Vizag 4 u.. Kailasagiri Hill

Sea View

The road to the top

Welcome to Kailasagiri

This is the "Adithya" view point.
There are a couple of such view points around the place with their own distinct names.

a Bench overlooking the sea

The view of the beach - to the left of the hill..
isn't it beautiful?

The view of the beach - to the right

Viswa Santhi Kshetram - a place on the hill where people come for meditation on full moon days
(source: the caretaker of the place)

same place.. inside view

there is a jungle trail which had some narrow pathways.. i didn't dare to go beyond a few metres ;-)

Lord Shiva and Parvathi
(click here for a view under the lights)

An Observatory mounted here recently

The tour has come to an end, hope u enjoyed it.. thank you :)

Location: Kailasagiri Hill, Vizag, AP.

by the way, there is a huge tourism project that will be starting soon in Vizag with an estimated 3,000 crore rupees expenditure. There are going to be water parks, beach resorts, golf courses, malls and other attractions. There was a consortium formed - Vizag Beach Resorts Private Ltd, which has signed an MoU recently with the state government - to undertake this project over a span of 7 years, starting next year.
Catch the full news in telugu here. English versions can be read here and here.

Golden Sunset

Location: View from the foot of Kailasagiri hill, Vizag.

btw, Liverpool has won a dramatic FA Cup Final yesterday against West Ham United. If you have watched the match you will definitely agree that Gerrard is the best player any team will want to have, not just because of his immense talent but because of his ability to step up the gear at crucial moments.
You can find the news here and the pictures here.

Do not miss the UEFA Champions League Final between Arsenal and Barcelona 3 days from now; a dream clash between the 2 best clubs of Europe..
Date-Time: May-18 at 00:15 IST.. thats the night of the 17th.

Vizag 4 u.. the Contrast

God's Creation..

Man's Creation..

Location: From the top of Yerada Hill, Vizag

The view from the top was fabulous but it was getting dark by the time I reached there. Next time, I will try to get some better pictures.

pond & coconut trees

Location: Ramabhadrapuram, Vizianagaram (Dist), AP.

ship, sea & clouds

It was a clear day and the clouds were just emerging from the horizon.

Location: Sea @ Vizag

Vizag 4 u.. a panoramic view of the sea

(Click on the image to view the original size - some 'smart' browsers resize the image automatically to fit the window; you may have to click 'enlarge' or save the image to disk and view in a normal image viewer)

Location: The Sea (Bay of Bengal), Vizag, AP.

This is an attempt to get a panoramic view of a broad landscape by stitching together individual photos. 12 photos have been used for this and the overlapping edges have been stitched together using Adobe Photoshop CS2.

I would love to hear your comments on this.

Shiva & Parvathi

Location: Kailasagiri, Vizag, AP.

before.. after

before eating..

.. after eating

inspired by all the weight-reduction advertisements ;)

btw, there is an excellent food-joint called corn club in Hyderbad and recently in Vizag, which serves all their food items prepared exclusively from corn. Whenever we (friends) meet, this is one place we don't miss. Try it out!

World's most beautiful..

.. bike :)

haven't taken any pictures recently.
hence thought of posting this one taken on a rainy day

it's beautiful.. isn't it?

Vizag 4 u.. the Zoo

a peacock.. with a nice little hat

the lion king

a tiger..

there was no fence between the tigers and the visitors!
the tigers were located on a small hill and there was a huge pit dug around it; the tigers won't be able to come out but if someone falls in..

another tiger.. enjoing the shade

cheetah.. staring right back
(the white blur is due to the fence)

haathi mere saathi

Location: Indira Gandhi Zoological Park, Vizag, AP.

I have moved to Vizag (a city located on the East coast in South India) recently. You shall see more of this gorgeous city in the future posts.

parallel lines..

...meet at infinity

Location: Outskirts of Vizianagaram, AP

crops on a hill

crop and water

close-up

with the hills in the background



a spider web



water droplets on the plants
(click on the picture to have a better view)



in circles..



a different view



steps



the stair-case



the scenery..
green grass, white leaves and water in the background

long time no c..
i haven't taken any photos recently.. and so decided to go out and search for something nice to click at, and stumbled upon this farm being cultivated on the hills.
there was a small waterfall and the land along its path was being cultivated by dividing it into steps and making provision so that the water gets distributed automatically.
it rained yesterday and this made it look beautiful than usual.

Location: Hills on the border of Andhra and Orissa, near Saluru.

night-out..

a bunch of kids studying on the terrace.

reminds me of the days when we used to study late nights.. burning the midnight candle.. literally

Vizag 4 u.. President's Fleet Review

the huge crowd that turned out at the beach

people everywhere

one of the large ships on display

this was a demonstration of a bomber (i suppose) destoying an enemy ship.. the smoke had a nice halo at the top

the only ship that was visible clearly :(

another boat speeding by

a helicopter carrying commandos

close-up

flying right above us

commandos on boat and a submarine in the background

a ship and a sub

a tricoloured kite.. flying high

there were people perched on all the buildings around

that's the famous hill.. referred to as the "dolphin's nose"

the crowd.. some enjoing a dip

ships decorated with lights along their contour

close-up

few men watching the fireworks
its good to see people coming out with the Indian flag for such occasions

it was a full moon day

Location: RK Beach, Vizag
Occasion: Celebration of President's Fleet Review 2006 (website - http://www.pfr2006.nic.in/) at the Eastern Naval Command

PS: There was lot of firework in the night including a missile launch and rockets fired from the ships simultaneously, but I couldn't capture those and thought it wise to enjoy the sight than trying to capture something out of it. You can check out some nice pictures and the news from the articles at The Hindu and centralchronicle.com

3D curves

liked the way the road bends, rises and then disappears among the trees..

Location: NH-5, outskirts of Vizag - leading towards Vizianagaram.

an electrician ?

the electricity department seems to be cutting down on costs..
and on a lookout for such natural electric poles