Comic Con at Hyderabad

The Comical Vintage Collection / A glimpse of Indian Classical Comics / Classical Store at Comic Con / Special comics prevail at Comic Con / Remembering the older versions / The Vintage Comical Affair.

Aparajitha Bukkapatanam

The Comic Con exhibition at Hitex showcased a special stall amongst the others, which takes back the reader to the sixties and seventies. The stall had a classic collection of Indian Comics like Amar Chitra Katha, Mahabharata, The Egmont Phantom and many more. The most interesting book, which gathered everyone’s attention, was,  “The Phantom’s Belt” which published its first issue in 1964 (the starting year of comics). This exciting collection of comics was by a well-known Comic Collector Arun Prasad whose extreme efforts made his stall very unique, when compared to others.

Ganapathi Ala re!

Ganesh Chaturthi ALA RE! Ganapati Papa Moriya gets the muddy touch / Counting the coconuts offered to God, not the money / Approaching a different concept / Measured levels of sanctity at aurora colony.

Aparajitha Bukkapatanam

The idols of aurora colony fulfilled the eco-friendly concept, which, were carved out of mud, clay and decorated with various fruits, flowers and edible colours. The poojas mainly included singing bhajans or songs and the Gods were offered their favourite savories, maintaining the sanctity around the environment, rather than counting the hundred rupee notes.

Grab a Maize cob

Hungry? Grab a maize cob / Nutritious cobs at Tank bund / Preference for maize cobs, not Mcdonalds / Choosing a gift of God / Corn bandis get the greatest demand.

 Aparajitha Bukkapatanam

The maize cob season is everlasting at Hussainsagar, where every bandi, sells maize cobs, for a hungry passer-by. Every health conscious person opts these nutritious cobs, for maintaining their balanced diets.

Ganesh Chaturthi

Eco-friendly idols in the colony      

FESTIVAL Aurora colony celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi, with its eco-friendly collections of Lord Ganesh.

Aparajitha Bukkapatanam

Ganesh Chaturthi is an auspicious occasion, celebrated in the apartments of aurora colony. The apartment members organise this pooja every year, on this religious day and spread the sanctity of Lord Ganesh, among their neighbours. Gathering everybody, on this occasion, has always been a consistent job for them and this time, they have extended their reach to eco-friendly idols of Ganesh made of mud, clay and edible colour combinations. The decoration also included several fruits like custard apples, bananas, mangoes and maize cobs, which increased the beauty of the idols this time.

The festival has always been an insignia of posh-ness, size and its value. But this time, the idols are very compact, beautifully sculpted and decorated naturally, with flowers like marigolds, hibiscuses etc. The idea, behind this simple yet beautiful decoration, is very clear this time, through their Ganesh idols. The poojas were performed by singing songs bhajans and enchanting slokas and the devotees offered his favourite sweets like Modaks, Ladoos, developing the holiness of the environment around a person.

The concept of celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi, has become very successful in this colony, which brings prosperity and kindliness, among several people, to bring a diversion among their thinking and to advance them into the future, with a bright hope in life.

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