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Lakshmi Menon is a Freelance Writer. She enjoys working from home with her travel website, which provides information about Destinations of South India.
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- Things to Do in Thiruvananthapuram, South India
[Travel-and-Leisure:Destination-Tips] There are several things you can do in Thiruvananthapuram, previously called as Trivandrum. This beautiful city is the capital of Kerala State in South India.
- Mysore Dasara Festival Celebration in South India
[Travel-and-Leisure:Destination-Tips] Mysore Dasara of Karnataka State, South India is a world famous festival. The city of Mysore will look at its best during this festival for 10 days, with all the major roads in the city, heritage buildings, palaces, historical monuments, ancient temples, and shops illuminated.
- Sri Krishna Jayanthi Festival in South India
[Travel-and-Leisure:Destination-Tips] Sri Krishna Jayanthi Festival is the celebration of the birthday of Lord Krishna, the eighth incarnation of Lord Vishnu, on earth. He is considered to be the Lord's most glorious incarnation. Sri Krishna Jayanthi is one of the most important Hindu festivals of India. This festival is also referred as Ashatmi Rohini, Gokulashtami, Krishnashtami and Janmashtami in different parts of the country.
- Simple Tips For a Good Sleep
[Health-and-Fitness:Sleep-Snoring] Everyone knows that adequate sleep is very important for a healthy life. But all are not lucky to get good sleep, for various reasons. Sleep is one of the supporting pillars of life, and acts as a rejuvenator of mind and body. Ayurveda, the oldest medical system, offers some simple tips for insomnia.
- Onam - The Major Festival of Kerala, South India
[Travel-and-Leisure:Destination-Tips] Onam is the most important festival of Kerala, one of the southern states of India. It is a harvest festival and is celebrated with great enthusiasm by all communities, all over Kerala. This vibrant and colorful festival is also a state festival. Onam celebrations are on for 10 days, beginning with the Atham asterism of the Malayalam month Chingam (August/September), which is the first day of Onam.
- Weight Loss Tips Through Ayurveda
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] Weight loss is a problem for many. Gaining weight is very easy, but losing weight is a mammoth task. Millions of people suffer from obesity. Obesity or overweight is an unhealthy amount of body fat deposited in our body. Ayurveda helps to lose weight naturally and gradually.
- Ayurveda For The Common Cold
[Health-and-Fitness:Home-Health-Care] Common cold is a problem for everyone. Can we prevent it? In Ayurveda, the common cold is termed as "Pratishyaya". Ayurveda, the study of science that deals with living and knowledge of life, is an ancient system of medicine. Ayurveda believes that all the three doshas are responsible for the occurrence of common cold.
- Top Ten Tourist Places in Tamil Nadu
[Travel-and-Leisure:Destination-Tips] Tamil Nadu, a southern State of India, is blessed with several popular tourist attractions. This picturesque land is known for their arts and culture, monuments and natural beauty.
- Kerala Nair Weddings
[Relationships:Wedding] A Kerala Nair wedding ceremony is very simple. The ceremony takes just a couple of minutes. But prior to that there are some rituals to be followed. The Malayalee month Chingam is considered to be the most auspicious month to conduct the weddings.
- Learning Yoga - Are You the Right Candidate?
[Health-and-Fitness:Yoga] Yoga has become a respected alternative therapy throughout the world today. Are you also motivated to learn yoga? But, Learning Yoga is not for everyone. Many people join a yoga class because of the recommendation and advice from their family, friends or their family physicians.
- How to Become A Better Yoga Student
[Health-and-Fitness:Yoga] I am a yoga student, and not a yoga teacher. But I learnt many tips as to how to become a better yoga student during my learning process. I hope these tips will be helpful for the aspiring students of yoga.
- Ponkala Festival of South India - A Festival of Womenfolk
[Travel-and-Leisure:Destination-Tips] Attukal Ponkala Mahotsavam is one of the most important festivals of Kerala, held at Attukal Bhagavathy Temple, in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. This festival is exclusively for women, without caste or religious difference. Lakhs of women from Kerala and other parts of the country participate in this festival. The spirit of unity is an important feature of this festival.
