, Thripunithura
Shots from Irumbu palam


RLV college new building inaugurated on 18.09.2008 . RLV College phone no.-0484-2779757

Views from Irumbupalam (Iron bridge). Irumbu palam connects Maradu and Thripunithura. It is also a historical monument of the royal era. The bridge is at the western part of Sri poornathrayeesha temple. It was built in 1895 by the British emperors. Then it was meant for the bullock carts and horse drawn rikshaws. In 1990 a major maintanence work had done. Now its main bottle neck area in that road.
RLV college of Music and Fine arts
Old building behind Sree poornathrayeesha temple, Thripunithura.
Radha Lakshmi Vilasam College of Music was established in the year 1936 by the Maharaja of Kochi. Now it is under the Kerala Government offering 13 degree courses and 11 post graduate courses. Disciplines include Veena, Violin, Mridangam, Chenda, Maddalam, Kathakali, Kathakali music, Bharatha natyam, Mohiniyattom, Painting and Applied art.
This prestigious institution was functioned in an old building at a pathetic condition. On September 18th of 2008 the new building was inaugurated by Minister of Education Mr.M A Baby. Former students and musical stalwarts like K J Yeshudas and Thiruvizha Jayashanker were also present at the historical moment.
The new building had two blocks and four floors with an area of 8,300 sq. feet. Each floor will be devoted to different art form. There are 55 class rooms in total.

Government Boys highschool, Thripunithura.
Other main institutions in this road are Poornathrayeesha Balasramam an orphanage for boys run by Viswa hindu parishad, Puthen bunglaw temple and RLV college.

Gandhi sqare at Poonithura

Gandhi square is a junction in Poonithura which connects Thripunithura to Kochi Madura highway through Irumbupalam. A gandhi statue is there to commemmorate the visit of Gandhiji to this place during the freedom movement.

Thevara college, Kochi

Sacred Heart College, Thevara. The college is under Mahatma Gandhi University. The college got five star status by the NAAC. College was established in 1944.
One of the oldest college in Kochi. May be more famous because of the cinema shootings done here. The college in the hit film 'Chocolate' and also many more. A well maintained college. Back side of the college is Vembanad lake. College phone no. is 0484-2663002.

Cochin Shipyard


Pictures of the largest ship building yard of India.

Maharajas college synthetic track


One of the oldest college in Kerala. In 2007 Maharajas College ground renovated with synthetic tracks for conducting International athletic events. College ground has facilities for sports events Cricket, Football, Kabady, Kho-kho, volley ball, badminton, basket ball and hockey. Pavillion has the capacity to carry 25,000 people. Facilities are available for indoor games like table tennis, carom, chess, wrestling, weight lifting and power lifting.

Cochin Stock Exchange


Thrikkannapuram Parthasarathi temple


This temple is located in Ponekkara road of Edappally in Kochi.

Changambuzha smaraka grandhashala



Sunday, September 21, 2008

Trendy Kochi

Palarivattom

Upcoming flats and malls on either side of the National Highway
Flat coming up near Vyttila


Five star Hotel project by Ind Royal Holiday Inn