Karkala a place to visit.

Karkala is a place in Udupi district, Karnataka, India and is located about 40 km from the city Udupi and about 450 km from Bangalore. The name Karkala has been derived from the Kannada word karikallu, meaning black stones.
Karkala is a town of historical importance and a famous pilgrim centre for Jains. The famous single stone 42-foot (13 m) statue Gomateshwara (Lord Bahubali) is located about 1 km from the center of the town. There are about 18 Jain basadis here. The Bahubali statue is the second tallest in the State. This monolithic statue of Lord Bahubali was installated at Karkala on February 13, 1432 on the instructions of the pontiff of Karkala, Lalitakeerti.
The other statues of Bahubali in the state are at Shravanabelagola installed by Chamundaraya, which is 57 feet tall, at Venur installed by Timmaraja, which is 35 feet (11 m) tall, and at Dharmasthala installed by D. Veerendra Heggade, which is 39 feet (12 m) tall.
Every 12 years, thousands of devotees congregate here to perform the Mahamastakabhisheka, a ceremony where the statue is then bathed and anointed with libations such as milk, water, and saffron paste. And sprinkled with powders of sandalwood, turmeric, and vermilion. The last Mahamastakabhisheka was held in February 2002, next will be in 2014 A.D.Karkala is having many piligrimage centre like attur churche and lord padu tirupati venkateshvara temple situated in the karkala town itself.it is 45km from the iron mining centre KUDREMUKHA and 40 km from another piligrim centre SRINGERI & HORANADU.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karkala

Nikkor 70-300mm G lens for sale

I have Nikkor lens 70-300mm Nikkor G lens (one year and two months old) for sale. Lens is in good condition, please email me if you are interested.


Here are the shots that I have taken with this lens.






Note: Reason to sell is, I have 80-400mm Nikkor VR lens.


Links to the info on lens and UV filters.

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none

none, originally uploaded by shivanayak.

unsual

unsual, originally uploaded by shivanayak.

on top

on top, originally uploaded by shivanayak.

Shrike

Shrike, originally uploaded by shivanayak.

light

light, originally uploaded by shivanayak.

not sure

not sure, originally uploaded by shivanayak.

magic throught window

magic throught window, originally uploaded by shivanayak.

the same pose

the same pose, originally uploaded by shivanayak.

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again!

again!, originally uploaded by shivanayak.

as per
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Magic thru window

Magic thru window, originally uploaded by shivanayak.

Scaly breasted munia.

mom

mom, originally uploaded by shivanayak.

Mom standing next to Indica. The temple in background is 'Chaturmukha basadi'.

Green bee eater

Green bee eater, originally uploaded by shivanayak.

action #5



(slightly out of focus)

sunsets

sunsets, originally uploaded by shivanayak.

sunsets are most loving time for last few days, no rain just clouds.

Sunbird

Sunbird, originally uploaded by shivanayak.

purple rumped sunbird (female)

Drango facing Myna

Drango facing Myna, originally uploaded by shivanayak.

Green bee eater

Green bee eater, originally uploaded by shivanayak.

action #4

Green bee eater

Green bee eater, originally uploaded by shivanayak.

action #3

natural

natural, originally uploaded by shivanayak.