ತೀರ್ಥಹಳ್ಳಿ Reloaded

Road expansion work is going on full steam at Teerthahalli- Azad Road. Azad Road would be widened up to 12 meters on either sides from the middle. 

we are completely razing the structure to the ground.

A few pictures of our old house. Our house and general store is located very near to the koppa circle. 

The road will be widened up to the  yellow arrow mark. that means our shop, five rooms above it and portion of the steps leading to the attic -my favorite place of all times- will be demolished. Since it is a 100 year old house and not very strong we are razing the entire structure and building something new in that place. Meanwhile new home will be constructed in the farmland, 5 miles away from town.

When i married and came to teerthahalli 25 years a go it was nothing but a simple sleepy temple town, but with sudden shoot in prices of areca and then Vanilla quite a number of farmers became economically sound  leading to related commercial growth like banks etc and rise in advanced economic acitivity and hence a  floating population.

some materials in the attic

a few old trunks. found lot many black & white photographs

attic

An old basket i found in the attic. It used to hold coins for choukabaara!!

Of course it is saddening, but a good road is the necessity of the time since it connects Mangalore to Shimoga. why just during my last visit a bus rammed into the rear of an auto. though there were no injury to passengers..in the process it  held up the traffic for quite a bit.  my favorite place the attic will no more be there!!!!

Last week of May we spent some time at Teerthahalli. here are some pictures of the tunga river. The time is between 4.30 pm and 6.00 pm

the Ram mantapa is visible in the distance. When there is a heavy rainfall the the mantapa dissappears into the water. many a people come by to watch this spectacle.

the soft golden sands on the bank of the river

delightfully warm and toasty feel to the sand at 4.30 in the evening.

part of the bridge built by Sir M. Vishweshwariah, can be seen in this pic

Rock pathway

natural slide (jaarubanDe)

Kids love playing here

When Ram is in the vicinity can  Hanuman/anjaneya be far behind??This section of the river near the etching is considered holy!

A fine way to unravel after a hard days work

Sand castles anyone??!!may 31st end of school vacations for these tiny tots.

cool and warm at the same time. Kids cooling off 

and suddenly it is dusk

Time for the sun to say alvidaa

the lovely burst of colour at the fag end of the day

Some pictures of our farm follows:

our banana plants - 600 in all. thriving!!

The tender Areca flower covering.  makes for a nice hat

Makes for a nice plate too! Srikanth said he enjoyed when he was once served hot rice ,saar and ghee on this haaLe and it made my mouth water.

The lotus pond. but only white ones this time !!

The bamboo with flowers and tiny bird perched on its branch

the bamboo flowers

dawn

A few birds relaxing by the pond

Its just a log, not an alligator :-)