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Monday, July 4, 2011

WONDER LA AMUSEMENT PARK, BIDADI, BANGALORE

1km before wonder la Srirama temple

for virtual tour go to
http://www.wonderla.com/

for exact location go to

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=12.8372953&lon=77.3994112&z=17&l=0&m=b&v=8&search=hanumanthanagar%2C%20hejjala

Water sports housing

Link to google maps

http://maps.google.co.in/maps?ll=12.834199,77.401627&spn=0.002532,0.004823&t=h&z=18&lci=com.panoramio.all,com.google.webcams

From Majestic bus station platform 19C take 210 or buses that go to Bidadi (pronounced as BI-DA-THE)
and get down at the wonder la junction at the cross road. 1 km before the lake and The Sri Rama temple are seen on to the right side of the road. The co-ordinates in google maps are :12.833916,77.400849

The ticket counter opens at 10:50 am and the rate is Rs.680/-. Expenditure inside may also be about the same if you wish to buy some items say take a photo (Rs.200/- for water sport photo) and a T-shirt with ur group photo or ur own photo at a cost of s.300/- or a Mug with ur photo Rs.75/- as u like.

U can also have normal food in the stalls from 60/- to 200/-.

U may have to buy ur trousers if u don't go with ur own extra clothes for the water sports. It costs 120/- to 200/- for trousers and another 200/- for T shirt.

Credits cards are allowed but the que will take longer time so buy ur 680/- entry ticket by cash. Credit card is not used although it claims they have it in a secret place within the shop. I mean, u can't relay on credit card system as it is not functional. So, carry 2000/- cash per head to be comfortable.

at the Entrance

at the entrance

clock tower on the sky wheel

DROP ZONE

sky wheel

Techno jump

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Wonder splash

Maverick

water sports Play pool

Play pool water sports

Wave pool

near Tirumala towers building in BG Road

Near tirumala gardens building

sky wheel

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Ankamma Devara Temple, Ipurupalem, Chirala, Prakasam Dt. AP

This is the temple of our family Godess (ANDE VARI VAMSAVALI) and only 200 feet from my home where I am born (7-3-1955) and brought up. In my childhood Ankamma devara was housed in a thached hut and oil lamps used to be the only source of light during nights.

The present day concrete structure of the temple was built for the efforts of my aged father in the Nineties. By that time my father was operated for the Knee joint and he had a metal ball joint replacement leftside. He has to go to number of people in and around chirala and that too to the ANDE Vamsavali families only and collected donations and rebuilt the temple. Every single rupee he collected has been in the SILA SASANA inside the temple room just facing to the door as you enter. I did not realize at that time, how much pains my father was taking and the devotion with which he was pursuing the cause was astonishing.and unbelievable. As I am recollecting for the writing of this my eyes are filled with tears. Such is the devotion of my father and my mother to the amiloy diety Ankamma devara.

For every occassion small or big say going to the school after exams, are going to write the exams., going from school to college for higher studies say to degree college in Chirala, or may be Andhra University, Waltair for MSc or IIT Bombay for PhD or going abroad for Post doctoral fellowship for every single event in my life my father and mother prayed and offered coconut Prasad to the Kuladevatha Ankamma devara all the times. It is strongly believed by all of us that the Kula devatha (Ankamma thalli) blessings are the first and foremost important for success in each of our endeaviours.