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Nomad’s of North Karnataka

We were traveling between Huballi and Belagam and we encountered Helavaru nomad, for these people traditional profession of the community entails recording births, deaths, marriages and other familial issues in an encapsulated manner, which in Kannada roughly translates to “narrate”, the members of this semi-nomadic community go about narrating histories of almost all families in villages of all north Karnataka districts. Yallappa, 56 explains, he was a second standard dropout, then he learned the trade from his father when he was young, explaining the process of archiving. Similar to other tribal communities the Helavas are also facing a threat when it comes to their practice. The age of modernization and digitization has pushed their tradition into the darkness, making it next to obsolete.

#huballi #northkarnataka #nomad #tribal #unroad_india #vj_vinaydv

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Paryaaya Kaniyoor Mutt

It was 2015 we came to explore the Paryaaya, this is a religious ritual that takes place every alternate year in Sri Krishna Matha (Krishna Temple) of Udupi. The puja and administration of Krishna Matha are distributed among the Swamijis of Ashta Matha's established by Dvaita philosopher Sri Madhvacharya. The duration of this tenure is known as the paryaaya period and the handing over of the worship from one Swamiji to another is known as the paryaaya festival. During paryaaya, the puja and administration of Krishna Matha is handed over from Swamiji of one of Ashta Matha to the Swamiji of another Ashta Matha. It takes place every two years in even-numbered years. On 18 January 2014, the puja and administration were handed over to Kaniyoor Mutt's Vidhyavallabhatirtha Swamiji from Sodhe Mutt's Vishwavallabhatirtha Swamiji.

#udupi #udupitourism #travel #india #travelstories #unroad_india #vj_vinaydv

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Kolkata Diary 

A week isn’t enough just glance the historical city, it was completely mesmerising experience city is beyond doubt one of the most distinctive, vibrant and overwhelmingly chaotic cities, with rich cultural heritage and history, Kolkata possesses different ethnicity, culture, religion, languages and diverse landscape, this is one of the most populous global cities that offers nothing less than a mind-boggling and rich kaleidoscope of images, colors, smells and emotions, that reveal the city’s enormous dynamic. For street photography, one can never get tired of this city of joy for it keeps showing you surprises from all the corners.

#kolkata #streetphotography #india #kolkatadiaries #unroad_india #vj_vinaydv

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We spent two days exploring Athirappilly in monsoon in 2012, it was a true delight for all nature lovers, the place is commonly known as the land of rivers and forests, this insanely beautiful waterfall is fed from the Chalakkudy River which originates from the upper reaches of the Western Ghats. The first day we saw from the top and the second day was an amazing experience from down. Athirappilly is 72kms North-East of Kochi and the journey time takes approximately two hours.

#athirappilly falls #kerala #vj_vinaydv #unroad_india

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Thanjavur

It was around 4 in the evening when we reached Thanjavur, it was a breathtaking experience seeing the Brihadishvara Temple in the golden light! The city of Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu is a prominent center of religion, art, and architecture of South India, located in the Cauvery delta, Thanjavur is often called the ‘Rice bowl of Tamil Nadu’.The Brihadishvara, Gangaikonda, and Airavatesvara temples are together called the Great Living Chola Temples and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Also called the Dhakshina Meru (Meru of the south), this temple was built by Raja Raja Chola I by 1010 AD.

#tamilnadu #india #vj_vinaydv #unroad_india #thanjavur

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Tranquebar

We traveled around Tamilnadu for about 14 days road trip it’s was a mesmerizing experience, exploring Dravidian architecture, food and culture. This is Tranquebar, locally known as Tharangambadi, one of my favorite place and we both are ecstatic when we reached in the early morning. The place was residence and headquarters for about 150 years to Dutch East India Company, after 2005 tsunami a Dutch foundation has restored many things.

Tranquebar is about 280 km from Chennai towards the south. is about 280 km from Chennai towards the south.

#tranquebar #tharangambadi #tamilnadu #travel #travelphotography #unroad_india #vj_vinaydv