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Avunu Araku loye

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May be its true that heavens sometimes come down.The picture will tell you the truth.The mist,the cool breeze,trees, vallies and mountains.Looking at it immediately a thought provoked "Why not settle down here" ,not in my mind but in the minds of god. Thats why these beautiful places are considered as heavens of earth. A really peaceful environment with very less population, mostly the tribals live here. A slow drive to the aruku town will tell you about the beauty of the nature.On the way there are lots of jack fruit trees and other fruits which u can pluck by yourself.Yes mother nature offers you them free of cost.There are hotels and should stay in the tourism hotel to enjoy the tribal dance ,you can also dance along with them and take snaps.A half day at gardens of araku, then you can start of to burra caves you can also find a railway station near by dont forget to say "Manasantha Nuvve" if you visit it.These caves have a special significance .they are formed b...

Gongura thota kada kapu kaasa

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This is not title of a mass song from telugu movie ,Read the title again and continue reading,its been in history and to late till now most of the love stories in rural india start from the same field.Yes,I do remember few people shaking the bushes of gongura.Its a bushy tree and is available in two forms with red and green stem.Red ones are more sour.These are used in pickle and preparing tasty chicken/mutton curries. One should try the adavi gongura it can be identified with one having more veins in the leaves .A pickle made with this will always want you to have more and more ,again and again.Now as you have completely known of gongura lets kick of the most interesting part "The Love story". Last week i had a meeting at a hotel with one of my delegates .she's a foreigner.We have ordered lunch and waiting for the dish, meantime we were just discussing official errands.My delegate ordered a non indian dish and i as usual ordered a south indian andhra meal ...