Group at the start (24 of us)



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Most of the group (Ram and Srividya arrived later)



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Email to Bngbirds:

One of the scenes that used to upset me as a child was on my visits to the Meenakshi Amman temple in Madurai.

Since the goddess is usually depicted holding a Parakeet ("pacchai kili". or "green parrot" as it is referred to), devotees would bring captured Parakeets (I did not know this name then) to the temple and they would be ( Read more... )

Group: (Vasavi missing)



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Fixed up with Balaji/Gayatri, with Damini and Padma.

MCS at New Manassa Cafe, good filter coffee by 5.40am. Location:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZtCrrURCZ35gqEDM7

Plan:

We will leave Casa Ansal front gate at 5am,  go through BTM Layout, and proceed to the lake. after MCS, we do ( Read more... )

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Part of the large group present today (I took only 11 more people)



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