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An escape to Bhandardara

As our life was coming back to normalcy post coronavirus pandemic, it was nice to take a break before the routine life starts. A refreshing short trip far…

Ganesh Festival 2021

This year, the Ganesh Festival was celebrated on a very low-key note due to the coronvirus pandemic restrictions across the country. Sarvajanik mandals were allowed to bring Ganesh…

World Photography Day 2020

On this World Photography Day, I’m sharing some of my best photos captured before the lockdown due to coronavirus pandemic. This is my first post after the unlock….

Sarvoday Pooja celebrates Holi Festival 2020

The fear of coronavirus has impacted the Holi celebrations across the country.This year some housing societies stayed away from the Holi celebration. However, there were some housing societies…

Budding Cricketers

The Men in Blue – Indian Cricket team is on the path of breaking cricket records and creating their dominance in the world of cricket. Each player of…

Tata Mumbai Marathon 2020 – Running For A Cause

The Tata Mumbai Marathon is not just about running the race and achieving or improving your race timings. But there is something more that attracts the Mumbaikars and…

Tuljapur – Pandharpur – Akkalkot – Ganagapur Trip

The year-end trips are my favourite ones. In previous years, most of the year-end trips were unplanned. Last year in the month of November, I along with my…

Shri Siddhivinayak Temple – Jaysingpur

During my last visit to Kolhapur along with my family, we had visited Shri Kshetra Narsinhwadi which is also known Narsobachiwadi. While coming back from Narsobachiwadi on the…

Killa (Fort) building during Diwali

It’s a decades old tradition of making Killa (Fort) by using mud during Diwali in memory of the Great Maratha warrior Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Children across various…

Female dhol-tasha pathaks adds flavour to Navrati festival

As the Navrati festival starts today, Goddess Durga arrives across cities of India to bless her devotess. I captured some photos of the Goddess Durga arrival today in…

Ganesh Festival – 2019

As every year, this year also Ganesh Festival was celebrated with full of joy and enthusiasm by all devotees/bhakts of Ganpati Bappa across India. There were heavy rains…

Modakutsav 2019

Modakutsav 2019, the title itself makes you imagine variety of mouth watering modak dishes. Last Sunday, I attended one such Modakutsav along with my better half, Varsha. She…

World Photography Day 2019 – Inspiring Quotes

On this World Photography Day, I’m sharing some photos of beautiful mountains near Leynadri Caves at Junnar in Pune district of Maharashtra. And some inspiring quotes of photographers….

Orange-headed Thrush

This year’s summer trip to Konkan was a memorable one. Apart from visit to Sindhudurg fort and scuba diving experience, I had spotted a pair of new bird…

Heavy Rains in Mumbai + High Tide = Mumbai Floods

After a long wait, Mumbai – the financial capital of India, witnessed continuous rain for consecutive four days from 28th June to 1st July 2019. It was raining…

Red-wattled lapwing

One day while taking a stroll on the Shiroda-Redi road in the Konkan region of Maharashtra, I came across some mid-sized birds hiding in the grass near the…

Lalpari turns 71 today

Lalpari previously known as ST (State Transport) turns 71 years old today. It’s a state run bus service of Maharashtra which serves routes to towns and cities within…

Malvan Trip

Malvan is one of the best tourist locations in Konkan region of Maharashtra, India. It is well known for its beaches, forts, temples in surrounding areas, seafood and…

Shri Kshetra Narsinhwadi

Shri Kshetra Narsinhwadi is a holy place of Hindus located at the confluene of Krishna and Panchganga rivers near about 50 Kilometers from Kolhapur. This place is considered…

Avengers Endgame

Avengers are coming back for the Endgame an epic showdown with Thanos – the evil demigod who decimated our planet and the universe. All Avengers fans were expecting…

A new ray of hope

One day, after completing morning puja/prayers, I witnessed a nice sunrise right from my window. It was a bright sun coming out of dense patch of trees. The…

All India Corporate Photography Contest – 2019

The All India Corporate Photography Contest is the largest inter corporate photography contest in India with an audience of 10,00,000+ employees of corporates from various industries like Banking,…

An educational trip to Nehru Centre

Have you ever heard about Pleiades, Hyades, Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Vega, Crater, Bootes and Pyxis? Well, these are all constellations, the group of stars that forms a…

Sarvoday Pooja celebrates Holi Festival 2019

It was yet another day of colourful Holi celebration in our housing society, Sarvoday Pooja. This year, very few society members turned up for the celebration. However, the…

Parel Terminus to start operations from today

New local trains will be starting from and terminating at Parel Terminus today onwards. A big relief for Mumbaikars commuting by local trains to work in Parel, Elphinstone…

Maghi Ganeshotsav – 2019

The Maghi Ganeshotsav or Ganesh Jayanti is an auspicious day dedicated to Lord Ganesh. It is a Vinayak Chaturthi falling in the month of Magh according to the…

Mumbai Marathon 2019

It’s a beginning of the year and the best time for new year resolutions. To participate in Mumbai Marathon could be one of the resolutions for Mumbaikars as…

A wonderful journey to Saibaba Temple of Shirdi

The second day in Nashik was more fascinating one as we had plan to visit the Shree Saibaba Temple of Shirdi. It was going to be almost two…

A memorable journey to Saptashrungi Devi Temple

A journey to any famous, historic or unseen temple is always a fascinating one. You always get to know more about the deity, history of the temple, people…

Fearless Girl

After a quick short vacation in Nashik, I was coming back by Patliputra Express. The train was close to Kalyan. In between, it took a sudden halt at…