Clitoria Violet Flower, Fruit & Bud Photos. Shankupushpam-Ayurvedic/ Medicinal Cures. Bluepea Agricultural Significance

More photos on Herbal flowers of Shankupushpam or blue peas, also called butterfly peas and scientifically named as Clitoria Ternatea. The famous Ayurvedic herbal flower plant of Kerala, at the same time ingredient of many recipes in Asian countries. Despite its medicinal value the plant is seen all around unnoticed in between the shrubs and small trees. As it's a perennial herb most of times the

Happy Xmas Greetings-Cribs & Christhmas Tree

Happy Christmas greetings to all the readers of this Kerala photo blog. giving you some
pics of Cribs and Xmas trees seen around.

The cribs are from churches here around in Cochin and as its 24th of December nd Jesus not born yet, the cribs are without infant Jesus.

Infant Jesus  is gonna be placed in those cribs in between the christhmas services in the churches mostly during midnight.

One of

Digital Photography-Rain Drops @ Macro mode -Water Droplets Snapped from Nature after a Rain.Testing Digital Camera of Fuji Finepix S7500 S700, for its Super-Macro Mode Photographic Potentials

Digital Photography in Macro mode. Not just digital macros, but digital super macros, as the special focus mode is named in the digital cam of Fuji Film. The maximum minimum distance that can be focused was seen as 4 cms in the camera manual, but could't get something that closer eventhough i tried. The focus length was shown as 6mm in all photos taken with super macro mode.

The camera showed

Kerala Birds-Woodpecker, Myna-Photos & Bird Facts. Bird watching snaps from Kerala, the South Indian State

Photographing some birds seen around while walking on a rainy day, in the interval i got between rains. Thanking to the 10x optical zoom of the Digital camera, else i would have been unable to get the birds even spotted in the photos, for their tree living, easily disturbed and flying away nature. Also spotted some green  feathered fruit eating birds, but they seemed much busy flying here and

Kerala Eco Tour Destination-Thenmala, Tour Map, photos, Tourist Info,Tourism Activities, Forest Trekking Info, Accomodation Facilities and other Nature tour attractions around Thenmala

Eco-TourismTourism projects based on Nature, which includes environment awareness programmes and interpretations along with benefits to local people can be termed as eco tourism. Eco tourism should maintain the rhythm of nature along with the tourism activities. The International Eco tourism society/TIES, defines eco tourism as, 'responsible travel that conserves the nature and sustains the

Sculpture Garden @ Thenmala Eco Tourism Leisure Zone-Sculpture Photos, Forest Nature Trails etc.

Sculpture park and leisure zone photos from  Thenmala eco tourism project, Kerala/ India. What you can expect here is sculptures blended into the green extravaganza of the tropical tropical dense forest, in this small valley village of western ghats. The leisure zone and sculpture garden is beside the Thenmala dam, the Irrigation-hydro electric dam of Kollam district / Kerala. The main

Adventure Zone @ Thenmala Ecotourism, Kerala. Rock climbing, Mountain Biking, River Crossing, Rapelling & Nature Trails. Photos of Elevated Canopy Walkway Bridge, Burmese rope Bridge, Forest pond boats etc

Photos from the Adventure zone of Thenmala eco tourism project, Kerala, India. The major tourist attractions here in Adventure zone of Thenmala are, Forest Canopy Elevated walkway bridge, Nature trails through the forested hills, rock climbing, mountain biking, river crossing, Burmese bridge walk, boating in the forest pond, rapelling etc. There is a place where you can do some bow and arrow

Big Trees @ Thenmala Ecotourism Deer Park. Photos of River and Mixed Deciduous Forest Trees in southern regions of Western Ghats.

