Sachin Tendulkar: Curriculum Vitae

OBJECTIVE :
To seek career challenges keeping in view my past achievements and future goals. And to set new industry benchmarks in everything I endeavour.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 International Cricketer: Indian National Cricket Team [1989 onwards]
 First Class Cricketer: Mumbai, West Zone, Yorkshire [1988 onwards]
 Junior Cricketer: Shardashram School, Bombay U-15, West Zone U-15 [1985-1988].

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
 Indian Cricket Team: 1996-1997; 1999-2000.
 Others: Mumbai, West Zone, Mumbai Indians, etc. [Various Times]

KEY OPERATIONS &MISSIONS UNDERTAKEN
1. 664* — Enough said. [Mumbai, 1988]
2. 114* — Rescue mission against Spiteful Yellow Men on Green Earth. [Perth, 1991]
3. 523 runs — Mission My World Cup. [India, 1996]
4. 155* — Operation Deflate Warne [Chennai, 1998]
5. 143 & 134 — Operation Desert Storm [Sharjah, 1998]
6. 136 — Rescue Mission against the Vile Green Warriors on Dusty Earth [Chennai, 1999]
7. 98 — Operation Tame Vile Green Warriors [Centurion, 2003]
8. 672 runs — Mission My World Cup II. [South Africa, 2003]
9. 241* and 60* —  Mission Avoid Cover Drive [Sydney, 2004]
10. 117* and 93 — Operation Slay Goliath [Sydney & Brisbane, 2008]
11. 103* — Mission Heal Mumbai [Chennai, 2008]
12. 200* — Mt 200 [Gwalior 2010]

OTHER MAJOR INITIATIVES
1. 122 — Mission Hold The Empire [Edgbaston, 1996]
2. 126 — Operation Protect Final Frontier [Chennai, 2001]
3. 117 — Operation Kings of Queens Park [Port of Spain, 2002]
4. 193 — Mission Conquer Leeds [Leeds, 2002]
5. 194* — Mission Sultan of Multan [Multan, 2004]
6. 111* — Half-centurion in Centurion [Centurion, 2010]

CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE
1. 119* — Operation Bat Till Bedtime [Manchester, 1990]
2. 82 — Mission Find New Opener [Christchurch, 1993]
3. 1-0-3-0 — Operation Hold South Africa [Kolkata, 1993]
4. 169 — Operation Counterattack [Cape Town, 1996]
5. 140* — Operation This Is For You, Father [Bristol, 1999]
6. 175 — Mission Save Series [Hyderabad, 2009]
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
1. Hundreds on Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debut.
2. India‟s youngest Test and ODI cricketer at age 16 years, 207 days.
3. Most runs in Tests and ODIs (14,513 and 17,598).
4. Most hundreds in Tests and ODIs (50 and 46).
5. Most ODI appearances (442)
6. Most Tests appearances (175).
7. 20 hundreds against Australia, the best team of my era.
8. 1894 runs and 9 hundreds in ODIs in 1998, a record.
9. 7 Test hundreds and 1543 Test runs in 2010, an Indian record.
10. 1796 runs in five World Cups.
11. Only cricketer with the 150 wickets and 15,000 runs „double‟ in ODIs.
12. First cricketer to score 40 and 50 Test hundreds.
13. First cricketer to score 20, 30 and 40 ODI hundreds


OTHER BUSINESS INTERESTS
I have interests in the food and beverages industry. I partly own two restaurants in Mumbai:
 Tendulkar‟s (Colaba, 2002).
 Sachin‟s (Mulund, 2004).


EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
 PhD in Cricket.
 Secondary School, Shardashram Vidhya Mandir, Mumbai.

PATENTS
I‟ve mastered nearly every cricket stroke in the book, but have a special reputation for these.
1. The Thunderous Bowler-Decapitating Straight Drive
2. Back-foot Punch Through Cover
3. Acute Paddle Sweep
4. Slog Sweep Against Turning Leg-Break
5. Effortless Wristy Flick Through Square Leg
6. Point-Killing Square Cut

PASSIONS
Cars & Racing: I love fast driving. I also own a Ferrari 360 Modena.
Food: I am a foodie with a fondness for seafood.
Music: I enjoy collecting music. Some of my favourites are Kishore Kumar, Mark Knopfler, MLTR.

