Silent Sunday: Somasila Landscapes
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Motorcycle Diaries: Leh to Kargil
Silent Sunday: Landscapes of Beautiful Ladakh
Tuesday Thoughts: You let me live…
I alone absorb 22 kilograms of Carbon dioxide, all I ask in return is that “YOU LET ME LIVE” and everyday I supply Oxygen for up to 4 people don’t you think I’m worth saving…
Monday Macros: Garden Flowers with Inspirational Quotes
“Be like a lotus. Let the beauty of your heart speak. Be grateful to the mud, water, air and the light.” ― Amit Ray,
“Whenever you should doubt your self-worth, remember the lotus flower. Even though it plunges to life from beneath the mud, it does not allow the dirt that surrounds it to affect its growth or beauty.” ― Suzy Kassem
“Minds are like flowers; they open only when the time is right.” – Stephen Richards
“Flowers don’t tell, they show.” – Stephanie Skeem
“When the mind is silent like a lake the lotus blossoms.” ― Amit Ray,
“Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.” – Luther Burbank
“Gardens and flowers have a way of bringing people together, drawing them from their homes.” -Clare Ansberry
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Mystic Meghalaya: Nohkalikai Falls
Nohkalikai Falls is the tallest plunge waterfall in India. Its height is 1115 feet (340 metres). It is an amazing sight to behold. The waterfall is located near Cherrapunji, one of the wettest places on Earth & is one of the must see places in Meghalaya. We spent whole morning staring at the gigantic canvas of natural beauty.
“Water is the most perfect traveller because when it travels it becomes the path itself!” –
According to legends, in a village called Rangjyrteh, upstream from Nohkalikai Falls, a woman named Likai resided but had to remarry after her husband died. Ka Likai (Ka is the prefix given for the female gender in Khasi) was left with her infant girl with no means of income. So she had to become a porter herself. Her work required her to leave her daughter unattended for long intervals but when she would be at home she would spend most of her time taking care of her infant. Ka Likai, who married a second time, couldn’t pay attention to her second husband. The jealous husband killed the infant and cooked her meat after throwing away her head and bones. When Ka Likai returned home, she saw nobody in the house but except for a meal that had been prepared. She wanted to go look for her daughter but she ate the meat as she was tired from work.
“Look with open eyes and you will see the beauty of the waterfall.” –
“Water is the driving force of all nature.” – Leonardo da Vinci
Ka Likai usually had a betel leaf after her meals but she found a severed finger near the place where she usually cut betel nuts and betel leaves. Ka Likai realized what had happened in her absence and went mad with anger and grief and started running as she swung a hatchet in her hand. She ran off the edge of the plateau and the waterfall where she jumped from was named Nohkalikai Falls after her.
Life is like a waterfall- always moving
Be like a watefall-Wild & free
Waterfalls & Life doesn’t flow backward.
Monday Macros: Cactus Garden
Echinocactus grusonii, popularly known as the golden barrel cactus, golden ball or, amusingly, mother-in-law’s cushion, is a well known species of cactus, and is endemic to east-central Mexico.
Cereus repandus (syn. Cereus peruvianus), the Peruvian apple cactus, is a large, erect, thorny columnar cactus found in South America
Cactus Echinopsis tarijensis
Mammillaria hahniana (Old Lady Cactus) is a sun-loving cactus that forms large groups. It grows up to 10 inches (25 cm) tall and up to 20 inches (50 cm) broad.
Parodia leninghausii’ Parodia leninghausii is a species of South American cactus commonly found as a houseplant.
Echinopsis is a large genus of cacti native to South America, sometimes known as hedgehog cactus, sea-urchin cactus or Easter lily cactus
Ephalocereus senilis is a tall, columnar species with clusters of stem. The individual stems are usually unbranched, being unable to withstand the weight of a side branches adequately. Cephalocereus senilis is not expected to flower until 10-20 years old.
Mammillaria bombycina (Silken Pincushion) Golden Eastern Lily Cactus Echinopsis aurea ‘Leucomalla’
Euphorbia ritchiei is a perennial succulent plant up to 2 feet (60 cm) tall. It forms short, thick, succulent stems, up to 1.2 inches wide, with small spines, and it offsets freely and produces large, beautifully green leaves.
Echeveria macdougallii is an indoor succulent plant belongs to the genus Crassulaceae family
P.S: Correct me if I am wrong 🙂 Have a nice day!!
Silent Sunday: Landscapes From My Travels with Quotes
The Poetry on Earth is never dead. -John Keath
Nature is not a place to visit. It is home. -Gary Singler
Every single thing that has ever happened in your life is preparing you for a moment that is yet to come……..
Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars… and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful. Everything is simply happy. Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or presidents and they are not going to become rich and they will never have any bank balance. Look at the flowers — for no reason. It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are. ~Osho
The sky takes on shades of orange during sunrise and sunset, the color that gives you hope that the sun will set only to rise again
A traveller without observation is a bird without wings…
I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, “This is what it is to be happy. -Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
There’s nothing better than dying while doing what you love most.
Sunset is a wonderful opportunity for us to appreciate all the great things the sun gives us..
Looking at beauty in the world, is the first step of purifying the mind. -Amit Ray
Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.” -John Ruskin
“The earth has music for those who listen.” — William Shakespeare
When nature speaks one have to listen..
Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody. -Jane Jacobs
“The sea is emotion incarnate. It loves, hates, and weeps. It defies all attempts to capture it with words and rejects all shackles. No matter what you say about it, there is always that which you can’t.”
—Christopher
Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations. ~Oliver Goldsmith
Silent Sunday: Mannemkonda-‘The Palamoor Tirupati’
Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature’s teachings. -William C. Bryant
Joy in looking and comprehending is nature’s most beautiful gift. Albert Einstein
It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top. -Arnold Bennett
In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. -John Muir
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Discovering Telangana: A Fort Less Visited ‘Khilla Ghanpur’
On a bright Sunday morning, when we hit the roads to explore places around Mahabubnagar little did I know that it would mark a beginning to quite a few things in my life…. like my first outing with my new buddies while pursuing post graduation, my first time properly exploring Palamoor and getting lost in its mesmerizing beauty and then writing about it in my very first blog!!
The secluded green valleys of Khilla Ghanpur hold Palamoor’s best kept secrets
A quick weekend getaway to Khilla Ghanpur is best enjoyed when the sky is overcast, which makes the 30-km journey from Mahbubnagar delightful.
So we started our journey after finishing quick rounds at the Hospital we work at, around 12 noon ( yes you guessed it right, we are Docs!) and picking up some snacks and drinks for our journey to The Khilla Ghanpur, located at a distance of around 26km from mahabubnagar. We managed to cover the distance in about 30 mins with loads of enthusiasm and predictions about the place as we didn’t have much idea about it. Ghanpur is a small village and the roads were pretty narrow so we decided to park the car at a safe spot and start our trek to discover the fort. We managed to reach the top in another 40 mins with an amazing drizzly weather to increase the beauty of the hike.
The varied hues of Nature and fresh air rejuvenated our senses.
It was a magnificent view indeed from the top of the rocks with remnants of fort wall, and a lovely pond underneath. We passed through a giant fort door, saw some great Flora and Fauna an absolute treat for a nature lover to finally reach the top. We were a little distracted in between though by a group of wild monkeys far away making gruesome noises. All this was soon forgotten after reaching the hilltop and capturing the scenic beauty of the less trodden fort in the memories forever!!
“The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others” -St.John
Seethaphal
A brief insight into the history of the fort…
The Ghanpur Fort is a hill fort built on a rocky hill by King Gona Ganapa Reddy in early 13th century. He ruled this area as a feudatory to Kakatiya rulers. Gona Ganapa Reddy is son of Gona Budda Reddy who was famous as the poet of Ranganatha Ramayana, a pioneering Telugu Literature. Khilla Ghanpur also known as Ghanpur, Ganapuram, was named after Kakatiya king Ganapathi Deva. Since this Ghanpur has a Khilla (fort). The name “Khilla Ghanpur” became much more popular. There are several towns in Kakatiya kingdom with its name as Ghanpur.
There are several caves on the hilltop and provide good opportunity for exploration.
The fort & monuments demand about 2-3 kms trek from Ghanpur village.
Khilla Ghanpur was built by joining two mountains by Recharla Padma Nayakulu and Gona Ganapa reddy in 1224 A.D. This fort has witnessed many wars between Bahamanis, Vijayanagara Kings, Bijapur Kings and Qutub Shahi Kings etc. The cannons which still exist have been kept on the top most side of the fort.The fort is spread on rocky and hilly area of 4 Sq kilometers and though its dilapidated there are several remains of the walls and building blocks inside the fort. The fort has beautiful rockscapes and greenery with 2 ponds which were used as drinking water supply for the fort army.
Take time to do what makes your soul happy..
There are several small temples inside the fort like Veerabhadra Temple, Narasimha Temple and Chowdeswari Temple.
People believe that there are two secret tunnels inside of the fort. One is connected with the village at the bottom of the mountain and the other one is connected to the Panagal fort. After Buddapuram war,this fort has witnessed a historical wedding of Kakatiya’s last king Pratapa Rudra with Gona Ganna Reddy’s daughter.
Some of the beautiful Landscapes:
So that’s a take on its past but right now it’s a quiet and serene place which was a treat for the wanderlust in me and my buddies.
Perfect getaway from Mahbubnagar..
Yayie!! We did it…
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