Author name: Balasundaram

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Day 1 in Kaziranga

Kaziranga, a UNESCO World Heritage site and, home to the one-horned Indian rhinoceros, had been on my bucket list, since I was in school. It was to be ticked off, only when I was 60 plus. Better late than never, I thought. Time still played many tricks. Our flight landed an hour late at Guwahati […]

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Ancient Shiva temple inside a fort

We were at the Jalakandeswarar Temple, in Vellore, around 140 kilometers from Chennai. Strange feeling. I was working in this part of the world in the late eighties and had passed the fort many a time but had never gone inside to the temple. The temple is situated inside Vellore Fort, which we entered after

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3 days, 3 Shiva temples

Visiting three Shiva temples in three days was a wonderful experience. More so, when all three are temples, made famous by the ancient Shaivite saints in their verses and proclaimed as ‘Paadal Petra Sthalams’

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