June 21st, 2012

By Mahesh On 21 Jun, 2012 At 11:49 PM | Categorized As Wordless Wanderer | With 2 Comments
First comes the charitot of Lord Balabhadra which is known as Taladhwaja followed by the chariot of Devi Subhadra known as Darpadalana and finally the chariot of Lord Jagannath, the magnificent Nandighosa.

Every year lakhs of pilgrims thronged Puri to have the glimpse of Lord Jagannath riding on his chariot with elder brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra. The similar enthusiasm for Ratha Yatra could be witnessed today with the arrival of over 10 lakh devotees to the temple town of Puri in Orrisa. The word Juggernaut is [...]

By Tanmay On 21 Jun, 2012 At 08:38 AM | Categorized As Miscellaneous | With 0 Comments
Sherlock Holmes is my favourite detective character - Nitish Garg

ManipalBlog has started a weekly detective story contest since last evening. The first story was about a thief in the Nehru Block hostelin the Manipal University campus. The winner of this contest was Nitish Garg. We had a 3 question interview with him. Q1. Why do you like ManipalBlog? Nitish – Because it is informative, [...]

By Admin On 21 Jun, 2012 At 07:02 AM | Categorized As 5 Questions, Miscellaneous | With 0 Comments
ManipalBlog serves as my connect to my love, Manipal getting me everything from the most important news to the spiciest gossip. - Pushp Deep Pandey

1. Pushp Deep the photographer or the engineer? Proud to be both at the same time. The encouragement to the Photographer in me when he joined as engineer as a 1st year ‘newbie’ in college served phenomenal purpose, I guess. 2. What does Manipal and ManipalBlog mean to you? Manipal is one of the most [...]

By Chirag On 21 Jun, 2012 At 04:52 AM | Categorized As Art and Literature | With 0 Comments
heart-break54

I was innocent, my heart was pure, Until you stepped in, with your remarkable allure, You influenced me, made me pine, For things that weren’t mine Gullible that I was, I thought with my heart, Regardless of the plan to tear me apart I let my feelings take me over, Like the carefree bud of [...]