Photos of  Big trees found in the Thenmala forests and the river Kallada that find its way through this green lush evergreen forests of western ghats found here. The nature of the forest here in and around Shenduruny Wildlife Sanctuary is mixed deciduous forest with evergreen ones. The trees here in this post are photographed from the Deer park of Thenmala eco tourism. Most of the trees found

Forest Tree House @ Thenmala Eco Tourism Deer Park / Kerala / India.Thatched Tree house built of Canes,Bamboo,Ropes etc for tourists. Kerala Eco Tourspot Travel Photos

Tree house photos from the deer rehabilitation centre of Thenmala / Kollam / Kerala.The tree house is built as a part of eco tourism projects of Thenmala, Kerala. Near to the canopy of the forest trees the tree house stands tall like a watch tower for the vegetation and wildlife around. This tree house is added as one of the many eco tourism attractions in and around Thenmala forests, ie the

Deer Photos-Tourist Info @ Deer Rehabilitation Centre, Thenmala.Wildlife Conservation Park , Part of Thenmala Eco tourism Project, Kollam / Kerala / India. Photo info on Spotted Deer, Samba Deer and Barking Deer from Thenmala deer park

Photos of  Deers in the deer rehabilitation centre from the forests of Thenmala/ Kollam/ Kerala/ India. This deer park of Thenmala is a distant part of Thenmala eco tourism and is built within the Kallada river side forest. Apart from various varieties of deers what you can see interesting here is a Tree House and a small Childrens park with some ecologically blended resting places. 
Various

Kerala Sea Side Beach Resorts & Restaurents-Kerala Ayurvedic resorts, Beach Cafes, Seaside cottages etc @ Varkala beach mountain cliffs

Varkala Cliff top Walking Lane
Photos of Varkala beach side resorts, restaurants and sea side cottages. The resort and beach hotel photos given here are from the cliff top near varkala helipad. Apart from hotels and resorts there are ayurvedic massage parlours, dental spas, wifi enabled restaurants, cliff top heritage cottages etc.
To the right is the small tiled walkway that extends through

Kerala Beach Aerial Photos-Varkala Beach and Rough Arabian sea Waves photographed from Southern Mountain Cliffs of Varkala/Kerala. Monsoon time Beach Photos from Kerala/India

Varkala Beach under Cliffs
Aerial view of Varkala beach and the Arabian sea, along the southern coastal line of Kerala / India. The beach pictures and the sea given here are taken from the mountain cliffs of Varkala, near to the helipad. Eventhough it was a bad time for beach tourists coming to Kerala beaches, as the sea is rough, watching the vast sea and waves invading the beaches of varkala

Unique Kerala Beach, Varkala beach landscape peculiarities-Tour Varkala for these reasons.

Varkala Formation, Sedimentary mountain cliffs
Varkala beach, cliffs and rocks- what's so special of these things?, have to say this beach of Kerala has much many importance and specialties than other flat land Kerala beaches.
Considering the rocks and nature of the beach topography, Varkala is considered to be an alternative to Kovalam, the famous Indian beach in Trivandrum district of Kerala

Beach photos @ Varkala Helipad, Varkala Beaches, Mountain Cliffs- Arabian sea aerial view from Varkala mountain cliffs

Varkala Helipad
Varkala Helipad, snaps of the sea and beach underneath the mountain cliffs of Varkala are shared for you here. If you visited Varkala and returned without being into this helipad area of mountain cliffs, you have missed the real beauty of Varkala beach landscapes. From here what you gonna get is an aerial view of the beach and white sea waves splashing onto the bottom of those

Papanasham beach Varkala -Kerala's Beach renowned for Tourism,also as Sacred beach based on Hindu mythologies and believes.

Bali Idal, in papanasham beach, Varkala,Kerala
Paapanasham Beach -Varkala, Kerala, a south Indian beach situated in the state of Kerala which has importance as a tourism spot as well as a Hindu pilgrim spot.One of the beaches of varkala called Papanasham is believed to be a sacred beach as per Hindu religious believes and myths. The beach of papansam is the only white sand beach among the three

Varkala Beach Tourtrip Photos, Scenic Beach snaps from southern India. Beach tourism activities-Surfing, Sunbathe, Swimming..

varkala beach Kerala/India
Varkala beach photos from the tour trips towards Kerala beaches starts from this post. By the noon time of a partially sunny day in the month of September we gave a visit to this beach. Have to say its one of the most lovely beach picnic spot of Kerala-more specifically in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital district of Kerala.
If you intend to visit a beach in which you

