शिल्पारमम

 And this was also in Hyderabad. I loved this place and frequented there, as much as I could. 

घूमते - घामते

Now, let's see some ele-phantastic pics from my many more travels. 

This used to be at the entrance of Salarjung Museum Hyderabad, circa 2007. Must have grown a lot now ;) :P :D 

बटालिक

We were in the final year of graduation. 'We' means Gun, Onu, and Sid. We did our first and only trip together - to Dudhwa National Park. We didn't spot any tigers but we played with this three-year-old baby elephant. His name was Batalik - named so because he was born on the day India won the Batalik peak in Kargil war. 

 

इस हाथी का नाम ननमुन है, उस मोर का नाम तुम रखो !

When I thought of the elephant series, I did not realise I would have so many pictures of elephants in so many different forms that I would be left totally confused. But well, let's see how far does it go, albiet in a chaotic way.

श्रीगणेश

As I said, I will post elephants in different ways for a month starting today. 

तो चलिए, करते हैं श्रीगणेश इस हस्तिमयी यात्रा का! और ये श्रीगणेश आज क्यों? 

क्योंकि हिन्दू पञ्चाङ्ग के अनुसार आज हमारा जन्मदिन है :) 

So here is the Vighn-harta Ganesh on a car dashboard - signifying the onset of an auspicious journey. 

FYI

 

I have been thinking of doing a series of elephants' pictures. I find them very much like me (fascinating and adorable and sensitive and fat and never forgetting). So with the next post around Deepawali, I will start a herd (!) of daily elephants pics for almost the whole month.

Oh my dear deer