Archive for June, 2007

reunion with an old friend

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

I am truly priviledged about how this little fellow had chosen us to take care of him. In a way, just to be wild and imaginative, I feel reunited with some great friend of the past life who has come to me again to teach many things!

common_man flickr account

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

Long long ago, around the time I’d gotten engaged, a kind reader of this site had generously gifted me a Flickr Pro account. I had liberally uploaded tons of my photos. Now that account has expired, and I’m left with most of my photos ‘disabled’ but not deleted. If any reader out here has any […]

buzzzzzzzy bee

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

Slight modification of a famous quote for this photo 😉

the common bird – the crow

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

kaage Originally uploaded by common man. This is this particular common man’s favorite common bird – a crow. This fellow was flying around Sankey Lake. There are lots of them here, and one can see them bathing, and balancing on a narrow thin branch, etc Crows are really intelligent birds, capable of using tools (who […]

the road not taken at Horanadu

Monday, June 11th, 2007

Horanadu temple Originally uploaded by common man. The Annapoorneshwari temple at Horanadu is quite famous. We arrived at Horanadu yesterday night and witnessed the Mahamanglaarthi at this temple at 21:15, a beautiful event with a LOT of lighted lamps. The darshan – where you can walk past the diety (in this case, Goddess Annapoorneshwari) as […]

mesmerised by art at Belur

Monday, June 11th, 2007

mesmerised by the art Originally uploaded by common man. Here’s a moment when my mom is just amazed by the fantastic scupltures of Belur, which is more than just a temple but an exhibhition of art. More pictures…