Vinobaji Sreemoolam Nagar Residents Association (VSNRA)

A residential locality in the center of Adoor town. The residents of the Vinobaji Road and Sreemoolam Nagar joined hands together to form this association. As of today there are around 96 registered in the association. All the best  to VSNRA and its members.

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Trek to Nine Hills

We started close to here from the river bed,

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Run two different Skype accounts from same computer

If you have installed Skype and already logged in, second time when you click the Skype icon the already logged in application will launch. if you wish to log in to another account, follow these steps,

1. Locate the skype installed folder. usually it will be "C:\Program Files\Skype\Phone\skype.exe" or something similar.
   If you cant find the location where skype is installed right click on the Skype icon, then go to properties and find target. This will open the folder where Skype is installed.
2. In the Run window, enter the following command  including the quotes and then press OK
   "C:\Program Files\Skype\Phone\skype.exe"  /secondary

Thats it you get another Skype with the login screen.

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Reaching Gavi

By Road

28 Kms from Vandiperiyar
40 Kms from Thekkady / Kumily

By Rail

120 Kms from Kottayam Railway Staion  ( KTYM )
165 Kms from Eranakulam Railway Staion ( ERN / ERS )
175 Kms from Madurai Railway Staion  ( MDU / MES )
100 Kms from Theni Railway Station ( TENI )

By Air

170 Kms from Nedumbassery Airport Ernakulam
250 Kms from  Trivandrum International Airport
190 Kms from Madurai Airport


*All distance approximately calculated 
*Before travelling to Gavi , get your forest entry permission

Get directions using google maps : http://goo.gl/tXJixV

Gavi Lake

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Pathanamthitta - Gavi - Kumily on KSRTC Bus

The best and the economic way to reach Gavi is through the bus service run by KSRTC ( Kerala State Road Transport Corporation ). KSRTC runs 2 ordinary bus services daily between Kumily and Pathanamthitta. 2 schedules from both the KSRTC depots.  The majority part of the route passes through the thick forests and hilly terrains  of Periyar Tiger Reserve. Wild life sightings are regular, especially elephants. The service passes through  chittar, Seethathodu, Angamuzhi, Kakki Dam, Anathodu Dam, Pamba Dam, Gavi, Vallakadavu and Vandiperiyar.

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Filtering emails using dot sign

Continuation to Filtering emails using plus sign

This time another gmail address trick which i came to knew yesterday, here its with an example,
Lets take an gmail address a abcdefg@gmail.com ,
so the gyan I got from a friend who read the earlier post is that  emails sent to any of the following email addresses will be forwarded to your inbox.

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Ramadevara Betta - Tumkur

Ramadevara Betta lies near the Bangalore-Tumkur road/rail line near Kyatsandra .The hill can be accessed from various sides of Kyatsandra , most popular and clear approach is through the famous Siddaganga Mutt.The top of the hill is a huge rock with views of the surrounding towns including Tumkur. if you cant find the proper route you may end up at the base of the hige rock, so be careful while trekking up in finding clear path and ascend the rock through the slopes.Theres a pond/lake with lotus in the top, but cannot be used for drinking purposes, so carry enough water from the mutt before you start. 

Siddaganga Matha in Kyatsandra is a charitable institution providing education,boarding and stay for children acroos Karnataka. Ask any one and they will be happy to show you the path to Mutt.If you are not sure of the trail to the peak, ask any of the High school kid in the mutt and they will be happy to take you to the top.From the mutta follow the concrete road till the small lake where you will find a small cave kind of structure in your left. From there take the trail going left to the top.
There are lot of small caves, temples, some fort structures and huge boulders to satisfy your adventurous needs.If you want to stay there, Siddaganga mutt can be an option.

Kyatsandra  is famous for its  thatte idly  which is made in a plate and its delicious, try in hotel Pavithra.

Height: Close to 1200 meters
Distance: 60+Kms from Bangalore
Nearest Town: Kyatsandra
Nearest railway station: Kyatsandra, but only few of the passenger trains stops there
                       : Other option is reaching Tumkur and taking local trasport.
Bus: Often buses which plies between Bangalore-Tumkur and return, get down at Kyatsandra

Some random picture,

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