Category: Blog
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Camping workshop
Camping Workshop – 2019 By Puviarasan Camping is an important hobby I got exposed to in my late twenties. You go to a new place and live there by yourself in a shelter you built. How cool is that! Yes, it is cool and empowering at the same time. I have not done big camping […]
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Shooting Star Trip 2018
Shooting Star Trip 2018 by Swetha Ayyapath | Dec 2018 I am sure most of you have heard of the phenomenon of meteor showers and have probably also seen some random posts about meteor showers go viral, letting you know it happens on a particular date. But did you know most of these meteor showers […]
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A rendezvous with Geminids Shower
by SIVA SHAKTHI “What are we but shooting stars, hoping to shine long enough to make at least one soul believe in the magic.” Sherry Namdeo December 13, 2020 – It was fifteen minutes past eight when mom and I reached Moratandi Toll Gate. The place looked as usual with cars, trucks, and two wheelers […]
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What is Geminid Meteor shower? How to watch it?
by Puviarasan | Nov 25, 2020 2019 was a disappointing year for stargazing enthusiasts, when two of the major meteor showers were intervened by moonlight. But the tough year 2020 is showing a lot of promises. Because the father of all meteor showers, the Geminid Meteor shower is happening on December night with the new […]
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Tracing the Chola’s footpath along ECR
By Vimal P Thomas & Puviarasan | November 8, 2020 | We were looking for a Mandapam (pillared hall) which was said to be located at Ranganathapuram which is 12km from the town of Pondicherry. This place was suggested by a group cycle rider who happened to spot it during one of their rides. We […]
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Panamalai – a Pallava legacy
By Vimal P Thomas & Puviarasan | October 17, 2020 The ‘Shore Temple’ at Mahabalipuram is a wonderful piece of art. The very same king who had built this temple, had got two others built elsewhere – one in Kancheepuram and the other in Panamalai. This little piece of information got us excited, and one […]
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Mapping otters and their habitat
Mapping Otters and their habitat By Puviarasan | Oct 2020 | In this blog post we will focus more on where they live in the backwaters of Pondicherry. We will aim to give a bird eye view of their place through interactive maps, photos and videos. Otters live in place which are rich in biodiversity. When […]
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Finding Otters at the backwaters of Pondicherry
By – Puviarasan | Expedition Background | We are a group of like-minded individuals with a great interest for exploring and understanding nature. It was a hearsay about otters inhabiting the backwaters of Pondy, that aroused our curiosity. Thus we started our mission to identify and map potential hotspots of smooth-coated otters in the backwaters […]