Amazing person to know!

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How to enjoy and avoid fatigue doing work ?

मन की दो धारा के स्थान पर एक ही धारा रह जाये तो हमें थकान नहीं होती है और हम आनंद का अनुभव करते है. लेकिन यह रुचिकर कार्य करते समय या खेलते समय तो आसानी से हो जाता है, लेकिन शेष समय पर ऐसा करना सामान्यतः नहीं हो पाता है. इसका एक आसान हल हिन्दू मनीषा ने शताब्दियों पहले से खोज लिया है.

अजपा जप - किसी नाम यथा ॐ या राम-राम आदि, अथवा किसी मंत्र यथा हरे राम या ॐ नमः भगवते वासुदेवाय आदि. का निरंतर जाप मन में श्वास के आवागमन की भांति चलता रहे.

यहाँ मंत्र या नाम उतना महत्वपूर्ण नहीं है जितना कि यह तथ्य कि मन हमेशा दो धारा में काम करता है. अतः एक धारा तो हमारे वर्तमान कार्य में लगी रहती है जो कि हम कर रहे होते है. चाहे हम पढ़ रहे हो या लिख रहे हो या चल रहे हो या बोल रहे हो या भोजन कर रहे हो या कोई शारीरिक कार्य कर रहे हो. साथ ही साथ हमारे मन में एक और विचार प्रक्रिया निरंतर चलती रहती है. इस विचार प्रक्रिया को हम रोकने का प्रयास न कर पाते है और नहीं यह सामान्यतः हमारे वश में होता है. अनेक बार हमें यह बेहतर भी लगता है कि हम दो कार्य एक साथ कर पा रहे है. वास्तव में हमें इससे कोई लाभ नहीं होता है और यह हमारी थकान का कारण है.

इसका हल निरंतर जप से इसलिए हो सकता है कि हमारी मन की दूसरी धारा निरंतर जप में लगी रहे तो निरंतर पुनरुक्ति के कारण इसमें मन की उर्जा व्यय नहीं होती है और उर्जा का संरक्षण होकर हमारे वर्त्तमान कार्य जो की हम प्रत्यक्षतः कर रहे होते है, उसमे एकाग्रचित्त होना संभव हो पाता है और बेहतर परिणाम मिलते है.

प्रत्यक्ष जप, माला फेरना या पूजा पाठ का इस युक्ति से कोई सम्बन्ध नहीं है. यह नाम या मंत्र के चुनाव से भी सम्बंधित नहीं है. ईसा या मूसा या मुहम्मद या प्रकृति, किसी भी शब्द या मंत्र से यही परिणाम प्राप्त करना संभव है. इस युक्ति का प्रारंभ करे और यदि दिन में १०-१५ मिनट भी प्रयोग कर पाए तो परिणाम का निरिक्षण करे | लाभ मिलने पर अभ्यास निरंतर करते रहे तो आनंद में वृद्धि और थकान में कमी निश्चित है.

Mind and Outcome

हमारे मन में हमेशा दो धारा में विचार प्रक्रिया चलती रहती है - एक काम तो वह जो हम कर रहे होते है और दूसरा काम वह जो हमारे मन में चल रहा होता है | यह विचार प्रक्रिया निरंतर दो भागों में बँटी हुई चलती रहती है और इसी का परिणाम है कि हमारी उर्जा भी दो भागों में बँटी रहती है | इसीलिए इच्छित परिणाम नहीं प्राप्त होते है | हमें ऐसा लगता है कि हम काफी देर तक पढने पर भी हमें उतना याद नहीं रहता है | अपना काम समाप्त करने पर आनंद की अपेक्षा थकान का अनुभव होता है|

यदि यह विचार प्रक्रिया की धारा एक ही हो, जैसा कि कभी कभी अपनी रूचि का कार्य करते हुए होता है तो परिणाम भिन्न होंगे | चूँकि हमारा मन और तन एक दूसरे के प्रतिरूप है तो ऐसा करने के लिए हमें तन को भी पूरी तरह वर्तमान कार्य जो हम कर रहे है, उसी में लगाना होगा | जैसे कि खेल या नृत्य में होता है | पढ़ते वक़्त लिखने पर भी हम कुछ ऐसा कर पायेंगे |

I Want

I want to get rid of you,

'cos I can't get hold of you.

I want to get away from you.

'cos I can't get near to you.



I wanna get rid...

I wanna get away...



I want to get hold of you.

