Memories of Hyderabad

I have to go often to Hyderabad to spend time with my daughter's family. During every visit, we used to go to some places of interest like Golconda Fort, Birla Mandir, Charminar, Hyderabad Zoo, the beautiful  Hussain Sagar LAKE (TANK BUND),etc. We also went to some resorts on the week ends. 


I give below some of the nice memories of such visits.


Golconda Fort(Golkonda fort):

We went to Golconda fort which is located 11 kms from Hyderabad on 24.12.2007. 

The name of Golconda originates from the Telugu words "Golla" and "Konda" which means 'shepard's hill'.  One of the most important features of this fort is that the sounds of hands clapped at the entry gate can be heard quite clearly at the top of the hill. 

The most important builder of Golkonda was a Hindu Kakatiya King. Ibrahim was following in the spirit of his ancestors, the Qutub Shahi kings, a great family of builders who had ruled the kingdom of Golkonda from 1512. Their first capital, the fortress citadel of Golkonda, was rebuilt for defense from invading Mughals from the north. They laid out Golkonda's splendid monuments which are now in ruins.

To know more about Golconda fort click:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golkonda

We took a Guide to explain about the various features of the Fort and he was very good in his job. We were surprised to note that he could explain in Tamil also.


The pictures of the view of the city from the Top of the fort and the beautiful sunset view are posted below: 

Hyderabad Zoo:


Hyderabad Zoo also known as the Nehru Zoological Park,  was established in 1959 and declared open to the public in 1963. The park extends over 380 acres and is a premier recreation spot in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad.The Zoo  has a wide selection of animals - nearly 3,500 species of birds, animals and reptiles are housed here. To know more about Hyderabad Zoo click:
http://www.hyderabadzoo.in/

My self and my wife went to the Zoo on 29.12.2007 along with my daughter's family and my brother in law's family. All of us enjoyed seeing all kinds of Animals, Birds, Reptiles in their full form in the beautiful environment. We also went for a Safari in a van and could see Lions and Tigers in the open space. 


I could capture some of the  movements of the white tiger, hippopotamus, gigantic bears etc. 



After the visit , I uploaded three videos in Youtube about the visit to the Zoo and the links are given below:
                                  VISIT TO THE ZOO- OVERVIEW

HIPPOPOTAMUS

(Don't miss seeing the hippo opening its mouth wide at the end of the video)

WHITE TIGER

Pragati Garden Resort:


In 2009, when we went to Hyderabad, we went to Pragati  Garden Resort.  It is situated on the way to Chilkur Balaji Temple . The Resorts is in 85 acres surrounded by lush green area of 2500 acres with full-fledged amenities including Wi-Fi and lot of recreational facilities enjoyable for all age groups. 


To know more about the resort click:  
http://www.pragatiresorts.com/resorts


We spent the day in the Garden Resort enjoying the views of different kinds of flowers, the magnificent swimming pool  and my Grand daughter had a nice time playing in the Children's park with so many swings, slides and climbing walls etc. We also played some games in the Indoor games area. A very good lunch( as part of the entrance fees) was  served to us in the Garden Restaurant.


I took the pictures /video of the beautiful flowers and the majestic white swans swimming in a lake and uploaded the same in You tube. the links are given below:
                                                                    

  My next posting will be on my visit to USA.....                                          

Capturing Developmental transition

During the period  from 2005 to June 2010 ,I used to travel by office car from my house to office . On the way, I had the opportunity to witness many structural changes in the buidlings and on the roads due to developmental activities. 

Wherever I used to travel in a car, it was my habit to take video of the roads and notable buidlings  using my camera or cell phone. I captured two such development works as video  (before and after the transition) and posted them in Youtube.

Approach to Central Station:

The first video was taken in 2008. Initially there were many shops on the footpath in front of the Booking cum Reservation Building which is located on the right side of Central Station in Chennai. Apart from hiding the good view of the building, the shops were hindrance to the people who wanted to use the footpath. After removal of the shops and broadening the footpath, we could have a nice view of the buidling and people started to use the footpath happily. You can see the difference in this video.