- Arranged Marriages of India
[Relationships:Marriage] India is a multi-cultural country with various religions and communities, all living together in harmony, following their own customs and beliefs. These customs vary from region to region. But the tradition of arranged marriages is prevalent in India among all religions.
- Maha Shivaratri Festival in South India
[Travel-and-Leisure:Destination-Tips] Maha Shivaratri Festival is an important festival of India and it is celebrated throughout the country. It is popularly known as the night of Lord Shiva and is celebrated on the 13th or the 14th night of the new moon during Krishna Paksha in the Hindu month of Phalgun. It usually falls in February-March. This year this important festival, according to the calendar, falls on the 23rd of February.
- Makara Sankrathi Festival in South India
[Travel-and-Leisure:Destination-Tips] Makara Sankranthi festival is celebrated throughout India, and it is a major festival of the country. In Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, the southern states of India, this festival is celebrated for four days, as thanks giving for a bountiful harvest.
- Pongal Festival of Tamil Nadu, South India
[Travel-and-Leisure:Destination-Tips] Pongal festival is a major festival of Tamil Nadu, South India. It is the harvest festival of the people of this region, and is celebrated as thanks giving for three days, as Bhogi Pongal, Surya Pongal and Mattu Pongal.
- Harvest Festival in South India
[Travel-and-Leisure:Destination-Tips] South India celebrates Harvest Fesitval with great pomp and show. It is a thanks giving celebration. It is the day of transition of Sun into Capricorn on its celestial path.
- Deepavali Festival in South India
[Travel-and-Leisure:Destination-Tips] Deepavali, also known as Diwali, is an important festival celebrated all over India. It usually falls around late October or early November on the new moon day. Though there are different myths about this festival the central theme of all remains as one - Good wins over Evil. Festivals in India strengthens the family unity and social relationships.
- Dasara (Dussehra) Festival in Mysore, South India
[Travel-and-Leisure:Destination-Tips] Dasara (Dussehra) is one of the main Festivals of South India. This grand festival is celebrated all over India, as the triumph of good over evil. In South India, Mysore in Karnataka is the main point of attraction during this festival. In North India, this grand festival is celebrated as Lord Ram's victory over Ravana. Dasara is celebrated this year (2008) from 30th September to 9th October.
- Benefits of Group Travel
[Travel-and-Leisure] There are times when we travel in groups, either smaller or bigger groups. These travels can be either for pleasure or for work. Sometimes it may be with your extended family, or with your friends or with your colleagues or sometimes even with total strangers.
- Top Ten Places to Visit in Kerala, India
[Travel-and-Leisure:Destination-Tips] Kerala, the land of coconuts, also called as God's own Country, is situated between the Arabian Sea at the west and the Western Ghats to the East, on the southern region of India in Asia. Kerala is India's cleanest and most advanced society with hundred percent literacy. The whole Kerala is blessed with abundant natural beauty.
- How to Get the Benefits of Family Vacations?
[Travel-and-Leisure] Taking a break from your routine life and goes on a vacation with your family, once or twice a year, if possible, has tremendous benefits. In the daily routine busy life, the family members do not get adequate time to interact with each other, though they stay together in the same house.
- Ganesha Chaturthi Festival in South India
[Travel-and-Leisure:Destination-Tips] Ganesh Chaturthi, also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi, is celebrated all over India. In Maharashtra Ganesh Chaturthi is the major festival of the people. In South India, it is celebrated with great fervor and excitement, especially in the states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. During this festival, thousands of clay idols of Lord Ganesha are made in every size, pose, form and colour.
- Popular Bird Sanctuaries of South India
[Travel-and-Leisure:Destination-Tips] South India is a great destination for bird watchers. There are many bird sanctuaries in South India. Most of them are in the periphery of wildlife sanctuaries and national Parks.
- Nehru Trophy Boat Race Festival of Kerala, South India
[Travel-and-Leisure:Destination-Tips] The spectacular Nehru Trophy Boat Race Festival is conducted on the second Saturday of August every year at the Punnamada Lake in Alappuzha, Kerala, a southern state of India. This grand aquatic event attracts large number of tourists from all over the world.