'cos I can't get rid of you.

I want to get near to you.

'cos I can't get away from you.



I wanna get hold...

I wanna get near...



I want to get rid of you,

'cos I can't get hold of you.

I want to get away from you.

'cos I can't get near to you.


...

जिंदगी न मिलेगी दोबारा

क्या चाहता है मन ?
क्यों भागता फिरता है ?
कभी याद करता है कोई पुरानी बात,
याद आ जाती है, समय की मारी लात ।

कभी इसे लगता है कि क्या होगा आगे,
भविष्य की चिंता करते-करते, वर्तमान भागे ।
समय निकलता जाता है
मुठ्ठी से फिसलती रेत की तरह,
और मन की बुद्धि से चलती रहती है जिरह।

लगता यही है कि समय निकल जायेगा,
और आदमी सोचता - पछताता रह जायेगा।
यह भी तो सब जानते हैं,
पूछो तो कहेंगे कि मानते हैं,
लेकिन व्यवहार में यह नजर नहीं आता है,
सोचते - सोचते वक़्त निकला जाता है।

क्या तुमको लगता है कि यह किसी और की कहानी है ?
अपनी गिरहबान में झांको, तुम्हारी जबानी है।
कहा तो सब तुमने है, मैंने तो बस लिखा है,
तुम्हारे मन को पढ़ा है, जुबां को सुना है।

तुम्हारा दिल भी तो चाहता है कि जीवन में आनंद हो,
घर में खेले कृष्ण, पत्नी यशोदा और पति नन्द हो।
बृज में गुजरे जीवन, संग में हों राधिका,
बंसी की मधुर धुन पर, माखन खिलाये गोपिका।

रास मंडल सजा हो, नृत्य में मन लगा हो,
इन्द्रियों की कोई मांग नहीं, बस मन मस्ती में रमा हो।
जीवन में आनंद की, तलाश क्यों पूरी होती नहीं,
वर्तमान पर ध्यान नहीं, और भूत भविष्य में कुछ है नहीं।

देखो ठहर कर अपने जीवन को,
कभी कभी गुजारे उन मस्ती के पलों को,
न भूत भविष्य का ख्याल था,
न गम था, कोई मलाल था,
मन खो गया था बस वर्तमान में,
जो सामने था, उसका ही ख्याल था।

इन पलों में ठहर जाता जीवन, तो कितना अच्छा होता,
मस्ती होती मन में, और आँखों में कोई सपना न होता
नींद आती ऐसी गहरी कि कुछ याद न रहता,
सुबह की अलसाई आँखों में, बस प्यार ही बाकी होता।

आनंद के है दो ही स्रोत -
क्षणिक आनंद मिलता है अहंकार के तृप्त होने से,
इन्द्रियों की मांग पूरी होने पर, गुजरे कुछ क्षणों में।
या फिर स्थाई आनंद मिलता है प्रेम में,
प्रेम पात्र जब तक रहे स्थाई , तब तक के समय में।

मीरा कहती है -
ऐसो वर मैं न वरु, जो कबहू कि मर जाए,
मैं वरु गोविन्द को, मेरो चुडलो अमर हो जाये।

जीवन - क्रम

आखिर ऐसा क्यों होता है ? बार-बार हम दोहराते हैं ,
फिर उसी अफसाने को
चाहते है कि दूर चले जाएं, पर लौट लौट कर आते हैं .
वही गलतियाँ वही कहानी,
नहीं होती है आस पुरानी .

लगता है इस बार नहीं, होगा वह दोहराव,
और लगाता आस वही मन, फिर से पाता घाव .
कितनी बार घूमता है यह चक्र हमारे जीवन में,
पात्र बदलते, समय बदलता, नया सा लगता सब हमें .

सब यही कहते हैं कि तुम दिल से न लगाओ,
भुला दो पीछे की बातो को, जीवन को आगे बढाओ .
लेकिन होता हर बार वही, बस समय की देर है,
क्या तुम्हें ऐसा लगता है, कि यह दृष्टि का फेर है ?

तो क्या करें, क्या जीवन चक्र कभी रुकता है ?
हर घटना से ही, इंसान कभी तो उबरता है .
लेकिन क्या सीखता है, वह अपने पुराने अनुभव से,
क्या यह जीवन सिर्फ दोहराव में ही गुजरता है ?