Dry River Landscape Photos. Empty River Terrain Rocks Sediments and Tree Trunks. Kallada river photos snapped during Tour Trip, Thenmala/ Kollam/ Kerala/ India

Kallada river landscape, Trees in river delta
River bed photo snaps, more clearly speaking the river landscape of an almost dry riverbed. The landscape which came visible when the dam upstream the river is closed seemed attractive to me and posting some of the photos here. The photographs are taken from a part of one of Kerala's beautiful western ghat river named Kallada.. The part of this

Kerala River Danger Zones, Kallada RIver Bed Rocks Photos near Thenmala, Rock Filled River Course of an Empty River orginating from Western Ghat Mountains

Kallada River photos near Thenmala. River Danger Zones
Beside the river that yellow board says, Dangerous Zone of River, entry to the river is strictly prohibited. A caution board erected by Water Authority near Thenmala besides the Kallada river. Last time when i passed through this place the river was full and water level was upto the sand near the caution board.
The river was flowing much

Thenmala Parappar Dam Reservoir Photos- Keralas Longest Dam Reservoir-Second Largest Irrigation Dam Project- KIP, Unique & Oldest Irrigation Project for Paddy+Garden Tree Crops

Thenmala Parappar Earthen Dam Reservoir
Thenmala Parappar Dam, the main dam of Thenmala which is the heart of Kallada Irrigation Project, the oldest irrigation project of Kerala. Parappar dam is having the longest dam reservoir among the dams of Kerala. Eventhough the dam hydel project is focussed on Irrigation process named as Kallada Irrigation Project electricity is also generated here. So

Kollam Beach photos-Kerala beaches in monsoon season-Golden Beaches of Southern Kerala

Kollam Beach during Monsoons
Kollam beach photos, taken during a small holiday trip. Just a few kilometres  from the heart of kollam town this beach turnout to be a perfect place to relax. Tourism activities are nourishing around this place. The old Mahatma Gandhi park near this beach is renovated now and is on the verge of finishing touches. What you may like is the neatness of this beach

Palaruvi Waterfalls,3rd Highest Waterfalls,Kerala-Photos,Entry pass rates,Trekking rates & route,Visiting time,Contact info,Tourist Atrractions, Routes & Distances

Palaruvi Waterfalls,Kerala
Palaruvi Waterfalls, 40th highest river falls when counted among Indian waterfalls and 3rd highest among the list of Kerala's waterfalls. The waterfalls is  inside the forests near Aryankavu of Kollam district, Kerala.

Meenmutty and Soochipara waterfalls are in first and second place among the waterfalls in Kerala state considering the falling heights. Palaruvi the

Lookout point Thenmala,Weir or Lowhead Dam of Kallada irrigation Project,waterpickup point of the Irrigation Canal Networks

View from Thenmala Lookout tower near Ottakal

View from the lookout tower in Thenmala.What you can see from the lookout tower here is the Kallada river and an aerial view of the forest around. This place is named Ottakkal and is one of the major point of Kallada Irrigation Project (KIP). From here the irrigation canal branches of KIP starts. Mainly two canal wings the right bank main canal

Thenmala Road-trip Photos,Western Gaht Tropical Forests seen aside NH 208, roadstrip linking Kerala & Tamilnadu

NH208-Near Thenmala Lookout
NH-208, the road from Kollam through Punalur,Thenmala,Aryankavu,  Palaruvi, Kuttalam, Chengotta etc and which ends in Thirumangalom in Tamilnadu. Before a few months back the condition of this road from Punalaur towards chengottai was like we can hardly say there is a road. It was more similar to offroad and something like dry river courses with huge dips and muddy

Mountain Stream Mini waterfalls,Tour trip to Thenmala,Kollam,Kerala

man made waterfalls in mountain stream






A small waterfalls seen aside the road strip towards Thenmala. As said in the hanging bridge photo post before we are continuing our trip towards Thenmala dam and Palaruvi waterfalls. Moving through the Kollam-Thirumangalom NH-208 just before the Lookout point of Thenmala this small watercascade came into view. Its seen in the left side of a sharp

