Lakshman Ragade at Thanjavur

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 23 Jan 2010, 08:03

I had the pleasantest(is it grammatically correct)surprise of my life when I met Lakshman Ragade at the marriage of my close relative Ashwin, the elder of the Toronto Bros(a forumite) at Thanjavuron 21stand 22 january. It is a sort of dream come true for me,as one of my cherished desires was to meet LR in person and chat with the walking encyclopedia . He said he was interested in visiting the temples in Kumbakonam and visit the samadhis of the Trinity at TIRUVARUR. Gobilalitha

appu · Post by **appu** » 23 Jan 2010, 08:12

Congratulations to the married couple. I had the pleasure of listening to the Toronto Bros this season at Parthasarathy Sabha. May the couple be blessed with many many years of musical harmony and married bliss.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 23 Jan 2010, 08:25

Ashwin - congratulations!!

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 23 Jan 2010, 08:29

Congrats to Ashwin. I wish Lakshmanji a pleasant jouney and visit to all the temples at Kumbakonam.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 23 Jan 2010, 08:52

Congratulations, Ashwin and his bride! Glad to see our talented young forumites tying the knot. It was our Ram last year, and it was so nice meeting his mate.

L,
Did not know you were in Bharath! Any chance of meeting you? Is S with you too? Have a lovely stay!

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 23 Jan 2010, 09:14

Congratulations to both Ashwin and his wife!

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 23 Jan 2010, 10:59

gobilalitha wrote:He said he was interested in visiting the temples in Kumbakonam and visit the samadhis of the Trinity at TIRUVARUR. Gobilalitha

Lji
Great to hear that, even though my native is that side , I have not seen thiruvarur , though I have been there before the age of 10 which I vaguely recollect.If pictures are possible , please upload it there!!!. And when you are back in madras buzz me.

Best wishes to ashwin and his newly wed.

kamalamba · Post by **kamalamba** » 23 Jan 2010, 12:39

Congratulations and Best Wishes to Ashwin and his wife.
Mohan

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 23 Jan 2010, 13:00

Congratulations to the newly married couple

And a warm welcome to Lakshman

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 23 Jan 2010, 15:10

Congratulations to the newly weds.
Shri GBL ,I too have had a desire to meet the 'walking encyclopedia of CM'. How I envy you!
Glad to note that he will be visiting Tiruvarur, my birthplace.Would be glad to see photo uploads of his visit to the place.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 23 Jan 2010, 16:14

Punarvasu,
Hope he remembers to label it Punarvasu's place!

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 23 Jan 2010, 16:25

Arasi, I thought the place was called 'Thiruvasur'!

Congrats to Ashwin on this special occasion.

veeyens · Post by **veeyens** » 23 Jan 2010, 20:36

The place is called :Tiruvarur:

mahakavi · Post by **mahakavi** » 23 Jan 2010, 21:18

The place is called: tiruvArUr (tiru + ArUr)

mahakavi · Post by **mahakavi** » 23 Jan 2010, 21:22

>>visit the samadhis of the Trinity at TIRUVARUR. Gobilalitha<<

I am not sure if you can call the memorial buildings in tiruvArUr (the birthplace of trinity) as samAdhis. Isn't samAdhi supposed to denote a burial place (as Thyagaraja's samAdhi in tiruvaiyARu)?

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 23 Jan 2010, 22:02

Congratulations to Aswin !
Lakshman
Have a great time and keep healthy!
Of course many are missing you at the Forum...

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 23 Jan 2010, 22:10

ragam-talam,

mINDum (punar) iTTa peyar--
tiruvaSUr!

Lakshman,
Have a good time and take good care of yourselves, the two of you . Awaiting your impressions after the trip. Hope you will share them as you did with your Alaska trip.

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 24 Jan 2010, 02:45

Arasi, good one! how come the others didn't get it?

mahakavi · Post by **mahakavi** » 24 Jan 2010, 03:29

ragam-talam wrote:Arasi, good one! how come the others didn't get it?

Don't you think others got it? The "vasu" was obvious clue. I was pointing out the exact transliterated way it should be written.

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 24 Jan 2010, 06:51

arasi and others, I see that there is lot of fun(pun) at my expense. Happy-

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 29 Jan 2010, 08:13

May I request Lakshmanji to post his impressions about his visit to THANJAVUR, KUMBAKONAM ,TIRUVARUR AND OTHER SACRED PLACES. with videos in the Bhakti column. .I forgot to mention about this request during our chat at Thanjavur gobilalitha

smala · Post by **smala** » 02 Feb 2010, 06:24

gobilalitha wrote:May I request Lakshmanji to post his impressions about his visit to THANJAVUR, KUMBAKONAM ,TIRUVARUR AND OTHER SACRED PLACES. with videos in the Bhakti column. .I forgot to mention about this request during our chat at Thanjavur gobilalitha

Hope you took some pictures of Sri Lakshman and you...please share, if possible, or email.

