Snaps from Kochi

Some snaps from Fort Kochi and Mattancherry - Jewes town

Photo inside the photo

                               

                                             Ganesha in a lamp

Some dolls in a store                                     

A flower from Kerala's oldest mosque

                                From an antique shop

Fort Kochi fishing harbor

Bull's head in an antique shop                   

Vyalimukham ......

                                             Kamadhenu

Toys on the road

Chinese nets at Kochin                              

Srikrishna bronze idol

   

Madikkeri clicks

Madikkeri - A scenic high altitude area near to Mangalore
Some clicks from the tourists spots

From Thalakkavery hills

Bhagamandala Temple

Triveni Sangama near Bhagamandala Temple

Thalakkavery - from here the the Cauvery river starts. 

People offer pooja to cauvery matha here

Near Thalakkavery temple there is a hilltop. 

On either sides of the hill you can see people arranging stones like this. 

This is also an offering by them

Way to Abbey falls. It was dried up when I visited

Neerkakka at Abbey falls

A view from Raja's Seat

an Inflorescence from the garden in Raja's Seat

Dubare Elephant Training Centre 

Elephants enjoying bath

They enjoy bathing

Moving towards shelter after the bath

Scenic beauty of Dubare

An elephant cub enjoying food (Jaggery covered in dry hay)

Two more elephant cubs

Scenic beauty of Dubare

A lonely stork waiting for its prey

A pair of birds. They have their nests on the ground nearby only. 

These birds use stones to build their nests in the ground and the eggs resemble stones.

They make the sound "Ittittipooo"

A fallen tree trunk

A view from the river

A fallen tree trunk at Nisargadhama.... What an ambiance there...! 

Deer in the Nisargadhama at Madikkeri

Lone "ittittipooo" in the river

A dog found at the Dubare Elephant training centre