Old British Built Hanging Bridge,Punalur tookupalam,one of two Indian Vehicular Suspension Bridges built by British engineers

The Hanging Bridge of Punalur,Kerala, the only vehicular hanging bridge of Kerala and the second one in India built by the British. This old hanging bridge is now under the authority of archeology department, and is under maintainance.
The construction and engineering of this hanging bridge marvel dates back to 1877, by a British engineer named Albert Henry. The bridge is situated across river

Ninnumulli,Valenjenganam,Murinjapuzha-Waterfalls,Kuttikanom,Idukki District,Kerala

Valanjenganam waterfalls in the Monsoon season, some snaps of a scenic water falls on the way to Kuttikkanam, the small plantation town in the Idukki district of Kerala, sometimes called as OOTY of Kerala. The waterfalls is about 75 feet high, ie about 23 meters. The waterfalls is situated on the way to Kuttikanom beside Kottayam- Kumily route.  This white fresh milky river stream of nature which

Globular garden cactus plants-Small crater topped ball cactus photos from home gardens

Small Globular cactus variety for your home garden.This one a member among the Globose Flattened type cacti. The cacti species is seen worldwide and most of the members of this cacti are found flowering, especially white flowers. Small cute cacti globe, but covered densely with lean long spines. The crater like part at the cacti top is usually where the cacti flowers appears if the particular

Fluffy tits, white tailed butterfly species of Indian tropical forests. Butterfly facts, & photos, India/ Kerala

Butterfly with Tails, really long white wing tails. More over rare to a weird creation found in the Nature's insect kingdom, butterfly with tails on wings. One of the rarest types of tropical region butterflies you may ever encounter. These Indian butterfly species are commonly termed as Fluffy-Tit or more technically Zeltus Etolus. These long tailed butterflies comes under the family Lycaenidea.

Arippara waterfalls in Iruvanjipuzha/ RIver, Calicut, Kerala, Wild milky river current splashing through river-bed rocks

Arippara waterfalls and river course. Not one of the most popular Waterfalls in Kerala, but absolutely one of the most beautiful river picnic spot. The waterfalls is in one of the tributaries of Iruvanji river commonly known as Iruvanjipuzha. The river course is much rocky and steep which makes so many water cascades throughout the river path. Similar rocky terrain is seen in most of the rivers

Candle flame photography, Cellphone camera closeup snaps of candle flames, Some amateur flame shots & photographic thoughts

Photographing Candle flames with cellphone mini digital cameras. Just a few snaps i got from the camera eyes of a SE W810i cellphone. It's a 2 megapixel camera integrated into the phone. The photos of the  Candle flames are snapped with all the lights off inside the room. Keeping the candles in well lit environment during photographing them can make the flame photograph lifeless. 
All the candle

Making Houseboats and planning a Houseboat trip, houseboat photos from Kumarakom & backwater cruise tour info

Houseboats of Kerala, the olden times Kettuvalloms refurnished and beautified for the sole purpose of Backwater Tourism. In the land of Kerala, during olden times these boats were rice barges or heavy goods carriers called Kettuvalloms. As time passed new means of transportation emerged and these boats gave way to the modern barges and faster boats. But the beauty and eco blended traditional

SUVs in Cochin autoexpo, Vehicle photos & features, XC90, XC60, latest in the XC series of Volvo

Auto show photos from Cochin, Kerala. Featuring photos and specs of latest Volvo SUVs like Volvo XC90,and Volvo XC60.  XC90 and XC60 are the latest in the series of SUVs that the Swedish auto giant Volvo offers for the year 2010. Volvo which has been getting its main shares from Europe and North America recently started showing up in markets of India, Russia and China.Volvo is now owned by Ford

Old Indian car dumped in scratch yard, Fiat 1100 car of model 1950s, Cochin, Kerala, Black & White cellphone photography

Old Indian car in the scratch yard. guessing the car to be a Fiat made in the late 1950s. The overall body looks of the sedan shows some similarities to the old Fiat Elegant that was introduced into the Indian automobile market in the year of 1957. By now as years passed, its the amazing new era of cars and SUVs with hybrid engines, automatic transmissions, cruise controlls, multi fuel cars and

Longest Indian lake, Vembanadu Lake & House Boats, Kumarakom backwater boating trip photos

Kumarakom tour trip photos, some moments from a small picnic done to the backwater tourism village of Kerala - Kumarakom. A place in the Kottayam district of kerala which depends on backwaters for most of the transportation than roads. The people also makes their living with business related to tourism, fishing, cultivating paddy etc. Can identify the place as a small Venetian town.

The tourist

Kovalam beach & sea, photos from lighthouse, Kerala's famous beach names

Aerial view of the Kovalam beach city and the crescent shaped beaches separated by rocks from the top of the lighthouse in Kovalam. This small city which got famous among tourists for the nice beach lies along the coastal area of Kerala, the south Indian state. The tourism season in Kovalam is from September to May. 
Three beaches are formed in the place named as lighthouse beach, the Hawaa beach

Kovalam lighthouse photos, Inside lighthouse, lighthouse technical specs, names & information of lighthouses in Kerala

Kovalam lighthouse photos and the lighthouse beach of Kovalam. The light house is also known in names like Vizhinjam lighthouse or Vilinjam light house as per in records. Snaps from inside the lighthouse taken during some leisure picnic trips. The lighthouse is an active one and the huge tall structure is open everyday by late afternoons. Painted in red and white bands the tower stands tall in a

Garden cactus photos & types of cactii, Cactus plants in gardens of Kerala

Garden cactus plants from gardens of Kerala. The ideal succulent garden plants for a garden which need less care and least supply of water. Cactus, a member of the plant family Cactaceae. Their are more than 2000 varieties of  cacti known. Most of the Cactus plants are native to the American desert lands. The plants are supposed to spread over the world through migratory birds eating cacti seeds.

Bird watching & boating @ vembanadu lake, Kumarakom

Boating through the vembanadu lake and water channels in Kumarakom, the backwater tourism village of Kerala. Reaching the bird-sanctuary you can get the tickets for boating in KTDC boats from the counter at the front. 
Remember you have options of either not to go boating and take the ticket to enter the bird-sanctuary for walking or to take the boating ticket which includes the entry pass to

Mangroves of Kumarakom bird sanctuary, Bird watching spots in Kerala

Inside the bird sanctuary of Kumarakom, Kottayam district, Kerala. Taking a ticket of mere 5 INR you can enter the sanctuary and can walk through the cobbled lanes through the mangroves. A paradise for bird watchers and bird lovers in kerala, but need patience to meet some in some seasons. Binoculars and telescopic lensed digicams may help incase you look serious into taking some snaps of the

Fishermen throwing fish nets, sea shore fishing snaps from kerala beaches, FORT COCHIN beach

Fishing from the waves, some afternoon snaps from the beach of fort Cochin, Kerala. Shallow water fishing like this are a common scene in the beaches of kerala, eventhough heavy catches are not expected. Throwing of these fishing nets needs some skill to trap the fish properly.
The fishing net is thrown in a special way to spread the net during the flight and land evenly on the water. These nets

Pista green milii flowers, Euphorbia millii plant hybrid names with flower specs

Pista green flowers of Euphorbia millii, commonly known as crown of thorns or Christ plants. Being precise the hybrid variety of these euphorbia varities are named as Eak Wilai. The hybrids of the ornamental plants are mostly from Thai gardeners. The plant is not that common in Europe or the US. 
The hybrids of these water retaining spiny garden shrubs varies in the colour and sizes of the

Crown of Thorns r Christ plant flowers, Spiny succulent garden plant named Euphorbia millii

Flowers of Christ plant or commonly known as Crown of  Thorns. You may got a hint from the garden plant name itself. Some people believes that these are the spiny plant stems used to make the thorn crown for lord Jesus Christ during his crucification. But no evidences its just a belief. The succulent spiny stems of euphorbia millii are very ideal to be made into a crown though. More pink