AWARDS
1. Arjuna Award [1994]
2. Wisden Cricketer of the Year: [1997]
3. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna [1997-98]
4. Padma Shri [1999]
5. Player of the Tournament, World Cup [2003]
6. ICC Gary Sobers Trophy for Cricketer of The Year [2010]
7. ICC World ODI XI: 2004, 2007, 2008
8. ICC World Test XI: 2009, 2010
9. Rajiv Gandhi Award for Sports [2005]
10. Padma Vibhushan [2008]
11. Man of Match Awards: 74
 ODIs: 61 times
 Tests: 14 times
12. Man of the Series Awards: 19
a. ODIs: 15
b. Tests: 5

MAJOR CITATIONS
1. “AB, this little prick will make more runs than you.” — Merv Hughes to Allan Border. [1991]
2. “This kid bats just like I did.” — Donald Bradman, World Greatest Batsman. Ever. [1998]
3. “I'll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six.
He is the best batsman I‟ve ever bowled to.” — Shane Warne, World‟s Greatest Leg Spinner. [1998]
4. “Shit, I‟m sick of this *$#%!” — Michael Kasprowicz, Australia‟s Fast Bowler. [1998]
5. “He will end up with 50 tons in each form of the game.” —Wasim Akram, World‟s Greatest Left-arm Pacer. [2002]
6. “Jaanta hai tooney kiska catch chhoda hai?” — Wasim Akram to Abdul Razzaq. [2003]
7. “All we need is 11 Sachins.” — Paul Strang, Zimbabwe Leg Spinner. [1996]
8. “Cricket is our religion, Sachin is our god.” — [Repeated ad nauseum by millions of fans].
9. “Nothing bad can happen to us if we‟re on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it.” — Hashim Amla, South Africa Batsman. [2004]
10. “The archives recall not one single incriminating incident, not one drunken escapade, not one reported affair, not one spat
with a team-mate or reporter. As Matthew Parris wondered of Barack Obama in these pages recently, is he human?” —
Michael Atherton, Former England Captain. [2008]
11. “I have seen God; he bats at No. 4 for India.” — Matthew Hayden, Australia Opener. [2008]
12. “There will never be another Sachin.” — Muttiah Muralitharan, World‟s Most Successful Bowler. [2009]
13. “If I‟ve to bowl to Sachin, I‟ll bowl with my helmet on. He hits the ball so hard.” Dennis Lille, Cricket‟s McEnroe & Fast
Bowling Legend. [Undated]
14. “Tendulkar is the best batsmen in the world ahead of Steve Waugh and Lara.” — Glenn McGrath, Australia‟s Most
Successful Pace Bowler. [Undated]
15. “Sachin is a genius. I‟m a mere mortal.” — Brian Lara, Tendulkar‟s Greatest Frenemy. [Undated]
16. “I haven‟t seen Bradman playing, but I have seen Sachin. To me, he himself is a milestone, and the best cricketer in the
world.” — Sourav Ganguly, India‟s most successful captain
17. “Sachin Tendulkar has been the most complete batsman of his time, and arguably the biggest cricket icon as well.” — Sambit Bal, Editor, Cricinfo


MAJOR BIOGRAPHIES
1. Sachin: The Story of the World's Greatest Batsman [by Gulu Ezekiel]
2. The A to Z of Sachin Tendulkar [by Gulu Ezekiel]
3. Sachin Tendulkar — A Definitive Biography [by Vaibhav Purandare]
4. Sachin Tendulkar — Masterful [by Peter Murray, Ashish Shukla]
5. Tendulkar Opus [by Opus Media Group]

MEDIA COVERAGE
Are you kidding me?

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Fluent in English, Hindi and Marathi.

PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of birth: April 24, 1973
Hometown: Mumbai
Family: Wife Anjali, daughter Sara, son Arjun.

EARNINGS
Approximately Rs 60 crore annually (That‟s Rs 600,000,000 or USD 13 million or GBP 7.8 million or Euro 8.7 million).

Sachin Tendulkar
Mumbai, December 21, 2010

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P.S. I am sharing this Article from a Yahoo Cricket journalist. He has done a great job in collecting all these info and compiling it into an excellent CV.

