well... i quite wonder wat to blog abt.... but i do so much want to.... last month i tried a bit abt my trip to thirunelli... but had a pretty draggy mood then..... so gonna try a fresh start.. to strat with.. im a person very much driven by mood,,,..! i get tired of it most times myself... u know... u sit up determined to get somethin done n thts when its pings u.... " u r jus not in the mood" its sucks, u know!!
                     i have lots of ideas abt stuff tht i wanna put out to the world but jus lackin in pretty fundamental things like oppotunity, time, efficient means... if u ask me wat stuff... it spans the general concern range... people in need , spirituality, meaning of life...., findin urself, n etc,,,..!! 

To start  my story of the place wud mean goin way back in time.... our first visit was probably around wen i was a toddler myself... obviously i dnt remember much from it...

But we frequented the place so often... ( it being our fav weekend getaway...) it soon became so much etched in my mind tht.... it feels so much at home...every turn...every bend...every tiny little tea stalls on the way....the whole ride itself s the reward..! the fact tht it jus takes a coupla hours to transform ur environs from the usual busybody day... to this most serene wilderness!! the memory of my foursome family....the laughter... the silly fears.. the excitement to spot the wayside wildlife...(elephants r known to be awestrikin if u ask me) it was like the easy little trip to our own Fantasy land...

I truly believe tht my love... passion.. for Nature cropped up slowly n deeply from these expeditions takin deep roots in the young mind... its like a part of me...any memory of my childhood s related to these numerous trips... certainly happy times!!! its hard to wipe out the smile once i start dweLling in those times!!
 But it so happened tht wen i was around 10 yrs old or so... my dad got transferred pretty outta the state...We then darent think we were ever gonna make it back... at least certainl;y not for anytime soon!!

Years went by.. n the place jus got pushed to the back alleys of our memory lane...!! we did wish from time to time..wat fun it d be to get back carefree to those days!! but left it jus remained a whim...

Soon time came by for me to enter col.....i took up the medical field...it was the marking for bigger things of course...but some things even bigger than expected were lying hidden in wait for me..... for all of us... mom was diagnosed with Ca breast... followed an year of  surgeries n chemo n radiotherapy.... im not goin into any further details....coz thts not wat i wanna blog abt exactly in this page....  anyway she made it out wonderfully after it all....n then followed 4 yrs of pure bliss... n dad even got transferred back to our old place.... things wer gleamin golden in our horizon.... jus wen we were settlin back comfortably, God Revealed He already had different plans for us... That one day changed our lives without even a bit of warning.... n we tumbled thro 8 most horrific months of our lives....which finally culminated in Amma passing on...

In Kerala...among hindus, we have a custom after a person passes on.... his or her offspring must perform certain ritual "Bali" as we call it... for each month for the next 12 months at certain temples known for undertakin this ritual... it so happened tht our favorite place was one known for such proceedings...

Never in our dreams wud we ever have thot this wud be the reason Fate wud give us, to visit our ex-Wonderland....but it did!!!

hey there,... jus startin up... first let me introduce myself... as far as im concerned im a Nature enthusiasist... an ardent photo amateur...n a medico by profession!!! n this s gonna be my first blog.. so im jus gettin warmed up.... thus pls ignore the cliches...... thank u!!!