When Gauri Habba and Ganeshana Habba come on the same day, it's a busy busy day all over the household.
Get up well before dawn, bathe, get the kitchen going and prepare the Naivedya for Gauramma, then perform the Gauri Pooja, then get back amongst the works to get the Naivedya
@libcrusader
Do you take bath daily?
Or simply say 'why should I spend money on everyday maintenance?'
Oh you're the kind to crave freebies, I guess. Sorry. Should've known.
My colleague has her vote in Kodagu and her husband has his in Bengaluru. He's already at the polling booth. Once he gets his finger inked, they're both driving to Kodagu so that she can do likewise.
So much hardships taken!
What's your excuse?
Let's all go and
#Vote
!
'Mathsyagandha Vyaktapadisi!!!'
Such buffoonery!!! 😂😂😂
Express means 'Fast vehicle' here. Not 'make your thoughts known'.
And let me express my utter dismay at the abject lack of awareness by
#TVC
division of
#SouthernRailway
!!
#Kannada
Went up to Bengaluru Cafe to meet
@Tejasvi_Surya
this morning.
"Tejasvi, ee sarthi 5 Laksha margin!"
"Houda! Kodise bidtheera?"
"Khanditha kodisona"
And once
@annamalai_k
joined him, what was already a burgeoning crowd swelled with goodwill further. One had to be very strong to
Thank you Shri
@annamalai_k
for joining our election campaign in Bengaluru South, today.
Your work as DCP of Bengaluru South is remembered by the people till date. The craze among the residents is unbelievable.
Grateful to all who joined in such large numbers.
At a
#Satyanarayana
#Puje
today. Generally, the Sankalpa is made in the name of the Karta, stating their Nakshatra (birth star) and Rashi (Zodiac). Blessings are invoked for their well-being and prosperity.
Today, however, it was special.
#Sankalpa
was made for the well-being of
Learnt that this is the Ghana-paaraayana being performed. Vedas, also called Shruthi, were passed on from Guru to Shishya by recital only. No writing.
This the most intense and difficult of all the various methods of Veda-Paaraayana.
Thanks a million for this,
@ShefVaidya
ma'am
@doddaganesha
@sachin_rt
I was in the stadium the next morning. He batted for a hour or so and hit 60 runs. Those shots are still live in memory. ಕಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಕಟ್ಟಿದ ಹಾಗೆ ಇದೆ. ☺️☺️
Learning that
#Upma
is the favourite of our accomplished and beloved PM !
What better start for a week!?
@narendramodi
Ji, aap ko
#TeamUppittu
mein hardik swagat hai!
Ishwar se prarthana hai ki aap hamare yahaan aayein aur hamein aap ko Upma parosne ka saubhagya mile!! 🙏🏽☺️
I'm taking the liberty if sharing the FB post of
@ShefVaidya
ma'am here. I concur with every sentence, bar the last one.
The last movie that I watched in a theatre was.....I don't know, can't recollect. It was sometime in 2016. 😅😅😅😅
@edentravels
@thetimes
It's not Everest. It's in the Lahaul and Spiti valley. On the world scale, close enough to Mt. Everest, but the actual distance is some 1000 miles, if not more. 😊
@Shayonnita15
@viswas_mr
You did what you could to help her in the time you had.
I see a bright side to this story too.
The lady has come out and is making a life for herself rather than withdraw into a shell or such like. She will yet learn to manage.
Let's believe in the irrepressible human spirit.
"Indian Sweets carry Positive Psychology Messages. It's all about Perspective.
1. Jalebi : Your Shape doesn't matter, your nature does. No matter how messed up you look or life is, keeping a sweet tone will always help.
2. Rosogolla : No matter how much you are squeezed by
#WeFirstMet
2007, Her aunt's place:
1hr went by in a min.
Week later in her room:
"I might go abroad"
"Go 😃"
"You?"
"I'll stay"
...the 💐 didn't reach the hands they were meant for.
10d later:
"Be mine"
We've since been balancing work, lives, disagreements, twins, etc.😊😊
We met nearly 20 years ago in french tuitions while we were still teenagers, and right now we are trying to convince our toddler that she cannot take all her soft toys for a bath :)
It is so pristine that 1 almost feels sorry for stepping in and dirtying the floor with 1's footsteps. There was a caretaker lady, whom I spoke to and found out a little more. A community-funded Radhe-Shyam temple, Puja is performed every day. And the priests are Dalits.
