ಕ್ಷಣಪ್ರಭಾ - Kshanaprabhaa

My trip to Pune earlier this year would have been incomplete without a visit to the Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum located at Shukrawarpet area at the center of Pune city. The museum is home to a lot of artifacts depicting India's rich cultural heritage over the last many centuries, and tells the stories of sacrifices of Dr. Kelkar and his family. The museum contains pieces of architecture and sculptures ranging from 10th century to 19th century, ornaments, weapons, vessels, and most importantly, amazing and rare musical instruments from across the country. Here are some photographs, and if you are visiting Pune, don't forget to visit this place, a treasure built purely by the passion of one man, Dinkar Kelkar. It was great to see a 11th century Hoysala sculpture from Halebidu, Karnataka in Pune... Panchamukhi Maruti statue: A Ganesha idol made of utensils of daily use :) Intricate window design, and impressive lock and key design: ...

Going on a multi-day trek was something I could not have even imagined a month ago. Yet, I could join a group of colleagues (and an ex-colleague who wanted to be featured on my blog ) who came up with a quick plan to visit Tadiyandamol, the second tallest peak in Karnataka, situated near Virajpet in Kodagu district. Vallary, who had taken up the initiative after a casual coffee break discussion at office, ensured that the trek dates and the plans were finalized quickly enough, under the able guidance of trekking veteran Guru. With everything ready, we started off on the night of 7th December 2012, boarding the Rajahamsa bus of KSRTC towards Virajpet. It was around 4:30 in the morning of 8th when we reached Virajpet, and after freshening up in the bus stand there, we could only get a bus towards Kakkabe at 6:45 am, the private run Ganga Travels. We got down two kilometers before Kakkabe, near the road that takes us to the Nalknad Palace, the historical monument from the...

Here are my tweets, photos and screen grabs from the greatly successful Shatavadhana that happened over the weekend. Wishing Dr. R Ganesh a very happy 50th birthday tomorrow, and wishing him a great life ahead with a lot more invincible achievements... Attending  @ shathaavadhaana  from today by Dr. R. Ganesh. The first ever all kannada shatavadhana. Excited! Shatavadhana at nmkrv college, jayanagar begins at 5 pm today, and runs over next two days  # rg   # avadhana Know more about  # avadhana :  http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avadhanam   A blog post on a previous  # avadhana  I had attended: http:// kshanaprabhaa.blogspot.com/2009/10/astava dhana-by-dr-r-ganesh-at.html   …   # astavadhana   @ shathaavadhaana Know more about the  # shatavadhana  at the official site of @ shathaavadhaana  :  http:// shathaavadhaani.com    ,  http:// shathaavadhaana.com   # avadhana  Wik...