Tuesday, May 28, 2024

a cluster of Samanea saman trees

This ancient cluster of rain trees occupies a big triangular area right besides Kalghatgi road in Saraswatpur locality. Within the cluster is a govt school which is completely concealed by the trees. Decades ago Saraswatpur was 80% vegetation and 20% buildings & roads. There were tiled-roof bungalows completely surrounded by trees and plants. Presently, a number of bungalows have made way to apartments and muti-storied buildings, and in the process vegetation has vanished. I just hope this cluster of Samanea saman trees are around for many more years if not decades.

Rain tree flowers are unique with needle like petals.

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Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Rain clouds over Dharwad on May-17th

Spectacular cloud and rain scenes captured by DJI Mini 2 on May 17th afternoon.


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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Hafiz Bale Khan & Rais Bale Khan

Last week, on Basava Jayanti, I was looking for Basavanna vachana on YouTube. I stumbled on a video featuring Kalabeda Kolabeda sung by Hafiz Bale Khan. The vachana is sung beautifully. Listening to the song I felt the singer had to be a Kannadiga. I looked further into the channel, then Googled the singer's name and found that Ustad Hafiz Bale Khan is song of Sitar Nawaz Bale Khan of Dharwad Gharana. Ustad Bale Khan's other son is Ustad Rais Bale Khan. Both brothers have several vachanas and other devotional songs to their credit. Also they've sung "Nanu Badavi Aata Badava" a composition by Dr. Da Ra Bendre.

In case you wish to check out their renditions, below are the links to their channels:

Hafiz Bale Khan and Rais Bale Khan.
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