My take on HP7 - Part 1

For one of those not very avid fiction readers like me, Harry Potter series was one I could just not miss. During my holiday time of 8th, accidently came across Harry potter and Prisoner of Azkhaban. Though the third part wasn't particularly gripping, it definitely created the curiosity to read the previous two books. It was only after the fourth part "Harry potter and Goblet of fire" came out, that I became ardent HP fan. Then I went on to catch all the previous movies that had been made in the series and the succeeding ones in the first week itself invariably :)

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Moving on to the latest release from the series, taking the film in two part with importance given to picturising the movie very close to the book was one of the greatest tribute that can be given to Madam J.K.Rowling and fanatic Potter fans like me. Right from the part of moving Harry to "The Burrow" (Weasleys home), every minute detail was given full care by Director David Yates. Acting of Richard Fienes (Voldemort) really resembled the true nature of the character. Cinematographer,cameraman and other animation technicians deserve a great round of applause. The picturisation of "The tale of Two Brothers" on how the Deathly Hallows were created as a cartoon was really different.

On the prime characters, Harry was gr8 as usual, Ron put up a good show and Hermoine - I have no words :P :)

Just can't wait for the second part to be released. The icing on the cake would be that its on 3D :):):)

Corruption - the perennial menace

My mathematics teacher always used to say "Mathematics rules the world". How true!!!
Its indeed the 'Mathematics of money' that rules the world. Right from birth to death ie.. from getting a birth certificate to getting the death certificate one needs to face this same ordeal.

Even when we are criticizing our politicians and bureaucrats for the corruption, its highly important for one to look into why this menace is present. If you ask me, I would say the prime reason for this is the tax scheme that we are having in India. The tax rates be it the Income tax, sales tax or the corporate tax all are quite high. As a reason, there is increased urge for getting more money. So one to easiest ways in curbing this problem is to have a revamp of the tax structure.

There of course is the problem of excess greed and power. We have two evident examples for this right in the present scenario itself - Mr.Lalit Modi (IPL) and Mr.Suresh Kalmadi (CWG). In both the cases the monopoly of both the individuals in the respective games proved to be the critical factor. Though both of them are under investigation from the Enforcement Directorate and other related government agencies now, its really disheartening to know that they had such a 'free hand' all these days.

The different campaigns like the Jaago-re, Parivarthan movement have helped a lot is controlling this menace. Its high time that more stringent and efficient policies and laws are made to curb this.

ALUMNI meet

   I went in for the Reunion today to see a totally new look to my alma-mater. The construction works that were going on when I left is now almost over.

CNSSS in all its glory

Most interesting is the room Rev.Fr.Mathew Thengumpally has got for himself. The room is so large that he can accommodate around 100 detainees at the same time :P Furthermore, more trouble is awaiting our younger generation, CCTV to be put up in each floor to catch hold of miscreants red-handed with video proof :P All thanks to the most inspiring and motivating person all christnagarians have ever seen.....  

From top of the new building one gets to see the run-way, sea and vast expanse of greenery - totally MIND BLOWING sight accompanied by super wind :)  It was great to see most of classmates, interact with the seniors and to know many of the juniors. Heard lots of "unheard" school day miscreants which was totally ROFL stuff :) Thanks a lot to all for giving these ever-lasting memories........

Three years out of school and I still just can't have enough of School days :(

One awesome CWG experience

                I have never been a ardent follower of multi-discipline games, but this Commonwealth Games has been one awesome experience. Right from the Opening ceremony "MEHENDI" show to the "VANDE MATARAM" now at the closing ceremony, the whole games has been really colourful :)  Seeing the Bird's eye view of the stadium, I felt Delhi has transformed into America or so.
            
                Not just the ceremonies, even the games talent on display was really good. Though number of top class athletes withdrew from the games, they would now be regretting their decisions. Australia though ran away with the show in most of the trades, performance of India was really heartening. No.2 on the medal tally with 38 golds, just perfect on home turf :)  Golds in wrestling and shooting was expected but it was really gr8 to see athletics coming up big time with two golds. Badminton and Table tennis performance also gave a lot of cheer.

            
Amidst all the pre-games controversies and deadline lapses no one expected the games to be conducted so well. I had been a vehement Kalmadi basher, but I think he needs some credit now. ARR would be happy to see the second version clicking. Heavy credit is also due for Bharat Bala the choreographer for the opening and closing ceremonies. Hope India can keep up its preparations and host Olympic Games some time soon.......
                  
