Bursting with big blooms (clicked at an Ilford front garden
Does anyone know the name of this beautiful flower ?
Blooms covering entire leaves
A tree still hasn’t woken up
Fluffy blooms!
Palm tree in a different angle
Jet planes sketching lines on the sky
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Today is the 68th death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi the Father of the Nation of India. Mahatma means the great soul (maha – athma). Gandhi was assassinated at the former Birla house in New Delhi on the 30th of January 1948. The non- violence advocate was met by his assassin Nathuram Godse a Hindu nationalist while he was walking with his grand nieces to a prayer in the garden. Gandhi was aged 79 (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948)
Former Birla house is now known as Gandhi Smirti which serves as a museum for the great soul as he has spent his last days in that house. Last January our family had the opportunity to visit the former Birla house and would like to share some photos on Mahatma Gandhi’s 68th Death anniversary.
Tracing Gandhi’s last steps in this world
On the way to his prayers
Accompanied by his grand neices
The place of Gandhi’s martyrdom
last few minutes..
“Hey Ram” was the last words uttered by the Great Soul.
Mahatma Gandhi stayed in a room at the back of the Birla’s house. It was a simple room with his only few possessions as described in the images.
A view from his room to the garden
Worldly remains of Gandhi
Mahatma’s bed without sheets (currently it is covered with a sheet and a cushion)
A little space where he met his visitors (Birla’s house)
Spinning wheel and a desk to use his mighty pen. Three favourite monkeys are also in the image ” See no evil, hear noevil speak no evil”
Gandhis’ walking stick and his footwear
Gandhi, a living truth by Rabindranath Tagore
Mamallapuram is a place in South India situated ~ 60 km south of Chennai (Madras). Travel time by car takes approximately an hour from Chennai. Historically Mamallapuram was a busy seaport and now a tourist attraction. Tourists flock the place to view famous rock carvings and temples (rathas) which were carved in granite during 7th– 8th century. It is one of the many world heritage sites in India and also an archaeological site of the Tamil Nadu state.
Butter ball
Apart from the carvings, there is a large ball of stone balanced on hilly slope positioned as if it may roll down any minute.
Krishna’s Butter- Ball at Mamallapuram (Front view) (photo: Saba-Thambi022015)
Tourists taking photos at Butter-Ball (Photo: Saba-Thambi Feb 2015)
According to the tour guide, the rock has been there for many centuries. During British occupation in the eighteen hundreds the rock was tested against gravity to see if it could be rolled away from its position. They also used roped elephants to pull it down but the ball never moved an inch!
The locals coined the rock “Krishna’s butter ball” as Lord Krishna was notorious for stealing the butter balls in his younger days. Even though the rock looked like a ball from one side, the view from another side tells a different story. The side view reveals the elongated part the rock hence the center of gravity well and truly balancing the rock without falling!
Side view of the Butter-Ball (photo: Saba-Thambi)
Nowadays the rock has become an attraction where tourists pose for photos as if they were preventing the rock from sliding down the slope. The rock was never free to take a photo without anyone in the background. It was also providing shade for the tourist to stay away from the hot sun.
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