According to hindu beliefs planets impact each and every individual right from the moment of one's birth unto his death. If one takes the re-birth theory into consideration, the previous birth also influences life on earth in the current birth.

Location : How to cover Navagraha temples which is spread over distance of 200 kms in round trip. If one is travelling by train one has get down at Mylatdurai and cover the eastern portion of the trip including chidambaram and Velankani. Then move to Kumbakkonam and cover the rest of the Navagraha temples. Otherwise if one wants to cover only Navagraha temples it can be covered from the base of Kumbakkonam. It is best to hire a cab to quickly cover all the temples, otherwise one may require as many as 4 days by bus.

While on journey we met a Rajasthani family who were advised by their guru to undertake 3 trips to get rid of the Guru dosha. The intricacy of the trip was divided between the sisters and brother. The belief was strong which would help the sisters marry and brother to get rid of his problem in his business.

We hired a cab for a round trip from Maylatdurai and covered a distance of 250 kms starting withVaideeswaran temple which is dedicated to Mars. Next we proceeded directly to Chidambaram to visit Nataraja koil. It started pouring cats and dogs and the water literally soaked us. After Chidambaram we proceeded to Srikali temple. Than we visited the Budhan temple which is dedicated to Mercury.

Later in the afternoon we covered Ketu temple and we reached the Shanieswar temple after noon. Once again the downpour was tremendous throughout the journey. Most of the temples in TN is closed during noon from 1 - 4 so one has to plan accordingly, if one is lucky than one gets to cover additional tourist destination.

On the second day we decided to cover from Kumbakkonam base. We once again hired a cab and began our journey from Darasuram, than we visited the Rahu temple.
After that we proceeded towards Sukran temple and covered the Suryan temple too. Thus we managed to cover 7 of the Navagrahas, Guru and Chandran temple remained as uncovered for paucity of time. We covered the famous Gangaikondacholapuram and the local temple at Kumbakkonam. We had an excellent lunch at a mess, which made our minds refreshed. The non-veg were a real delicacy, chicken curry, crab masala and fish fry. Yummy we were blessed by all the grahas.

The time for consolidation PSU banks has arrived. The government does not have baggage of CPI to rule out consolidation, in the vested interests of Unions and Top executive. The likely scenario would be to compress the 27 entities into 6 entities by merger taking into logistical spread.

1. All SBI and its subsidiaries into a single entity.
2. Punjab National Bank, Corporation Bank, UCO Bank & Allahabad bank
3. Bank of Baroda, Andhra Bank, Bank of India and Bank of Maharastra
4. Canara Bank, Central Bank of India, Dena Bank and Indian Bank.
5. Union Bank of India, Vijaya Bank, United Bank of India, and UCO Bank.
6. IOB, OBC, P & S Bank, & Syndicate Bank

This would be the ideal fit which balances the size and geography of the PSUs. Each Banks chairmen would be fitted in to lead the amalgamation and employee issues with different portfolios. Thus giving a smooth transition of all the banks concerned.

Mergers in fact would bring down the branch overheads by almost 60%. This would enable common stationery, IT back up, ATMs, manpower, and premises. Just imagine each bank on an average saving 250 crores per annum which would amount to a mind boggling figure of 2000 crores for State Bank group. It would ultimately boost up the bottom line and ensure that the employee benefits in terms of pension can be passed on. Each management can in future decide the increments, promotions and bonus autonomously rather than blocked by unions.

In the current scenario a unified union has bought about stagnation of perks and benefits to employees fearing the management and government in a changing scenario, but with merged entities they can demand independent evaluation by their boards depending on the savings effected through mergers and increased profitability.

Take the example of ISRO a manager with 25 years experience takes home more than 80 k per month, a private sector banker pays more 1.5 lakhs per month minimum, and compare it with PSU bank manager it is measly 35 k per month. Such is the income disparity within the industry and compared to other public sector units.

The consumers will be benefitted in terms of lower interest rates, lesser fees for various services and increased spread of branch network, each merged entity will have a minimum of 3000 branches. Thus the entire banking industry will be looking a overhaul, which will be win win situation for the government and consumers alike. The employees can happily retire at the age of 55 instead of 62 with assured pension working out to 1/3 rd of the last drawn salary.

Disclaimer : The author is an independent observer on the trend in the industry.

