Naigara Falls Vs Jog Falls

The wonders of the mother earth come in all sizes and shapes. The volume, height and width may a differ but one thing they grantee is sheer joy of watching something amazing.

I was in Niagara falls yesterday and was really amazed by the beauty of the falls and sheer size. Since I visited Jog falls multiple times and it does provided experience that you can remember for life time. Just to figure out sense of scale for these two world wonders, I put together these graphs. I could not get the accurate figure for tourists for Jog falls but you can refer to this link for lot of statistical information http://www.icmrr.org/july_2014/IJMRR/702140013.pdf

You can see some of the amazing photos of Jog Falls here

Jog Falls amazing photos


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jog_Falls#/media/File:Jog_Roarer.JPG

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Facebook ads active but not running?

Finally, got a solution to get rid of this problem. This would occur when you have started a ad with a specific daily limit, for example if you set a daily limit of says Rs 250 and your total ad budget say (Rs 1250 for 2 weeks). Once this is ad is completed and reached the earlier specified daily limit, the ads will stop running. In such scenario, do the following

• In the Facebook account, Click on Billing
• In the Billing summary page, after "Account spend" there is link "edit" 
• Click on "edit" and increase the amount
• The ads will start working

You're near the account spend limit you set for <123412341234>. Once you reach your limit, ads in your account will stop running. Reset the spending cap by visiting the account billing page.

For information visit : http://www.facebook.com/help/317877674969069/

I hope this helps...

Beware at Bommanahalli Junction, Mobile Thieves are too smart

On my way to office on a daily root in my Maruti 800, I was stopped by the traffic light in Bommanahalli junction. The passenger seat window was rolled down. It was typical traffic at Bommanahalli junction people moving around across the road without caring about the traffic, there are vendors selling and autos trying cut across the road…

I had kept my Samsung Corby Pro mobile phone on Dashboard on the left side.

The traffic light turned green and vehicles started moving slowly, I saw one guy walking towards my vehicle on the right side and he was very close to the Car and almost bumped into the side mirror. As the traffic was moving, I started moving very slowly and suddenly realized, Car’s back wheel went on a small hump. The same guy came to me and said, Sir, you just went over my foot, can’t you see? I got little worried and told him why you came so close to the car when the traffic is moving, I yelled at him. He ignored me, and as the traffic picked the pace, I could not stop and drove away to office. It all happened in less than 2-3 minutes.

 

Thought kept coming to me, as I felt bad that I just ran over someone’s foot. I went to office and realized that I haven’t taken my phone from the Car, went back to the Car to realize, I just lost the phone.

For a while I was shocked not for losing the phone but on the plot these con men laid to steal the phone. I got to hear the same story from one of my friends again from the same location and thought I should write about it and spread the awareness. This time traffic thieves were able to distract attention even when my friend had his wife sitting next to her in the Alto car. The passenger window was rolled down just enough for a hand to slide in.

Here is how the targets are chosen by the con man

1. You are driving a small car and have the left side of the window rolled down (does not matter if you have someone sitting next to you)
2. Stuck in the traffic light in the Bommanahalli junction, below the flyover (this could be on both places, you are either on the Begur road trying to go on Hosur road or you are on Hosur road trying to come inside Begur road)
3. You have a smart phone which is kept near to the left window or on the dashboard

Were you victim of such misdeed? Let’s avoid such instance by spreading this message.

Pyramid near Bangalore

Here is great place to keep yourself away from Bangalore's traffic. This is a place where you can get yourself immersed into the nature. The Pyramid Valley is located on the Kanakpura road after Sri Sri Ravishankar Ashram. You have to drive 10Kms from this Sri Sri Ashram to reach this place. This is the world's largest meditational pyramid.

Pyramid Meditation
I had a opportunity to talk to a Master who explained the process for meditation.

How to meditate:
He explained us the process of meditation as follows:

• Sit in a comfortable sitting posture - Keep your spine and neck relaxed -
• Clasp your hands - Cross your legs, Close your eyes 
• Observe your natural breath  
• Simply follow your normal breath 
• Inhale.. Exhale... Inhale...Exhale..softly...easily...naturally
• No forceful breathing...do not change your natural breathing 
• No chanting of mantra...no prayer
• Just observe your natural breath in a relaxed, comfortable posture

The pyramid meditation technique provides high-energy environment for beginners of meditation. Meditation done inside a pyramid is thrice more powerful. Most people who have experimented with Pyramid meditation, describe themselves as experiencing a total relaxation of their body and achieving an altered state of consciousness.
For more information about the Pyramid Valley visit - http://www.pyramidvalley.org/home.htm

Desert near Mysore

This is a must see place near Mysore, you can witness a desert near Mysore. with 12 kms of sand spread across the place, the complete town with more than 101 templates are buried under the sand.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

The history of this place goes back to more than 800 years old. Check some of the photos here..



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The Kadambas in North Karnataka

There are lots of temple in and around Hubli, Gadag and Belgaum. The one I visited is based in Hanagal and is know as Tarkeshwar temple.

The temple is surrounded by many houses and they are in a very close proximity to the temple. People literally travel through the temple. Check the photo below. The Government has decided to vacate the temple surrounding up-to 200 meters and relocate the people. When that will happen is a big question.






It was really great experience.

90 years old template excavated to glory near Mysore

I was really thrilled to know the fact that, it took nearly 2000 people for 13 days to excavate the temple which was drowned in the water for more than 90 years. After 7 years, the renovation is still in progress. During this Dasara, I was fortunate to visit a place near Mysore, called Kannambadi, a small village 15 km form Mysore city.

KRS Backwaters:

When backwaters of KRS dam drowned 800 year old Venu Gopal temple built by Chola dynasty King, nobody could have ever imagined it would be renovated to restore the lost glory.

The temple renovation is being performed by Khoday Indian Limited. With Crores of rupees spent in renovation, it took on an average of 300 people per year to complete the project. Now they have 50 people giving final touches.

Since Chola architecture was unique and skill level required to rebuild is next to impossible, excavation team numbered each and every stone of the temple. These are the polished stones waiting to fit into the right place.

Entry to the temple has beautiful view

Except for the flooring rest of architecture is reconstructed without making any structural modification

The temple is schedule to a grand opening next year (2011). I am sure, it will attract good number of visitor and will definitely recreate a mark on the history.

It’s great example of trying everything to achieve something, leave no stone unturned. In this case it’s so true.