Bright Red Flower Sepals, Mickey Mouse Flowers, Kerala Flower Photos

Mickey Mouse Flower, Kerala garden flower photos. Mickey Lost the black big eyes, was mentioning the black flower seeds which got shed.The red sapling remaining after losing the yellow flower petals and the black seeds. The flower photographed just after the rain, and water droplets still to leave the sepals.This flower is a native of Vietnam. Photos of the red flower taken with cannon Powershot

Mickey Mouse Flowers, Red Flower with Black seeds, Kerala Flower Photos

Some more garden flowers from Kerala. Bright red flowers with twin black seeds, named as Mickey mouse flowers. The mickey Mouse plant is native of Vietnam and this is one of the most adored flower in Vietnam. Truly speaking the actual flower is a yellow flower, and these red sepals with the seed is what remains after the flower is gone. 
Mickey Mouse flowers are used for the traditional new year

Rain Drop Macro Photo, Rain Drop tied in Plantain Leaf String, a Cannon Powershot A530 picture

A raindrop Macro shot. Wandering around on a rainy day for something edible for the camera lens i encountered this water droplet. Was intending to check the ability of the camera to focus closer. This is the maximum least focal length i got for a Canon PowerShot A530 Digi Cam. The closest focusing distance in manual settings. Was just trying to get a closer snap.
The tied up Rain Drop.The string

Lonely Tree beside the Sea, Photo fom Subhash park, Cochin-kerala

A tree photographed from the Subhash Park near Marine drive Cochin. Just an amateur snap in an evening walk. Photographed using Cannon powershot A530Lonely tree, Beside the sun and the Sea. Subash park is a major relaxing point for people in the Cochin town of Kerala during the evenings. It opens by 3pm and closes around 9pm. The view from here is to the shipyard of Cochin in Wellington island,

Sand Mining in Kerala Rivers,Photos from Banks of Bharathapuzha

Sand mined from the river bed awaiting the trucks. Sand mining photos from the banks of Bharathapuzha, the famous Nila of Malayalees. The scarcity of this construction commodity have shot up the sand price around Kerala. Alternatives made from rock powder like rock sand are trying to be introduced.Looted from the Rivers!. Mined sand filled in sacks for selling. Recently considering the scarcity

Sand Mining in Bharathapuzha,Photos from Thrissur

Sand Mining in Kerala rivers, a major factor leading to the gradual death of majority of kerala rivers. The photo is taken during the ongoing sand mining process in the bank of Bharathapuzha, the second longest river of Kerala. Infact the river sand has become a rare commodity mainly used in construction  works. The demand is much high and it's leading to uncontrolled illegal and legal sand

Charpa Waterfall, Kerala Waterfalls Photos, Thrissur District

Charpa Waterfalls from Thrissur district of south indian state Kerala. This is only a small waterfalls you may encounter on your way to the famous Athirapally and vazhachaal Waterfalls. The forest area around this river is having rich plant and animal species, mostly the rarest ones seen in the southern part of western Ghats mountain ranges.
The dense rain and riparian forest around has the rare

Charpa Waterfalls-Famous River Waterfalls in Kerala Photos,Thrissur District

Charpa waterfalls, Thrissur district, Kerala. One of the famous waterfalls of  the south Indian state. This waterfalls is beside the highway connecting Chalakkudy town with Tamilnadu. The waterfalls can be seen on your way from chalakkudy town to Vazhachal and Athirapally waterfalls. The season to visit these places is by monsoons and this photo is not taken during the monsoon. So the man in the

ORCHIDS, Ground Orchid Violet Flowers from Kerala

Violet orchid flowers from some home gardens in Kerala. Spathoglottis Plicata, its this orchid plant's scientific name and is of the flowering plants family Orchidaceae. These are usually termed as Ground orchids and also has flowers in colors of White, lavender,pink, yellow-orange etc. The violet and white ground orchids are most common here in Kerala.


These ground orchids flowers throughout

Water Hyacinth in Kerala Rivers-Worst & Highly Productive Aquatic Weeds

 Water Hyacinths in a river of Kerala, the worst aquatic weed ever known, the aqua life killers. These water plants are notorious for their fast growth. Hyacinths are considered as one of the most productive aquatic plant. A plant which can spread over the whole river in a small amount of time.Water hyacinths collected from a small area of river like this can weight upto tonnes.




Once there

Domestic White Goose,Pet Bird Photos,Kerala;Geese Facts

What about Goose!. Yea this time some pictures and a little info about a pet bird, but not a pet bird everywhere you may encounter it. Often they are wild birds who prefers living with their folks in a disciplined manner. But this goose which is snapped here is a pet bird somewhere in the house nearby, but she was given the freedom of  humans to go anywhere and we often used to meet this one

Kerala Dam Names,Hydro electric & Irrigation Projects,Sholayar Dam Photos & info

Photos from the Sholayar Hydro Electric power project premises. Some technical details on the dam along with the name list of dams in Kerala state.Sholayar is one of the Dams which is very near to Kerala-Tamilnadu borders. Sholayar dam projects are built along the river Chalakkudy which orginates from the Western Ghats. Two Sholayar named dams are there, one in Tamilnadu and the other in Kerala.