Tropical ornamental plant flowers, Euphorbia milliis, Kerala garden plant photos

More flowers of Euphorbia millii. Flowers which are bloomed about a week before. Photographed from the potted garden plants. Euphorbia millii flowers are seen changing the colours gradually after blooming. May see the flowers getting fading off its fresh natural colour or may see the petals getting greeny.
 A little older pink flowers of euphorbia.  Seems the pink natural colour getting invaded

Hybrid euphorbia millis ornamental plants, Small pink euphorbia milli flowers, spiky garden plants in Kerala

Tiny pink and red Euphorbia milli flowers. An ornamental plant claimed to be native to Madagascar. Euphorbia millis are most popular in Asian tropical countries than in Europe. Thailand is known to produce a variety of hybrids of this ornamental garden plant. Euphorbia milli hybrids varies in flower colors, flower petal size and even in the nature of leaves and thorns in the plant stems. Some of

Euphorbia Millii red flowers, flower bunches of spiky tropical garden plant, Kerala Garden Plants

Euphorbia Millis bright red flowers. Photographed from gardens in Kerala, the cute little red flowers of the ornamental plant grouped under the plant family of Euphorbias. A wide variety of hybrids are produced for this garden plant and grown in gardens. Flowers of varying sizes and colours are achieved through hybridization of Euphorbia Milliis.
 The Red Euphorbias Milli flowers. The red flower

White Medicinal Flowers, Clitoria Ternatea Medicinal uses, Ayurvedic Plant Flowers of Kerala

Shankupushpam White flowers photographed from Kerala. A herbaceous plant and flower with immense medicinal effects. A tropical plant which grows as perennials or vines with other plants and trees. The butterfly pea plants are used as ornamental plants in some parts of Asia. The plant grows well in tropical climate with a moderate drained neutral soil. Being a member of the pea family the plant

Herbal Flowers of Kerala, Shankupushpam or bluepeas, Flowers of an Ayurvedic medicinal plant

Photos and info on Ayurvedic medicinal plant's flower named as Shankupushpam in Malayalam, the language of Kerala. The flowers of this perennial plant is also known in names, Clitoria ternatia, butterfly pea or blue pea, mussel-shell climber, pigeon wings etc in English. 
Other names of this medicinal flower are, Shankupushpi, Aparajit(hindi), Aparajita(Bengali), Kakkattan(Tamil),  Bunga telang (

Hollywood Movie on Pet Hero Endal, The pet dog movie on making.

Endal the story to Endal the Movie now!. Life story of the pet dog gonna strike the theaters soon. The story of a dog that deserves to be a real hero in the movies, like he was in his true life. The story of a dog who brought back a man from his perished life. A dog which gave back the children theirs lost dad and a wife her loving husband. A pet which rejuvenated the lost ability to speak in a

Most Awarded Pet Dog, yellow Labrador named Endal, the Canine Partner Dog, Achievement list of Endal

The most awarded dog yet, with the list of pet awards he got. Endal was considered the most intelligent trained dog ever known..
They says am the most intelligent Dog. Endal with the PDSA Gold MedalEndal’s achievements to date
2005- Runner hope Hero Dog of the Year (Crufts 2005)
2004 lifetime Achievement Award (Wag and Bone Show)
2002-PDSA Gold Medal – equivalent of The George Cross awarded to

Puppy EJ trained under Most intelligent Dog Endal, Moments of an extraordinary friendship between a man and his Yellow Labrador dogs

Endal, EJ and Allen. Some more photos of Cute labrador puppy Endal Junior or Ej with his beloved trainer dog Endal and the master Allen. The friendship between some yellow labradors and a man, which went world famous. Ooops am i in trouble, the man i supposed to follow has got a big IMAGE!.The puppy Endal Junior, a close snap of the little labrador puppy from the lawn.
  Hey hope it won't upset

Trained intelligent pet dog, Story of Endal, the famous Assistance Dog, Part 4

The dog had the ability to asses situations and take decisions favoring his master. Endal was the apt one that Allen needed as a comrade.

