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Snake gourd  is a vegetable which looks lengthy and is common in asian countries. This can be prepared with moong dal or coconut. Here is the procedure to prepare snake gourd curry with coconut. This is a simple recipe and tastes good. Preparation time 30 minutes Ingredients: Snakegourd: 1 cup (diced Coconut: few pieces. Green chillies: 4 Red chillies: 1 Urad dal: 1/4 tsp Bengal gram: 1/4 tsp Mustard seeds: 1/4 tsp Cumin seeds: 1/4 tsp Oil:1tsp Salt to taste Coriander to garnish Procedure: Take the diced snake gourd pieces into a large bowl add water and boil it till they are cooked Grind the coconut pieces, green chillies into paste. Take a kadai add 1 tsp oil and add mustard seeds. When they splutter add bengal gram, urad dal , cumin seeds and red chillies saute till they are golden brown. Now add boiled snake gourd pieces. Add salt and cover with a lid, simmer for 5 minutes. Add coconut and green chilli paste. Saute ...

Anjaneya swamy temple arthagiri is 15 kms from kanipakam.  Arthagiri is in Arakonda village, Thavanampalli Mandal, Chitoor district.  Arthagiri means half of the mountain. In Telugu language Artha means half and Giri means mountain. The history of this temple links to Ramayana period. During Rama Ravana war Lakshmana fell unconsciousness  with the weapon named "Shakthi" used by Ravana   . Then Sushena a Vanara who is familiar with medicnal plants asked Anjaneya to bring "Sanjeevani" medicinal plant from Sanjeevani mountain which is in Himalayas. Hanuman cannot recognise the Sanjeevani plant so he lifted the whole mountain.  While carrying  the mountain a piece of mountain fell down in this place and it is called Arthagiri.  The water falls from that piece of mountain is called Sanjeevaraya Pushkarini. The water in that Pushkarini never get dried or spoiled and it contains medicinal values. So drinking that water removes all disease...

Bottle gourd (Sorakaya in Telugu) also called as long melon is a vegetable commonly used in Indian cuisine. Bottle gourd can be prepared with combination of Tur or Moong dal. Moong dal itself tastes good and it enhances the taste of the recipe. A mix of Bottle Gourd and Moong dal tastes delicious. Here goes the procedure: Preparation time: 20 minutes Serves: 3 people Ingredients: Bottle gourd: 1 cup ( diced).  Moong dal : 1/4 cup  Cumin seeds: 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds: 1/2 tsp Red chillies: 2 Green chillies: 2 (sliced) Red chilli powder: 1/2 tsp (optional) Oil:3tsp Asafoetida: small pinch Turmeric powder: small pinch  Salt to taste Procedure: Take the diced bottle gourd and moong dal in a bowl wash it and keep it a side for 10 minutes Take a kadai add 3 tsp oil and add mustard seeds, when it splutters add cumin seeds, red chillies. Sauté it and add green chillies and asafoetida. Drain the water in the bo...

Sri Kodandarama Swamy temple in Ekasilanagaram, Vontimitta is an ancient temple with beautiful architecture. The main idols are Sita Rama and Lakshmana without Anjaneya (only temple of Rama without Anjaneya). It is 24 kilo meters from Kadapa towards Tirupathi. The temple is just beside the road and passers cannot move forward without visiting the temple. This is a most prominent Vaishnava temple and centre of Adhiseshu along with Devuni Kadapa and  Ahobilam.The hills starting from Srisailam to Tirupathi is in the shape of Adhiseshu (see my other post in this blog Tirumala Tirupathi )  As this is situated in between Srisailam and Tirupathi it is also called as Srimadontimitta. This temple is an ancient temple constructed between and 11th and 16 century, which is done in 3 phases. It depicts the style of  Vijayanagara Empire architecture. The temple is decorated with pictures showing the Hindu scriptures Ramayana, Mahabharata and Sri Bhagavatham....

A new born baby........looks so cute. It is an amazing and wonderful experience to observe baby development stages. I find it  interesting to observe baby development day to day and am following some websites www.babycenter.com, www.webmd.com, www.netmums.com to have an understanding about what changes will be in the next month. As I read in the websites prior so I can observe very minor changes in the baby development. The first thing babies do when they were born is to start crying but to my astonishment I came to know that they don't get tears until they complete 3 months. In the first month baby sleeps for 22 hours a day and cannot respond to others. From second month day time sleep gets reduced and they learn to move hands and legs by third month they learn to smile and start responding to others. I disagree with the opinion of many people that babies lives are happy as they don't have any hindrances in their life and somebody will take care of ...

Mopidevi is the name of a small village in Krishna district. The village is famous for the temple of Lord Subramanyeswara. It is near to vijayawada, Repalle and Machilipatnam. The main diety of the temple is of   Lord Subramnya, the son of Shiva and Parvathi. This is a swayambhu ( came itself out of earth) temple. Lord subramanya did penance in disguise in the form of snake to relieve from his foray. The story behind this is Once 4 Rishis called as Sanaka, Sanatana Sanandana, Sanatkumara ( these 4 called as Sanaka sanandadulu) who were great saints, detached from this worldly pleasures and did not covered their body with clothes went to  Kailasamu to pray Lord shiva and Parvathi. At the same time Godess swaha devi, sachi devi, Saraswathi and lakshmi came there. Lord subramanya who was sitting on the lap of Parvathi chuckled by seeing both of them who were completely contrast in their dressing. Parvathi reproved subramanyeswara for his act. Later he realised his...

Sri Sita Rama temple is in Bhadrachalam, Khammam district, Telangana state. It is on the banks of Godavari River. The diety of this temple is of Sita Rama Lakshmana. Lord SriRama is one of the incarnations of Mahavishnu. (see my other blogpost 5th incarnation Vamana Avatara, Ulaganantha Perumal Temple ). Lord Rama came to the earth as son of King Dasaratha and married Sita, the daughter of King Janaka. Lakshmana is one of the three brothers of Rama. According to Brahma purana, in Tretayuga Period Rama Sita and Lakshmana during their vanavasa (exile) stayed on a rock. With the blessings of Brahma that rock born as a child to the couple  Meru Devi and Meru Parvatham and the child is named as Bhadhra. Being a devotee of Lord Rama from the childhood and with the words of Sage Narada, Bhadra  performed penace in Dandakaranya (Dandaka Forest). Pleased with his prayers Lord Srimannarayana came to the earth as SriRama and stayed at the place where Bhadra performed pe...