A WEEKEND TRIP TO ANATHAGIRI - PADMANABHA SWAMY TEMPLE

Sri Anantha Padmanaba Swamy is located on Ananthagiri hills which is 75 km from Hyderabad.It is a lovely temple to visit . It is a very old temple in which swamy idol is different from the usual balaji statue . Lord vishnu is in the form of Sri Anantha Padmanaba Swamy.
This temple have an underground way to Kasi . This temple was installed by Rishi Markandeya .
The main temple was built by hyderabad nawab . To know more about the temple CLICK HERE.

We had a weekend trip to this temple . It was a wonderful drive through the forest of Ananthagiri Hills . A must place to visit .

Front View of the temple , with huge statues of Lord Anjaneya and Lord Garuda .


This huge tomb is used to lit lights during festivals . They will place lights in each stone .



Very old ganesh idol in the entrance .


Lord Shiva(Lingam ) in the temple .



Statue of Nandi in the front of lingam shrine.



A stand to lit lamp in front of it .


Some forts in the hills ,




Fishes in the pond ,






Sending this to Jagurti's Joy of Cooking while travelling .

SAVE OUR TIGERS

The major campaign that hit the headlines and all the screens in India is 'SAVE OUR TIGERS . Tiger is our national animal . It is a sad fact to know that there are only 1411 tigers left . They are nearing extinction . It is our responsibility to save them . What are we going to do to save them ?. How are we going to protect them ? .We can go do a small help . We , the bloggers , can be a small part of this awareness campaign regarding this issue.We can spread this information all over the world .We can post this issue in our blog , try in all ways to communicate this major issue to everyone .Each and every small word regarding this will help the tigers .Let us all join hands to 'Save our Tigers .

This is only of the click we took in Nehru Zoological park , Hyderabad , March 2009 :



You can have more information regarding this in www.saveourtigers.com and http://www.elvidge.com/users/jimbo/tigers/news.htm. We celebrate our Earth Day on April 22 . We can take resolution to plant trees every year on this day with our friends , family members and neighbours . We can plant trees in our nearby parks .I appreciate all the playschools for celebrating Earth and Nature's Day to educate the Children about the values of nature . Act soon , let us all hope for the best .

'SAVE OUR TIGERS' , HELP THEM .

PROJECT ON TRANSPORTATION

This is the project which i made for my daughter's Transportation Day celebration in her school.This took one whole night .


MATERIALS REQUIRED :

Thermocol sheets -- 2 big size
Black colour sheet -- 2
Popsticks -- 1
Glue
Pebbles -4
Water colours


This picture shows model of ROAD TRANSPORT AND WATER TRANSPORT .

For roads,i used Black colour sheets , made Traffic Signal using Popstick , signal lights using colour cuttings from magazines .

For light house , i used waste invitiation card . I couldn't get a model of miniature of ship in a short time. So,i used cutting from magazine .For rocks, i used pebbles .


One more of this , bike cutting from paper .Popsticks showing signboard.

View from the top ,


This sheet shows model of RAILWAYS AND AIRWAYS .

For tracks , i used popsticks . For runway and helipad , i used black colour sheet .



Thank you friends for having a look of this .

Linking this to :

Show and tell

RANGOLI

Rangol

NATURE DAY PROJECT

This is one of the project which i made for my daughter's school , Earth and Nature's Day Celebration .

Whole view,



Decorated small christmas tree with nest (made of coconut fibre) and eggs of small thermocol pieces.


For grassland,i used green colour sheet and water-coloured river. Made those mountains with aquarium small pebbles .

Carved and painted waterfalls in thermocol sheet,farm fields using woolen threads .




For Den,i used coconut shell.


For Tree , i drew the tree in thermocol sheet and cut it.Then , glued paper cutting from magazines for leaves and branches.

CHRISTMAS CRAFTS EVENT

Hai friends ,

Well and wish you all the same . After a long time , I am back with my third enjoyable event , Christmas Crafts .




Photo : From Google search


Rules to be followed :

1) Make any type of crafts related to christmas .
2) Post it in your blog with a link back to the event .Feel free to use the logo.
3) Send a mail to shamanagscrafts@gmail.com . You can send christmas decorations in your home too .
4) Last date , January 31,2010.


Enjoy participating...have more fun....
Thank you ,

Cheers,
Shama Nags