Our wanderings and perceptions

Malarodu malar ingu magizhnthaadum pothu Manathodu manam ingu pagai kolvatheno Madham ennum madham oayattum Dhesam malar meethu thuyil kollattum These words of Vairamuthu rewinds our memories back to Manirathnam's movie - Bombay. Bombay now know as Mumbai is not just a terror struck place, India's money market, largest cosmopolitan city of the country but also has its own heritage. One such place is the Sion fort. Sion area is in the center of Mumbai and mingles with both the old south Mumbai and the industrialized northern part. Sion fort stands on a small hillock bearing history to pre-independence days, built by British east India company. Children throng the fort over weekends.. View from the top of the fort.. This fort can be easily reached being just 500 meters away from the Sion railway station. What we see if a worn away structure. A path way leads us to the fort. No restoration has been done so one can see ruined wall and s...

Mangalam seer Kanchi managar,  mannu Kamakshi misai thungam ulla natpadikam sulavey  thingatpaya maruvum pani aniyum  param unal thanil maghzyum  kayamukha ayingaran iruthal katchi Our want to pray to Kamatchi Amman was decided on a day's notice . Being 75 kilometers away from Chennai, Kanchipuram is just one and half hours away. On reaching Kanchipuram, we first went to the Kamatchi amman temple. The gopuram as seen in the above picture is under going renovation. Being a Friday Amman devotees thronged the temple in huge number. We were in a queue for an hour as there were no special queues in this temple. Archanai was done in express time. But Kamatchi Amman gave her Karunai darshan. In a padmasana posture Kamatchi's darshan is a treat to the eyes of mortals like us. The temple has a huge corridor. Being associated with the Sankaracharyas the temple has restrictions to photography. The temple tank was also under restructuring. ...