Malampuzha Dam Reservoir Photo & tourist info, Scenic tourist spots in Palakkad,Kerala

Malampuzha Dam, an irrigation dam project started in the year of 1949 and got commissioned in 1955 is a major river dam in the Palaghat district of kerala state. The Dam built in Malampuzha river which inturn is a tributary of the river Bharathapuzha (the second longest Kerala's river),  provides water for both drinking needs and Irrigation of hectares of lands in one of the most paddy cultivated

Meenkara River Dam,Gayathri River dam Irrigation Projects in Palakkad district , Kerala State

Dams of Kerala photos and some Information. This time Meenkara dam in Palakkad district of Kerala, which is built in the river Meenkara a tributary of Bharathapuzha river. Meenkara dam is termed under Gayathri river projects which has a group of tributaries and irrigation Dams. River Gayathri is a group of 5 tributary rivers to Bharathapuzha like Vandazhipuzha, Mangalam puzha, Meenkara Puzha,

Kerala Rivers & Dams:Sholayar Dam area,Lake & Penstock photos

Lower Sholayar dam or Chalakkudy Dam, one of Kerala's Hydro Electric Dams built in the Chalakkudy river. This dam has another version, the Sholayar Dam of Tamilnadu. Surrounded by the scenic dense rainforest the place is one of the coolest scenic tour spot.

Sholayar Dam which is built in Chalakkudy river which originates from the Anamudi Mountain ranges by the southern part of western Ghats is

Riparian Forest & Athirapilly Waterfalls in Chalakkudy River of Kerala:Photos & Facts

More photos with some information on the biodiversity and the riparian forests of Athirapally which is a part of the sholayar forest ranges. Photographs taken mainly from below the Athirapally Waterfalls of chalakkudy River. The vegetations found around the course of rivers,ponds and lakes are termed as riparian. 

The river of Chalakkudy is blessed with these type of dense forest throughout the

Kerala River Photos and Info:Chalakkudy River,5th Longest river of Kerala

 Photos and facts on the fifth longest river of the south Indian state Kerala, the Chalakkudy River-one of the major water resource in the central part of Kerala.

Chalakkudy River facts & Information

The river orginates from the western Ghats, specifically the Anamudi and Nelliampathy mountain ranges. The river flows through the Kerala's District of Palakkad Thrissur and Ernakulam with a major

Kumarakom House Boats-Kerala's Backwater Tourism Destination

Some house boats photographed during a one day tour trip to Kumarakom the backwater tourist village of Kerala. The attraction here is the House Boat cruises itself. Nice tour packages are available in a reasonable price. Journeys through the backwaters in these house boats can be get scheduled for hours to days, depends on the tour package you selects.

As a foreign tourist the lake cruising will

House Boats@Kumarakom:Backwater Tourism Village of Kerala

Backwaters of Kumarakom, a small group of island villages surrounded by the Vemband lake.Posting some photographs of the serene beauty of this tourist village and backwaters, which are always live with those moving houseboats. A place which is a major mention in all the Tourism broushers, published by the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation (KTDC). Special about this place is the Backwaters

Kerala Tour Trips Information,Athirapally Waterfalls & other Tour spots around

Athirapally a perfect tour spot in Kerala throughout the year. Planning a trip to Athirapally won't be in vain  for  apart from the  main waterfalls  there are  many attractions around. More than a day is needed if you want to visit all the places, but the 3 waterfalls- Athirapally, Vazhachal and the Chapra  can be covered within a day.

Some of the tourist attractions around Athrirapally are

Athirapally Waterfalls,Kerala's Mightiest and Wildest River Falls Tourism Spot,Thrissur District

Athirapally or often spelled Athirapilly, is one of the wildest water falls in the Chalakudy river in Thrishur district, of the south Indian state - Kerala..The river gushes down through the rocks from a height of about 80 feet. This river is flowing towards the Arabian Sea.  Athirapally waterfalls is unique in India when comparing its picturesque surroundings and mightiness.Jog Falls of

Kumarakom Small Country Boats,Kerala Valloms or Vanchy

Kumarakom is a cluster of small islands in the Vembanad. The backwaters here are always live with House boats and small Country boats. These small boats are mainly used for fishing and also for small boat tour trips and transportation through the inland water channels and the vembanad lake.

The photo of the small boat was taken during our boat trip through the backwaters. It was tied up in the

Kumarakom,Kerala's Backwater Tourism village

Some talk and photographs about Kumarakom, the place for Backwater tourism in Kerala. This Christmas vacation's small tour trip happened to be to Kumarakom. A lovely place in the Kottayam district of Kerala blessed with the beauty of Mangrove forests and Backwaters. Kumarakom is often termed  as the Tourist Village of Kerala due to the variety in tourist attractions in the place.With nice