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The Vaishnodevi Experience 2023

My first trip to Vaishnodevi was unimpressive. Climbing was hard, and it only served to highlight how badly out of shape I was, while my in-laws managed to cope so much better. Further, I hadn’t quite realized that the cave experience wouldn’t be the same as I had imagined, since the original cave was only opened at certain times a year, and that we only entered a newly created tunnel, one far easier to access, and hence more manageable with the crowds that thronged the mountain shrine. The resulting experience at the shrine, for barely a fraction of a second, hardly compared to what I had expected / imagined / heard about. So, for me, Vaishnodevi was like any other temple, nothing to write home about, something that was reflected (though not explicitly mentioned) in the blog post I wrote then.
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Bulbuls

Its been a while since I posted any bird photos on the blog...So here are some photos of Bulbuls....

I see Bulbuls every day....... These Red Whiskered Bulbuls come home to eat the food we put out for the birds....





The Red Vented bulbuls, for some reason, never come to eat the scraps of food. They are busy eating whatever food is available on the trees around our house...



And then, there are these... cousins of the birds which come to our house, these birds live far far away... in the cold climes of the Himalays, these birds are just as common... These are the Himalayan Bulbuls. I clicked these photos on my recent trip to Vaishnodevi.






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  1. MridulaJuly 5, 2012 at 2:07 PM

    I love the hairstyle of the Himalayan Bulbuls a lot. Lovely clicks.

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  2. ಅಶ್ವಿನಿ/ AshwiniJuly 5, 2012 at 2:19 PM

    Nice clicks.. I find them around my house too. They chirp almost throughout the mornings and the evenings.

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  3. AshJuly 5, 2012 at 2:43 PM

    lovely pics... the third one looks so cute :D

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  4. AnonymousJuly 5, 2012 at 3:08 PM

    the himalayan bulbuls are so chic ! ;-)

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    1. Anuradha ShankarJuly 6, 2012 at 9:51 AM

      Thats an interesting way of describing them, Shruti!!

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  5. P.N. SubramanianJuly 5, 2012 at 10:20 PM

    Extremely beautiful captures. I am yet to spot one around my home in Kerala.

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    1. Anuradha ShankarJuly 6, 2012 at 9:53 AM

      THanks PNS! I am so surprised to hear that! I see these birds here all the time and they are quite common wherever i have been...

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  6. krishnaJuly 6, 2012 at 7:39 AM

    nice!!!!!

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  7. R Niranjan DasJuly 6, 2012 at 2:54 PM

    Wonderful photography. The bulbuls look beautiful.

    http://rajniranjandas.blogspot.in/2012/07/night-safari.html

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