तुम क्या चाहते हो कि हर दिन कुछ नया हो जाये,
रिश्ते निभाने से बेहतर है कि रिश्ते ही नए बन जाएं ?
लेकिन रिश्ते क्या बन जाते है एक दिन में ?
जीवन गुजर जाता है रिश्तो को सींचने में .

ऐसे में यदि रिश्ते बोझ बन जाएं,
मन उन्हें छोड़ने पर डट जाएं,
तो दिमाग का क्या काम है ?
रिश्ते तो भावना का नाम है .

इसीलिए मित्रता को बचाना,
इसे कभी रिश्ते का जामा न पहनाना .
रिश्ते तो समय के साथ बोझ बन जाते है,
बोझ उठाने के लिए मित्र ही काम आते है .

मित्रता को न निभाना,
न आजमाना,
बस अनायास ही जो हो जाये,
उसे स्वीकार करते जाना .

मित्रता वरदान है ईश्वर का, इसका कोई मूल्य नहीं .
यह अनायास है, कोई रिश्ता इसके तुल्य नहीं ..

POINTS ON HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFE

On September 18, 2007, computer science professor Randy Pausch stepped in front of an audience of 400 people at Carnegie Mellon University to deliver a last lecture called “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.”

With slides of his CT scans beaming out to the audience, Randy told his audience about the cancer that is devouring his pancreas and that will claim his life in a matter of months. On the stage that day, Randy was youthful, energetic, handsome, often cheerfully, darkly funny. He seemed invincible. But this was a brief moment, as he himself acknowledged.

Randy’s lecture has become a phenomenon, as has the book he wrote based on the same principles, celebrating the dreams we all strive to make realities. Sadly, Randy lost his battle to pancreatic cancer on July 25th, 2008, but his legacy will continue to inspire us all, for generations to come.

This is amazing, he died of pancreatic cancer in 2008, but wrote a book ‘The last lecture” before then, one of the bestsellers in 2007. What a legacy to leave behind…

In a letter to his wife Jai and his children, Dylan, Logan , and Chloe, he wrote this beautiful "guide to a better life" for his wife and children to follow. May you beblessed by his insight

POINTS ON HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFE
Personality:
1. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
2. Don't have negative thoughts of things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment
3. Don't overdo; keep your limits
4. Don't take yourself so seriously; no one else does
5. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip
6. Dream more while you are awake
7. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need..
8. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner of his/ her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
9. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
10. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present
11. No one is in charge of your happiness except you
12. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
13. Smile and laugh more
14. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

Community:
15. Call your family often
16. Each day give something good to others
17. Forgive everyone for everything
18. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6
19. Try to make at least three people smile each day
20. What other people think of you is none of your business
21. Your job will not take care of you when you are sick. Your family and friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:
22. Put GOD first in anything and everything that you think, say and do.
23. GOD heals everything
24. Do the right things
25. However good or bad a situation is, it will change
26. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up
27. The best is yet to come
28. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful
29. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it
30. If you know GOD, you will always be happy. So, be happy.

While you practice all of the above, share this knowledge with the people you love, people you school with, people you play with, people you work with and people you live with.
Not only will it enrich YOUR life, but also that of those around you.

Badrinathji Katha Yatra

By God's grace, we could complete our Katha-Yatra (Travelling to Badrinath ji). Here are some link to photos of the place.

https://picasaweb.google.com/114314918807010961391/BADRINATHJI?feat=directlink

Here are some links to photos of the program.

https://picasaweb.google.com/114314918807010961391/Bhagawat_Pictures?feat=directlink

Thank you.

Birhday on 5th May 2011

क्या कुछ लिखना है इकतालीस वर्षो के बाद,

लगता है कि जीवन का एक अध्याय पूर्णता की ओर है ?

कुछ लोग, कभी - कभी कहते है हास्य में,

कि ईश्वर ने आदमी को ४० वर्षो की आयु ही प्रदान की थी |

मुझे क्या लगता है इससे किसी को क्या फर्क पड़ता है ?

लेकिन आदमी की तलाश सारी उम्र इसी हालात की है,

कि उसके अच्छा लगने की लोग चिंता करे,

आए और पूछे कि आपको क्या अच्छा लगता है और फिर वैसा करे |

कभी कभी लगता है कि क्या मेरे भीतर भी कुछ होता है ?

या सब कुछ सिर्फ बाहर ही होता रहता है ?