      

IEEE membership - A complete package for overall excellence

                         IEEE is the world's largest professional organization providing unending contributions in the field of technical excellence. IEEE student branch in my college (College of Engineering, Trivandrum) was quite inactive till 2008. Thanks to the efforts of our SB mentor and a dedicated EXECOM, there has been lots of activities ever since and I feel extremely lucky to have been part of them. When I had joined IEEE in the first year of my engineering study, I actually didn't know that IEEE membership would give me so many benefits. Being part of the IEEESB has improved not just my technical know-how but also my managerial skills and more importantly the overall personality.
                           
                         Now I would like to share with blog readers the different websites one needs to catch up to get the latest information on IEEE.

1.      www.ieee.org – IEEE official website

2.      http://ewh.ieee.org/r10/india_council - IEEE india council website

3.      www.ieeeusa.org – IEEE USA website

                            IEEE has lot of benefits to offer to you. Every IEEE member has a myIEEE page from where you can join IEEE, renew membership, membership benefits and details on different societies and interests.  Sources which has been of great use to me personally is IEEE TV (www.ieee.tv) ,  IEEE spectrum magazine (http://spectrum.ieee.org) and IEEE Xplore digital library (www.ieeexplore.ieee.org) . Though I have not been into my final year wherein I need to present a paper of IEEE standard, Xplore library has been a great guide.

                                                                                                                  

                                                        
                                                                       

                               IEEE community is like a ‘global village’ which opens up possibilities for interaction with colleagues from around the globe (http://www.ieee.org/societies_communities/index.html). IEEE jobsite (http://careers.ieee.org) is of great help to professions and students alike. There is also Career-alert magazine. IEEE also offers awards and scholarships to its members for their achievements. There is an online program called IEEE mentoring connection which helps establish a mentoring partnership between its members (http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/mentoring/index.html).There is also IEEE Women In Engineering community which focuses on advancement of women in technical and scientific fields (http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/women/index.html)

                      In addition to providing such technical knowledge IEEE also hosts a number of competitions wherein its members can showcase their talents and thereby even get international recognition. Couple of such competitions that are held every year are

·         IEEE Humanitarian Technology Challenge (HTC) which focuses on how technology can used to serve humanity better (http://www.ieeehtc.org)

·         IEEE Xtreme programming competition which is 24 hour programming contest (http://ieeextreme.org)

                      Considering these enormous number of benefits that IEEE has to offer to its members , I encourage lot more people especially students to be part of this global technical professional organisation.

P.S. Though IEEE is a professional organisation, it has always lend a helping hand to the humanity. The latest example being the relief provided for the flood victims in Pakistan (http://www.ieee.org/organizations/foundation/2010news.html).

Nelliampathy

This is a blog post on a place I have been to recently. I am very sure that not many of the readers would have heard of this place. 

Well, Nelliampathy is a hill station near Palakkad (2 hr journey from palakkad). I have been to most of the hill stations on South India, but none has impressed me as much as this. The primary reason for this should be the fact that not many people know of this place. The very journey to this Hill station is an awesome experience. Even at 2 in the afternoon there is hardly 5m visibility.

Fully snow filled tea plantations

Enroute Nelliampathy there is Pothundy dam, which is famous for the fact that it is the second largest Earthen dam in Asia. In front of Pothundy dam, you get excellent tea from a 'tattu kada' :) All along the upward climb there are small streams of waterfalls with crystal clear water. There are extensive teak plantations all along and once you reach Nelliampathy there is tea and coffee plantations. The highlight of the journey was the awesome scene that nature presented as Kesavanpara, when the snow and clouds moved away in front of my eyes to give a breath taking scenery. Other places to visit are Sitarkundu and Karapara.