I am pleased to declare the winners of the King and Queen contest floated in the forum, which of course is informal one. The tradition of nomination of King and Queen has been continued for the third time in succession. There were number of nominations, but the title should go to the deserving lest the contest itself is termed farce. The choice is based on the official and unofficial nomination received for Mazhar ( Maaz_Nawaz's id ) and Angel Babe ( Angel_babe55 )

Why Mazhar ? He has actively involved in acting as a cheer leader for a number of informal meets. I can challenge nobody in MS has invited members to attend film launch function, Nikaah, Anti-terror meets, Launch of Pani Kum, Orchestra, Doordharshan 50th anniversary, and many other meets. Most of the these functions did not involve any dutch expenses. Of course he had organised one day trips to Ramnagar and Chickballapur too which we enjoyed. He has always supported the right cause, without expecting any return. The big hearted man definitely deserves to be crowned as the King. I am sure he will promote more harmony in the coming year and take his level of participation in MS through his lovely Dps and Reviews to a much higher pedestal.


Why Angel Babe ? She is one person who always tried to soothe the tempers of the Msians whenever there is a controversy. Even though she is based in Philiphines she has been actively commenting on Indian subjects, does it not sound amazing. She has not been honoured the star status, that does not prevent her to be acknowledged as the most popular female member in MS for the past two years. Her story writing skill is par excellance, many a times it is shrouded in mystery. She is poetess trying to match the skill of many other Msians. She has been attending meets abroad, particular instance when DEV was in her city. I am sure she will do justice to the title of being declared as the Queen in the coming year.

I thank Sajith and Shalu for graciously adorning the title for 2009. I am sure all the members have enjoyed participating in this informal contest and will continue the tradition for a long time to come. This is one annual event i will always look forward to reev up my association with MS. I am sure you all will congratulate the deserving candidature of MAZHAR & ANGEL as the KING AND QUEEN of MS.

Disclaimer : This is an unofficial contest floated on nomination basis only.

On line shopping in India has miserably failed in India due to the fact that the vendors don t possess any credability worth talking or mentioning. Secondly the fear of revealing one's credit card no to such unworthy vendors too have dangers of its own. The online transactions have however been highly successful in case of online trading, banking and IRCTC. What are the lessons a marketing organisation needs to learn to make online transaction more successful.

PRODUCTS OR BRANDS : The online sales will be successful for a branded product like Sony, Godrej, Videocon, Eureka Forbes, Hindustan lever, P & G etc. If one checks out the features of a Sony Camera at Reliance digital and other places, with 3 years warranty in place, the consumer is bound to go for online purchase. Now it is for Sony to ensure that the consumer is directly linked to their company, logistics of delivery can be taken care either by door delivery or consumer collecting the product from nearest showroom or dealers outlet. This would obviously lead to better customer satisfaction and ensure that company is fully responsible for delivery of the product. The current scenario of shady vendors dealing with outdated Sony products, for higher profit margin, speaks bad of the company policy.

PAYMENTS : The vendors encashes the customers fund through credit card which is once again is the cause of loosing faith in the vendor and indirectly affecting brand reputation. Whereas the company like sony can have their own online bank account and encash the funds on online transfer. When the company encashes the money they behave more responsibly. It obviously means the company should be sure of the model in stock, whereas the vendor will not bother to check out whether stocks are available or the product is archived. For example H3 model of Sony which was very popular has been archived. The company will never put up the model for sale, because it is aware that it cannot be delivered. But whereas unetchical vendors even though they know the products are archived will never delete the product from online catalog, becaue they want to ensure encashing of funds. They can arm twist the customer into something inferior and make a killing. Never go for online shopping unless you know that you are dealing with a reputed company directly seems to be morale of the story.

COMPANY BENEFIT : Many companies sell their products on credit to the vendor, like airline companies in earlier days. There is immense heart burn when it comes to collection. The dealers or vendors literally squeeze the brains of the company personnel for releasing the fund of a sold product. In case of direct online transaction the company will directly receive funds and the logistics of delivery will be taken care by vendors through check and balance mechanism in place. This is an ideal marketing logistical model. The credit note for profit to vendor can be passed on. The vendors can be tightly regulated rather than falling into their trap. The airline industry has successfully adopted this policy to cut their losses.

