Buy Entry TICKETS Online for MUNNAR Neelakurinji 2018

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'Munnar' hilly region that stretches in the western ghats in God's own country known as the 'Kashmir of the South' is gearing up to witness the rare natural phenomenon that occurs only once in 12 years. It is the en masse blooming of the 'Neelakkurinji' plants that are botanically called as 'Strobilanthes Kunthianus'. Travelers and nature enthusiasts from around the world rush to have an irreplaceable sight of the hills turning into blue and appearing as if they are covered beautifully with violet carpets. Even during every normal year Munnar attracts large number of tourists to enjoy its aromatic atmosphere, tealeaf cladded spectacular green mountains, and energizing climate. 

This time in 2018 the 'Neela kurinji blooming season starts in July and continues till October.

During the previous season in 2006, more than 5 lakhs Indian and international tourists visited Munnar, and the authorities are expecting double the number of travellers this time and are making elaborate arrangements for the safe and smooth conduct of the season. For reducing the long queues before the entry ticket counters and minimizing the troubles, online ticket vending facility through website is being introduced this time. This move will be convenient for the travellers. But the authorities are planning to charge Rs.150 for each online entrance ticket, against the counter ticket that sells at Rs.110. People are wondering why the difference in the price. Actually things or services that are sold online are expected to be cheaper as they require less staff and other facilities like office and furnitures.

The Kerala state forests and wildlife department which is in charge of the Eravikulam National Park, Rajamalai and other hilly sightseeing areas that lie in the forests, collects money for entering their territory and using them to take photos, videos or movies.

Click this website to Book entrance tickets online to Eravikulam National Park / Munnar: 

(Important: Online booking through website is to be done 48 hours prior to actual visiting. Otherwise tickets become invalid.)

Some tips for the travellers:

Entrance timings: 7.30 am to 4.30 pm

Video Camera fees 2018: Rs.300

Still camera fees 2018: Rs.35.

Best locations to watch: Eravikulam National park is the first. Rajamala, Devikulam, Mattupetty, etc are also best spots to see.

This is the golden time for the hotel and resort owners to reap huge profits. As most of them have already started advance booking.

Nearest Railway station to Munnar: Angamaly - 110 kms, 

Ernakulam Railway station - 130 kms.

Nearest Airport: Kochin international airport (Aluva) - 110 kms
                                     

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Asianet Television Awards 2015 Winners: Watch Show Online:

Even though most of the present serials being aired on Malayalam's grand entertainment channel Asianet are good for nothing, they have some dedicated viewers who are mostly elderly people that are addicted to their favorite channel rather than the shows and do not dare to shift to another channel.

However Asianet has wisely selected almost all the serials and characters and have given them one award or the other as the best actor, actress, directors, popular, etc and have given them prizes in the ceremony that was held in Angamaly last month. The same show will be telecast in Asianet G E Channel on 2015 June 6th and 7th (Saturday and Sunday) evening 7 pm onward.

As usual the award distribution function was attended by many celebrities including Mammootty and Jayaram. Comedy and dance shows were enacted to entertain the audience.

The list of Prize winners is as follows:

Outstanding serial Of The Year  : Parasparam
Best Serial    : Karuthamuthu
Best Actor : Kishore Sathya
Best Actress  : Gayathri Arun
Most Popular Actor  : Vivek Gopan
Most Popular Actress   : Meghna Vincent & Roopa Sri

Best Director   : Sujith Sunder
Best Screenplay  : Pradeep Panicker
Dialogues  : Gireesh Gramika & Cherunniyur Jayaprakashan


Children's Serial   : Balaganapathy
Comedy Serial   : Akkamma Stalinum Pathrose Gandhiyum
Best Dubbing Artiste (Male)  : Sidharth
Best Dubbing Artiste (Female)  : Ambili

Longest running serial  :    Amma
Best New Face (Male)   :    Richard
Best News Face (Female):   Premi


Best Actor In a Humorous Role :   Kottayam Rasheed (matthi Suku)
Best Negative Actor  :      Jishin
Best Negative Actors :    Shalu Kuriyan & Sonu
Best Actor In a Character Role  :    Santhosh Kurup
Best Actress In a Character Role :    Roopasree & Rekha


Special Jury Awards   : Dinesh Panicker, Dilip Shankar, Sneha, Archana, Dr.Sharmila, Sivadas, Anil Bass, Jayakumar,  Anjana Appukkuttan, Lakshmi Priya, Subramaniyan, Geetha Vijayan, Mahesh & Sree Hari.

