Pamban Bridge, Rameswaram

There are frequent and cheap buses from Rameswaram to Pamban Bridge. Though Autos are supposed to charge Rs 7 per km, they demand upto  Rs 30 or 40 per km and are to be avoided where possible. The public support the autodrivers. You can rent somewhat rickety cycles near the temple for Rs 5 an hour. Ladies’ cycles are also available. There are no good maps in english, it is best to learn a few tamil phrases and letters before going.

There are beautiful and clean bathing spots near Pamban bridge. (Agni Theertham is not clean at all and too busy.)

However since I did not use any sunblock lotion, my face is charred and it may take a few days to “peel and heal”.

Railway Bridge: Pamban Bridge : Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

Railway Bridge: Pamban Bridge : Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

The govt. glass boat rides do not show you these beautiful reefs and coloured fish. They charge you for a full boat if no one is there, We paid Rs 320, to look over the boat’s edge and see some general corals and come back in about 10 minutes.

Coral Reef : Pamban Bridge : Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

Rameswaram on Pamban Island : Pamban Bridge : Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

The fisherman bait these fish with a shrimp/prawn at the end of a thin blue plastic wire weighted by shells and throw them on the hot pavement where aided by a blow, they pant for breath and die.

Vaval : For Export to Indonesia : Pamban Bridge : Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

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Pamban Bridge : Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

Pamban Bridge : Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

Pamban Bridge : Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

Pamban Bridge : Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

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Pamban Bridge : Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

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KiliMeen for Indonesia/Japan: Pamban Bridge : Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

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Fisherman on the Pamban Bridge : Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

Vaval : For Export to Indonesia : Pamban Bridge : Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

Pamban Bridge : Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

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Discarded Fish : Pamban Bridge : Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

Discarded Fish : Pamban Bridge : Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

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Coral Reef : Pamban Bridge : Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

Coral Reef : Pamban Bridge : Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

Rameswaram on Pamban Island : Pamban Bridge : Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

Coral Reef : Pamban Bridge : Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

Rameswaram on Pamban Island : Pamban Bridge : Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

Rameswaram on Pamban Island : Pamban Bridge : Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

Rameswaram on Pamban Island : Pamban Bridge : Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

Blue Sea Blue Sky : Pamban Bridge: Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

Rameswaram on Pamban Island : Pamban Bridge : Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

Railway Bridge: Pamban Bridge : Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

Railway Bridge: Pamban Bridge : Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

Pineapple Seller : Pamban Bridge : Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

Pineapple Seller : Pamban Bridge : Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

Dhanushkodi (Dhanushkoti) – A perfect beach.

The Royal Park Hotel organized a jeep for us, from Rameswaram, for Rs 1000/-. Later we located the tourist office in the bus stand. They told us we could have taken a bus to Dhanushkoti entrance and a fisherman’s jeep from there to Dhanushkoti tip for Rs 60.

It was too beautiful to take pictures. But I took a couple anyway and captured the rest in my mind’s eye.

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Dhanushkoti Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

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Dhanushkoti Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

Dhanushkoti Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

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Dhanushkoti Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

Dhanushkoti Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

Dhanushkoti Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

Dhanushkoti Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

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Dhanushkoti Photo Credit : Satya Sarada Kandula : All Rights Reserved

Sarada Sarovar

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The vacant sites around my house, fill up with water during the rains and create an eco-system par excellence. With frogs eating mosquitoes and cranes eating frogs. Nowadays dogs too hunt in these waters. And when the fish and crabs grow big, Kodigehalli children come fishing with nets or plastic packets.

I have egoistically named these ephemeral ponds – Sarada Sarovar after myself!

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Tea at the Palace

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The kings’ palaces have been converted to hotels. Some of them have turned to politics but others rent their palaces out to hotels and museums. The Wodeyars were much loved kings. They also gave land to the college where I studied.. SJCE, Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering… We went to jayamahal palace hotel for lovely, if costly, tea and snacks.

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Giving Books to City Central Library, Kodigehalli

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Most of the folks we saw were reading newspapers and one boy was reading a textbook. But the librarian assured us that people do borrow and read books. So if you are looking to give away books, that could be a choice for you.

Low Key Ganesha Celebrations in Kodigehalli

This time round, there was not much money to spend, so Ganesha celebrations were not much at all. Also something appears to have limited the loudspeaker religion. Now songs or sounds at all.

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An expedition to alliance francaise and max mueller bhavan

We were checking  out foreign language courses in Bangalore and we took some pictures!

Yelahanka – Bangalore

We went to Yelahanka railway station to pick up my parents after losing 3 phone conversations asking them to get down at Bangalore Cantonment. Their winning argument was, don’t bother – we’ll bring ourselves home.

The train was late so we had a little romp around the railway station. We discovered temples and weaving machines.

Take a look :

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Bangalore Cantonment

The station was so clean and pretty. There is a new train to Kolar now.

Evening at Bhadrappa Layout

Photo Framer's Shop : where the second hand book sho[ used to be

We were waiting for the dry puri (snacker’s stop) and sugar cane juice (near big bazaar).

On Display

Vishnu (Omnipresent) Gagana Sadrusha (Looks Like The Sky) Megha Shyamam (Dark as Cloud) )