Online shopping has to go a long way to get its act together. The onus is on the branded companies to set the ball rolling. This will ensure that vendors will act as facilitators for logistical delivery rather than acting as owners of successful brand. I don t know how many branded companies will have the courage to experiment and get this online shopping or selling strategy right. Until that time the gullible customer is going to suffer endlessly and a sales person will be constantly on tenter hooks following collections.

My mind was made up that i should visit the mega book exhibition as soon as I saw the news report in the newspaper that it has attracted book lovers from all over Bangalore. Deepaks post inspired that i should make it for sure. But seeing 2012 was more inviting and I did manage to see it at Tribhuvan theatre.

On the return home i decided to visit the exhibition. I bought some books and than i found that i was falling short of currency. I drew money from ATM in the exhibition centre. Suddenly i saw Deepak and his family sitting and enjoying their lunch. I took leave after brief chatting.

I proceeded to buy some historical books for my travelouges. First i managed to buy maps of Orissa and Bihar, looked around for UP, MP, Rajasthan, which was not available for my bad luck. Anyways better luck next time.

Next i picked up two good books on sigmund Freud psychoanalysis and hysteria. I proceeded to Orient Longman stall, and i found the book on Indian fine art and world. They offered me a hefty discount of 20% i paid up Rs 400 for 525 MRP book. Then i visited Marg stall and found the books were priced in premium slot Rs 2500/- even if they offer 20% discount it would cost me 2000 bucks which i found was not worth. Wondering whether Tata's want to fleece the foreigners or Indians with their pricing strategy.

I check around bargains with Penguin, India book house, Oxford, etc but i found National Book trust to my liking with titles of my choice, which happens to be govt publication. I bought six books which will be useful when I write travelouges for future reference. This is precisely the difference between private enterprise and govt publication. We cannot expect much discount but the books themselves are priced so reasonable that it is worth the buy.

While i was exiting i found Garden college students shooting a documentary directed by their own gang. The amateurish approach was visible when they tried to project the attendance for the day as 15 lakhs. I was shocked and tried to amend their data. I told them so far the attendance has been 65,000 and it should be maximum of 50000 for the day. If there is 15 lakh attendance it would have been chaos ruling the event. Anyways i left the ill directed documentary venture to their fate.

Overall the exhibition is a treat for all book lovers and should not be missed, bargain deals are generally struck towards the end of the event. The feedback reveals that the event was lukeworm and today there was some crowd spurlging on purchase of their favourite books. It is heartening in the days of internet dependence books do command a premium.

Well end of the world prediction in the form of Mayan calender based on which the movie is produced seems to be a hoax or even at best fiction. I hope it does not create a scare in the minds of the people after watching the movie. Already people are talking about the subject matter in informal circles.

All scientific data gathered points out to apocalypse in the form of Sun collapsing and thus destroying life on earth. But no one is sure of the timing of the collapse of the Sun and its dateline. One thing is sure that the heat generated from the collapse can go up to 1200 degrees, which can cause annihilation.

The planet Nibiru coming into contact with earth seems to be a hoax. The film plot is based on the obscure planet X which is also known as Nibiru coming and striking our planet is not based on any scientific evidence. The mysterious planet was supposed to be discovered by Sumerians according to believers. If such a collusion of a planet were to occur in 2012 AD, Nasa claims that by now the planet should have been visible to naked eye.

One planet known as Eris is actually floating in the sky, which at best would come 6.4 billion kilometers to earth in its circambulation. This is subject to intense tracking by the NASA scientist. However eventualities unforseen could take place in an uncertain scenario and back up plans are definitely underway at least to preserve some mankind particularly the intelligentia according to rumours. This will enable human kind to recoup any disaster.

NASA claims that Mayan calender does not end on 21 Dec 2012 but switches to a new calender from thereon. So folks don t exhaust your resources and wishes before time, one will get to live a little longer providing our SUN lives longer in a stable state. The end of the days on earth is definitely dependent on the Sun and not on any other planet is conclusive. Let us now lead a normal life in anticipation that our Sun will last to our lifetime at least. Enjoy the movie as a fiction by chomping pop corns and samosas and leave behind the thrash in the bin when you leave the theatre.

Based on the unofficial precedent of nominating king and queen of MS for the third year i mean for the calender year 2010, i would like to invite nominations from the members. If some people are not aware we bloreans had started this trend somewhere in May 2008, with Mazhar, Sridhar and others joining the fun.

