Come monsoons and we have a lot of outdoor activities shutting down or limping to a slower pace. A very few which remain active for at least some days is parasailing.

Getting ready on table top, Panchgani.
Enjoying parasailing in

Again one of my favourite pictures, not photographically though.
I love the way nature is trying to engulf us in its beauty and still some of us try to fight it away with as small as a mobile phone.

Sunset at Ganapatipule
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Every new place I visit, the first thing in mind comes is whether I would be able to see a sunset or not. Then sometimes my husband V, (if he is traveling with me) has to gently remind me of geographical location of the place and that it might be a good idea to see a sunrise instead of a sunset.

Such is

The year 2009 is gone. It was satisfying as far as travel is concerned. Except for one or two, all places were new to me. Not many to count but observed and learnt a lot during the course.
And all these trips were personal trips, not work related.
It was Ratnagiri and Ganapatipule to begin with. Temples, forts and beaches greeted us with stories of their own.

Then it was Bangaluru. solo trip. Somehow I felt more uncomfortable in going

One of the major railway

We meet so many people on our way who leave sweet and sour memories with us. This was a couple engaged in their own world.

I didn’t want to go very close to them, to intrude in their private moments that they were able to snatch some… away from this world.
I was shooting the

The Hindu worshipers generally take a round (Parikrama) of a temple to conclude their puja (worshipping). Generally it happens within the temple compound.
But Ganapati temple at Ganapatipule has something more to offer. One of them is the parikrama (circular) path which is especially made for this purpose. It surrounds the temple and a small hillock belonging to temple complex. The temple itself is not very big.

The Parikrama path is more than 2 Kms long but the most important thing which very few people know about it,