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Great Temples Of Tamilnadu….Chidambaram Nataraja Temple !!!

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Travel Tamil Nadu Temples

By some estimates Tamil Nadu has about 33,000 ancient temples, many of them over 600 to 800 years old. A majority of the great temples are dedicated to Lord Shiva and his fierce aspect of Bhairava, closely followed by temples dedicated to Lord Vishnu. There are also a number of temples dedicated to Lord Murugan and Lord Hanuman, besides a number of Amman temples. Yahoo! reader CHANDRASEKARAN A (Flickr) shares this wonderful collection of photographs.

Chidambaram Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. Chidambaram is one of the five Pancha Bootha Sthalas, each representing one of the five natural elements. Chidambaram represents akasha (ether). The other four temples in this category are Thiruvanaikaval Jambukeswara (water) in Trichy, Kanchi Ekambareswara (earth) in Kanchipuram, Thiruvannamalai Arunachaleswara (fire) in Thiruvannamalai and Kalahasti Nathar (wind) in Kalahasti. The tandava represented in Chidambaram is Ananda tandava, the cosmic dance of Lord Nataraja (Shiva). Another important aspect in Chidambaram is of the Five Sabhas. Chidambaram represents Por Sabai or Ponnambalam. The other Sabhas are at Thiruvalangadu (Rathina Sabai – ruby), Madurai (Velliambalam – silver), Tirunelveli (Thamira Sabai – copper), Kutralam (Chitra Sabai – painting). All the main Saivite Nayanars — namely Thirugnana Sambandhar, Appar, Sundarar and Manicka Vasakar — visited this holy shrine and it is said that they entered this temple from all the four cardinal directions, i.e. through the South, West, North and East Gopurams, denoting the four different margas or pathways. The gold-plated gopuram is the one of the main attractions of this temple. Chidambaram is supposed to be the oldest of Saivite temples and all Thirumurai concerts conclude with the words “Thiruchitrambalam”.

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Tree Shaped Residential Apartment Towers in India !!!!

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Aquaria Grande

The residential location consists of two 37 story towers located in Mumbai, India. The Aquaria Grande Tower will feature several different amenities including a car park, fully equipped clubhouse, and a sustainable podium garden.

 

Aquaria Grande

  1. Aquaria Grande is an iconic residential development intended to become a disntinct landmark in the Borivali suburb of Mumbai. This distinctive project originated from the idea of adjacent forestry and trees of Borivali.

Aquaria Grande

 

 

The forms of the twin towers are inspired by the forms of trees. The two distinctive towers provide over 200 comprehensive typical apartments as the trunk of the building, in the roof top, garden and shelter will provide to metaphor the form of leaf shade.

source::::yahoo news…

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Most Beautiful Airports Around The World !!!!

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Changi Airport's Terminal 3 in Singapore features an impressive roof composed of more than 900 skylights, each adjustable to let in the perfect amount of light, as well as a five-story vertical garden in the baggage claim area. Indoor gardens scattered throughout the airport lend a calming atmosphere to this busy hub.

Changi Airport’s Terminal 3 in Singapore features an impressive roof composed of more than 900 skylights, each adjustable to let in the perfect amount of light, as well as a five-story vertical garden in the baggage claim area. Indoor gardens scattered throughout the airport lend a calming atmosphere to this busy hub.

 

Beijing International Airport's Terminal 3, opened for the 2008 Olympics, is one of the largest buildings on earth. From the sky, the structure is meant to resemble a dragon adorned in the traditional Chinese red-and-yellow color scheme. Huge skylights let in plenty of natural light, and the entire terminal is color-coded to help passengers navigate it effortlessly.

Beijing International Airport’s Terminal 3, opened for the 2008 Olympics, is one of the largest buildings on earth. From the sky, the structure is meant to resemble a dragon adorned in the traditional Chinese red-and-yellow color scheme. Huge skylights let in plenty of natural light, and the entire terminal is color-coded to help passengers navigate it effortlessly.

 

JFK's Terminal 5, also called the TWA Flight Center, serves as the airport's JetBlue Terminal. The space was designed by Finnish American architect Eero Saarinen in 1962, and was meant to look like a seagull in flight. The building's unique design has been used as a New York filming location for movies like "Catch Me if You Can."

JFK’s Terminal 5, also called the TWA Flight Center, serves as the airport’s JetBlue Terminal. The space was designed by Finnish American architect Eero Saarinen in 1962, and was meant to look like a seagull in flight. The building’s unique design has been used as a New York filming location for movies like “Catch Me if You Can.”

 

Madrid is quickly becoming a major travel center in Europe, and besides being one of the easiest airports to navigate, it's also beautiful. Terminal 4's architectural highlights include colorful steel pylons supporting a bamboo ceiling that lets in sunlight with the aim of creating a tranquil and calming space for passengers passing through.

