Navaratri (Dusshera) is one of the important festivals for Hindus. On these 9 days, Durga maatha and other avatars of Ambaal are worshipped. While in Bengal and in North India, people celebrate by having Pandals and Garba dance, in Tamilnadu, people celebrate it by having Golu at their home and invite neighbours, friends and familiesContinue reading “Navaratri (Dussehra)Celebrations at Karaikal”
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Nallambal Lake Visit
Nallambal Lake is a reasonably big lake situated west of Thirunallar and on the way from Thirunallaru temple towards Kumbakonam. We visited the lake last weekend on August 15th. Since this region receives the rainfall mostly from October-December, lake was dry when we visited there. However, there is a small canal and a check damContinue reading “Nallambal Lake Visit”
Tharangambadi Visit
Tharangambadi, also called as Trancobar is a small seaside town in East coast and situated in between Sirkazhi and Karaikal. It is around 15 kilometres from Karaikal. This town is once upon a time a significant city for Portuguese government (till British took it over from them ). There is also a small Portugese fortContinue reading “Tharangambadi Visit”
TR Pattinam Beach visit
Myself, my family consisting of my parents, wife, children along with my chitappa,chitti, his son, his wife, their son and nephew visited beach at TR Pattinam beach yesterday (10th July 2010). While it is a beach predominantly used by fisher men, quite a few families also visited there. Beach was pretty clean and serene withContinue reading “TR Pattinam Beach visit”
Nagai Nostalgia
I took my father and his younger brother (my chitappa) to Nagai (Nagapattinam) on July 9th 2021, to buy few medicines from their bank approved doctor. It is always a pleasure to watch two guys and especially two brothers dicsuss when they are not with their wives. That too the fun improves multiple times whenContinue reading “Nagai Nostalgia”
Life & Thoughts of Hariharan Anantharaman 