Death Trap in forest

This is the rail track passing through forest area at Valayar on the Kerala Tamil Nadu border, now become a death trap for wild life, particularly Elephants. The frequent carnage on the track on the track in this area resulted in the death of 20 elephants in the last five years.

Variety of fruits

These pictures are taken from a fruits shop at the oppoiste side of the Coimbatore Railway Station. Different kinds of fruits are available there. When comared to the prices in Ernakulam, the prices seems to be low in coimbatore.

Taking rest on tree branch

A Leapourd who is taking rest on the branch of a tree at Trivandrum Zoo. The Zoo is situated in the heart of the city which attracts thousand of tourists. The main attraction of this Zoo is that the authorities are keeping the Zoo by creating a natural atmosphere by which animals like Lion, Deer etc. can move freely in the area earmarked for them.   

New clay pot bins for waste disposal

This is the Waste disposal system which we are using in our home. The first picture shows the three clay pot jars fixed as per the specification. The instruments put on the upper side are liquid for pouring inside the bin with the help of the sprayer. The other item is for helping us to mix  the waste with the lotion. The second picture shows that the waste put in the bin. This is very useful in a home. Finally the waste we put in the bin can be used as a manure for our plants after a period of three to five months. The item was supplied to us by CREDAI, Kochi, as part of their clean city movement, through our residence association, KATTITHAR ROAD PAURA SAMITHI, IN MARADU PANCHAYATH.   

New beginning of Soothsayer - Octopus Paul-II

Octopus Paul II, successor to the tentacled tipster that wowed the world with his uncanny knack of correctly predicting World Cup football games, swims in his acquarium as he is presented to the media, at the Sea Life acquarium in Oberhausen, Western Germany.

Life ends on the road

This is the picture of a tortoise whose life ends on a road in Alappuzha District. The Tortoise while trying to cross the road on 6th November 2010, night, a vehicle run over the tortoise by crushing the strong shell and finally , ends life. Next day upto 10 AM, nobody who passes through the road didn't take any interest to remove the body of the tortoise from the middle portion of the road. On seeing the same we immediately removed the tortoise from the road and filled the body with mud collected from the road side.
 This kind of attitude of the people who passes through the road upto 10 AM, by not removing the body of the tortoise from the road, should be changed.

Festival of lights

Deepavali is popularly known as the festival of lights. Deepavali means a row of lamps. Lamps are lit during Deepavali to signify the triumph of good over evil. In north India is is spread over a period of five days. The celebrations begin late Ashwin and ends Karthika.According to the legend, this was time Rama returned to his kingdom Ayodhya after having defeated Ravana.

In South india, it is a one day festival and celebrates the victory of Krishna over Narakasura. The festival celebrated with light, fireworks, worship and sweets.

It is a rejoicing of the victory of light. But in all this celebration we often forget to think of one important

aspect. Pollution. Bursting firecrackers may seem fun, but consider the effect it has on the

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Theyyam

This is the picture of Kalichan Theyyam. In the Theyyam, worship of God, Goddess, mythological and local heroes and heroines and village deities who were thought to have supernatural powers. The month of Thulam in Kerala heralds the harvest, and with it, the spectacular and colourful Theyyam performances. The community comes together to celebrate nature and cattle, and to witness the dancer's communion with the divine.  

Ayilyam festival

The chief priestess of Mannarassala Nagaraja Temple in Alappuzha, Mannarasala Amma, leading a procession in connection with the "Ayilyam" which is the main festival of the temple. This famous temple is situated near Haripad, in Alappuzha District. As part of the festival, Special Ayilyam poojas were held. Nagakkalam, rituals under the leadership of temple karanavar and a procession led by the Amma carrying the Nagaraja "Thirumugham" and the "Nagaphanam" are the main parts of the festival.

Small Ural for Home



This is the small form of Ural which is fully made by stone. Earlier we had used big Ural (made by stone)& Ulakka(made by wood) for converting the rice and other commodities to powder form. Now this item is made by human, by carving the the stone and changed to this form of Ural. This is very useful in our home for crushing small quantiites.

Bullet Train

This is the Bullet Train which is  stopped at a station in Japan. Speed of the train  is the main attraction of this beautifully designed train.Thousands of people in Japan, utilizing this train facility every day.   



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This picture was taken by us while we were travelling in a house boat near Punnamada Kayal, Alappuzha. The greenary of paddy fields and water in the kayal were most attractive.Thousands of tourists visited Alappuzha every year and they used to travel in house boats to see the natural beauty at this place. The famous Nehru Trophy Boat race which is conducted every year before Onam festival , at Punnamada Kayal, alappuzha, is the another attraction at this place. Thousand of tourists and famous personalities in various sector are used to visit Alappuzha, exclusively for watching the Boat race.  

Petty Insects

There are various types of butterflies. Atlas Moth, Southern Birdwing, Kaisar-i-Hind, Malabar Tree Nymph, Common Bluebottle, Krishna Pea cock, Crimson Rose, Malabar Banded Swallow, Bhutan Glory, Blue Gem, Mormon Peacock Pancy are some among them. The name of butterfly shown in the picture is Southern Birdwing. Several major species of Butter flies have vanished as a result of the the flourishing illegal wild life trade in India and their disappearance is not taken seriously. But what people don't realise is that we're losing more than just pretty insects.   

Rare Orphanage

Location- Northwest to the town of Kegelle and nestled in between the two major cities of Sri Lanka- colombo and Kandy.
This Orphanage was initiated by the Sri Lankan Government in 1975, and set on a 25-acre piece of land amidst natural setting beside the Maha Oya River. The Orphanage is originally founded to take care of the orphaned Elephants found in the wild, but today it has also becoming a captive breeding ground.It was initiated withfive orphaned baby elephants and today it maintains a strong herd of over 80 and could probably be the largest in the world.

Sea Horse

Sea Horses are found in all oceans in the world. There are 100 species, which may be white, yellow, red or blue. It vary in size (10 cm to 30 cm) and colour, but they all have same basic shape. It swims in an upright position, using its dorsal(back) fin to drive it along. It is the slowest moving fish.

THE MIZHAVU

This is "MIZHAVU" which is an instrument was used by Sri. Kunchan Nambiar in  "Ottam Thullal"

Now the "MIZHAVU" is placed at Kalithattu, in the premises of Ambalappuzha Sreeekrishna Swamy Temple in Alappuzha District, Kerala. Devottees who visit this temple can watch the instrument.

Vivekanada Rock

This is the Vivekananda Rock which is situated at Kanyakumary, in Tamilnadu. Now thousands of Tourists from various parts of our Country visits here. The main attraction is the statue is built in sea. Sufficient boat services are available to visit the place which is very attractive. 

Tourism at Alappuzha

This is a luxury house boat which is used by tourists, at Alappuzha. This house boat is having A/C rooms and other similar type of aminities.  Now house boat  is the main attraction of tourists who came to Alappuzha in Kerala. Hundreds of luxury house boats are available at the above place, now.

Ducks and Man



Hundreds of Duck on their way to their home through Punnamada lake in Alappuzha. These  Ducks are controlled by the man who is riding in a small boat.  



Picture shows that the waste we put for disposal, kept inside the bin.

This is the waste disposal system installed at my home. The system made in clay pot jars in which we can put different types of waste generated from our home. The Waste disposal system supplied by CREDAI, Kochi as part of their clean city movement, through our residence Association, Kattithara Poura Samithi. This system is very useful now . The waste we put in this jars can later use as a manure.