- Top Ten Places To Visit In Karnataka, South India
[Travel-and-Leisure:Destination-Tips] Karnataka, one of the southern states in Indian Peninsula, is gifted with abundant natural beauty and glorious monuments, built by the earlier mighty rulers like Vijayanagar empire, Hoysala dynasty, Chalukyas etc. Tourists are attracted from all over the world to this enchanting land to admire the rare beauty of these ancient monuments and the natural beauty.
- Akshaya Tritiya Festival In South India
[Travel-and-Leisure:Destination-Tips] Akshaya Tritiya is a widely celebrated Hindu festival in India. In South India, this auspicious festival is celebrated with great faith and purchasing gold, to bring success and prosperity. It is considered as an auspicious day to start any new venture, purchase valuables etc.
- Thrissur Pooram - The Most Spectacular Temple Festival Of Kerala, South India
[Travel-and-Leisure] Thrissur, located in Kerala, is famous for its Pooram, the most spectacular temple festival of Kerala. The word 'Pooram' literally means 'a group or a meeting'.
- Sri Rama Navami Festival in South India
[Travel-and-Leisure] Sri Rama Navami is a Hindu festival celebrated throughout India. This festival is the celebration of the Birth Day of Lord Rama, the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu. It falls on the ninth day of of Shukla Paksha in the month of Chaitra, which is during March-April. This year (2008) Sri Rama Navami festival is celebrated on the 13th of April in the southern part of India.
- Ugadi, the Festival of the People of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, South India
[Travel-and-Leisure] Ugadi is the New Year day for the people of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, South India. It is celebrated with great pomp and show in these two states. Special prayers and offerings at temples, where pujas and ceremonies are performed to celebrate the occasion.
- Vishu, Festival of Kerala, South India
[Travel-and-Leisure] Vishu is the New Year's Day of the people of Kerala, South India. The traditional people of Kerala practice colorful rituals and customs on this auspicious day as Vishu marks the Astronomical New Year Day.
- Varsha Pirappu, Festival of Tamil Nadu, South India
[Travel-and-Leisure] Puthandu, populary known as Varsha pirappu, is the New Year's Day for the people of Tamil Nadu in Southern India. It marks the beginning of the Dravidian New Year in Tamil Nadu. This festival is held on the first day of Tamil month Chithiram, which usually falls on the 14th of April.
- Kerala Beach Vacation
[Travel-and-Leisure:Outdoors] Kerala has 600 km long shoreline adorned with charming beaches, which attract tourists from all over the world to spend an irresistible vacation in this gifted land. These beaches have breathtaking beauty, making Kerala as one of the most visited destinations of the world. Kerala can be considered to be a spectacular geographical wonder of India, where you get to experience its rich cultural heritage. The people of Kerala are very hospitable and make you feel good.
- A Vacation in South India
[Travel-and-Leisure:Vacation-Rentals] South India is a great place to spend a vacation. There are numerous interesting spots in this wonder land where one can enjoy a wonderful vacation. Some of them are a vacation at the lovely beaches, at magical backwaters, visiting beautiful hill stations and wonderful monuments, enjoying the beauty of heritage sites of temples, engrossing in a wildlife tour and revitalizing in an ayurvedic resort.
- Hill Stations in South India
[Travel-and-Leisure:Outdoors] South India has enchanting hill stations to spend a memorable vacation. These hill stations are in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
- Backwaters Travel in South India
[Travel-and-Leisure:Destination-Tips] Backwaters travel in South India is an exhilarating experience. Backwaters of Kerala attract many tourists throughout the year.
- Article Writing - Short of Ideas?
[Writing-and-Speaking:Writing-Articles] Some of the best ways to generate new ideas for writing articles can be obtained from your own experiences. Note down the new ideas as they come to your mind which will come handy when you decide to write articles.
- Article Writing - How to Write a Compelling Title
[Writing-and-Speaking:Writing-Articles] If you are already familiar with the benefits of writing articles for promoting your online business you must have gathered enough information on the subject and you are now convinced about it. You must have also learnt the importance of writing a catchy title for your article, to get it read.
- Why Do Some Affiliates Fail in their Affiliate Business?
