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SPIDER TEMPLE

Posted by Unknown at 10:48 AM Labels: animals, culture, herbs, kerala, malayalam, medicine, south, toxic, tradition, wildlife

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CHILANTI AMBALAM ( SPIDER TEMPLE)

This temple is famous for removing chilanti visham (Spider envenomation) situated near Adur, Kerala. People from all over Kerala make regular visits to this temple for prayer and removing chilanthi visham (spiders' poison) from those got spider bite and the following infections.

Ixora coccinea

Posted by Unknown at 1:05 PM Labels: close-up, flowers, herbs, medicine, plants, tamilnadu

Called as Vetchi (வெட்சி) in Tamil.

Images taken at Chennai, 1 month back by me!

The common Lime Butterfly (Papilio demoleus)

Posted by Unknown at 12:18 PM Labels: animals, Butterflies, close-up, tamilnadu, wildlife

Also called the Chequered Swallowtail.

Images taken at Chennai, 1 month back by me!

The Common Mormon (Papilio polytes)

Posted by Unknown at 11:24 AM Labels: animals, Butterflies, close-up, tamilnadu, wildlife

Image taken at Chennai, 1 month before by me!

Calotropis gigantea

Posted by Unknown at 1:47 PM Labels: close-up, flowers, herbs, medicine, plants, toxic

I shot this image 2 days back.

Clitoria ternatea

Posted by Unknown at 1:36 PM Labels: close-up, flowers, herbs, medicine, plants

I shot this image 2 days back.

Mamallapuram

Posted by Unknown at 2:06 PM Labels: buildings, History, sculpture, south, tamil, tamilnadu, technology, temple, tower, tradition

Image from: wikipedia

Virundavan

Posted by Unknown at 5:27 PM Labels: close-up, culture, History, people, tradition

Images from: http://www.asheshshah.com

Related links: http://widowsofvrindavan.blogspot.com/

Holi

Posted by Unknown at 5:14 PM Labels: close-up, culture, dance, History, people, tradition

Images from: Flickr

Cassia alata

Posted by Unknown at 3:07 PM Labels: close-up, flowers, herbs, medicine, plants

Image is shot by myself (!!!) with Nikon p80 2 days back.

I shot an image

Posted by Unknown at 12:22 PM Labels: close-up, technology

I shot this image last week with nikon P80 How's it?

Toda

Posted by Unknown at 12:05 PM Labels: culture, south, tamil, tamilnadu, tradition, tribal, wildlife

Toda Hut

Image from: wikipedia

Toda women with traditional clothings

Image from: www.nilgiris.tn.gov.in

Related links:

exploreooty.com

ooty.com

frontline.com

downtoearth.com

cbmphoto.co.uk

psyeta.org

Irula

Posted by Unknown at 11:53 AM Labels: animals, herbs, people, south, tamil, tamilnadu, tradition, tribal, wildlife

An Irula catching a snake from the field

An Irula family in search of snakes

Images from: www.kennislink.nl

Members of Irula Snake Catchers Industrial Co-op Society catching a snake in agricultural Field.

Image from: hinduonnet.com

Related links:

co-op.ac.uk

4to40.com

cbmphoto.co.uk

everyculture.com

Jarawa of Andaman Islands

Posted by Unknown at 10:44 AM Labels: close-up, people, tribal

Image from: indology.blogspot.com

Image form: survival-international

Rat temple

Posted by Unknown at 10:17 AM Labels: buildings, culture, temple, tradition

Image from: picasaweb albums

Image from: www.pbase.com

Chand Baori (a step well)

Posted by Unknown at 1:26 PM Labels: buildings, culture, History, technology, tradition

Image from Wikipedia

See also: Stepwell

Chola's ship Model

Posted by Unknown at 1:13 PM Labels: History, leaders, south, tamil, tamilnadu, technology, tradition

Image from Wikipedia

The Ganges

Posted by Unknown at 2:21 PM Labels: culture, History, Rivers, tradition

Image from:z.about.com

image from:www.smh.com.au

சுமைதாங்கி

Posted by Unknown at 11:54 AM Labels: culture, History, south, tamil, tamilnadu, tradition

Image from:www.kumagan.com

Indian king cobra

Posted by Unknown at 6:31 PM

image from natgeo

The man in the picture is Mr. Krishna Ghule handled a 'King Cobra '. He is Master in Snake Handling a King Cobra of Wt - 16 Kg, length - 12' - 3', Seized in Goa.