We had selected Dev and Tanna as king and queen for the year 2008, than the informal nomination was carried forward and we selected Sajith and Shalu for 2009. Now the year is coming to a close. This is no beauty contest or personality contest for sure, but purely an informal nomination. The debates and justisfication are all thrown out of the window.

Harry the most popular and controversial member of Ms suggested that i should post a DP with this regard. Let us have some fun, otherwise MS is on the verge of becoming boring nowerdays to be frank. Most of the members of MS are now hyper active in the other forum, wherein i too am guilty of being active.

Come on friends let us have your nominations for the year ahead. I am sure people will take this unofficial nominations in the true spirit of social network fun rather than corporate rivalry and competition.

Results can be announced based on the popular nomination in terms of number of votes received. Each member could nominate one pair of names. If one needs to change their nomination, one needs to just edit their nomination simple as that. The first five nominations will recieve surprise gifts. The result day will be sober day as per Harry's suggestion. So that the result will not be rigged. Good luck folks and happy participation.

Disclaimer : Nothing official about the contest, it is in the realm of pure fun and participation

We set out from Maylathdurai by hiring a cab for a round trip beginning with Vaitheswaran Koil which is one of the navagrahas, the weather which was calm started showing its true colours. When we reached Chidambaram, the rain gods started pouring like cats and dogs. The downpour was so immense that we witnessed water was flowing like a river in the temple complex. Without 2 separate umbrella and blessings of Lord Shiva we would have been drenched to the core.

HISTORY

It is quite perplexing not to have a clear cut founder of the temple. The majority of the patrons were from Pallavan, Pandyan and Vijaynagar empire. The Southern gopuram was constructed by Pandya king in earlier times, but renovated by Pallava king Koperunsigan I ( 1216 – 1242 ). The southern gopuram has two fish symbols signifying Pandyan emblem. The Eastern Gopuram was constructed by by the Pallavan king Koperunsinghan II 1243 – 1279, the western Gopuram was constructed by Jadavarman Sundara Pandyan 1251 – 1268 and the Northern Gopuram was constructed by Krishnadevaraya of Vijaynagar 1509 – 1529.

But who is the real architect behind this huge temple ? The most probable suitor is the Parantaka Chola I ( 907 – 950 ) who installed the golden tiled roof on the Chitsaba Subsequent Chola kings Paranthaka II , Rajaraja Chola I, Koluthunga Chola and Vikram Chola ( 1118 – 1135 ) have made substantial donations for the upkeep of the temple.
Chidamabaram temple is built across an area spread over 40 acres, in the heart of the city. The temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva in his dancing posture known as Nataraja, a cosmic dancer. This dance form is also known as Tandava. Tandava is a vigorous form of dance symbolizing the cycle of pro-creation, preservation and ultimately destruction. These are categorized into Shrishti ( creation ) Sthiti ( conservation ) Samhara ( destruction ) Tirobhava ( illusion ) Anugraha ( Grace ) Whereas Rudra Tandav depicts the violent form of dance which heads towards destruction. All the dance postures literally 108 karanas are embedded on the Eastern Gopuram ( which is exposed in my video )

The etymology of the word Chidambaram translates literally into Chit meaning Knowledge and Ambaram Infinite space. Thus Chidambaram signifies Infinity in Knowledge. The other interpretations of Chit and ambaram are Consciousness and sky. The third inference is to stage and sky, where Lord Shiva is performing the cosmic dance. Therefore among the five holiest of Shivaite temples Chidambaram ranks no 2. The other places are Thiruvannamalai ( fire ) Kanchipuram ( earth ) Kalahasti and ( wind ) Thiruvanaikaval ( water ). Thus Chidambaram is one of the important Pancha Bootha Stalas.

WATER BODIES There is a popular saying that the standard of civilization is determined by how the society or government maintains its water bodies. In this direction the credit should go to the patrons of the temple to have an elaborate system of ponds around the temple for harvesting rain water literally.

The largest tank is known as Shivagangai, next is Paramanandha koobham, Kuyya theertham, Pulimadu ( 1 km away ) Vyagrapatha theertham ( not to be mistaken for Viagra ) Anantha Theertam, Nagaseri, Bramha Teertam, Siva Piriyai and Thiruparkadal.



GOVINDARAJA SHRINE : Chidambaram complex houses the Lord Govindaraja Perumal which is symbol of Vaishnavism. This depicts the secular fabric of the temple administration, which is not normally found in the Vishnu temples, because of intense rivalry.

