Ranjith’s Castle

Hogenekkal is the water fall present in the border of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The river kaveri flows via these hills into Tamil Nadu. I was been to this place last year, But I did not get a chance to move over the river. But this time when we visited the place last week, we made it. It was really a excellent experience. We were a crew of 13 members. We hired a couple of boats in addition to a cook who provided us with an excellent food with the country side chicken and Fish fries. The food was as excellent as the river. The river was a very narrow one with both sides banked by hills. The water level was little  below normal. There were a lot of water falls here and there on both the side of the hills. The boat-walla told that at times when there is a better water level, the boats cannot go near the falls. The beauty is one side of the hill belongs to Karnataka and the other side is for Tamil Nadu. The following image was the top view from Wikipedia.

Overall it was a great trip.

Cheers - Ranjith

I was out to my native and was on a long weekend!! My native being on the Southern most part of India is currently on the days of the South West monsoon with the Courtallam Season ON.  I was able to find the same amount of venom from the sun, but the winds blowing with a little of humidity made me feel much relaxed and cool. Being in the city, We really miss a lot of good things found around the country.

• A relaxed life.
• Good Air and water.
• Great winds that consoles your body and mind.
• Green Trees where you love to rest by.

I feel little nostalgic and want to live in such a peace rather than living in the hot polluted city.

The main constraint of moving to such place being in the software industry is the necessity of Internet to make your living. Tele-com Vendors are feeling the necessity to taking broadband to these places.  I feel that the days are not too long for us to migrate to such place. Waiting for the opportunity.

Cheers - Ranjith

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Last week we were out to one of my friends wedding @ Kumbakonam. Kumbakonam is a place that is surrounded by a lot of temples. Most temples were built during the period of cholas. Kumbakonam - Tanjore belt is famous for the fertility of the lands watered by the Great Kaveri river. During the month of January, I visited the famous Tanjai Periya Koil. The temple was built by the Great Raja Raja Cholan during 10th Century. This time we went to three temples - Pateeswaram , Darasuram , and GangaiKonda Cholapuram. Each temple has its own speciality. Darasuram is the temple dates back to the 12th Century and Gangai Konda chola puram dates back to 11th Century.

Cheers - Ranjith

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We traveled from Bangalore to Erode on last Sunday. We boarded the train in B’lore @ 6:15 am. The train crossed the Dharmapuri around 8:30 AM and I was on train on this line for the first time. It was a wonderful view out with full of hills and valleys to watch. Nature looked more attractive that it was able to move my eyes off a beautiful gal near me on to it. The train runs on the track laid at the edges of the ghats. Will really love to travel on the track on a sunny evening around 5 to 6 PM, when the golden rays of the dusking sun falls on it!!!

More photos are available in my Flickr

cheers - Ranjith

We were traveling to Neyveli last week for a friend’s wedding by car. A friend of mine lost his wallet in one of the motels we stopped by on the GST. We did not realize the misplacement till we attended the marriage and started to return. We suspected the motel halt and headed there on our return journey. We inquired the motel reception and we found that the purse has been handed over by some unknown person to the motel reception. We did not find any cash inside it, but all the credit cards were present. The motel wallah told that he tried all the numbers and none of them worked. I cross checked my purse and I do have only my mobile number in my purse and no other contact number. Please make sure you do have enough contact infos inside your Wallet. Only the wallet will return and not your money. Your VOIP phone numbers or your internet contact info won’t be the right things to be kept.