Wednesday 17 March 2010

SPARROW CRAFTS EVENT'10

March 20 is celebrated as World Sparrow day . An enjoyable event to celebrate this day .


RULES :

1) Do crafts related to sparrow like pencil sketching , painting , paper crafts , toys , embroidery , poem etc......

2) Post it in your blog with a link back to the event .

3) Send your crafts to shamanagscrafts@gmail.com before April 17 , 2010 .Please send the following details :

a) Name
b) Craft Name
c) Link
d) Photo
e) Type of craft


4) Please use the logo . Entries from older posts and multiple entries are allowed .

Enjoy and have more fun .

Tuesday 2 March 2010

A WEEKEND TRIP TO ANATHAGIRI - PADMANABHA SWAMY TEMPLE

Sri Anantha Padmanaba Swamy is located on Ananthagiri hills which is 75 km from Hyderabad.It is a lovely temple to visit . It is a very old temple in which swamy idol is different from the usual balaji statue . Lord vishnu is in the form of Sri Anantha Padmanaba Swamy.
This temple have an underground way to Kasi . This temple was installed by Rishi Markandeya .
The main temple was built by hyderabad nawab . To know more about the temple CLICK HERE.

We had a weekend trip to this temple . It was a wonderful drive through the forest of Ananthagiri Hills . A must place to visit .

Front View of the temple , with huge statues of Lord Anjaneya and Lord Garuda .


This huge tomb is used to lit lights during festivals . They will place lights in each stone .



Very old ganesh idol in the entrance .


Lord Shiva(Lingam ) in the temple .



Statue of Nandi in the front of lingam shrine.



A stand to lit lamp in front of it .


Some forts in the hills ,




Fishes in the pond ,






Sending this to Jagurti's Joy of Cooking while travelling .

PPT - CHARLES DICKENS