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.