tour pictures

The superb carving in one of the wooden royal beds 

A beautiful yet sad sight at the Koodankulam bird sanctuary

Side(top) and front(bottom) view respectively of Padmanabhapuram Palace

Painted starks resting on a tree in the premises of a village house near the sanctuary

The green Western Ghats

birds having a relief from the hot sun in this lake at the sanctuary

Windmills lining the road at Arulvaimozhi

western ghats-another view

Me and my cousin Jasmin

Exploring south Tamil Nadu

I was on a 1 day trip to the southern side of tamil nadu on may 30(sunday) in my car.My 9th classes had already started by then.Anyway better late.
First we went to the well known 'padmanabhapuram kottaram' the royal palace of thiruvithamkur maharajavu.All the carvings on wood and stone were really perfect.And the secret behind its smooth glistening floor is nothing other than lime,eggs,mehendi,wax,cowdung,
eggshells;& the effect?better than marble!There were huge pillars made of single rock which were carried by the labourers and laid by elephants.It takes a long time to explore this palace & i'm sure nobody will dare break into the palace as they can easily get lost in the secret passages and get trapped.
Our next destination was'kundan kulam Bird sanctuary'.And the journey from the palace to the sanctuary was one of the best i've ever had.Right from the time we left the palace we were accompanied by the stunningly beautiful and majestic western ghats.There were mountains with lots of geenery as well as those made of naturally carved rocks.Just at the valley of these mountains there were large areas of banana plantains planted very close together,then came rice plantations and rivers and then there were long areas of just dry grasslands.The little rays of sunlight than came out of hiding from the rain clouds lit up parts of the moutains and fields so beautifully that i was greedily putting my head out to feed my inner eye with the maximum i can.While we were nearing Arulvaaimozhi i caught the first glimpse of a windmill.
Within a matter of seconds i saw sea of windmills,hunderds of them stretching out beyond the horizon in both sides.The strong winds,the windmills,and the mountains made such beautiful
atmosphere that i was in confusion whether to look in the right or left of my car window.
After a while the scenery changed,the fields were replaced by never ending dry grasslands with a few dry trees in between.and then came the palm trees.It was sort of a desert geography there.Just as we made this comment.on the same village road came the sight green paddy fields,banana,mango plantations,pineapple,mustard and again dry grasslands.
the density of population in this village area was very less.on the way we came across a tree which was full of very pretty painted stark birds and interestingy this tree was located on the same compound as that of a village member's house.The entrance to the park was empty n still there was no sign of water anywhere.And when we walked a few steps there we saw the amazing sight of a lake with lots n lots painted starks,flamingo's,black iris,white iris,pelican etc.on the other side of the lake were some dried trees.this scene was something totally unexpected in a such an area.The best part is that the villagers themselves take all the necessary steps to protect them from encroachments and never interfere with their life.
And the same beautiful journey back, full of mindblowing sceneries.......made my mid school tour of the beautiful south Tamil Nadu