Nelliampathy hills as seen from Pothundy dam

                 The dampener however is the poor mobile range available :P Anyone planning to go there do have a BSNL mobile connection . One thing I can guarantee you will never be disappointed :)

Epic IV story - Part 1

I am starting of on the narration of one epic awesome journey I had been on this past week. It was supposed to be "Industrial Visit" which turned out to be more than just a TOUR!!!!!
                               The journey started off on 30th July after lots of desperate negotiations and major HR deliberations. As always the starting time got delayed - by just 3 hours :P . First up we were to go to COORG (more on coorg episode in the next part of IV story). Though everyone was high on 'enthu', first day 'blues' was clearly evident. Things began to change however with "Punjabi House" film screening..... chalus began coming, goals galore to boost :) This however lead to a sleepless-night :( Was eating away the time with 50-50, Good day and other miscellaneous items. Once the ghat section began and first rays of Sun came , nature presented itself in all its beauty.
                                The delayed start however proved quite costly since we missed the deadline for reaching Coorg by morning and ended up renting room at Manathavadi(Wayanad) and reaching Coorg only by the afternoon. The rest of the story will be continued in subsequent blog posts (donno how many i will take though :P)

A time line of Iyer life

I got this as an e-mail and couldn't resist posting it since it was so realistic. All other Iyer's would have a similar opinion too, i suppose :)

Age: 6 Months
All these mamas and maamis have come here...
For a grand welcome of their new born fellow Iyer...
And my parents will feed food to me with a ring...
And give me a name long enough for you to sing...
(Krishnamoorthy Venkataraghava Krishna Doraiswamy,
But will simply call me Dorai!)

Age: 10 years Topping my class is an inborn talent I possess
(We are an exception)
Teachers & relatives, whom I never fail to impress
Daily dosage of idli, dosai, sambar, rice and curd
Who on earth do you think will not turn into a nerd(hehe)

Age: 22 Yrs(Just after graduation.. . Preferably Electronics Engineering)
Yipeee Yipeee Yipeee... I completed my BE in IIT...
Also got a call from Infy...Ya right...Narayana Murthy...
( Proud fellow...Southie ! )
Up & Away to Bangalore by the next morning flight...
And then someday to USA...Yay Yay Yay...Onsite. ..
(You are right... Rhyming no?!)

Age: 26 Years(Single status in USA)
It has been four long years since I have come here...
And not a single girl who is ready to come near...
Here in United States I thought I'd get laid...
Down came crashing, the dreams that I'd made...

Age: 30 Years
(8 yrs Onsite, somewhere in USA)
I miss my sambhar rice and the tasty thair saadam(curd rice)
Will speak to amma to find me a homely madam...
Will leave for Thirunelveli on a 30 day leave...
And come back with a maami right up my sleeve...


Age: 45 Years(Still onsite, we think)
I have two kids, but there is a gripping fear...
Both of them have no signs of being an Iyer...
Krishnaswamy & Sreemahalakshmi I named them fondly...
But Chris & Sally I call them if I want them to even reply...

Age: 60 Years(retire hogaya baap)
I am back to Thirunelveli with my ever faithful wife...
But my kids stayed there and think I don't have a life...
Tirupati, Guruvayoor, Shabarimala all we've been to...
Sun TV is our faithful friend which we always turn to...


Age: 75 years
(Now everything seems impossible)
Ayyayyo, what happened to all my dreams?
They have all simply turned into screams.
Children have already married and divorced thrice,
Playing with our grandchildren would've been nice.
Left with us are only aches and pains,
Life is full of only losses, with no gains.
Are we going to be the last of the brilliant Iyer generation?
To our children, tradition and culture are only a botheration!

From a Tamil Brahmin Iyer 

iDosing

                I am quite sure that not many of the readers would not even have heard of such a term leave alone knowing what it is. This term came into prominence after there were many reports of children getting hallucinations after listening to these 'digital drugs'.

                Its a free legal drug that can be downloaded from the Internet. A person can iDose by finding a dark room, sitting motionless and putting on headphones and listening to repetitive tracks that are downloaded. By doing so the person is taken to transcendental state. Time taken for this varies from person to person. Many researchers fear that this forced modification in mood can lead to harmful after-effects and addictions. The users so far have experienced a definite change in their moods though......

Sneak Peek into the world around us: Moncompu - Travel review

Sneak Peek into the world around us: Moncompu - Travel review

Animal Astrologists

This football world cup has been popular more for off-field issues than the action on field - From vuvuzelas to animals predictions . To be very frank action on-field has been quite poor which has given more boost for these extra-curricular activities. So far there has been three 'popular' animals astrologists.


                                     The most popular "PAUL -  THE OCTOPUS". This weird octopus has been putting up predictions from the time of EURO 2008. It had correctly predicted all of the Germany matches them except for the final against Spain. It has so far correctly predicted all the matches in world cup and has gone with Spain for the finals.

