It was a wonderful lunch with Swami & Deepak… The occasion can’t be better as we had a productive business chat, delicious lunch at my favourite Hotel & a nice opportunity to make some clicks;
My favourite iPhone unplugged clicks…
A big big thanks to him for this pose…
Was attending a phone call while walking my way home… After finishing the call my iPhone slipped from my hand :(… Yep I’m known for my sloppy hand and a lot of times I’ve been a victim of that;
From evening I’m disturbed and couldn’t bring back my mood… Still struggling to concentrating on work and working ways on how to transform. Y sloppy hands to safe hands…
Just shared this picture of Thirumala Naicker Mahal in FB about its beauty and how development has screwed its beauty now…
Immediately got a comment from my friend;
I read in an article that British government offered people that “whoever demolishes the statue or some building, those places belong to them.” By Hearing this, Our ancestors demolished most of them around madurai.
He even shared this link on history behind perumal maistry street… Here is a small synopsis from the article;
Then Madurai Collector John Blackburn wanted to demolish the fort walls around the Meenakshi Amman temple for the development of the city. He realised that it would cost a sizable fortune of the government to dismantle the thick walls of the fort. Besides, the channels adjoining the fort had crocodiles to prevent anyone to reach the fort by crossing the water.
“When the British rulers realised that it was not possible to demolish the fort and fill the huge channel with soil, they decided to seek public participation. To lure the public, the collector announced that people can demolish the fort wall and fill the channel to become owners of the land. People from several villages gathered and completed the work…
Feeling bad to know how Britishers enslaved us and how they used us in destroying our own heritage :(…
How many samosas can a person eat?
During my college days I use to eat between 8-10 samosas… Yesterday passed through this shop where I use to eat samosas with my friends… But I stayed away from eating samosa this time :)…
How many ice-cream can a person eat?
I use to eat 15-20 scoops… I went to this joint opposite to t-nagar bus stop , which use to be the point where we have ice-creams after college and disperse for the day…
These days I couldn’t eat more than one scoop… For the sake of memory I just had a single scoop of chocolate ice-cream…
This is the Cogzidel Day gift to all Cogzians :)…
It was a pleasant drive to Madurai carrying Cogzidel Day gifts… Once reaching Madurai it was nice to relax at my new home, listening to the humming of peacock and watching the lust green view of western ghats :)…
Then had a nice 1 hour drive and discussion with Swami… Continued by Commanders meeting & dinner at Hotel Heritage, Kochadai… Then again back to home and had a nice four hour sleep…
Got up early the next day to receive my wife and bang she called from the entrance of my Apartment… Picked her up and went out for tea on a road side hotel… Thrilled that my wife liked something I got her :)…
Then it was time to get ready and went straight down to Hotel Fortune Pandian for Cogzidel Day… Man what a day it was and am going to carry the hangover for couple of more days… Thanks to all Cogzians for making my day… The day went till 10.30 PM with some time for meeting friends, some business discussions and some official meeting after the event…
The day Next also started early… Had to full fill an obligation to god which was long pending since my marriage… So, it was a 60 KM drive from Madurai to a temple called Thirukoshtiyur…
Came back home by noon and spent some time with my wife… It was a gifted opportunity which we never got since our marriage ;)… This visit to Madurai has surpassed all my previous ones… Over all it was a Heart Filled trip which will live in my memory forever…
The event was soo electrifying and the day got closed with this group pose :)…. After all images are our memorabilia….
Cogzidel Day is one of the special day which lives close to my heart… This day brings a lot of nostalgic memories and heals the pain underwent all these years… Also being home ridden for a long time, I was longing for this day for a while…
Finally I reached a day before the D-Day and had a ball of a time… Here is a small synopsis of the day… Apologise for the poor quality of some images… I’m still sharing them to show my respect to those folks…
Deepak starts with the welcome note…
Swami giving final instructions…
Saw a Thiyagaraja Bhagavadar in him… He could sing, dance and act :)…
Our angels entertained us with their mimicry…
These folks entertained us with their steps…
She stunned everyone with her poetry…
Skit got us a new find… Yep we found a heroine Trisha….. Overall it was a good team effort and my kudos to Director Saravanan…
Mrs.BOSS enjoying the show…
For the first time I drove to Madurai a distance of 420 KM from Chennai… Purpose of the visit is to attend Cogzidel Day, to carry some systems & gifts…
Car was loaded with boxes and my entire rear view got blocked… Still risked and continued my drive with Ravi as navigator…
Couldn’t overtake or accelerate because of blocked rear view… Then reached Melmaruvathur and had breakfast at Anandaas….
Again it was a slow drive and we took a break before Trichy at Chakra Milk Parlour… After crossing Trichy, it was a pleasant drive with not much traffic…
Finally reached Madurai by afternoon and the Highlight of the trip was Ravi… It was the first time Ravi travelled 400+ KM without sleeping :)…
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