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Kaivaram is very nice place to visit for a day, from Bangalore. Kaivaram is ~60 kms from B'lore & on the way to Chintamani / Madanapalli. MUST see places are: Kaivaram temple, satram, Hill, Kaivara Thatha caves, Forest garden, KailasaKona and BanyanTree. Planning from B'lore: leave ~7 am....take a break at Kaivara cross for break-fast (nice taste in small hotels) and move to Kaivara temple...park your car....climb hill. Temple visit can be after climbing down, to avoid heat !! Kaivaram temple : Nice temple, bangles are very good withing temple complex, read more Satram (next to temple where rooms available & food served),  Hill (Opp. to temple) which is 700+ steps mountain & you will find water (small lake) between stones at 3 - 5'' temperature always. Hanuman Temple: Very near to Kaivaram temple, ~ 500 meters Kaivara Thatha Caves: 2 kms from Kaivara and there is a mutt , Narasimhaswamy idle in deep cave. Avoid carrying banana, coconut or food ite...

National Congress on “ Disability, Barrier  – Free Campus and Higher Education  in   India ”   from   25 th to 26 th   March   2013   at    at Seminar Hall / Emeneau House, Dravidian   University,   Kuppam -  517 426,  AP The basic objective of the National Congress is examining critically the major issues involved in access auditing for creation of barrier– free environment in the campuses of universities/ higher education institutions for the persons with Disabilities. The following themes/ sub - themes are identified for extensive and brainstorming discussion at the proposed National Congress: (i) Disability and Universal Design; (ii) Determinants of Accessibility and Disabled- Friendly Environment;  (iii) Barrier Free Campus: Global Norms and Standards; (iv) Principles of Equality and Reasonable Accommodation;  (v) Access to Higher Education: Dynamics and Obstacles; (vi) Growing Digital Divide and ...

Jathara's (means festival gathering) are normally happen near temples or locations specified for events, like drama, mainly MahaBharat play. This is major locations for entertainment, shopping and worship for rural people of Andhra Pradesh. Major attractions, other than God / Worship are: shops of different eatables, gambling games, entertainment activities, folk songs with dancing etc., Few snaps are given below, taken during 'Ganga jathara' at Chowdepalli, in 2011.

Jaggery making (In telugu: Ganuga aadatam) is a long process for the forming community and the duration involves very long hard working days but lot of fun is possible as many folks will be working. Normally, the work involves: Cutting sugar cane, moving them from field to prep place, cleaning canes, crushing them through Crusher machine, moving cane juice to storage tank which is in the process of heating the juice, boiling pawn, making the jaggery to shapes, drying them, transporting them to home and keeping them in storage room. I spent many years working this (Ganuga aadatam) which is normally 30 to 50 days, yearly once, starts in Feb / Mar time frame of the year. Olden days, sugar cane was crushing using crushers powered by Oxes and later crushers were run using Diesel oil or Electricity. Eating stages of Jaggery process: Sugarcane, Juice, Paaku (when it is 70% completion), Lakkili (when it is ~90% completion), Jaggery. Watch Jaggery making video too, if interested :...