Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Ganesh Chaturti 2026

Ganesha Habba was celebrated with a lot of enthusiasm this year, like last year. The previously seen Ganesh pandals were celebrating this year too however I visited just a fraction of what I had in the past years. Here are the Ganapati idols & decorations in reverse chronology.

ಶ್ರೀ ವಕ್ರತುಂಡ ಮಹಾಕಾಯ ಸೂರ್ಯಕೋಟಿ ಸಮಪ್ರಭ |
ನಿರ್ವಿಘ್ನಮ್ ಕುರು ಮೇ ದೇವಾ ಸರ್ವ ಕಾರ್ಯೇಷು ಸರ್ವದಾ ||

श्री वक्रतुण्ड महाकाय सूर्य कोटी समप्रभा |
निर्विघ्नं कुरु मे देव सर्व-कार्येशु सर्वदा॥

Shree Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha |
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada ||

Ganapati Gudi, Vivekanandanagar

Yuvashakti Mandal, Saraswatpur, Kalghatgi road

Sri Maruti Yuvaka Mandal, Gauli Galli, Malmaddi

Kabbur road, Malmaddi

Railway Station, Dharwad

Vinayaka Yuvaka Mandali, Yemmikeri, Malmaddi

Hosayellapur Naka, Dharwad-Hubballi road

Sangam theater road

Dharwad Hindu Mahaganapati, Maruti Vrutta, Line Bazar

Sri Rama Mandira, Line Bazar street

Tikare road

Karnataka College Circle

Lakshmi Theater (formerly) road

HESCOM, Vidyagiri

Hubballi home

Home Sweet Home

Links to past years' Ganesh Darshan-

Ganesh Habba 2024

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Tuesday, September 8, 2026

beauty in death

Unlike zoological creatures, most botanical life forms are not messy. On the contrary the mortal remains are beautiful and useful too.

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Saturday, August 29, 2026

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

heritage building on Line Bazar street

For the past few months, during my early morning bicycle rides, a few well maintained older buildings have caught my attention. Of them, one is situated on Line Bazar road. The owner(s) effort is highly appreciable. Same for the workers talent behind the building's looks.

Hoping the owner(s) are okay with this blog post.

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