Endal, the Labrador that operates buttons

 Lemme give a try!, Endal operating the train door button for Allen.

 "We recently had the opportunity of trying out South West Trains’ new rolling stock that replaced the ageing slam door train,” he explains. “When

Cute Labrador Puppy Photos, Endal Junior, EJ doing Assistance Training

A small cute labrador puppy. He mayn't know how eager, eyes around are watching him. He's EJ, the junior of Endal the most intelligent Dog. The puppy got trained under the famous Dog Endal itself. He's the one who gonna follow Endal, the most awarded assistance dog yet trained out by canine partners. Before passing away Endal has taught EJ how to behave more than a mean assistance dog to Allen.

Endal, Life story of a Labrador, trained dog for assistance, amazing pet deeds photographed, part 3

The story of Endal the labrador continues here. A great example for how a pet animal can influence a human life. A great dog that pulled out Allen's life from darkness to the sunshine. The character of Labradors to keep pleasing its owner is well shown by Endal and the CPI training he got to be a service dog sharpened his skills to assist and help. Dogs like these gets excited when we rewards

The encounter, Allen meeting his Comrade for life, Endal the Labrador, Part 2

 No man would've got a lovely comrade like this ever. Allan and Endal, they were just waiting for something special to happen in their lives. Obviously it was their encounter . 
You may like to see the first posting on Endal and Allen before reading this. The parts of the stories published here are from the Book,  "Endal: How One Extraordinary Dog Brought a Family Back from the Brink" written

Endal, the Angel Born to bring Allen back to Life- part 1

Endal and Allen, were they made for each other!, their story tells us they were born to be the companions. One of the famous world renowned friendship a Dog has ever made to his Master can be exemplified with the life of Allen Parton and Endal the Labrador.
Some postings on Allen and Endal starts here with this one. After reading the mail Allen send to pixelshots, can't help to say something

Labrador Retriever Photos, Kerala Dogshow photos

Labrador Retriever, nah the sleeping Labs. Once known as St John's Dogs. The Labrador Photos are taken from a dog show in Kerala/ India. Labs or labradors are the most owned pet dog world wide when taking the number of registered users. Labrador retrievers took over the first place of Golden retrievers in the pet dog popularity list of American Kennel Club. German shepherds comes third in

Weimaranner, German Dog Breed, Dogshow photos from Ernakulam/ Kerala/ India

Weimaraner pet dogs, hunters by natural instinct. Weimaraners are natives of Germany, they are bread for the first time and for a long time then onwards for the sole purpose to assist hunting. The hunter's perfect dog companion. These dogs are much energetic and continuously moving. Their energy levels may sometimes increase to knockdown a man, especially children when playing together.

Golden Retriever photos & info, Dog show photos- Ernakulam, Kerala

Golden Retriever photographed from a pet dog show conducted in Cochin, Kerala, India. A simple dog but very versatile and handy to be trained to use in different fields. Golden Retrievers are also a British native like bulldogs. 
Golden Retrievers are fast adaptive, energetic, less shy and sweet tempered dogs which can make your favorite family pet. They loves playing with especially children.

Bulldog Facts &Photos, Pet Dog Show Photos- Cochin/ Kerala/ India

Bulldogs, a widely adored pet dog breed. Here  giving you the photos of a snoring bulldog  from a dog show conducted in Kerala/ Cochin. Bulldogs are natives of the British Isles and they are introduced in for the first time as fighter dogs. 
They are named bulldogs, bcoz once these were used by the English people to guard, bait and control bulls. Bull dogs have undergone an evolution from its

Small Violet Flowers, Kerala Flower Closeups using Cannon Digi Cams

Violet flowers from the home garden. The tiniest violets i found there in a bushy shrub like garden plant in Kerala. The flowers are ordered through the sides of bouquet like shrub leaves. Something that we can cut out and readily place in our flower vase. They are already arranged by the nature itself, a ready made bouquet from the gardens. 
The tiny flowers with those small green leaves forms a

