Glenmorgan

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This is one of a very lonely place in the Blue Mountains of Nilgiris, northwest of Ooty. It’s just a 25 km drive from ooty center taking the right narrow path next to Pykara falls on Gudalur road. When searching for some newly places in net rather than the usual tourist visit and I found some places in that Glenmorgan is what we visited on the 2nd day after arriving Ooty. Right oppose to ooty this place is completely silent and more than a tourist place it’s a picnic spot to spent a day, on the day we went it was mixed under cool breeze and sunshine giving enough soothing. It’s a narrow path to reaching Glenmorgan is one besides having tall trees monkeys occupied and grass sloppy hills. As we enter there was a small army camp was going and soldiers where on exercise, army vehicles and horses stayed. Little move further comes this small stream that a flow from few feet high is simpler joy, but it was down to capture and the glenmorgan tea estate welcomes with colorful bloomed flower garden belong to some private estate.

Before reaching the turner and top station in Glenmorgan, we parked on road side of the beautiful lake bank for lunch and it was greenish earth and chillness weather because of being near lake and the little waterfall sound just for only nature and our families the only nosier. After lunch, I and my cousins went around climbing the off-road then to getting a view of the lake, tea gardens and slopes; my wheels are helpful going around myself along the lake road and towards viewer point. The lake is used as fore bay for Pykara power house and fishes been catches in lake. To see our little cousin was disappoint not bringing the fishing hook to catch fish. In the whole trip this is some place unforgettable and the best in all.

Glenmorgan is one of an oldest tea estate in Nilgiris and a very famous then. Those these days it’s a gateway for Electricity Board workers to reach Pykara power house in Singara which is about 3km down from the hill here. To reach the viewer point and winch station at edge of the hill, one need to get permission from the EB office their; for us it was easy to enter where dad being a government official they leave us sending a guide to explain and inspect whether we are using cameras, which is strictly banned. To our surprise it was something unexpected to see a winch been operated (but not now) towards the steep valley and visible track passes along narrow steps and pipers caring water to the power house. The guide explains that EB workers used to go through the winch besides deep forest and shoals reaching power house and incase of even climbing up/down in the fearing steps.

To know the valley there is called green desert, to the eyesight where it’s only forest and shoals. The winch operation is temporary stop there because of disturbance by wild animals; and few meters away from the end, is said to be a road come tunnel been created for EB vehicle to reach Singara. A small statue of memorial of the chief engineers of the project Sir Henry Howard was kept their behind as lake. One thing is, we get a picturesque view from the edge of mist and green covered mountains and deep forest which is said to be the Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary. Getting back from there the sky was nearly closed by dark clouds and just after reaching govt. hostel where we stayed in ooty it was heavier the rain and kick started the strong cold.

Drop right, its our earth

Once we learn that human gives carbon dioxide and gets oxygen from trees/plants in cycle process to breath. Even today this process continues, but more carbon is given and little oxygen/fresh oxygen taken. Every moment carbon dioxide is been increasing in environment for human comfort and for our today’s needs. The roads been widen, new flyovers built for easy transport and to avoiding traffic jams so the trees removed and make the cars move freely and too carbons. That was not fully to avoid the development but also should concern about the carbon drinkers the trees to have a balance thing to stand. Many Indian states are to capture many industries to enter their foot and create business and to employment for their people, but one thing I feel they should see is the balance infrastructure and especially on pollution control.

Towards look clean city the Chennai corporations has put its first step from June 1, a ban on throwing garbage in public places and streets. To me it seems an unplanned rule for the Chennai citizens whom have practiced by throwing everything out and to see there are still overflowing dustbins here and there. It’s really a good plan and something I wished more to see our city clean and hygienic. The awareness would be a better thing to make possible this plan success, be preparing from school children, college youths, and office man everywhere and more important it should start from every home. Dropping waste comes to arguing most times with my cousins and they see it very silly what they throw never bothers them. I used to tell collection of drops the flood, but who listens. Ones we go to some place in public, we really search for clean place to stay ourself take for the beach, but how many of us realize a piece of the dirty is what we thrown last we visit.

We people don’t think seriously where all the city rubbish goes, just to know we are safe and clean. We are throwing everything out of our near boundary thinking it won’t affect us, but air has no bound, it spreads everywhere, when burning them it increases pollution. What to do for that? We have to reduce using plastics, make limit the vegetable and meat waste and recycle much we can like papers, water, woods and separate decay and non-decay waste thing. The energy and power should be saved; the world is not ending today, another side it still awakes and for future decades at looking for power.

World Environment Day
CO2, Kick the Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Economy

For you

Thank you all for the wishes, it was pleasant :)

Time for vacation...

In confusion
going through thoughts to decide the destination
to a travel enthuse its infinity any station
to travel
and to explore new... revisiting moments, revising memories.
Take care all, see u soon after a week long vacation :)

Marutheswarar Temple renovated

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The 45 year long uncompleted Main tower (Rajakopuram) of Chennai Thiruvanmyuir MarutheswararTemple was completed and was went into consecration ceremony today early. This temple has a history of more than 1,300 years and the inscriptions from the temple said to know some south Indian kings like First Rajeanthiran, Rajathee Rajan, Rajeanthira Shozath Theavan First Shozan where been taken to many services and to construct and maintain the temple in 11th century. Marutheswarar Temple was been get to singed by saints of Niyanasambanthar, Thirunavukkarasar and the Sage Valmiki who wrote The Ramayana get salvation from the divine in this temple so it get the name Thiruvanmiyur after a long period of time which was called as Thiruvalmikiyur. And in honoring him there was a street near to temple named Valmiki Nagar and a temple for him stands alone in centre of the ECR.

For Forty Five year it has been left unsighted by people with just column of seven standing and I to see mendicants stay there the most. It was the wish by people have exists today with the current govt.’s fund to renovate the structure in a crore. Today my parent's went to watch consecration ceremony and got me the pictures; and to know there is 9 days varies ceremonies to be held.