These snaps were taken at National Air Force Museum, Dayton, Ohio, USA. This post was saved as draft for a long time and now sharing them with you all.

Just trying to key in few points of Classical Indian Music and Dance.

The Indian Classical Music contains Sapthaswaras or 7 basic Notes, which are; Sa, Ri/Re, Ga, Ma, Pa, Da/Dha, Ni, in which we have :
Carnatic Music or South Indian Music, and
Hindustani Music or North Indian Music.

The Classical Dances Of India are,
Bharathanatyam from Tamil Nadu,
Kathakali from Kerala,
Kuchipudi from Andhra Pradesh,
Mohiniyattam from Kerala,
Kathak from North India,
Manipuri from Manipur, and
Odissi from Orissa.

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Dance and Music

'Kranthi' means change and 'Sankranthi' means a good change. Since Sun enters the Makara/Capricorn sign, we call it as 'Makara Sankranthi'. Between the months of Margasira and Pushyam is where the sun takes its entry into Capricorn sign. In the Bhagavad Gita, Sri Krishna has declared, "Among the months, I am the month of Margasira". The Margasira month is the crown among the twelve months, since the world experiences the abundance of the harvested food grains with joy. That's why we celebrate Makara Sankranthi as a Rice Harvest festival. It is also considered as a Thanksgiving day, to everyone who contributed their best, to the Gods, to the Sun and the Cattle.

We celebrate this festival mostly by decorating the front of the entrance door with rangoli designs, by flying kites and by preparing recipes which includes rice. Now, here are my rangoli patterns.



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For another significance of Makara Sankranthi, click here.

Enjoyed every moment in Andaman Islands, India. Lived in Port Blair for 5 days visiting :

Day 1 : Cellular Jail and Sound and Light Show. [Due to flight journey on the first half of the day from Chennai to Andaman]
Day 2 : North Bay Island and Ross Island
Day 3 : Wandoor Beach, Chidiya tapu or Bird Rock(Sunset View). Instead of Chidiya tapu, you can prefer Havelock Island for both Sunset and Sunrise View. It was closed due to our President's arrival.
Day 4 : Chathom Island, Corbyn Cove Beach, Zoo, Science Museum, Shopping
Day 5 : Baratang Island [Mud Volcano, Original Limestone Cave]

Included snapshots of all these and few of Mahabalipuram, Chennai too.

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WISHING YOU ALL A GREAT YEAR AHEAD.

My belated CHRISTMAS WISHES too. Missing you all. Will be back soon with loads to share. Have FUN........ :)

Atlast, got time to post the snaps of Kanchi and Queensland trip that I mentioned earlier. Have fun now. :). Included some more................



Update : Hi friends, I might be out of blogging for few weeks. But, for sure, will be back with loads of posts. In between, will try to be in touch, to comment, in your posts.........Take Care...... :)