A day at Nagarjuna Sagar

Back in 2002, I spent a great deal of time at Nayagara falls in US and did so many things there. I felt blessed to witness such a place in nature and say proudly of it.

Off late, last Sunday I went to Nagarjuna Sagar which is just 3 hours away from Hyderabad, along with a group of 10 friends - only to realize that I have never discovered the beauty around, for 31 years now.

All of us thoroughly enjoyed every bit of the trip - right from the country-side breakfast in the outskirts of Hyderabad to the amazing scenery alongside the road to different regions and views at the waters of Earth Dam Nagarjuna Sagar to the teppa boat ride with its risky spinning style drive... and more.

From entertainment perspective, it might sound to go off on a tangent but one heartfelt note/moment was to believe the fact that such a beauty of nature has recently created a calamity killing several people while making lakhs of people homeless. Questioning the cause, I scribbled and sung a 4 liner looking at the water and the mist on top of it, but it at this time is of no real use to anyone who were/are the victims.

Just in case if anyone wants to listen, there will be a raw playback shortly, and below are the words:

yi andamena pongindi
andindi anta munchindi
alaapinchaala? tana soundaryam aswadinchala?
anduke matrame ne bratikunnananukovala?
munchettina yi andamto na bandham yenduku peragala?

a somewhat closer translation in English would go like-

is this the beauty that raised above the bars?
it has swamped everything it can
should I sing an opera for it? why should I just admire/praise her beauty?
should I convince myself that I am alive just to do that useless act?
looking at the debris it created in nature/people, why should my intimacy grow for it?

Again, as I write this post my throat is completely in bad condition and once it is back I will sing it in raw format and place it here.

The trip ended in a great note of contentment (including cold, cough, fever, soar throat, body pains among others)!

The place does call me back and I am not sure when, and with whom. Well, I might end up going alone as well to give a gift to the inner side of me but we will see-

Below are some orderless and title-less pictures taken from a cell phone camera