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 02 Feb 2010, 08:25

YES ,One of my relatives from Toronto took a snap of myself and Lakshmanji. I am waiting for the snap , shall post as soon as I receive it .. GOBILALITHA

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 04 Feb 2010, 08:27

here is the snap gobilalitha(SKBalasubramanian,with LkshmanRAGDE AT Thanjavur gobilalitha
cancelled

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 04 Feb 2010, 08:49

Uploaded via Facebook Mobile. cancel
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smala · Post by **smala** » 04 Feb 2010, 13:19

Why are two uploads made and then "cancelled" gobilalitha?

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 04 Feb 2010, 13:52

Due to some technical prob;em , the snaps got distorted. shall send soon gobilalitha

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 04 Feb 2010, 19:06

Lji and Sri GBL:

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 04 Feb 2010, 21:59

A good picture of two special rasikAs.!

veLiyE kOyilum ciRpamum
uLLE kalai virumbum rasikar iruvar

This is for Nick and others who cannot read tamizh: the sign says veLiyE (exit-outside).

The temple and sculptures outside
Inside are fine arts-loving rasikAs two.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 04 Feb 2010, 22:13

Lovely!
Thanks Shankar!
Where and when was this taken?

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 04 Feb 2010, 22:19

Graceful. Thanks Ravi.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 04 Feb 2010, 22:22

I uploaded the picture for GBL. He provided it to me, so I assume it was taken with his camera.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 04 Feb 2010, 22:30

...Looks like at the Kalyana Mandapam...
Would love to see the pictures of the Ashwin couple too!

smala · Post by **smala** » 04 Feb 2010, 23:44

Very nice shot.

Now wouldn't it be also nice to have other pics here as well..?

say of... skris, cml, arasi, rajani, ravi, ksrimech, mahakavi, srang.. so on.....

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 04 Feb 2010, 23:49

shyama-priya wrote:Very nice shot.

Now wouldn't it be also nice to have other pics here as well..?

say of... skris, cml, arasi, rajani, ravi, ksrimech, mahakavi, srang.. so on.....

Now we are trying to stir up a hornet"s nest

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 04 Feb 2010, 23:58

...as long as we are in your hearts, any shots may hurt you

smala · Post by **smala** » 05 Feb 2010, 02:33

cmlover wrote:...as long as we are in your hearts, any shots may hurt you

did you mean "not" hurt you?

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 05 Feb 2010, 02:53

Yes! If they are from a 0.0033 calibre or smaller

smala · Post by **smala** » 05 Feb 2010, 03:13

VK RAMAN wrote:
shyama-priya wrote:Very nice shot.

Now wouldn't it be also nice to have other pics here as well..?

say of... skris, cml, arasi, rajani, ravi, ksrimech, mahakavi, srang.. so on.....
Now we are trying to stir up a hornet"s nest

VKR - sorry I left you out and VK too. Well, some mug-shots at least would help see the faces behind the frequent flyers here, just to check if the image matches the faces...

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 05 Feb 2010, 05:39

OK! Here is the cml mugshot

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 05 Feb 2010, 06:21

cmlover: I did not know you were one of the Milli Vanilli - famous lip singers - gramy award winners

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 05 Feb 2010, 06:50

post 33 by cm lover SIR, you may be aware that Ashwin is an extremely shy and modest person,despite his acihievements in music as well as education otherwise I would have posted the snapsin member'slounge gobilalitha

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 05 Feb 2010, 06:54

Don't worry GBL! We will meet him and his lovely bride on their return to Canada.
We are also trying to schedule the concert of the Toronto Brothers here!

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 05 Feb 2010, 06:54

picture in post40. Is it for real? gobilalitha

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 05 Feb 2010, 06:55

post 43 ,wonderful news gbl

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 05 Feb 2010, 07:00

VKR
I am glad you unmasked my Shibu Soren disguise

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 05 Feb 2010, 07:05

gobilalitha wrote:picture in post40. Is it for real? gobilalitha

I wish it was GBL

I would love to spend my final years in a Himalayan Sanctuary...

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 05 Feb 2010, 07:11

May the ALMIGHTY grant yoir wish. will it be with your MRS!!!! GOBILALITHA

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 05 Feb 2010, 07:25

God Willing!

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 05 Feb 2010, 08:27

cml
I have not seen you at all

.Your picture of #40 is perhaps the best natural way to dress to brave the ottawa windchill.