Capital of Gods own Country..

It was but yesterday we met in a dream, you have sung me in my aloneness, and I of your longings have built a tower in the sky, But now our sleep had fled and our dream is over, and it is no longer dawn. The noon tide is upon us, and our half waking has turned to fuller day, and we must part. If in the twilight of memory we should meet once more we shall speak again, together and you shall sing to me a deeper song, and if our hands should meet in another dream, we shall built another tower in the sky……

Saying this Priya had left, and soon after Sajina too...both of them, married and settled in Tvm...

Thiruvananthapuram which was previously called Trivandrum, is an ancient city with tradition dating back to 1000 BC. Thiruvananthapuram became the capital of Raja of Travancore in 1750. The name is derived from 'Tiru Ananta Puram', the abode of the Sacred serpent Ananta, upon whose coils Vishnu lies in the main temple.

Diana received us at the railwaystation on 17th April, 2010,

Had the privelage of meeting Priya again, and began our journey with her breakfast....in her lovely new house...She and Sudhi annan took us around, places, two days...



We went to Zoo, Sri Chittira Art Gallery and the Napier Museum. The museum was closed for maintenance.



Kerala Assembly



Kerala University

It turned dusk at noon, and there was heavy downpour. Though we were already drenched in rain, to save ourselves from getting wet even more, and to satisfy our hunger, we had delicious and yummy food from Zam Zam....






Veli Bridge..

Veli Tourist Village, about 10kms from the city, there was entry fee.. boating facilities are offered at this picnic spot...the landscape, nature and art is beautiful, and so the devotional songs played, which gives a feel of temple..



Sunset, not the end of the day, was enchanting at Shangumugham beach...



Saroo and Me, had a quality time playing with the tides at the beach, while Priya Sudhi and Diana were sitting at the shore..enjoying natures beauty...Beach was well maintained though crowded...and waves touched my heart...the Beats went faster....

Shangumugham beach

We had literally converted Priyas home and car into Shngumugham beach, she would have a quality time cleaning them...

Saw the city, waited near the airport, to literally touch a plain, and then went to...



Jama Masjid Beemapally, Trivandrum, Kerala, India

Priya Sudhi...gave us homely fish curry and fry for dinner...

Next day morning we went to:


Bhagavathy Temple; Attukal Manacuad, There was the certificate from Guinness book of world records for 2.4 million women devotes worshipping on a single day...



Padmanabhaswami Temple Around which the name of the city is...



Ganapati Temple

After having breakfast, and leaving Saroo to straighten her hair, with Diana, we went to Technopark, the first and largest technology park in India...as it was enroute to Sajinas home at Kazhakuttam. Lovely to meet her family and daughter Zeba, yes she named her daughter, the same name as the organisation she worked for...

Here it was a lovely...reunion,.....Had calls with Beena Cheechi and Reshmita....


Thanks to Saroo...for her desire to straighten her hair...Long planned jouney was in action....And the return journey too was fun in...



Had plans to visit Kanyakumari too but time was a constraint...Kanunaa swapnangal okkey phalichal, Kallathil Kalpaneyku enthu mulyam alley Priya...but soon after the return I could watch one of your often narrated movie Mithunam...