Pushpa brought a half a dozen rose cuttings from her workplace garden. That's where her involvement ends. I planted them two or three days later, think it was mid June 2026. Of those cuttings, half of them sprouted leaves, and the rest dried away. Then of the ones which sprouted leaves, only one survived and flowered last week i.e. third week October. It was elating moment for me.
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Oct 5th afternoon I was looking down at rain water on the trees below. I happened to notice a little bird bathing in water drops in papaya leaves. Then it took a short flight and perched on branches of Singapore cherry tree. The air was laden with light mist. Here are a few shots of the little bird enjoy its bath.
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This picture of the postbox in Malmaddi, Dharwad was shot on March 17th morning. For the first time I noticed the tag line: Dak Seva Jan Seva. The tag line in Hindi डाक सेवा जान सेवा translates to "postal service is people's service." That's a befitting line for Indian Post.
The reason for the delayed posting of this picture is to time it with World Post Day and National Postal Day which are Oct 9th and Oct 10th respectively.
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In primary school I remember a classmate saying "no life without wife." Looks like that guy was in rush to get married. Here we have a car owner saying "no wife, happy life." Then I remember the English song "no woman, no cry."
Lastly, this needs to be told. A few years ago, I remember seeing a line on an autorickshaw "love is slow poison." Assuming the owner of that rickshaw was a young guy ditched by his girl.
So much ga ga over girl, woman and wife.
.........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.
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| Ganapati Gudi, Vivekanandanagar |
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| Yuvashakti Mandal, Saraswatpur, Kalghatgi road |
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| Sri Maruti Yuvaka Mandal, Gauli Galli, Malmaddi |
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| Kabbur road, Malmaddi |
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| Railway Station, Dharwad |
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| Vinayaka Yuvaka Mandali, Yemmikeri, Malmaddi |
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| Hosayellapur Naka, Dharwad-Hubballi road |
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| Sangam theater road |
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| Dharwad Hindu Mahaganapati, Maruti Vrutta, Line Bazar |
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| Sri Rama Mandira, Line Bazar street |
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| Tikare road |
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| Karnataka College Circle |
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| Lakshmi Theater (formerly) road |
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| HESCOM, Vidyagiri |
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| Hubballi home |
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| Home Sweet Home |
Links to past years' Ganesh Darshan-
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