Colours Of My Travels

Typing with one finger bandaged is not easy. I feel like I am going back to those days when I had to type with one hand, searching for the letters! Which is why I havent been able to post often.... and posting only photos gets boring after a while... So, when I saw that Deepak had tagged me on his post, I was actually happy to pick up the tag and do a post...  I am one of those who never knows what to write or post when tagged... and usually end up forgetting about it, but this one was about photography, and I have so many on my comp that it was actually a great chance to use some of them! 

So, getting to the post, this is my entry for the Capture the colour contest held by TravelSupermarket.com.. The challenge is post photos that capture the 5 colours - Yellow, Red, Blue, Green and White. I have chosen to post photos of places I havnet yet written about on the blog.....

Yellow -
Yellow reminded me of the sun... and I had many photos of the sun clicked at various times and places... But when I saw this photo, it erased all other thoughts.....

This was at Madurai - at the Meenakshi Temple of course. This is a temple I have visited a number of times, and yet feel like I have barely scratched the surface of the huge and beautiful structure... the architecture, the sculptures, the sheer beauty... there is so much to write about. And one of the most interesting sections of the temple is the market area at one of the entrances... The whole place was a riot of colours, but this one shop stood apart - and shone so brightly that the other shops appeared dull!! The shop sold crowns - for the goddess of course..... all coloured golden, but if you look closer, there are plenty more colours there..... all the colours in this challenge, in fact!!!!

Red -
I was stumped when it came to red. I seemed to have hardly any photos with  red colour that I liked... and then I remembered  this one....

We saw these Red Chillies on the way to the Gir Wildlife Sanctuary in a small village along the highway. The chilli season had brought the village out of its lethargy, for it was time to buy chillies for the whole year, dry it and keep it aside for use when needed. Each shop also had a machine for powdering the chillies, and each shop did a roaring business, at it turned out, for people from all the neighbouring areas arrived here to buy their stock of chillies for the entire year!! And in case you are wondering, yes, I came back with a few kilos too!!

Blue -

Blue happens to be Samhith's favourite colour, and, at times, mine too....I love the open feeling that the colour blue gives - of the wide open skies and never- ending stretches of water... The minute I thought of blue, I knew which pic I would use!!

This was at the Jungle Lodges' River Tern Lodge at Bhadra, in Karnataka, and this was the first sight I set eyes on, as soon as I entered our room!! For a minute I forgot where I was... and wondered where the sea had come from... and then remembered that this was the Bhadra Reservoir!!! I spent most of my time sitting by the balcony looking over the water, watching the water change its hues... the rest of the time I spent on the water itself, in a boat!!

Green -
Green reminded me of forests, but when I began my search for the perfect pic, it was this one that stood out....

This was clicked on my trip to Sringeri, when we passed so many lush green fields of rice, that I have no idea where exactly this one was clicked!!! You could come across such a scene almost anywhere in India... lush green fields with every shade of green possible, lined by trees which add their own hues to the scene, and also marking boundaries...

White -
White is a colour that shows up often in my albums... mostly in flowers, but after our trip to Kashmir, white could only mean one thing - Snow!!!

This photo was clicked at Gulmarg... Snow covered mountains in the middle of summer were a surprise even to me, and as to Samhith, do I need to say that he had a blast? This was, after all, his first brush with snow!!

So, those were the five colours..... and here is one more... of all the colours in one.....

That is the Amber fort in Jaipur, all lit up during the Light and Sound show... It was a wonderful experience, sitting out there near the gardens at the bottom of the hill, listening to the stories of the fort, as parts of the fort were lit up.... and it was even better to come away from the experience with these wonderful photographs to remind me of it!!!

Now, as part of the contest, I have to nominate 5 bloggers to take the contest forward.. to submit their own photos of the 5 colours for the contest.... and here are the five I nominate....

• Nisha Jha
• Sudha Ganapathy
• Raj Niranjan Das
• Pradeepa
• Aarti Krishnakumar

The contest is open to all bloggers, so please head over to Capture the Colour page to check out the rules and regulations and participate!