Estd. by Sri. Vinayak Damodar
#Savarkar
during his days at Ratnagiri, this neat little temple has held on to its legacy till date.
Nearby is the jail in which he was kept prisoner.
We don't get to know of these shining examples of social harmony, do we? 😊😊
#VeerSavarkarJayanti
#Bhakti
Faith can move mountains, they say. Faith has no limits.
Be it the ladies who light lamps on each of the 3550 steps along the path to
#Tirumala
, or those who climb the 'MokaliMettu' on their knees (Mokali is Telugu for knees and Mettu is steps). It's a stretch of 300-odd
This is not Nagaland or 'somewhere in Assam'. It is 2500km away from Assam.
This is the road to Himavat Gopalaswamy Betta near
#Mysore
.
Himavat means full of mist.
Betta is Hill.
There's a Gopalaswamy temple on top.
This place is situated in the
#Bandipur
(बण्डीपुर) reserve
My brother-in-law cast his vote in Tumkur and then, he's brought his wife to her polling booth in Bangalore.
There are people who are moving heaven and earth to make sure that their vote counts.
What's your excuse,
#Bangalore
city?
Let's all go and
#Vote
!
Let's take the poll
FORTUNE.
To grow up in the company of both sets of Thathas and Ajjis...to have their doting aunty surprise them with a cake...to have all of them bless the kids as they step into a new year...
...and we're
#thankful
. 😇
In
#MileSurMeraTumhara
the cam looks East as the DeccanQueen glides by the riverside.
I went to the very same spot (to the inch, you know!) to take in the very same scene with
#VandeBharat
, but when I turned towards the setting sun, not a bad view!
#revisit
#throwback
A nondescript gate on a rain-drenched, potholed road. Inside, a parijata shrub with flowers dropped around it, & a courtyard, refreshingly clean. To one side, a glass statue of Savarkar and a marble bust of Sriman Bhagoji Baloji Keer. In front, the temple.
#VeerSavarkarJayanti
Us
#SouthIndians
and our love affair with the 'ಬಾಳೆ ಎಲೆ' - the
#plantainleaf
!
That too, if
#lunch
is the first square
#meal
of the day after a sleepless night and an early start.
What succour!! 😇😋
#New
#Thread
#travel
#trains
Soon enough, I'll be able....
...to get onto a train again...
...to sit at the door again...
...to watch the ground underneath whiz by...
...to TIE UP MY SHOELACE AND FLY.
1. 'Doorplating on a winter morning, somewhere in the Odiya hinterland.
1. Every
#MakaraSankranti
, I'm reminded of the Spinning Top. लट्टू. ಬುಗುರಿ. பம்பரம்.
Unlike kite-flying, it's not a ritual sport, at least AFAIK.
My dad would use this analogy when he explained the path of the sun around the earth through the year - the
#Solar
#ecliptic
.
So the cute Nagara-Panchami ritual of 'bennu savaruvudu' at ours(pic1). Sisters apply some milk & ghee to their brothers' back.
The kadubu (pic2) . Khara (left, open at ends) and sweet (right).
Earlier, thani-yereyuvudu to Naga devathe at home.
#NagaraPanchami
#NagPanchami2021
So, the other night, Mrs. Uppittoo had to go to a hospital nearby for an emergency delivery. 11pm. An hour's work. Uppittoo dropped her off and thought it was better to wait it out there, rather than come home and go again. First, he went to a cafe next door to wait it out, but
So about y'day. All of us had the day off at once and so, we went on a
#Drive
. To Melukote in Mandya district. While most of the district is made up of the lush green Kaveri and Shimsha basins, there are some parts with typical Deccan plateau topography with small hillocks strewn
Apart from
#Pics
of the humble
#Idli
, why not celebrate
#WorldIdliDay
with a
#Sanskrit
#Shloka
?
Honest, own attempt. IDK if these words appear in any text. 😊😊
खाद्यां लोकप्रियां एव श्वेतां मृदुसरलां च ते।
तण्डूलमाषसंभूतां इड्डलिका इति उच्यते।।
#chaupadi_chauka
#ಚೌಪದಿ_ಚೌಕ
A story of a
#journey
a month ago and some
#food
on the go...
