tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-339060202011-04-21T16:14:03.587-07:00A photolog on a morning trip to the Northern Suburbs of Chennai. It report the three hour trip and presents an idea about the climate, culture and refreshing simplicity of the rural setting, just less than 60 km. from the city.Healinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14109119523517669501noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906020.post-1157561640472177212006-09-06T09:37:00.000-07:002006-09-06T09:54:00.496-07:00Kattur Church!!<br /><br />The local belief and christian history in chennai, believes that the St. Jude's <br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/1600/DSC01459%20%28480%20x%20640%29.0.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/320/DSC01459%20%28480%20x%20640%29.0.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />church and its patron saint St. Jude, is there for the weak, forgotten, and the depressed. Believers pray to this saint to make the 'impossible becomes possible'.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This is how the inside of the church looked like<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/1600/DSC01472%20%28480%20x%20640%29.0.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/320/DSC01472%20%28480%20x%20640%29.0.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I also found two interesting symbols in the church. <br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/1600/DSC01483.0.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/320/DSC01483.0.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/1600/DSC01484.0.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/320/DSC01484.0.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/1600/DSC01475.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/320/DSC01475.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wonder what they meant?<br /><br /><br /><br />Anyway...we prayed fervently as a family, and i prayed for the well being of everyone and for the world.....<br /><br />I guess its a question of having faith, and thinking good thoughts for everyone. There's no harm you do to anyone, if we pray. Good waves change the world for the better. I felt good praying that morning to the almighty, through the intercession of St. Jude!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33906020-115756164047217721?l=chennaisuburbs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Healinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14109119523517669501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906020.post-1157559323056592842006-09-06T08:57:00.000-07:002006-09-06T09:15:23.076-07:00<strong>Before we reached Kattur Church...</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/1600/DSC01455.0.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/320/DSC01455.0.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />We came across open roads, and trees, like this one<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/1600/DSC01502.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/320/DSC01502.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />many roadside temples<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/1600/DSC01515.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/320/DSC01515.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />and neat looking huts made of hay. They looked great for the heat...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />and i nearly forgot, many brick kilns...<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/1600/DSC01511.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/320/DSC01511.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33906020-115755932305659284?l=chennaisuburbs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Healinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14109119523517669501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906020.post-1157481113665940552006-09-05T11:17:00.000-07:002006-09-05T11:35:17.606-07:00<strong>Everything/ Everyone was moving!</strong><br /><br />People were off to work<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/1600/DSC01442.gif"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/320/DSC01442.png" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Casual labourers off to the vegetable markets...<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/1600/DSC01439.gif"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/320/DSC01439.png" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />and Lorries of all sizes and shapes were seen on the way!!!<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/1600/DSC01806.gif"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/320/DSC01806.png" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/1600/DSC01803.gif"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/320/DSC01803.png" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/1600/DSC01609.gif"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/320/DSC01609.png" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33906020-115748111366594055?l=chennaisuburbs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Healinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14109119523517669501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906020.post-1157479957051500472006-09-05T11:08:00.000-07:002006-09-05T11:12:37.070-07:00<strong>We hired a car and off we went!!!</strong><br />The car was an Ambassador (considered the tough old car for Indian roads). On the way i say people sweating it out in the sweltering sun.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/1600/DSC02041.0.gif"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/320/DSC02041.0.png" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This man was all ears... for something!!!<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/1600/DSC02040.0.gif"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/320/DSC02040.0.png" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33906020-115747995705150047?l=chennaisuburbs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Healinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14109119523517669501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906020.post-1157478876548760322006-09-05T10:43:00.000-07:002006-09-05T10:54:36.560-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/1600/DSC01387.0.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/320/DSC01387.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />This is how it looks on the east side of my terrace. Its a very hot day!!<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/1600/DSC01392.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1235/3379/320/DSC01392.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Even the mango leaves lapped up all the sun while we decided on this trip to the North of Chennai. We (my family) were to reach a church in Kattur (St. Jude's), about 35 km from the city.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33906020-115747887654876032?l=chennaisuburbs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Healinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14109119523517669501noreply@blogger.com0