Fort Cochin Sunsets & Chinease Fishing Nets:Kerala's Golden Beach Sunset sceneries

Golden Sunset photos from Kerala- the God's Country. Fort Cochin, one of the finest tourism spot. A small beach and historically important place to spend your evenings.One of the added beauty of this place are the standing tall Fishing Structures- The Chinese Fishing Nets.

The place is one of the main tourist spots of Kerala. The picturesque Sunsets are more adorable with the presence of that

Keralas Old Fishing Methods-Chinese Fishing Nets-Fort Cochin Photos and Information

Adding to the previous photo gallery of Fort Cochin Sceneries, here comes one of the main peculiarity of this place.Chinese fishing nets, a fishing structure used since the olden times by the fisher men here..These structures are added attraction to the tourism value of this place-Fort Cochin..

This linear installation of massive fishing nets are operated daily and each of them needs about 6

Kerala Dam Photos Names & Info links-Irrigation cum hydro electric dams of Kerala-India

Photos and information on river dam reservoirs  and spillways from different parts of Kerala. Photos of both irrigation and hydro electric dam projects available. The list is not complete, but keeps filling as time passes.

Kerala river dams
 

kerala dam names 
 Names of dams in Kerala. Both hydro electric and irrigation dam names listed. Hydro electric dam names and details like rivers they

Waterfalls Photos-Names/Kerala-South India

Photos of Waterfalls with names and other info mostly from the South Indian state Kerala. The photogallery keeps growing from the day to day travel trips.
Kerala Waterfalls
 Athirapally waterfalls- Photos and info about the famous waterfalls, Athirapilly in Thrissur district of Kerala.

big waterfallsMore photos from Athirapally waterfalls tour spot.  


charpa waterfallsanother famous

Arabian Night Dark Violet Dahlia Flowers- dahlia gardening tips and plant facts

One more flower species into the kerala flower database of Pixelshots photo blog. The photographs are taken using sonyericsson Cellphone camera of K750i. The flower pictures are re-sized and saved in lowest quality before being uploaded here in pixelshots.  

Dahlia Violet Flowers- Flower Facts & Garden Plant care information with Closeup Photos of Arabian-Night Violet Dahlia:Violet Flowers from

Chembakam- White plumeria Flowers with Exotic Fragrance|Kerala Flower Photos

More to flower photography from Kerala.. This time presenting you photos of a bunch of pure white flower bouquet of 'Chembakams' as they are named in Malayalam the local language of Kerala. Commonly these flowers are termed as Frangipani or Plumerias.


Flowers with Exotic Fragrance-Pure White Plumeria or Frangipani Flower Facts and Photos-By pixelshots from Cochin
 A bunch of white flower

St Alphonsa's Life,Clay Portraited in Alphonseum;St Alphonsa's Home Museum in Kudamaloor

Main events in St Alphonsa's life portrayed inside Alphonseum, St Alphonsa's Home, and now a museum. Some of the major happenings in the Saint's life. Some of the events gave her happiness while some others were providers of utter grief.Anyway these are some of the happenings that influenced her on her spiritual journey. It was said that she had strong desire towards spiritual life from her

Inside Christian Saint Alphonsas home,Sister Alphonsa pictures & her Father's Room, Kudamaloor,Kerala

Continuation of the previous post on St Alphonsa. More about the catholic woman Saint sister Alphonsa from Kerala / India. The photos here are from inside her native home at kudamaloor village of Kottayam / Kerala. The old small home now kept as a museum named Alphonseum or museum of St Alphonsa. The photos and the old small home gives the visitors a view of her childhood and the simple lifestyle

Alphonseum,Saint Alphonsa Home Museum;Saint Alphonsa photos & Belongings

Photographs from inside the christian Saint Alphonsa's Home, now turned into a museum for the Pilgrims. The events in her life along with the holy belongings are preserved here in her home. The museum is named as Alphonseum. In a previous post i have given you the photos of surroundings of this home and a small chappel nearby. The small old home has undergone some reworks and is preserved now

Violet Tiny Garden Flowers:Closeup Photos of Garden flowers in Kerala

Another gallery of flowers.This time the tiniest violet flower from my home garden. Infact was just trying out the macro focus and other manual settings of the camera Cannon powershot A530. Favourabile factor here than the other cell phone photogalleries is, am using a Digital Camera. Unfavourable thing is. Bad weather, Cloudy and windy.