लगता है कि केवल भावना है भीतर और तथ्य है सारे बाहर,

लेकिन सब कहते है कि भावुकता में कुछ नहीं रखा है |

भावना को मिले समष्टि का आधार, तो फिर बन जाती है सवेंदनशीलता,

और इससे ही खुल जाता है द्वार, मानव मस्तिष्क के विकास का |

भाव की व्यापकता से प्राप्त हो सकता है बोध इस ब्रह्माण्ड का,

और हो सकता है ज्ञान निज स्वरुप और अपनी आत्मा का |

जानना क्यों चाहता है मानव कुछ और, क्या पर्याप्त नहीं है अपना घर-परिवार,

क्यों भटकता है मन किसी और के लिए, जबकि व्यस्तता पहले से ही है अपार,

सीमित है संसाधन, ढूंढ़ता किसे यह मन, प्यास बुझती क्यों नहीं है ?

इतना सुख चारो ओर से, लेकिन आवाज कहीं ओर से आती क्यों रही है ?

कुछ ऐसा करने की तमन्ना है जो कि अब तक किया नहीं है,

घर से, ऑफिस से, कुटुंब ओर मित्रो से, मिला क्या नहीं है ?

कुछ मिलने से ज्यादा सीखने की चाह है,

पाने से ज्यादा मिटने की चाह है |

अपनी चाहत को पाने की राह पर, चलने में अभी देर है,

सात वर्ष और अभी करना यहाँ उलटफेर है |

हर दिन सिलना और हर रात उधेड़ देना,

हर दिन वही पुराना, खेल, खेल लेना |

अभ्यास से पूर्णता और फिर निवृत्ति,

ऐसी ही बनी रहे यदि वृत्ति,

संभव हो सकेगा अपने लक्ष्य को पाना,

और समय आने पर दूर चले जाना |

स्थान, समय तो हमारी भाषा है,

हमें जीवन के परे भी जीने की आशा है,

लेकिन इस जगत के विद्यालय से आगे बढ़ने की आशा,

खत्म कर देगी इस जीवन की शेष सभी आशा |

Past Life Regression

Last week on 30th April and 1st May, there was an interesting workshop in Hotel Fern, Jaipur. Dr. Newton Kodaveti (www.liferesearchacademy.com) and his wife Laxmi conducted this workshop to make the participants learn and have a glimpse of past life. Out of curiosity, I also joined. If you have watched a TV serial on NDTV 'Raj Pichle Janam ka', it was something like that. There were different sessions to identify and link your present time illness, fear and relationship issue with your past life.

Some of the participants were really enthusiastic and were able to identify themselves as soldier, boxer, healer, attorney or saint in past life. With many different sessions for meditation, it was a good start for many participants. By linking your present life problems with past life, you may learn acceptance and feel that you are getting fruit of your own deeds. It will help you in handling the situation in better way in present life.

Most of it is what our elders talk in general. When a child is young, looking at his or her traits, elders comment that he was this or that in his past life. Looking at extraordinary knowledge, it is considered to be from past life. There are many instances when people remembered their past birth and facts could be verified as well.

Anyways, it's a good idea to know more about what's happening around us in present life. It may not be right to assume that there was nothing before this life and nothing will be after this life. Hindu, Jain, Boddha always believe in rebirth concept. A person may get a lot of clues about his past life by looking at his interests, dreams, familiar feelings about places, people or objects.

Many of us don't have time for meditation or any such thing. But when we want to make best use of our time, we must remember there is only one life and check our day that we are repeating the same routine for most of the day. Then why don't we take a chance and try something new, even if it has no meaning. Life's meaning is within us and meditation is only way to go inside. All other methods of knowledge are talking of outside world. The whole universe is inside us and what we see outside is just reflection of the same. That's the only reason that the same situation is interpreted in different ways by different people.

Pearls of wisdom from Warren Buffet

"I look for three qualities in people I do business with - intelligence, passion and integrity. But God forbid, if the integrity of the person is questionable and the man is highly intelligent, it can lead to worse scenario".

IS SALARY PAYMENT ENOUGH FOR AN EMPLOYEE ?

An employee gets salary against his time devoted to his company, but the question is that if it is enough to get salary against time?

To answer it, let's look at - Time. Time is essentially LIFE in other words. LIFE is TIME available to a person in his lifetime. So the question is what is real value for LIFE. Life's purpose is ENJOY THE MOMENT. To deliver value out of life, one has to enjoy it.