Madrid is quickly becoming a major travel center in Europe, and besides being one of the easiest airports to navigate, it’s also beautiful. Terminal 4’s architectural highlights include colorful steel pylons supporting a bamboo ceiling that lets in sunlight with the aim of creating a tranquil and calming space for passengers passing through.

source:::::USA TODAY

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Boeing 747…The “Jumbo Jet” Plane Which Redefined Airtravel….A Flash back!!!

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Boeing 747: a history in pictures

The first 747 rolled out of the Everett assembly building in Washington State on September 30, 1968. A special hangar was built for its construction. By volume, it remains the biggest building ever made.

The plane was set to re-define air travel, with its ability to carry more people than previous aircraft, and played a major part in making long-haul journeys more affordable….

Boeing 747: a history in pictures

Pan Am was the first airline to receive a 747, and Pat Nixon, the First Lady of the United States, christened the aircraft Clipper Vector. The 747 entered service on January 22, 1970, on Pan Am’s scheduled flight from New York to London.

Boeing 747: a history in pictures

It also shared some historic highs. The 747 was often used to transport space shuttles, and here it is seen in 1978 giving the Enterprise a piggyback.

Boeing 747: a history in pictures

In 1984 a youthful Richard Branson launched his airline with a 747 flight from Gatwick to Newark.

Boeing 747: a history in pictures

The aircraft has been redesigned several times. Variants were launched in 1979 (747-100B), 1982 (747SP), 1983 (747-300), 1989 (747-400), 2006 (747 LCF), and 2011 (747-8, pictured).

Boeing 747: a history in pictures

The Boeing 747, launched more than 40 years ago, is one of the most influential and admired passenger aircraft ever to be built.

However the original “jumbo jet”, which has flown many millions of people in its decades of service, may finally be falling from favour. British Airways will take delivery of its first Airbus A380 “superjumbo” in July, and this week announced plans to buy 18 Boeing 787 Dreamliners. Both aircraft are quieter and more fuel efficient than the 747, which BA is now looking to phase out over the next few years.

source::::The Telegraph UK…

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Google Search For Planets Thro Satellite ….Wait Till 2017 !!!!

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INTERNET giant Google its taking its search function to new heights: Finding new planets, no less.

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will be launched in 2017 and will see Google join NASA to send a set of specialist cameras in to space to scan the skies for planets orbiting bright nearby stars.

NASA has said the satellite will focus upon stars likely to have Earth-like planets.

It will use a technique to analyse starlight to find planets as they swing around their stars, similar to that used by the Kepler telescope which has already found some 2700 orbiting bodies.

“TESS will carry out the first space-borne all-sky transit survey, covering 400 times as much sky as any previous mission,” George Ricker, TESS’ principle investigator, said in a statement.

“It will identify thousands of new planets in the solar neighbourhood, with a special focus on planets comparable in size to the Earth.”

Alien Planets

This artist rendering shows the different types of planets in our Milky Way galaxy detected by NASAs Kepler spacecraft.

Google’s role so far extends back to 2008 when it provided initial funding for the development of the telescope’s sensors and optical cameras.

Are there plans to launch a Google Space View to join its terrestrial equivalent?

Google has not said.

The launch is one of two projects slated by NASA to be launched in 2017.

The second involves a neutron star scanner to be fitted to the International Space Station.

 

Extraterrestrial Planets

This illustration provided by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics shows artist’s renderings of planets Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f compared with Venus and the Earth. Scientists have found the two Earth-sized planets orbiting a distant star, an encouraging sign for prospects of finding life elsewhere.

SOURCE::::news.com.au

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Images Of The Week !!!!

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Flying formation……. Part 1…….    Two parrots captured in flight in Madrid

Flying formation……Part 2…..An Emirates A380 aircraft (L) and Qantas A380 aircraft (R) fly over Sydney Harbour to mark the official launch of a partnership between the two carriers.

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“நான் இருக்கேன் …எப்போதும் உன்னுடன் “….மகாபெரியவர் சொல்கிறார் !!!

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“… பூர்ணசந்த்ர முகத்துடனும், அபய கரத்துடனும் சாக்ஷாத் பெரியவா தெரிந்தார்!”

