Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Yercaud - Day 2 - Rajarajeshwari Temple, Pagoda Point, Brothers' Academy, Sun Dial


Coffee beans along the drive.

The cool shady estates flanking the road...

More Coffee...some arrangements seemed better than the ones I had photographed. If I were the one driving, I would have stopped exactly where the 'picture perfect' was...

These two... Passed by many pretty ones. The lighting was perfect and sun mild and golden...but everyones said, while we return you take pictures, not now... when we returned, the sun was white hot and the picture, much less prettier... Timing is everything in life.




Rajarajeswari Temple... After the Mahameru temple and its beauty, this was unattractive...But I have to mention that I was surprised to see Muslim women in Burqas entering the temple and coming out of it! When I asked, they said, 'just like that...' and smiled



Miniature sculpture of shiva


Pagoda Point - A vantage point atop a hill, gets its name because of these stones piled up in the shape of little pagodas

View from there...




Some temple, there too...

Trying my best to look good :)


What a pretty house!


Montfort School - some famous fellows studied here.. forgot the names...

We are on entering the premises of an institude, an academy where Christian brothers study... We were asked not to take pictures

I enjoy defying rules. Such a beautiful well maintained place! One thing I love about Christian institutions! Their discipline, their cleanliness...



We had to pass through this in order to reach a vantage point from where you could see this elephant shaped hill...

This superintelligent structure gives you time. You look at where the shadow falls and depending on the month and date, you add/subtract a few minutes to the time indicated and you have the correct time! The sun dial!




One last stolen picture before leaving the premise!


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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