Best Videography    : Hemachandran
Sound mixing   : Anish
Best Editor   :  Lal Kannan

Watch the Award Distribution Function here:

https://www.facebook.com/AsianetFilmAwards

Kerala LDF's shameless Behavior in the Assembly helps the UDF

The shameful, disgraceful and violent activities that took place in the Kerala Legislative Assembly on the 13th March, 2015 (Friday) bring incurable shame and humiliation not only to the Keralites world over, but also to the state which is known as 'God's own country'...!

The (mostly) educated people of Kerala who are usually self made love and enjoy not only a life of comfort and pleasure but also a 'peaceful' one. Those who engage in rowdyism and illegal activities constitute only a very small percentage.

With the past reports of repeated involvement of huge corruption by many ruling UDF members, ministers and police officers the people of Kerala, including loyal UDF sympathizers were distancing themselves from the United Democratic Front (UDF) and considering a closeness towards the Left Democratic Front (LDF) as it is the only alternative available for an average Malayali.

But the heinous, well planned and most shameful acts of the LDF members (including the elderly, the weak, the highly educated Ph ds, the uneducated and the women MLAs) in the Kerala Assembly hall on 2015 March 13th, to prevent the Finance Minister K M Mani (who is facing a trial) from presenting the annual budget was an unforgivable crime and insult to the sanctity of the Assembly Hall which is the temple of Democracy.

With these cheap and dirty play the LDF in the state lost a lot of its image and once again instilled in the minds of the people that violence, rowdyism, fight, destruction and disrespect to 'democracy' is an incurable part and parcel of the LDF ideology and way of life.

It was watched by people around the world how the LDF MLAs attacked the 'Assembly watch and ward' staff and fell down by their own.

It was also clearly aired the video how the woman MLA purposely approached the CM and was stopped by a UDF MLA and later complaining that the UDF MLA molested her.

Watch the video here: 

http://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/dose-lefts-protest-in-kerala-assembly-shame-indian-democracy/vp-AA9JiBm

Mohanlal's Music Band 'Lalisom' is Officially declared in Kochi. Lalisom Videos, images, photos and website.

There is a good news for the fans of Mohanlal. 'Lalisom', the much awaited musical band has made its official declaration and launching in Kochi by the super star Mohanlal himself along with Satheesh Vega, a popular cine music director.

The announcement of the music band has given a lot of joy among the fans of Mohanlal and the music lovers of South India.

The official facebook page of Lalisom is:

https://www.facebook.com/Lalisom.MusicBand


Watch the videos of the Declaration (Launching) of the Musical band and other videos:
(to be added...)

see the images and photos click the below link:
(coming soon)

Once the official website of the band 'Lalisom' is inaugurated, its URL will be displayed here: 

Indonesian Earth Quakes and Fresh latest Tsunami warnings April 11, 2012.

Panic stricken Indonesian people 

The two earth quakes that hit Indonesia few hours ago with a gap of two hours are of highest intensity measuring 8.7 and 8.2 respectively on the Richter scale and have spread ocean waves as well as fear waves in the minds of the people of almost 28 countries, as many world-wide weather and climate warning agencies have warned of a possible tsunami attack in most of the coastal areas of these neighboring countries.

Videos of people swallowed by huge ocean waves in Indonesia are visible on most TV channels and scenes of panic common people running hither to wither are also creating sympathy and concern among the people all over the world.

Mild to moderate tremors were felt in many countries including India this afternoon. In many Indian cities panic stricken people ran out of their apartments and multistoried buildings as the buildings began to tremble.

No loss of life or property is reported in any part of India yet. Many TV channels are repeatedly showing the expected time of a possible tsunami hit in the coastal towns and cities of Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam and Alleppy in Kerala, Chennai, Thuthukkudy and Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu, Visakhapatnam, Kakinada, Sreekakulam in Andhra Pradesh.

How ever the tsunami warning centers and the weather reporting agencies of India are of mixed opinions on whether India has tsunami threat or not....!