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Affiliate-Revenue] Like any other business, in Affiliate Business also people can become successful or failures, as per their choice. There are many reasons for not able to generate income through this business.
- How to Promote Your Affiliate Marketing Successfully
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Affiliate-Revenue] Once you join as an affiliate to start your home business, your duty is to promote it by driving more traffic to the company through your unique referral link provided to you, so that the company can complete the sales on your behalf. Therefore, in all your promotion efforts you have to include your unique referral link. Only then you will get the credit for the sales generated by you.
- Writing as a Hobby
[Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] Write and share your knowledge as a hobby or a business. It is a wonderful experience.
- Tips to Become Successful in Affiliate Marketing Business
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Affiliate-Revenue] Everyone wants to be successful in their affiliate marketing business. How can you achieve this? Many people are making great income as affiliates. The following steps will be helpful in creating a good income with Affiliate Marketing.
- Retired and Wondering How to Spend Your Time?
[Home-and-Family:Retirement] Are you a retired parent after many years of busy and fruitful working life? Are you wondering now how to spend the whole lot of time that you have at your disposal?
- Affiliate Marketing – In Simple Words
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Affiliate-Revenue] I took quite sometime to understand what an Affiliate is and what is the so-called Affiliate Marketing. Until I understood its concept and earning potential I had not taken the Affiliate Marketing seriously. This article may be of some help to those who want to start their Home business with Affiliate Marketing, but are not familiar with its concept and potential.
- The Purpose of Writing Free Articles - In Simple Words
[Writing-and-Speaking:Writing-Articles] Many people are not aware of the need of writing free articles and publishing them. I hope this article will answer many of your common questions about Article writing.
- Tips For Writing an Informative Article
[Writing-and-Speaking:Writing-Articles] How to write an informative article? Writing an article is not that difficult as you think. The following tips can help you in writing an informative article...
- How to Protect Your Email ID from Spammers?
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Spam-Blocker] You must be one of them experiencing a lot of unwanted emails flooding into your mail box every day. It is annoying, and a "daily" problem for many.
- Tips to Manage Your Online Business During Your Vacation time
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online] Are you planning to go on a vacation leaving your Internet business? Are you wondering how to manage your online home business in your absence?
- Home Based Business - Tips for Time Management
[Home-Based-Business] Unless we devote enough time for our home business we cannot expect to get positive results. Just setting up a home business is not sufficient. It will not run on its own.
- The Easiest Online Business
[Home-Based-Business] If you are looking for generating an income from your home, using your computer or from a cyber cafe, you would have already seen millions of opportunities on the net, each promising the sky, and getting confused as to which are the ones you could choose from the long list. It is very easy to get carried away with these false promises and lose your money and time, if you cannot recruit people or sell their products. The easiest way to embark on a home business will be on experimenting with the knowledge and skill that you ...
- How to Get Ideas For an Article
[Writing-and-Speaking:Writing-Articles] Are you short of ideas? There are times when we are in the mood of writing an article, but suddenly may feel lost without ideas, wondering what do we write about. Does it apply to you?
- 7 Points to Be Considered Before Starting an Online Business
[Home-Based-Business] It is a pleasure to have one's own internet business and earn from home. More and more people are getting into online jobs and home business to work and earn at their leisure time and lead the life they would love, without having to go through daily the mad rush of commuting to their office. They also feel that by working for others they are not paid by their employers for what they are worth.
- 7 Tips to Keep up Your New Year Resolutions
[Self-Improvement:Motivation] There are many people who enthusiastically make their New Year resolutions with a fond hope that they will stick to them and thus make changes in their life for the better.
But they will soon find that they cannot keep up those
resolutions and are back to their old life. How sad it is!
- How to Safeguard Your Computer
[Computers-and-Technology:Personal-Tech] When we are in the midst of some work, the computer sometimes suddenly stops working and we wonder what to do. The following practice, if done regularly, may help you to safeguard your computer to some extent.
- Tips For Making Your "Work at Home" Business Work For You
[Home-Based-Business] After a careful thinking and spending hours and days together on the net, you have finally chosen your work at home opportunity and you look forward for a fast income from your business. But to your dismay, you are not able to find that much success, as you had imagined.
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