marina beach - the longest beach in india

got a chance to go to chennai for some office work. though the trip to chennai was made by air, but the trip from abhirampura to marina beach was by road :-). this time of the year in cheenai is quite wet. it kept raining for all the days i was there except the day i had to come back to bangalore. it was burning hot outside but the temptation to capture sea in my new panasonic camera was enough to go to marina.

on the way to marina


a boat


ready to fly


land, water and sky

all alone

me too ( all alone )

though it is debatable if this beach is one of the longest in the world, i think it can easily qualify as the worlds dirtiest beach :(

Mysore dussehra

idol being carried on top of elephant

mysore dussehra

dusshera celebrations in mysore are famous world over for its grandeur. its a 10 day festival which ends on the day of dusshera. on the 10th day idol of the goddess chamundi is taken all over the city on elephants. the procession starts from mysore palace and goes through all big roads of mysore. there are also a lot of cultural performances in this procession.

people trying to get inside the mysore palace

mysore palace

the procession starts at around 1:30 in the evening and goes through till sunset and you need to have pass to go inside the mysore palace.

cultural performances

all through these 10 days mysore palace is beautifully lit up at night, unlike normal days when mysore palace is lit up only on sundays.

guards

the weather in mysore is much hot compared to bangalore. there are 2 ways to reach mysore from bangalore. kanakpura road and mysore road. mysore road is really good and one can cover 140km stretch easily in 2 and half hours (provided you leave bangalore early morning to miss traffic near bhel).

places to see in and around mysore :- sri ranganathan temple, ranganthetu bird sanctuary , mysore palace, vrindavan gardens, chamundi temple, st. philomena's church and there are also a lot of small exibitions of pictures and ornaments from tipu's time

st. philomena's church

chamundi temple

hawa mahal

race course

ruins near sri ranganathan temple

checking the zoom of my cannon handycam