...it started off with a nice leisurely lunch at BLR's O80 lounge, but little was I to know what an amazing ride lay in store for me around the jungles of the Terai... 😊😊
It seems y'day was
#worldsareeday
.
This pic is probably 33-34 years old. A fancy dress competition in our locality. Mom dressed me up as a Koravanji, my loud protestations regardless.
Oh, and this got me the first prize, if I may add. 😁😁
ನಾಡ ಹಬ್ಬ ನವರಾತ್ರಿ!
ಬೊಂಬೆಗಳ ಹಬ್ಬ ನವರಾತ್ರಿ!!
Bhuvaneshwari Devi is the family deity of our royal family and Navarathri is the main festival of our Old Mysore region.
Wishing everyone a
#Happy
#Navaratri
😊💐💐
This was our
#Golu
arrangement last year, by the way.
Met my friend the rising sun after a long long time today. Need I add that it was an illuminating meeting? 😊😊
Sunrise over Basadi Betta, just outside Tumkur city, Karnataka.
#sundayvibes
#sunrise
#earlytorise
@superachnural
You might be bemused to know that I always wash my own plates and I can do a jolly good job of cleaning up the kitchen at the end of the day.
Didn't actually want to bother with this tweet, but I thought it was better to let people know that there are plenty of men if my ilk.
Don't know where this convoy is from, but this is how a civilian will (and should) naturally regard the Armed forces.
@TinyDhillon
sir. 🇮🇳🙏🏽
What say
@vijaita
?
We have a proverb in Kannada. Translation in pucca butlerish :
Donkey what knows musk fragrance !? 😂😂
Jokes apart, always a daft idea to summarily diss other tastes, especially something that's quite popular across a region.
KOO CHUK CHUK CHUK....
168 years ago today, the first train rolled on Indian soil. Over the years, the
#IndianRailways
has played an integral, pivotal and vital role in India's growth story.
#HappyBirthday
In the past 9 hrs, I've gone to MYS, run an errand, lunched, gone around town clicking, come back to the rly stn, boarded a train (not VB. No.) & back to B'lore.
I'm fresh as a daisy.
Unthinkable in the era before doubling & wiring.
Rail >>> Road 😎
#IndianRailways
😍
@SWRRLY
I want to thank each and every one of you for the
#warm
#Wishes
.
I still will, come tomorrow.
For now, a totally sapped out Uppittoo offers a feeble
#Thanks
in general to the lovely tweeps around here. 😇🙏🏽💐
ವೈಭವ.
1. Each & every pillar of
#Mysore
#palace
radiates grandeur.
Built in 1300s. The teak facade was destroyed in a fire in 1896.
Restored in 1912 by Raja Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar, the architect of modern Mysore. He takes his rightful place as a life-size replica today.
Anyone else gets dope when they look at a brand new
#citybus
?
I don't get to travel in these often. I would like to. 😊😊
On the way back from hospital today, spotted a couple of these. Right off the RTO. Registered not 48hrs ago!
#BMTC
#Bengaluru
@BMTC_BENGALURU
Influenced by
@DrDeepakKrishn1
, I too wanted to post a tribute to our
#Rama
.
Please put up with shortcomings, which there are aplenty. 😊🙏🏽
Rather late for a
#RamaNavami
post, by the way.
1. Mr. T, age 97. Sat bold upright, morning after surgery.
#blessed
us all.
2. Folk art all the way from Tripura. A lady at follow-up, her lump got rid of earlier.
3. One of my wife's patients insisted on visiting us and sharing a cake on their kid's 1st bday.
ಮೃಷ್ಟಾನ್ನ. My son said 'Come everyday. We can have such feasts daily' to our guests today.
Carrot kosambari, Cabbage + chana palya, pudina pulav, cucumber-carrot mosaru-bajji (thayir pacchidi), rice, rasam, jilebi, chips, curdrice & fruit salad (not in pic).
#Sunday
#lunch
Our 6-yr-olds are throwing a party and everyone's invited! 😃😃
On the menu,
Palak roti, kachumber salad, Palak Paneer, Bisibelebhath, Alu palya and Jilebi.
#kids
#play
#playdoh
@TheRealDoctorT
This is the next level,
@TheRealDoctorT
!! Stratospheric. It's like you're flying us all in a super-swank rocket into space....galaxies we didn't even know existed....at the end of it all, that familiar, reassuring silky-smooth landing. Signature you. Scintillating. As usual. 😊😊