Kerela is breathtakingly beautiful and can ameliorate spiritual standards. The Shivratri was in a very small town called Kollam and being from a big city of Mumbai, I could not comprehend that 1.5 kms in any direction simply ends the boundaries of this town. Almost a hundred thousand people thronged to the locales of this town, from different countries and raised the tourism quotient to new levels. Simple people with excellent life styles reside in this miniature township. Each house is home to a banana tree, a coconut tree and a mango tree and vegetation in their backyard. During the daytime, we all thronged to the shops to buy spices, cashews and I also bought a handmade steel casted stockpot. The shopkeepers were very upbeat to their new international customers. Though my mom is not very gung-ho about my adventure in finding this vessel, I can’t wait to cook in it 🙂
On my way back, I had a flight from Cochin so I travelled for 5 hours in a bus. The first thought was of tiredness but when I saw the backwaters running parallel to the ocean I became sanguine about the entire journey. I quickly established contact with my neighbor and he told me that in the ancient past when there were no roads, the backwaters were the only route to Cochin. The journey was long but there were so many astonishing sights that I did not even get down at Errnakulam where the bus had taken a long break to offload.
Trees are my best friends when I travel and I like to watch their growth, guess their age and assess their happiness remainder. Some fully loaded with fruits, some dancing to nature’s glory, some fully blossomed with flowers there were lots of them and Kerela worships her nature. The nature around is so vibrant, so lively, so breathtakingly beautiful that one has to close his eyes to worship this creation and it unknowingly will take you deep within – to the most beautiful place on planet earth. You. Only You.
PS:- Attaching Some more pics from the divine Shivratri event. Enjoy. Yes, I know you are waiting for Guruji’s opening silence song Audio 🙂
You have praised Kerala so much that can’t wait to be there. KTDC should pay you for attracting tourists. Actually Kerala was more divine cause of HIS presence (Need not to mention that!)
The so called stock pot has arrived in Mumbai and is waiting for your HIGHNESS so that something can be cooked in it.
Wow bhaiyya!!! What a post! and kya awesome vocab hai 🙂
Thank You bhayya for the comments on the blog …. and yeah ,, u can help me get the visitors 🙂 ,,, a link from your post would do a world of good 🙂 ,,,and motivate me to take better shots 🙂
This is a wonderful post on kerala.. the greenery of the place is at its visible magnificence when you fly over kerala.. im happy that you found happiness in the greenery of kerala.. maybe that’s y gurus like shankaracharya were awakended to the cause of the divinity.. that soothing touch of natural greenery is something that ill mis forever..
yes, rajesh bhaiya you have got the essence in your narration of kerala visit. i actually had the same feeling while being in that place during shivratri. last two words of the description were the essence .
Only one word to describe it, “Nice”.:-)
Infact, “Very Nice”!!