BlackThunder;a water theme park in Nilgiris

First time mom is visiting our home after marriage. Sri and I planned to take mom and bro to Black Thunder on this weekend.    

 

Black Thunder Water Theme Park is Asia's No:1 Water Theme Park, nestled in natural beauty with the green hills of the Nilgiris for a backdrop and the cooling shelter of trees.This entertainment hub features a series of thrilling water rides. Wave pool, surf hill, wild river ride, lazy river ride, family raft, cannon ball ride, speed slide, shot gun slide, kiddies pool, dashing boat and thunder rain are some among them. Boating facility is available.

My brother Yaswanth is fond of visiting such parks and he is excited to go there. He played a lot in the all water games along with Sri. Here are some snaps of our trip.

Pelli Muchatlu

First of all I thank one and all who blessed us on this happiest moment.

on 10th April morning rituals started in my home and arrangements were going on to make me bridegroom. After nalugu and pellikuthuri snanam i performed the Gowri puja. Relatives were arriving and we started to Kalyana mandapam. The rituals of Vakka Sangyam and dinner were finished.

Pelli Peddalu

friends@my pelli

11th April .. the day came which we both were eager,tensed, happy and all types of feelings in mind. On muhartam time Sri tied the knot and now onwards i am the queen of his heart.

sweet mom

I once again thank my friends who shared this happiness along with us.

Pelli Pilupu

Its now my turn to invite for wedding. This is the most auspicious and happiest moment in my life. Please be there to share my happiness...

Our Wedding will be a fairy tale..

a dream without end

We'll be singing all day

as we set for fun

at our wedding in the sun!

We invite you to climb aboard our wedding cruise

on the yacht on APRIL 11th 2009

leaving port promptly at 7.45 AM

                                        Sri & Josh

Trip to South Tamil nadu

Its mom's passion to travel to all pilgrimage places in India. She has been very eager to visit temples of Tamilnadu. She knows and trusts astrology a lot. Inorder to perform Rahu puja by me we planned to TiruNageswaram , a town nearby Kumbakonam famous for Rahu bhagawan (one of the nine celestial bodies). I googled Maps of Tamilnadu and found that we can cover Srirangam of Trichy, Tanjore and Kumbakonam at one stretch.

We started and first reached Srirangam, an island and a zone in the city of Tiruchirpalli(Trichy) which is bounded by the Cauvery river on all sides. The Ranganathaswaamy temple is dedicated to Lord Ranganatha, a reclining form of Lord Vishnu.The temple occupies an area of 156 acres with a perimeter of 4,116m making it the largest temple in India and one of the largest religious complexes in the world. We were warned by the guide that if we loses the way its difficult to come out from the same door.We were in shocked mood to see such a big temple. At the entrance big elephants are present blessing the devotees who offers coin or banana. The deity here resembles of the deity in Dashavatram movie. We felt very pious to visit such a deity and temple.

Courtesy:Google The main deity of Srirangam

Ganesa(Tamilians call Elephant as Ganesa0

Next we planned to Tirunageswaram as we have to perform Rahu puja during Rahukalam. As it was sunday and Rahukalam was by 4:30 we started immediately. As we took 3000/- ticket we were made sit in front of the diety.Here milk abhishekam is performed daily during Rahukaalam. At this time, the milk that is poured on the statue turns blue when it passes over the body and once again to white after it reaches the floor. We watched this wonder. This is also the only place wherein one can view Rahu bhagawan with his consorts.

After performing puja we started to Tanjore. The famous Brihadeeswara temple is situated here.It is the world's first complete granite temple and a brilliant example of the major heights achieved by Cholas kingdom Vishwakarmas in temple architecture. It is a tribute and a reflection of the power of its patron RajaRaja Chola. The temple is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Greta Living Chola Temples". Here not only the main deity Siva Lingam is very huge but al other statues of nandi, Dakshinamurthy are also so huge. After seeing this temple we could not stop praising our Indian architecture.

Front view of Tanjore temple

Dakshina Murthy Temple of Tanjore