Birds: shot in and around Bengaluru

pied bushchat female

Slender billed - oriole male




Female PAINTED STORKS

Adult PAINTED STORKS

Black Shoulder kite


Black Shoulder kite







Egyptian vulter

Egyptian vulter



Oriental Skylark

Egyptian Vultuer

Rally: INRC 2009 (Aug09 21-23)

K-1000 Results

Overall/2000cc:
1. Arjun Balu/Sujith Kumar (Team MRF, Cedia N+), 1hr, 31mins, 49secs;

2.Gaurav Gill/Moosa Sherif (Team MRF, Cedia N+) 2 1:34:44;

3. Aroor Arjun Rao/Satish Rajagopal (Team MRF, Cedia N+), 1:36:57.


1600cc (Baleno):

1. Joseph Jos/Royce K, 1:39:25;


2. S Sujay/Varun,\1:41:16;


3.Rahul Kanthraj/Vivek Bhatt, 1:41:49.

1400cc (MPFI Esteem): 1. Vikram Devadasen/Nikhil Pai (Esteem) , 1:40:36; 2. Jos Francis/Manoj M . , 1:45:21; 3. Samarth Gowda/SM Bharath, 1:46:51.

Rally Star Cup (Carbureted Esteem):
1. Phalguna Urs/Anoop Kumar, 1:46:33;


2. C.G. Balaram / C.G. Raghuram, 1:46:48)



3.Harikeshav Nambiar/Ashwin Nadig, 1:47:19.



Gypsy:
1. Sandeep Sharma/Anmol Ramphal (Team Thunderbolt), 1:47:14;



2. Khushwant Randhawa/Harminder, 1:48:12;



3. Sanjay Agarwal/Chetan Shivram

Himada Gopalaswamy Betta:

Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta is the highest peak in Bandipur National Park.The hill is about 75 Km from Mysore and is located in Chamarajnagar district.
Atop the hill is a temple of Lord Venugopala Swamy built seven centuries ago and a travellers' bungalow which remains locked now and belonged to the Ruler of Mysore.
The temple was built in Chola regime and there are 25 tirthas called the chakra tirtha.The area is also frequented by herds of wild elephants. The sobriquet Himavad (fog in Kannada) is because most of the year, there is a veil of mist covering the whole area , and winds blowing through the trees are like a song in praise of the lord.
This place is adjacent to the western ghats and forest area (hill station) constituting Bandipur and Nagarhole. Hima means snow in Kannada. Throughout the year the temperature remains very cool in this place, especially at thelocation of the temple.


Cattle rearing from the hill top









How to reach :This temple is situated 10Kms to the right near Gundlupet on Mysore-Ooty road. Gundlupet is 60Kms from Mysore towards South. After Gundlupet, continue in the same Ooty-Mysore road towards Bandipur. Nearly 8Kms after Gundlupet, a place called Hangala is available. Take right turn at this place to proceed towards Gopalaswamy betta. Just before starting of the hill, there is a check post. The check post is open from morning 7.00am to evening 5.00pm. Carrying liquor and video camera is strictly prohibited. This area is covered under the Project Tiger for Bandipur wildlife sanctuary and is a no plastic zone. Elephants are very commonly seen in the hill area.
Note:No food is available at the hill top.

Facials:

Farm to civilization

There was intruder at home: which had entered our civilization from the farms through vegetables which mom had brought from the city market.

escaping from the camera eye

but gave the best photo shoot:

Jog falls(Sep09 12-13:360km)

This time to spend weekend we headed to Jog falls:
The Sharavati river crashes nearly nine hundred feet down forming four main channels named king, queen rocket and roarer and is the highest plunge waterfall in India. Just after the monsoon season or rainy season the falls are a magnificent and awesome sight to see. At this time the falls are surrounded by mists. The 50 km long hirebhasgar reservoir now controls the flow of the Sharavati river in order to generate hydro-electricity but inspite of this there is an vast difference between the wet and dry season flow of the waterfalls.

On the way, we shot some country side photos: