Detroit Snowfall

To Celebrate my Christmas holidays (2013), this time i choose my friends home in Lake Orion, Michigan. I enjoyed lot in the snowfall around the Detroit Area, during my stay the temperature is below 10º F (-12º C).

Here i have posted few snaps which i took during my Detroit trip.

Camera Used : Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX150

Detroit Area in Winter : Snaps took from Flight 

Camera Used : Iphone 4s

Ganesh Temple Nashville'14

Tennessee Nashville Sri Ganesha Temple

Sri Ganesha Temple was built to provide a place for cultural, educational, and spiritual activities related to Hinduism, to promote inter religious, social, and cultural understanding, and to support humanitarian causes. The temple was designed by Sri Muthiah Sthapathi, and resembles the temple architecture of Chola dynasty (900AD -1150AD). 

Important dates in Nashville Hindu Temple : 

• Thirteen acres of land with a gentle sloping hill and a magnificent view were purchased in Bellevue in July 1982. 
• Bhoomi Pooja was performed on Ganesha Chaturthi day, August 22, 1982.  
• Again on a Ganesha Chaturthi day in 1984, the construction for the first phase of the temple began.  
• Sri Ganesha Temple was officially opened on April 14, 1985.   
• Phase 2, started in November 1989, and the basic construction was completed in September 1990.
• Moorthi Sthaapana and Kumbhabhishekam was happened as per agama Shastra on a grand scale on September 2, 1991. 
• Sri Swami Dayananda Saraswati was the chief guest for the Kumbhabhishekam. (Source : Ganesh Temple Site)

The Temple main deity is Lord Sri Ganesha & 16 forms of Ganesha placed on the outer wall of the Ganesha sanctum,  and the other deities includes,

Lord Shiva & Parvathi 

Lord Venkateshwara, 

Sri Rama Parivar

Sri Durga,

Lord Murugan, 

Navagragham

The Vimana, or tower on top of Ganesha sanctum, is 48 feet tall and has 5 tiers.

Address: Sri Ganesha Temple, 527 Old Hickory Blvd, Nashville, Tennessee 37209

Temple Hours: 

Week Days:   9:00 AM - 12 Noon &  5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Week Ends:   8:00 AM - 8:00 PM 

                                           
                                            Snaps with my friends : ( 2016 / 2015 / 2014 / 2013 / 2012 )

Check here for My old visit snaps on this temple : Nashville - Ganesh Temple 2012

Other Ganesh Temples in United States

·        Swedesboro Raja Ganapathi Temple in New Jersey  

·        Cumming Ganesh Temple in Georgia

·        Flushing Ganesh Temple in New York

Riverside Church NYC

The Riverside church is situated at 120th Street and 490 Riverside Drive in New York City, Upper Manhattan neighborhood of Morning side Heights. It is famous for its large size and elaborate Neo-Gothic architecture . The church is very near to Grant's tomb (General Grant National Memorial).

The edifice is modeled after the 13th Century Gothic cathedral in Chartres, France. Its Gothic tower stands as a beacon to the world and continues to bring people with very different perspectives together. 

The Riverside Church is 100 feet wide and covers two city blocks. The tower, rising to a height of 392 feet, is the first of its kind to serve a functional purpose, providing 24 floors for the congregation's programs. Source : www.theriversidechurchny.org

Stunning Architecture of River Side Church in Manhattan, New York City:

Visitors will be impressed by the stained glass windows that encircle the nave and flood the interior with light.

Interior design in Riverside Church

The Riverside Church is situated at one of the highest points of New York City, overlooking the Hudson River and 122nd Street. 

Address : 
490 Riverside Drive at 120th Street
New York, NY 10027
Phone:(212) 870-6700

To Reach :  Subway 1/2/3 to 116th Street.  M104, M4 or M5 buses to 120th or 122nd Street.

Additional Info : 
Date of Visit  : 22-Dec-2013
Camera Used : Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX150 (18.2 MP)

United Nations NYC

To spend my week end time in better way , I visited the United Nations Head quarters in Manhattan , New York City  on 22-Dec-2013. I missed the General Assembly hall due its renovation process . Its better to do the reservation of your visiting to UNO, in weekdays you can get the guided tour (Fee - 18$) .  

The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 after the Second World War by 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights.

Initially it was started with 51 members now it has 193 members. India joined in UN on 30-Oct-1945.

The UN has 4 main purposes

• To keep peace throughout the world;
• To develop friendly relations among nations;
• To help nations work together to improve the lives of poor people, to conquer hunger, disease and illiteracy, and to encourage respect for each other’s rights and freedoms;
• To be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations to achieve these goals.

The view of above Photo I took from Roosevelt Island

General Assembly : 
The General Assembly is made up of 193 United Nations Member States.
The five permanent members of the Security Council are China, France, Russian Federation, United Kingdom and the United States.  These 5 counties has the Veto Power .

 Main Functions of UN:

United Nations Headquarters Address:

United Nations, 
New York, NY 10017
Phone:(212) 963-4475
Located between 42nd Street and 48th Street 1st Avenue.

Monday to Friday 9:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m

Additional Info : 
Date of Visit  : 22-Dec-2013
Camera Used : Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX150 (18.2 MP)

Mammoth Cave

Mammoth Cave National Park  

Historic Tour Main Entrance

Mammoth Cave National Park was authorized as a national park in 1926 and was fully established 01 July 1941. It was established to preserve the cave system, the scenic river valleys of the Green and Nolin rivers, and a section of the hilly country of south central Kentucky. This is the longest recorded cave system in the world, with more than 400 miles explored and mapped. Mammoth Cave was designated as a World Heritage Site in 1981, and as an International Biosphere Reserve in 1990.

Mammoth Cave Air Flow : 

A sinkhole, also known as a sink-hole, sink, swallow hole, shakehole, swallet or doline, is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer.

Mammoth Cave National Park offers many outdoor activities which includes cave tours, surface hikes, canoeing on the Green River, picnicking, horseback riding, bicycling, camping and more. Mammoth Cave offers different Cave tours based on the accessibility (Easy / Moderate /  Difficult / Strenuous)

Mammoth Passage Tour
Frozen Niagara Tour
Historic Tour
New Entrance Tour
Wild Cave Tour 

Ranger explaining how cave looks without any lights ...

  

With Mammoth Cave National Park Ranger 

We got the Historic Tour, because all other tour tickets has been sold out. Its best to reserver your tour before you start. The price was $12, and totally worth it.  We really enjoyed the historic tour ranger explained the history of mamoth cave.

Duration: 2 hours
Distance: 2 miles
Total Stairs: 440, including 155 at Mammoth Dome
Difficulty: Moderate

Fat Man's Misery : This was a good part of the Historic tour in Mammoth cave - it's tight and twisting passage with low ceiling and gives a good feeling for spelunking .

With 400 miles (640 km) of surveyed passageways Mamoth Cave is by far the world's longest known cave system, being over twice as long as the second-longest cave system, Mexico's Sac Actun underwater cave.

With My Friends in Mammoth Cave National Park  - Historic Tour Main Entrance

Addr : 
Mammoth Cave National Park
1 Mammoth Cave Parkway
Mammoth Cave, KY 42259 
Ph : (270) 758-2180
http://www.nps.gov/maca/index.htm 
Park will be open year around to visitors.


Additional Info : 
Date of Visit  : 24-Aug-2013
Camera Used : Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX150 (18.2 MP)