The flower photos seems a little more noisy than the other

Ritual Folk Dance of Kerala-Theyyams, part of Kerala's colourful Culture and Tribal Arts

Theyyams- Kerala's cultural and traditional art forms. A must see event if you came as a tourist to the God's own country-Kerala. Apart from a form of art, Theyyams are part of rituals done by the hindu community mainly in the Northern Kerala. A type of  folk-dance in which the dancer is given an unnatural appearance with colours and face-masks along with decoratives made of palm leaves and metal

Water Hyacinth Flowers-Violet Flower of the Worst Aquatic plant Weed from Kerala Rivers

What about water weeds?.Water Hyacinth, an aquatic plant floating in fresh water bodies like rivers ponds etc..They have slender round leaves and light violet flowers. Its happens to be like a violet flower feast when they usually blooms.. They spreads like violet carpet all over the rivers and ponds.. But the problem is, the Spreading itself.. They can spread faster and fierce, and when got

Temple Festivals,Part of Kerala's Culture;Photos of Pooram, from Shiva Temple in Thrissur/Kerala

Being in Kerala its hard to miss these festivals of colours. Poorams that is what these festivals named on in here and means like big gathering or festival. Eventhough its glued to the Temples, irrespective of any religion or cast peoples gathers for the big event, na events. Its many around the state of Kerala by a time of the year. Every Temple will have a big celebration atleast once in a year

Temple Festivals&Decorated Elephants-Kerala

Kerala- a place termed as God's own country in the tourism map, a place having a cultural and religious pattern of its own. It's estimated to be more than a million of temples in the south Indian state Kerala. If their are temples there comes the festivals. From the world known Thrissur Pooram which is known as Pooram of Poorams, the state witnesses small and large festivals all over the temples.

Mulberry Medicinal effects & Fruit facts

The continuation of previous gallery on fruits. Let me share some medicinal facts about these mulberries here. One major question now arising on it is, Can mulberries induce Weight Loss? Till now not sure for 100 percent that the fruit can be used to treat Obesity or it can cause Weight loss, but a fact that proved is the extract made of mulberry plant, to be exact their leaves are effective in

Ripe Mulberry Fruits- Kerala Fruit Photos

Some Fruit talk again. Now with a bunch of  mulberry fruits. Hope you may like tasting some ripe mulberries now, oh don't want to taste ripe fruits, ok then my collection has semi ripen ones too.. or you wana have a bite on the raw green berries, the mulberries. Then i have to say Coming Sooon..

The mulberry fruit photographs i have got here is of the black mulberries, ie the mulberry fruit will

Rain Soaked Yellow bell flowers-Kerala Flowers

The evening rain drenched her with the nature's tears.. But indeed it made her more cute and fresh.. Yea the yellow mellow allamanda flowers from the home garden..

Just after the rain in my search for something interesting around to get snapped with a Cannon powershot A530 5 megapixel digital camera, the yellow flower bunches soaked in the rain water came into view..

These yellow flowers are

St Alphonsa Home- Kudamaloor/Kottayam

 Home of St Alphonsa, some photographs taken during a visit through the christian pilgrim centres in Kottayam district of  Kerala state. The sister's home is now a museum where her belongings and the small house holds are preserved. Apart from that clay 3D pictures showing St Alponsa's major events in life are also depicted..  

St Alphonsa the first woman and the second one among Roman

Hot Pink Roses- macro mode photos

What you may call the particular colour of roses below, Hot-Pink, Deep-Pink, or Reddish pink..Anyway those pink roses are taken from our rented Home's small garden at Cochin.

These particular pink colored roses are found widely here in our state Kerala, and when someone here says 'Rose' most probably everyone thinks of these pink colored roses.. Not exactly pink, a variety of pink of course..

Dragon Fly-Insects Closeup Photos

DRAGON-FLIES, insects that always flies around us, in our gardens and our surroundings perhaps unnoticed.. But when you come to know a little about these God's tiny flying marvels, am sure you won't fail watching the tiny insects the very next time you people encounter. As i was wandering through the web for some facts on these insects, things turned out to be interesting. I would love to share