Now the question is how does one enjoy. The universal phenomenon is that one enjoys while one learns. That's why even the best enjoyment gets boring after repetitions. The feeling to know something, still unknown is the cause of enjoyment.

So the value of time can not be adjusted with salary payments. The only way to get paid for time, is that the employee is learning at his job. So the key is to learn, if you want to get real value out of your job.

HOW CAN YOU BE HAPPY WHEN NEWS ARE GETTING WORSE!

If you read history, you will find nothing new!




HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. THE LIFE GOES IN CYCLE.



The universe is always same. A continuous stream of events is happening and repeating again and again. The whole purpose of this universe is to let us be happy forever. To reach to ultimate joy, is the whole purpose of life.



'Getting sad over what's happening' is not different than 'getting sad during a bad dream'. According to Hindu philosophy this whole world is a dream with open eyes.



Nothing is permanent here. So when you are so happy about some thing, just remember that it will pass away. When you are so sad about something, just remind yourself that it will pass away.



Big events/ articles/ achievements can make you happy for sometime but only after a long period of struggle and with passage of time, the happiness evaporates.



On the other hand there are so many small things/events which can make you happy again and again. At some point in life you find that there is less struggle and more peace. Getting happy with small things and ignoring what makes you sad, is the key to happiness. In the disasters, when you feel an urge to do something, do your bit and you will be happy. Life is difficult when you try to live with your mind. It becomes easier when you ignore bad and get happiness from small actions/events. There are many creatures like honeybee who have shorter life span and bigger struggles, still we praise them. Our happiness is an internal matter and it has got little to do with external events.



When we raise this question, why is it so and feel helpless then we become sad. If we accept that it is so because it is to be so, then we are just calm and will see what should be done at our end. Some of us are happy with leading people to change, some of us are happy contributing some money to needy ones, some of us are happy to contribute time (voluntary services) and some of us just keep on talking or keep on thinking about it. We have to understand our own nature and act accordingly. When we act according to our nature, we become happy.

Bhagawat Katha Programme at Badrinath (Uttarakhand) 2011

Women’s tears kill men's sex drive

(ANI,Jan 7, 2011)

They say tears are woman's best arsenal – and they probably are – for they are powerful enough to dampen a man's sexual arousal, according to a new study.

According to Noam Sobel, a cognitive neuroscientist at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, tears contain chemical signals that decrease sexual arousal and testosterone levels in men, reports Nature.

In the study, men were asked to sniff vials containing either the women's tears or saline that had been applied to their cheeks.

Results showed that men who sniffed the tears perceived those women as sexually less attractive than did men who sniffed saline.

And men who took a whiff of tears (and not saline) reported a decrease in sexual arousal. These men also reported reduced activity in the areas of brain that are associated with sexual arousal, such as the hypothalamus.

"I think the study has used sound methodology and the results indeed are fascinating. But as far as I know, there is no clear logical, theoretical or empirical justification to design a study on the effects of tears on sex," Nature quoted Ad Vingerhoets, who studies emotion at Tilburg University in the Netherlands, as saying.

Interestingly, on the other hand, tears are considered to heighten empathy and induce caring behaviour, and they act as sexual attractants in mice but decrease sexual arousal in humans.

Denise Chen, who studies human olfaction at Rice University in Houston, Texas, said that to explore whether tears evoked by different emotions have different effects, the researchers should also perform experiments in which they elicit happy weeping, or neutral tears caused by allergens or irritants such as onions.

She concluded, "overall, as a first study, it's very exciting and it suddenly opens the door for a lot more studies in the future".

Love and Marriage

Do not marry whom you love!

AND

Love whom you marry!


If there is love without marriage, do not kill that love by marriage.

Once you are married with someone, love him/her. You will enjoy your life and will be satisfied with your life.

Marriage is RESTING PLACE for TIRED soul.

Always remember after marriage: What you have got is GEM. Even GEMS have faults and seems better or worse when compared to others. Every GEM is unique and beautiful, changes its shine with cut and angle of light.

NO KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT COLLEGE. NO LIFE WITHOUT WIFE.

A joke: There are two types of man: hus-mukh (cheerful), hus-band (No more laughter).

Love to spouse is just like love to family members, full of duties and responsibilities.

Nobody loves, everybody expects love.

Love is LOVE when there is no expectation. If you do not expect, then love turns out to be DIVINE LOVE. ANYONE whom you love, becomes GOD for you. Either it is a stone statue of a Hindu God or Buddha or Jain Tirthankar, or a pet, or a family member, or a friend, or your life partner.

