Morning workout...

IMG_6607, a photo by rajesh_dangi on Flickr.

Winter mornings are motivational for those who love to get off early and head out to parks and gardens for daily workouts, long walks, jogs, floor exercises and Yoga etc.....

Other side of the fence...

A young balloon seller in the park is wondering for an opportunity to sell one. At the other side of the fence, a young girl almost seller’s age poses out of curiosity while the watchful parent in dilemma “to buy or not to buy” types...

Bio Mass...

The summer churn makes earth more fertile the old gets away for the new and the cycle continues for the next season....

Morning Walk...

Summer mornings are pleasant, and with city receiveing occasional late evening showers it becomes more exciting to take a walk early morning midst the parks in the city, taking a dog along seems not a bruden for this couple ....

Parkside..

Strolling in the park, thats how a saturday evening can be spend away from the crowd, the rains play hide n seek yet the atmosphere is so refeshingly peaceful that the canopies and the clouds make a good company!!

back to nature..

The city parks have varieties of trees, most of the urbenites might not know the real value of them, this granny seems to carry over the knowledge and collects few dry seeds with midicinal properties dropped from the tree above, she will use them to prepare some decogtion that helps her fight the cold and keeps the body warm in the winter coming ahead...

Private spaces..

When there is a need to be engaged in private conversations, the big parks are the only choice to have a peaceful conversation, so wht when kids are aound and make little bit of noise this couple seem to enjoy their time together in a quite place on a stone under the tree...

Toy Train...

Children enjoy a toy train ride in bal bhavan, the old train engine kept nearby is a major attraction for the kids visiting Cubbon Park. Currently the tracks are in maintenance and kids await their rides eagerly….

Working together...

Another great aspect of city parks is a group exercise / workouts, There are many enthusiasts who participate in such group activities, what a great beginning of the day!!

Green Wheels of Lalbagh

Lalbagh park, the pride of city houses few battery operated carts that carry visitors around the huge park in a 45 minute drive to explore it completely. It helps families with elders, mothers with small kids and even those enthusiast who wish to have a glimpse of the garden before settling down under the trees avoiding long walks…

Parks Paradise…

City provides ample parks and gardens for children in planned layouts, this one in Domlur area even housed some slides and play tools for the kids a must for every kid in the city, the happening place for them indeed!!

Summer noons..

Mercury levels have touched 35 deg Celsius, the summer heat makes it difficult to rest at home. Garden city comes to the rescue with huge parks / gardens for people to unwind and relax under the trees. Here is a reader relaxing in lalbagh on a backdrop of glass house....

The fountain @lalbagh

While unwinding at lalbagh y’day this picture was captured near the fountain off glass house. It actually helped me forget the summer sun and cooled my eyes a bit, entire noon was spent laying down relaxing under shade of large tree on a green lawn, it's a heaven!!

Walk the dog...

One of the catchy factor I like about this city is that it provides ample opportunity to walkers. Walks, Walking the dog is a pleasure. Unlike other indian cities that have lost this option due to congestion, this city still provides huge gardens, layouts with quiter lanes and many small parks with joggers track to enable 'Walking'. Have you had your walk today!!

Morning walk @ Cubbon Park…

Like some of those days to get motivated wake up early, and head for the Cubbon park just around sunrise, the serene beauty of the nature with tall trees and dense and peace is worth it…

Sunday morning we enjoyed walking and wondering around the park watching birds, plants and few enthusiast early risers running by…

Happy Children’s Day!!

Perhaps this artifact from Bal Bhavan in Cubbon park beautifully represents the attention and the care required by our children. While 20th November is universally celebrated as Children’s Day, in India this day has been pre-poned to 14th November, the date the marks the birth anniversary of independent India’s first Prime Minister – Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. The kids lovingly called him ‘Chacha Nehru’…

Calm...

Lalbagh lake offers such prestine and peaceful moments to calm down and relax, I liked this lotus leaf carrying a water bubble shaped like a heart symbol... isn't it so wonderful and relaxing??

Young enthusiasts...

The recent flower show at lalbagh pulled lot many towards gardening, two young enthusiast were spending time in lalbagh nursery to select roses for their home gardens, the nursery which operates through out the year has some spectacular collection of plants for every season….

Cubbon campers…

Though city provides many opportunities on weekends on the outskirts, few campers prefer pitching their tents within the city parks… here is a family who prefers Cubbon park as an ideal camping ground for the late noon, they will enjoy their lunch on this picnic and stay back in the park till late evening….a great reason to unfold those tents and save driving time too!!