Posts Tagged ‘Tirisulam’

People, Week 28

A senior priest and his son of Thirusulanadhar Temple in the Tirisulam Hills.

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Swine

… Even if they are not the reason for the recent pandemic, but their presence in an unhygienic conditions and no proper rearing habits will spell infectious diseases or various other maladies.
Seen at a few slums, in this scene near the Tirisulam hills.

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Commoner, Week 7

Suresh, was one from the gang of brats who acted as our guides to the Tirisulam Hills, Chennai. They showed us the way to a small hillock, to a diving pond where they go swimming, an adventure to bring down an empty nest from a tall tree and more.

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Gentleman’s Game

…. a cricket match in the neighbourhood is in progress. The common game many kids play at the street corners across the Country is Cricket.
Mostly with some strange rules like “one pitch” catch, only off side runs, if the ball goes out of the street or compound its considered “out” and many such games [...]

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Stones in the Path

This message in the compound wall of a Primary School says “In the age to get educated, why go to break stones (for livelihood)”.
At the wake of about 50 Corporation schools to be closed in the city due to poor patronage, the need to put the children from the poorer community to schools is [...]

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An unusual sight

Tractors are not part of the daily visuals of the city of Chennai. So obviously i was keen to click a snap of this one and ensure all of you also saw it as a part of the Chennai scenes.
Ok ok, obviously this was at Tirisulam Hills and the probability of a farm land nearby [...]

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Commoner, Week 3

Murugesan, the Flower vendor / Florist at the Tirisulanathar and Tiripurasundari Temple at the Tirisulam Hills opposite the Airports.
He also doubles up as a watchman to this temple and takes his job very seriously, warns all the shutterbugs about the No-Photo policy at the Sanctum Sanctorum.

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Test the Towers

SERC (Structural Engineering Research Centre) , under the aegis of CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) has a wonderful facility to test Towers & Tower like structures, this centre is part of their structural testing solutions for the Country. TTRS (Tower Testing & Research Station) is located at Tirisulam Hills opp the Airport.
They have [...]

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Fish o Fish

Like the Mutton, Chicken … many prefer the fish as their Sunday feast. Fish sales, though, is spread out across the city of Chennai in all neighbourhoods, the foodie prefers to visit the Triplicane, Marina, Royapuram, Vannanthurai as their preferred destinations. This is due to their proximity to the sea’s and the availability of fresh [...]

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