2013!! Happy New Year!!

CC wishes all it's viewers a very happy and prosperous new year. May this year bring more joy, health and success to all Chintamaniacs. Let our beloved town Chintamani continue to make us proud and we shall all in our own way make Chintamani proud. Happy New Year 2013!!

The sun was visible only at 9am this cloudy 2013 morning in Chintamani. Video shot at 6:30am.
  
The song 'Dinakara Subhakara' sung by the great Ghantasala is played daily on top of Varadanjaneya Hill. The song soothes  the listeners of Chintamani every morning during the sunrise. Thanks to the people who play this golden oldie every morning during the sunrise, which brings new hope with it. There are few other Ghantasala songs that disperses from the hill top which has become an integral part of daily lives in Chintamani. 

                                                                 dinakara subhakara;

                          patita pavana mangala data, 

                           papa santapa loka vidhata ; 

                      brahma vishnu parameswara rupa;

                          nikhila loka vigyana vidhata;

                       dinaka loka  paripalaya bhaskara; 

                                 dinakara subhakara"--.

 The meaning: 
Sun is  the one that makes our day and creates the good things; cleanses everyone 
 and everything; delivers wealth; releases from sin; manifestation of 
 trimurtis; gives knowledge  to all and so on. 
WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!!

NH-234- Arabian Sea to Bay of Bengal through Chintamani

The National Highways Authority issued notices to the owners of the business establishments on M.G.Road  in Chintamani. The order states that the buildings are all unauthorised and has ordered to vacate the encroachments to make way for the widening of the road. This has come as a rude shock to all the 'owners' of the buildings on M.G.Road since most of them  have shops here from past few decades, having purchased them from the town municipality decades ago. The people who totally rely on the shop they own here, or people who have been doing business here are in a state of panic. But there are also many who feel that for the lateral development of the town such a change is absolutely necessary. But they forget to see that there are many towns on National Highways and yet they lag behind in development, forget being on par with our town Chintamani. The National Highways that passes through many towns just has the road side 'dhabas' and the mechanic shops. So it's not the NH that brings development, it only provides necessary infrastructure for the progress to propel. It's in the hands of the people to make good use of the highway. While this is going to dismantle the main business hub of Chintamani, on the flip-side, could this be a shot-in-the-arm for the good public works happening in Chintamani?  Does it help the people by large, by easing the transport glitches? Are the people who protest this new development failing to see the bigger picture? NH-234- a boon or a bane, only time will tell!!

The NH-234 starts from the port city of Mangalore, on shores of Arabian Sea and ends at Villupurum, a train junction in Tamil Nadu, very close to the shores of Bay Of Bengal. Originating from Manglore it passes through Bantwala, Ujire, Mudigere, Sira, Gowribidnur, Chickaballapura, Chintamani, V.Kota in Andhra Pradesh, Gudiyattam, Vellore and ends at Villupurum, a district head quarters. The total length of NH-234 is 780 kilometers. Click here for the map