LOVE is when you loose your senses at every sight. LOVE needs only company, nothing else. Do not kill such love by marriage. Marriage doesn't have enough freedom for survival of love. FREEDOM is OXYGEN for LOVE.

LOVE gets life when you are not together. LOVE craves for company but does not need company for its survival.

LOVE happens with physical body but transcends physical body. LOVE is full of imaginations. LOVE sees what nobody sees. LOVE is immortal, beyond mortal body. Even after marrying to someone else, LOVE survives in memories and imaginations.

LOVE IS DIVINE. LOVING ALL IS BEING DIVINE. LOVING ONE IS PATH TO LOVING ALL.

Is it so simple?

"All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone."

- Blaise Pascal

JOY AND SORROW

The world is always like this - full of sorrows and happiness. Here everything is abundant. The problem is distribution, not availability.

Indian Philosophy 'Vendanta' says the universe is constructed with single element 'Brahma' and that one manifests to many. If it's true then the only way to happiness is hidden in sorrow somewhere. Kahlil Gibran says :

Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.

And the self, same well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.

And how else can it be?

The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.

Is not the cup that hold your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?

And is not the flute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives?

When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

In Indian philosophy, this universe is 'lila by parmatma' (play by God). The reason for its existence is to let us learn and enjoy, to get back to the same spirit where we came from.

By doing our bit to bring happiness into this world, we end up getting rid of our ego. Once we get rid of ego, we may get united with our own soul which is inseparable with GOD.

We have a lot of memories (Sanskar) in our mind which has travelled us since many of previous births and will continue to do so in future births as well. First we learn, then practice, then form a habit, then it becomes our nature which can leave us at the end of our life. But next to that is 'sanskar' which doesn't leave us and keep on travelling with us in future births. That forms our ego, nature and styles in next birth and decides next birth as well.

Each time we learn a lot from environment and build up our ego and decide to contribute a bit in this world. Our ego pushes us to do our bit to leave a mark or contribute towards happiness in this world. But when we get into this process, we find out that ego is the biggest hurdle to happiness. And if we continue to proceed, we can see that our ego is reducing and happiness is increasing in this world.

Wonderful Kerla Trip!

I have been to Kerala this month from Jan. 9,2011 to Jan.23,2011. It was a wonderful trip and me and my wife Pooja enjoyed it very much. Our programme was:

9.01.11 Jaipur to Bombay - Spicejet Flight
Bombay to Kochin - Spicejet Flight
Got taxi at Cochin Airport for the full trip.
Stay at Fort Cochin10.01.11 Cochin to Munnar - By Taxi (160 kms 5 hrs)
Stay at Club Mahindra Munnar (25 kms from Munnar)
11.01.11 Sight Seeing Trip - Munnar (Medupatty dam)
12.01.11 Visit to second highest peak in Kerala (Kalkumalai) By Local Jeep
13.01.11 Trekking to Sita Mata Temple (Old Devikulam)
Munnar to Thekkary - By Taxi (130 kms 3 hrs)
Stay at Club Mahindra Thekkady (Tuskar Trail Resort)
14.01.11 Visit to Periyar Rivar (Boat Safari)
15.01.11 Thekkady to Ashtamudhi - By Taxi (250 kms 8 hrs)
Stop at Ellappy, Visit to Marari Beach
Stay at Club Mahindra Ashtamudhi lake resort
16.01.11 Watching Ashtamudhi Lake from floating cottage
17.01.11 Houseboat trip
18.01.11 Ashtamudhi to Poovar - By Taxi (120 kms 3 hrs)
Stop at Varcala Beach
Stop at Kovalam Beach
Stay at Poovar Island Resort (Club Mahindra)
19.01.11 Visit to Kanyakumari (80 kms 3 hrs)
Stop at Thirapapu falls (20 kms off route)
Stop at Padmanabham Palace
20.01.11 Visit to Trivendrum (Sight seeing)
Stop at Shankhamugham beach
21.01.11 Trivendrum to Bombay - Jet Airways Flight
Bombay to Jaipur - Jet Connect Flight

Reached home safely at Jaipur on 21.01.11 at 9 pm after a relaxing enjoyable trip.
Link to some Photos.
https://picasaweb.google.com/mlguptaraj/FramedPhotos_Kerala?authkey=Gv1sRgCIjazovQ2s7CmwE&feat=directlink