Turn on the speakers to hear some good music.:-)

 The two video clips taken before and after the removal of the shops were merged  by me and coverted  as a film using Windows Movie maker.

Flyover at Padi Junction:

Another major development witnessed by me was the construction of Padi Flyover which came as a major relief for the users of Two wheelers and Four wheelers. The waiting time at the junction was drastically reduced after the construction of the flyiver  which was inaugrated on 20.2.2009.

I took two video clips when the construction of the flyover was under progress and two clips  after completion. After merging the video clips using Windows Movie maker, I uploaded the short film in Youtube on 21.2.2009.

Is it not nice to witness such nice developmental transition which is taking place in front of our eyes?

WORKSHOP ON HEALTH

In my last post, I mentioned that I will post my experiences in my life also  in my Blog.

Let me start with the latest experience.It is related to one of the important aspects of our life i.e.HEALTH.

Of late my wife and myself were suffering from some minor illness problems  due to indigestion and we had to take medicines from allopathy,homeopathy and ayurvedha doctors. But the illness continued to co-exist along with whatever medicines taken by us.

Last week ,I had severe ulcers in my mouth and tongue and I was unable to eat and talk due to the pain in the mouth.  I had a feeling of uncomfort in the chest area due to acidity  and  some breathing problem . After consulting a doctor, I started taking medicines for this problem also.

At this stage, I received an invitation to attend   with my wife a Workshop on Health   conducted at Hotel Green Park at Chennai on 22nd and 23rd of this month.

I discussed with my wife about whether we could attend the Workshop for two days (of course it is not a free workshop). Finally we decided to attend it, since we felt that it was the proper time for us to attend such workshop.

The Workshop was conducted by Dr. D.Bharadwaj, who  is a Physician, a psychologist, an adept healer, a yogacharya, an academic, a scholar, an author, a journalist, a social activist and a trainer par excellence. He is regularly conducting  Training in Yogic Self Mastery at Bangalore,Chennai and Hyderabad.

More than 30 persons participated in the workshop and most of them had the opportunity to attend the Training in Yogic Self Mastery conducted  by Dr.D.Bharadwaj. Myself ,my wife and few others only  were new participants.

Before attending the workshop, I thought that the Doctor,  being a Yogacharya ,will talk  in the workshop about Yoga, Meditation, Walking etc for improving our health. But my expectations proved to be incorrect. He never touched these aspects during the sessions on two days.

Dr.Bharadwaj dealt mainly about how good health can be attained through proper Diet. He emphasised during the sessions how the food taken by us in the Modern world spoil our health and dealt elaborately about the food items which are good for health and food items which are bad.  Many participants who had benefitted by his treatment eariler shared their experiences of attaining good health by following his advices on diet.

On both days food items as advised by the Doctor were served  in the Hotel. Some of us could see the improvement in health after taking the diet on the first day itself.

The workshop was very well organised and all the particpants expressed their happiness to attend such useful workshop by Dr.Bharadwaj .

After attending the workshop, myself and my wife started to take the diet and follow other health advices  as prescribed by the Doctor. 

Within two days I find now that there is good improvement in my health with the disappearance of ulcers in the mouth and tongue, good appetite which was not there earlier and relief of congestion in the chest area. My wife has also some improvement in her acidity /stomach ulcer problem. I think it will take some time for her since she is suffering from the problem for nearly a year and also diabetic.

Intentionally I have not covered here about the Diets prescribed by the Doctor, since it is not proper for me to share the details which we learnt in the paid workshop. It would be  better to attend the workshop in person to get the full benefit.

( To know more aboutDr.D.Bharadwaj  click: http://yogicselfmastery.blogspot.com/p/dr-d-bharadwaj.html)