Do you recognize these Cars?
The only ones on our roads for
years!
Proud possession of
generations!
Here is our family amidst
celebrations!
An outing of ‘Eighteen Members’!
In a Fiat and Ambassador, ‘Just
Two Great Cars’!
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Happy Krishnashtami / Janmashtami / Gokulashtami.
Festival Greetings from all of
us,
To each and every one of you:
HAPPY KRISHNASHTAMI!
May Lord Krishna’s blessings be
with you, always.
P.S. For significance and details of Krishnashtami Festival you may
click on the following link:
Happy to be on the Great Seto Bridge! The world’s longest two-tiered bridge system!
The Great Seto Bridge, or Seto-Ohashi Bridge, is a series of two-tier bridges connecting Honshu the mainland of Japan; with the fourth biggest island Shikoku of the archipelago, in the Seto Inland Sea. You may see this in the map and photographs below and you must certainly see the video at the bottom of this article to appreciate this engineering marvel:
The Great Seto Bridge is actually the collective name of the six
bridges that link Honshu and Shikoku or to be more precise the prefectures of
Okayama and Kagawa, using five small islands as stepping stones. The
construction of the bridge took ten years and the bridge was opened to traffic
on 10th April 1988. The bridge system is 13.1 Kms, which is 8.1 miles long. The
upper deck is for cars and the lower deck is for trains as you can see in the
video at the bottom of this post. And this is the longest double-decked or two-tiered
bridge system in the world. It takes 20 minutes to travel by Car or Train from
one end to the other. Before the construction of the bridge, people travelled
by ferry service which took a little over an hour with a lot of waiting time to
catch a ferry and at a very high cost.
As mentioned above the bridge system is made up of six continuous
double-decked bridges, three suspension bridges, two cable-stayed bridges, and
one truss bridge. Each of these bridges has a separate name and some of them
also hold world records. These six bridges from Honshu in the North to Shikoku
in the South are as follows: Shimotsui-Seto Bridge, Hitsuishijima Bridge,
Iwakurojima Bridge, Yoshima Bridge, Kita Bisan-Seto Bridge and Minami
Bisan-Seto Bridge. Of these, three bridges figure in the list of the world’s
longest suspension bridges. Minami Bisan-Seto Bridge with a centre span of
1,100 metres and a total length of 1,648 metres is the 13th longest suspension
bridge span in the world. Kita Bisan-Seto Bridge with a total length of 1,538
metres is the 19th largest suspension bridge in the world. And the Minami
Bisan-Seto Bridge with a total length of 1,400 metres is the 22nd largest suspension
bridge in the world.
I travelled the entire length of the bridge from the mainland to
Shikoku to and fro by Car with brief stops on the intermittent islands too and
enjoyed the visit. It is an engineering
marvel with a spellbinding view of the huge and long bridge and the vast Sea
all around.
Thanks to my friends, Mr. Mishima and Mr. Kouno, who took me all
the way from Hiroshima, a distance of 200 kms. (400 kms. round trip), to see
this wonderful place.
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Someone please drive away these greedy creatures from our land.
Please click on the following link to see an animated view of
the above picture and listen to Pied Piper’s magical flute music that drove
away dangerous swarm of Rats from Hamelin!:
http://www.glogster.com/srisrilara/please-get-rid-of-these-creatures-/g-6ki3ajlf9fbc2fid5brm9ra
When and how will the plundering by these
creatures end?
Will they never allow us to be free, at
peace and happy?
Someone please save us from decades of
this menace.
Please save us and our land.
Friday, August 23, 2013
Independence Day Celebration Feast for the Children!
Independence Day Celebration Feast for the Children!
As per the mouth-watering menu they have chosen!
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Happy Raksha Bandhan / Rakhi Purnima.
Today
is the festival of Raksha Bandhan. Warm Greetings and Good Wishes to all of you
on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan / Rakhi Purnima.
Presenting memories of the past festivals for friends and
relatives!
You may click on the attached two links to view details.
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Time passes, things change, but memories will always stay.
Time passes, things change, but memories
will always stay.
Friday, August 16, 2013
A tribute to the eighteen precious soldiers who have gone down with INS Sindhurakshak.
The loss of life of our eighteen precious
soldiers and our Navy’s frontline submarine INS Sindhurakshak is very painful.
The material loss can be overcome by the nation but not the loss of the lives
of the dear ones of the family, friends, colleagues and the nation.
Life in a submarine is very tough as we got a
glimpse of it in INS Kursura Submarine (you may see above video). Submarine life isn't for everyone; it
is only for the well trained, able and strong soldiers. Life is pretty cramped
and the soldiers have to sustain such life on long missions which calls for
strong physical, mental, psychological and emotional strength. It is a big
tragedy that we lost such precious and great soldiers. May their souls rest in
peace and may our Government extend all possible strength and support to the
bereaved families.
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Thank you for your strong speech in parliament.
Sir,
Thank you for your strong
speech in parliament, in reply to the debate on Telangana.
- N. Raghu.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Enjoying the rain!
Another evening rainfall,
And so very enjoyable!
It is time for some fun,
In the lovely rain!
As you can behold,
In the pictures below!
- Mrs. N. Lalitha Raghu.
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Naga Panchami, Nag Panchami or Nagula Panchami - 2013.
Today is
the festival of Naga Panchami, also known as Nag Panchami and more popularly as
Nagula Panchami in Telangana. It is an
important Hindu festival celebrated in most parts of India and Nepal. The
festival falls on the auspicious day of Shravana Shukla Panchami that is the
fifth day of the first half, Moonlit fortnight of Shravana Masam (means the
month of Shravana). Naga means Cobra and the festival is called as Naga
Panchami as this festival is all about worship of Snakes on the fifth day of
Shravana Masam... to read further you may click on the following link:
http://srisrilara.blogspot.in/2010/08/festival-of-naga-panchami-is-today.html
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