The temple poojas or rituals are performed by Dikshitars. A class of vedic Brahmins who claim lineage from Mount Kailash. There was obviously scope for malpractises and mismanagement by private management. The govt. after protracted battle has taken over management of the temple. However the rituals are conducted by the Dikshitars.

Many a tourist get confused between Dutch and Danish and my impression that Dansborg fortress was Dutch was proved wrong as soon as I visited the Tranquebar beach. The Ozone rich beach of Tranquebar was a pleasant way to spend our spare time where the hindu monuments are closed between 1 to 4 pm invariably. This place boasts of the second rich place on earth which contains a rich content of O3 ( signifying heavy oxygen ) after Swiss.

The ozone rich Tranquebar prevents the harmful ultraviolet from penetrating the atmosphere, which has a rejuvenating effect on the health of an individual breathing the air, which was a real surprise to me. No wonder the trip to Tranquebar and Velankanni did not make us sick due to constant drenching we had on fourth November 2009.

On 5th May 1620 a treaty was signed by Tanjore king Vijaya Raghunatha Nayak and King Christian IV to set up a trading centre at Tranquebar. Based on the agreement a sum of Rs 3111/- per month rent would be paid to the Nayak King as royalty for lease of land to Danish authorities. The document was signed with gold insignia and signed by the king in Telugu ( which is actually Kannada since Vijaynagar emperors belong to Karnataka ) This document is preserved in the museum at Copenhagen.

Fort Dansborg was built by Danish Navy commander Ove Gjedde in 1620 AD, as a residence for the governor and other officials for about 225 years. Around the same time Roland Crappe ( first governor ) too bought some land and constructed other bunglows surrounding the Fort.
The fort stands tall on the Tranquebar golden beach. The ramparts of the Fort which spreads to the sea has been consumed by sea erosion. The crumbling fortress wall is being pounded by sea waves. The govt. of TN. Erected granite blocks preventing further sea erosion near the Masillamani temple in 2007. The area surrounding the Fort is left open and the beach around the Fort is a nice and clean landscape. It may be matter of time before the sea consumes the beach.
Dansborg fort housed a number of governors ( 35 in all ) starting from Roland Crape (1624 -1636 ) upto Peter Hansen ( 1841 – 1845 ) till the area was sold to the price of 12.5 lakhs.

A number of Danish ships visited the Tranquebar Port from Cophenhagen. They used to smuggle Tea from India and sell it in Britian at a huge profit. Since the decline of trading opportunities and Napoleonic wars saw the decline of Danish empire in India.

This fort is built with brick and mortar in a typical Danish architecture. The boundary walls of the Fort is almost 8 feet thick which stretched into the beach. The surrounding boundary wall of the fort is as thick as upto 15 feet with plaster of paris adorning the walls. The finish in yellowish tinge gives it a heritage look. The Fort area which is almost 100 feet x 80 feet width is having a built up area of one fourth its boundary. The inner ramparts were used to store merchandise and house the prisoners of war.

The governors residence was secured with watch towers and security men on all four sides of the fort. This building currently houses the ASI museum. The artifacts on display covers the entire gamut of Porcelain items and memorabilia from different parts of the world.

There are number of Hindu sculptures too which have been salvaged from the crumbling edifice of the shore temple. The history of the Danish has been well displayed with framed notices. The replica of the treaty signed between the Nayak and the Denmark king too is displayed.

Enterance to the Fort is from the south, which probably was one of the reason for the place not prospering according to the Vastu tradition. In fact there are instances of frequent break out of Cholera, dysentary and other diseases which consumed lot of Danish citizens.

OTHER PLACES OF VISIT :
1. Printing press established by Ziegenbalg
2. Ziegenbalg’s house
3. Varadaraj Perumal Temple
4. Basava Mahal
5. Gateway of Tranquebar
6. Pillars House
7. New Jerusalem Church
8. Danish governors bunglow
9. Collectors Bunglow
10. Church of Swedish Mission



LOCATION : Tranquebar or Tharangalpadi is located 296 km from Chennai after Poompuhar. It is enroute to Velankanni on the ECR road. It can be reached from Maylatdurai and Nagpatinam railway head too. The nearest airport is Trichy. We took the route from Chidambaram on the ECR road with a Pondi permit taxi towards Velankanni.

