Most viewed posts

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I thought of making it easier for visitors and subscribers to consume content on my blog. Let me know if the following navigation helps. Will add more to the list. Stay tuned.

Post TitlePost Brief
Two books of Ilaiyaraaja
Interesting facts from Maestro Ilaiyaraja (recently updated)
Some facts from music composer Illayaraja’s books with suitable postal materials from my collection.

Stamp Connect: Tamil Bible and Tranquebar (recently updated)
About first printing of the Bible in Tamil language and related stamps.

Stamps on Madras (Chennai)
Started this post for the Madras Day (Aug 22) event that shows stamps and postal materials related to Madras city.

Mobile apps for Chennai Sub-urban and MRTS trains
Information about two mobile apps that I found useful while using the sub-urban and MRTS trains in Chennai.

The man behind the city
Information and stamps about the man behind the Valletta, the capital city of Malta.

Malta’s vanished fashion (recently updated)
About a traditional dress of Maltese women and its disappearance.

Watchtowers in the fortress island
About the watch towers in the forts of Malta and related postal materials.

Looking back at 2020

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First and foremost, let me wish all my readers a very happy, healthy, and safe new year 2021.

Happy new year 2021
Happy new year stamp

I am not going to delve into how 2020 was for me or my family. Rather, I will restrict this flashback post to the performance of my blog in 2020 and I will keep it short.

I had written just one post in 2020 and hence was not expecting much from the blog statistics. However, I was in for a big surprise. A decent number of visitors from several countries have visited the blog.

Visitors to the blog
Visitors to the blog

Another surprise was the large number of views to a post that I had published four years ago!

Views per post
Views per post

Based on these statistics, I have decided to update the popular posts with more information in addition to writing new posts.

I am looking forward to have more visitors and a better statistics for this year. Wish me good luck.

God on the Elephant

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In my native place, Kanchipuram, during May/June every year, the Varadharaja Perumal Temple Festival is held for 10 days. On these 10 days, the main deity is taken on various vahanams (vehicles) from the temple to a mandapam (hall). The temple is on the eastern side of the town whereas the mandapam is on the western side. The vehicles used to take the deity are shaped in the form of certain animals and birds.

Today, the deity was taken on a vehicle shaped in the form of an elephant. My wife, who hasn’t seen this particular vehicle procession, assumed that the deity would be on a real elephant! You could imagine her surprise by the following picture of the vehicle!

Front view of the Elephant Vehicle

Front view of the Elephant Vehicle

Side view of the Elephant Vehicle

Side view of the Elephant Vehicle

Tomorrow, the deity will be taken on a Temple Car. The legend has that one of the necklace adored by the deity during the Temple Car festival was gifted by Robert Clive, the British General. I’m hoping to take some good pictures of the event. I will publish those in my next post. Keep watching for the updates! 🙂

Ah! My First Post!

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For the past couple of years, I have been thinking of blogging. I have spent countless hours reading tips on blogging, domain names, hosting etc. However, I didn’t plunge into blog writing till today.

As the popular Chinese saying goes, “A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step”, my blog journey begins with this first, short, and sweet post!