within me

you try disguises many,
across seasons across moods;
can escape me never

Project Green Hands - end of Nov 2007

This installment involved visiting Salavakkam again. As planned during our earlier visit, the villagers had dug several 2 x 2 pits for plantation. We had carried about 400 saplings with us that day. After planting all these saplings, what remained was distributed to homes in person at the count of two per home for planting around villagers homes. Care was taken to document everything and obtain a sign off from the village rep.
That closes the PGH episode for Salavakkam :). I presume the only other task as far as this village is concerned would be to make periodic visits to monitor growth status. If you review the earlier post, we more or less met the planned target of 500.

We also made use of this opportunity to visit a Shiva temple at Kanchipuram. This is a very ancient temple that has now been taken over by the archaeological department of India. "kailAsanAthar" temple was both beautiful and powerful. Too bad, the art of temple construction is a buried one now. (The Dhyanalinga remains a stellar and gratifying exception). We need to preserve existing temples without deterioration. I am not referring to just the structural aspect but also the energy aspect. I have heard about how the Tanjore temple was a very powerful place once but has lost the energy impact it had then. "kailAsanAthar" temple, however, had a powerful vibe about it. The two other places where I could feel this were the Dhyanalinga and the Shiva temple at Uttar Kashi.