Caution :Ashtma patients are required to avoid this destination which can cause allergic reaction in OZONE rich environs. It is good antidote for heart disease.

Historical Background : Around the beginning of the 17th century, a Portuguese vessel Santa Maria set sail to Colombo from Macao. While it was sailing in the deep bay of Bengal it was caught in a cyclonic storm with waves rising above 5 feet and rocking the vessel. Portuguese sailors were staunch believers in Virgin Mary, they knelt and prayed for their mother Mary to rescue them from the violent nature’s fury. The sinking souls vowed to build a chapel in her honour if they were rescued from sinking. Thus the fury of nature abated and within 10 minutes the sea calmed with tranquility unknown hitherto. The battered vessel was veered towards the coast of Vellankani.

They were received by the local fishermen community, who spotted the Catholic linage of the sailors and lead them to a thatched hut which was used as chapel in those days. The Portuguese sailors in gratitude renovated the thatched chapel with brick and mortar construction. The Chapel was 24 feet in length and 12 feet in breadth signifying the cross. They dedicated this church to the Blessed Virgin Mary to honour her miraculous power of healing and saviour from crisis. If one breaks up the word Velankanni word in Tamil it means White Virgin or meaning Virgin Mother Mary.

LEGEND : ( Courtsey : Velankannichurch org ) : EVENT ONE

Sometime during the sixteenth century, Our Lady with her infant son appeared to a Hindu boy carrying milk to a customer’s home. While he rested under a Banyan tree near a tank (pond), Our Lady appeared to him and asked for milk for her Son and the boy gave her some. On reaching the customer’s home, the boy apologized for his lateness and the reduced amount of milk by relating the incident that occurred on his way. On inspection, the man found the milk pot to be full and realized that something miraculous had happened. That man, also a Hindu, wanting to see the place where the apparition occurred, accompanied the boy.
When they reached the tank, Our Lady appeared once again. On learning that it was Our Lady who appeared to the boy, the residents of the local Catholic community became ecstatic. The tank where the apparition took place is called "Matha Kulam" or Our Lady’s tank.

EVENT TWO :

Some years later Our Lady appeared again. This time to a crippled boy who was selling buttermilk near a public square on the outskirts of the same village of Vailankanni. She asked him for buttermilk for her infant Son and the boy compiled. Our Lady asked the boy to inform a certain wealthy Catholic man in the nearby town of Nagapattinam of her appearance. Not realizing that his crippled leg was miraculously cured by Our Lady, the boy rose up and began his journey. The man also had a vision the previous night in which Our Lady asked him to build a chapel for her. Together, the man and the boy returned to the site of the miracle.
This time Our Lady appeared to both. The man erected a thatched chapel for Our Lady at the site of Her second appearance. This chapel became a holy place of veneration to Our Blesses mother and She was called henceforth, Mother of Good Health ("Arokia Matha").

OUR VISIT TO VELANKANNI :

We began our journey with the cyclonic effect on the coast of Nagapattinam on the fourth of November 2009 from Myalathdurai to transcending the barriers of religion. The entire day trip was stormy akin to the weather faced by the Portuguese sailors in the 17th century. I was praying to the Virgin Mary silently that I should get to see the Basilica in all its splendour and without much rainfall. Behold it was around 5.30 pm when we reached and the murky light cleared along with the heavy downpour and we witnessed the grandeur of the Church, which had an aura of divinity.
Just imagine getting drenched in the weather for the entire day whenever we stepped out of the car, it used to pour and we returned wet. In ordinary circumstances one would abort the trip and get back to the cosy atmosphere in hotel rooms. We refused to return and continued our journey to pray to the Virgin Mary, and she blessed us with health. We were fortunate that we did not fall sick due to constant wetting in the rain.

We lit up 3 candles in honour of the Virgin Mary and donated some currency into the box, and bought back Memorabilia in honour of DVD and book from the Church counter. We had a wonderful dinner at the church canteen too to relish our trip to the core. All the tiredness of the 13 hour trip vanished when we got up in the morning miraculously. Thanks to VIRGIN MARY

SIGHTSEEING AT VELANKANI

1. Garden of Jordan
2. Museum
3. Arokia Tank
4. Retreat Centre
5. Various Accomodation
6. Tsunami Memorial
7. Home for the aged
8. Health Centre
9. Shopping Centres
10. Other Churches