Rain wet yellow flower petals, Yellow Alamanda flowers, Kerala

Closeups snaps of the  yellow bell flowers drenched in rain. Some wet yellow flower petals from some gardens of Kerala. These alamanda plants are most common garden plants and the yellow flowers are one of the popular kerala flowers.
 A try to snap rain droplets from the bell flower petals. Macro focus shot with Cannon Powershot, camera model: A530
  A little more closer look on the rain droplet

Kerala Waterfalls & River Names , Length & Tributaries-Waterfalls & River Photos

A small mountain river waterfalls from the south Indian state Kerala. Kerala a place which is blessed by nature with so many rivers, backwaters, lakes, mountains, forests, beaches etc. The mild tropical climate makes Kerala an ideal Tourist spot in any time of the year.


Water Cascade in small river- Pamba Waterfalls. A beautiful milky falls of water splashing through the rocks.

  
Kerala River

Lion Head Cichlid, African Aquarium fish- Photos from Cochin Aquarium Show

Lion Head Cichlid, another aquarium fish native to African rivers. The Cichlid Photos taken from the aquarium fish pet exhibition held in Cochin, Kerala. The fish is also known if names like blockhead cichlids, lumphead cichlids etc. The scientific name of this fresh water fish species is Steatocranus casuarius.
 Violet fishes in aquarium, The lump head Cichlids
Lion head Cichlids, Facts on the

Yellow Cichlid Aquarium Fish Photos & Facts, Aquarium fish show from Cochin/Kerala

Electric yellow Cichlid aquarium fishes, a member of the fish family cichladea,  photographed from an aquarium show conducted in Cochin, the port town of Kerala. This cochin aquarium show lasted for about 10 days and there were more than 100 types of aquarium fish species displayed in the event named D-Aqua.

 oops, only got the fish face, the eyes andmouth only,  of the following yellow ciclid.

Dangling Garden Worm, Plant Eater Worm Dangling down using silk Web

The garden worms dangling down the garden plants using its silky string of web. I found him in my home garden just after a rain. May be the rain and the wind have thrown him down from the plant top.  Still he made a stay wire huh. May be returning back upto the plant top after some dangling exercises.. The worm in garden, holding onto his web and swaying in the wind. He's a suspect. The suspected

Flowers of Purple Queens, Wandering Jews or Purple Hearts; pink flower closeups from Kerala Gardens

Small cute pink flowers, a simple tiny flower with three pink petals. The flower is photographed from some home gardens in Kerala. These flowers are not a common south Indian flower. The flowers are of plant named Tradescantia pallida, also named as wandering jew, purple hearts, purple queen, pure well giant  etc. Scientific name as Setcreasea purpurea or Setcreasea pallida.

Wandering Jews are

Kerala elephants, decorated temple elephants & temple festivals - Pixelshots photos

kerala elephants with names and photos

decorated elephants in pooram, kerala famous elephants with names and photos, temple elephants with nettipattom, kerala elephant camp info

KERALA TUSKER

Decorated elephants in temple festivals of kerala
temple festivals and elephants, bigger elephants of kerala,man posing with tusker, elephant photos from thrissur

Kerala domestic elephants

elephants

Kerala flowers, garden plants & herbs - Pixelshots flower photo index

Fresh Kerala Flowers
Kanikonna, kanikonna medicinal uses and facts, golden shower plant,small yellow flower.
Flower Closeups with cellphones 
dark red antooriums, garden plants, yellow garden flower, simple white flower soaked in dew, yellow flower under sunlight, aripoovu, poochedy poovu
Kerala rare flower
neelakurinjis the rarest flowers of Kerala in Munnar hills

Common garden flowers
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Kerala rivers & backwaters - Pixelshots photos

Kerala rivers and backwaters photo gallery links. The river photos are not completely collected yet, but keeps growing.
Kerala Rivers
 
river names-river tributaries
Photos, Names and lengths of Kerala's rivers and river tributaries with length of rivers in Kilometres.

bharathapuzha, river sand miningPhotos of Bharathapuzha river. Sandmining and truck loading activities in the river banks.
 

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