Our friend Jairam Acharya, who is an astrologer at Parkala; (he is also the in-house astrologer for ETV and runs a shows with them.) Built a house at Percale, his nephew from Bombay had been every upset that Mamaji did have a big house, with lot of rooms but no bathrooms. Now we were a …
Welcoming Spring–Hozhi Habba
“I’m pledging to #KhulKeKheloHoli this year by sharing my Holi memories atBlogAdda in association with Parachute Advansed.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=gPMjKIUNGDI Shivrathri is over, the mists begin to clear and the days get hotter. Some Years it is the month of February, when everything around is dead, the trees are dark and chilled, that appearance of green shoots seems preposterous, the …
Bakuru temple.
Yaaru ninna hesaru barithare? Karkala Gummatarayana? Barkuru Tattirayana?” Sri Vasudeva Acharya the geography teacher at MJC Manipal would shout at us when we forgot to put in our name and roll number on the answer sheets. The town of Barkur has 300 odd temples and a zatra at the temple that is the temple fair …
Barkuru –Betaala-Vikramaditya
Once upon time lived a king Vikramaditya., we have all heard this line and the stories featuring him. The Vetala Panchvimshati and the Simhasana Dwatrimshika. These stories have found their way in various versions of regional and Sanskrit literature. The vetala panchvimshati tell us the twenty stories are narrated by Mahakavi Somade Bhatta these stories …
Bennekudru – Mulamahastree – Ammana gardi
. The Justice deliverer of the Mogaveeras. The legends say that Parashurama, the sixth incarnation of Vishnu reclaimed the land from Sagara the Sea God to carve out Parashurama Kshetra. He got the Brahmins of Aichatra to reside here. He gave them a boon of abundance and got them married to the local fisherwomen. Thus …
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Karavali– to–Konkan
Last week-end our road trip was to Udupi and back. Some things that I always revered along the coast before the development guys destroy it I think it is prudent to share it. The coast of Tulunaad is intercepted with rivers and rivulets joining the great ocean. The confluence. One also sees the confluence of …