April 2, 2013 –Sage of Kanchi site
பெரியவாளை செகந்தராபாத் அருகே உள்ளே ஒரு மலைக்குன்று மேல் உள்ள மஹா கணபதி கோவிலில் தர்சனம் பண்ணினார் ஒரு பக்தர். அப்போது பெரியவா அவருக்கு தன் படமும், திருப்பதி ஸ்ரீநிவாசப் பெருமாள் படமும் குடுத்தார். பக்தருக்கோ பரம ஆனந்தம்! மெட்ராஸில் ஒரு ஸ்டூடியோவில் குடுத்து அப்படங்களைப் என்லார்ஜ் பண்ணி, அழகாக frame பண்ணித்தரச் சொன்னார். இரண்டு நாட்களுக்குப் பிறகு இடிபோல் செய்தி வந்தது….அந்த ஸ்டூடியோவில் தீப்பிடித்து ஏறக்குறைய எல்லாமே எரிந்துவிட்டது! என்று. அடித்துப்பிடித்துக் கொண்டு ஓடினார்…….ஸ்டூடியோ நிர்வாகி இவரைப் பார்த்ததும், “ஸார்…நீங்க கவலைப்படாதீங்க….நீங்க குடுத்த பெரியவா படமும், வெங்கடாசலபதி படமும் பத்ரமா இருக்கு. நெருப்பு அதை கொஞ்சங்கூட தீண்டலைங்க ஸார்…” என்றார். இது ஒரு ஆச்சர்யம்!
சந்தோஷமாக அந்த படங்களை எடுத்துக் கொண்டு அவரும் ஒரு நண்பரும் காரில் பெரியவா முகாமிட்டிருந்த கார்டேர் நகருக்கு சென்றனர். போகும் வழியில் ஒரு பிள்ளையார் கோவிலுக்கு சென்று வழிபட்டுக் கொண்டிருந்தபோது அடுத்த ஆச்சர்யம்……..மடத்து பாரிஷதர் ஒர்த்தர் இவர்களை அங்கே தேடிக் கொண்டு வந்து, “மெட்ராஸ்லேர்ந்து கார்ல படம் கொண்டு வந்தவாளை பெரியவா ஒடனே அழைச்சிண்டு வரச்சொல்லி சொன்னார்……..” இது என்ன! எதிர்கொண்டழைப்பது என்பது இதுதானா? அல்ப ஜீவன்களான நம்மை அந்த மஹாப் ப்ரபு எதிர்பார்த்துக் கொண்டிருந்திருக்கிறாரா! ஆடித்தான் போனார் பக்தர். இரண்டு கரங்களாலும் புஷ்பங்களை அள்ளித் தூவினார் அப்படங்கள் மேல், சாக்ஷாத் பெரியவா!

அதே பக்தர் ஒருமுறை திருக்கடையூர் சென்றார் தன் நண்பருடன். அப்போது அமிர்தகடேசனுக்கு அபிஷேகம் நடந்து கொண்டிருந்தது. ஆனந்தமாக கண்டு களித்துக் கொண்டிருக்கும்போது, இவருக்கு ஒரு அரிய ஆனந்தமான ஒரு காக்ஷி !………கருவறை லிங்கத்தின் மேல் பூர்ணசந்த்ர முகத்துடனும், அபய கரத்துடனும் சாக்ஷாத் பெரியவா தெரிந்தார்! இவரோ, தனக்கு பெரியவா மேல் உள்ள பக்தியால் ஏற்பட்ட மனப்ரமை என்று எண்ணினார். அதே சமயம் பக்கத்தில் நின்றுகொண்டிருந்த நண்பர் இவர் தோளைத் தட்டினார்……..”ஸ்வாமி….உள்ள பாரும் ஒய்!….பெரியவா தெரியறாளா? என்ன பாக்யம் ! என்ன பாக்யம்! சங்கரா.சங்கரா..” கண்கள் பனிக்க கன்னத்தில் போட்டுக் கொண்டார். பக்தர் ஸ்தம்பித்துவிட்டார்! சாக்ஷாத் பரமேஸ்வரனே தான்தான்! என்பதை ப்ரத்யக்ஷமாக ஒரே சமயத்தில், கற்பனையோ என்று சந்தேகப் படமுடியாமல், இரண்டு பேருக்குமே உணர்த்திவிட்டாரே பெரியவா!!!!!

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The Invisible Artist !!!

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Chinese artist Liu Bolin is known as the “invisible man” and the “human chameleon” — just take one close look at his work, and you’ll see why. One very close look. See him? Liu has gained international fame for his photographs, which usually feature him painstakingly painted to blend into street scenes or other complex backgrounds.

The work takes hours, with assistants painting the most intricate details onto Liu’s body and clothes, all while the artist tries to remain perfectly still. But Liu’s extreme dedication to his craft has paid off. His artwork regularly fetches five figures, and one (a photo of Liu painted into a mural of Chinese dragons) even sold for more than that…

Liu himself describes what he does NOT as blending into the background, but he explains it as letting the background, the place, take over him, and blend with him, taking into himself the spirit of the place. So he is not trying to hide, but surrenders himself to the place itself…

Some of his art works are…

the invisible man

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the invisible man

the invisible man

source::::babamail net

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