 

 Another animal that has captured the imagination is "MANI - THE PARROT" .  It gained popularity after Singapore leading newspaper featured an article on how the parrot has correctly predicted the semis line-up in the world cup. The parrot owned by a roadside vendor of Indian origin is now getting 10 customers per hr compared to 10 customers per day earlier. The parrot has gone with the Netherlands for the world cup finals.

You can watch the video of the prediction here http://www.zoofs.com/v/zF1YgIgozZE

I found a third animal astrologist too recently - "SIMON THE PSYCHIC KITTEN". Not very sure of the credibility of the source though. The kitten too has gone with Netherlands in the finals.

So it has been 2-1 in favour of Netherlands from the animal astrologists. Lets all wait till Sunday to see whose finally comes up as winners of WORLD CUP. 

P.S. You can read my blog-post on VUVUZELA here http://travesal.blogspot.com/2010/06/vuvuzela.html

Germany's "Foreign" Team

This is some really interesting fact that I found recently. 11 of the German team members in the football world cup are not originally from Germany. If the goalkeeper too was foreign Loew could have fielded full-fledged 'foreign' team :)

Klose - Poland
Podolski - Poland
Ozil - Turkey
Kadira - Tunisia
Boateng - Ghana
Gomes - Spain
Kakou - Brazil
Trokovsky - Poland
Avago - Nigeria
Sedar Taski - Turkey
Marko Marin - Yugoslavia

Now that what you call a "FOREIGN" team :)

Textaphrenia

                           I read about textaphrenia in a newspaper article today morning.Thought I would just put in a blog-post on what it is.Textaphrenia is thinking a message had arrived when it hadn't, while textiety is the anxious feeling of not receiving or sending text messages.
                          Textaphrenia is a disorder created in heavy texting addicts.For all those people who have are addicted to SMSing please take into consideration the fact that just like mobile radiation heavy texting can also lead to problems related to mental health. A recent study in Melbourne came up with some alarming conclusions. The study into youth communication habits identified the risks teens face from texting excessively every day, and the symptoms included anxiety, insecurity, depression, low self-esteem and "repetitive thumb syndrome". 
                        For all the advantages MOBILES have brought with it there has been increasingly heavier number of associated problems :(

Snaps from Konkan - Awesome

ROAD TO KONKAN

MALESHWAR WATERFALL

DOODHSAGAR WATERFALL

Concept of Kaavu (കാവ്)

Kaavu (കാവ്) is one of the cultural traditions thats followed widely in different parts of Kerala.

Its widely known myth that Kerala was created by Sage Parasurama by throwing his axe. Its believed that Sage Parasurama did so to in order to provide a place to reside for the Brahmins (Namboodiris) as 'prayaschitam' (penance) for his Kshatriya killings. 

In order to safeguard the natural environment and resources it was suggested to have some area near all houses to be kept untouched by humans. These areas were considered sacred and regular 'poojas'(worship) were done. This is how kaavu developed.

Beaufort Force 7

                         Main question in the minds of people who are reading this blog would be why am I writing something on Beaufort Force 7. Well the answer is these where the winds that hit Trivandrum couple of days back destroying 1/3rd of the 11kV substations.
                         Beaufort scale is a wind speed measure based on sea conditions.The scale was devised in order to standardize the weather observations made by Navy officers.

The Beaufort force 7 wind which hit Trivandrum had a speed of 55km/hr.There was a sudden rise in the wave height. These high speed winds caused large scale destruction to the electricity services.Thankfully there weren't any human casualities :)

Moncompu - Travel review

I don't know how many of the readers of this blog would have heard of this place's name.For starters its a naturally formed island in the Kuttanad taluk of Alleppey district.Another fact reg: the place is that famous agricultural scientist M.S.Swaminathan ( Mancompu Sambasivan Swaminathan ) is from here. The place marked as 'A' is Moncompu.                              

                                       

For those people who have been living in the concrete jungles of the metros and not so metro areas, this will be a refreshing change.The calm,serene waters of Vembanad lake are ideal for the house-boat journeys. 

                                            

Its really heartening to see how nature presents itself with such beauties that leaves its observers enchanted :)

This  is the pic of the  Moncompu temple.Whats peculiar about the visit to the temple is that one needs to take a boat ride for crossing the river. River is not the one seen in pic :P.