Friday, May 04, 2012

Skywatch Friday - An evening in Parangipettai

Parangipettai is just another fishing hamlet on the Coromandel Coast. But centuries ago, it had another name and an identity - Porto Novo. It was then a colony of the Portuguese who had set up a trading post initially but later ruled parts of India. This Skywatch we visit the shores of this erstwhile port. The entire jetty that we see here was once a thriving port , but today we see no evidence of the same


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13 comments:

Linda said...

Beautiful view - nice wide angle! So sad to see that it is no longer a thriving port.

bellybytes said...

What a calm and peaceful day at Paragnapetti!

R Niranjan Das said...

Beautiful click.

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Samaresh Biswal said...

Serine place

Janit said...

Nice skies...the clouds are beautiful.

magiceye said...

nice capture

Jeevan said...

Wonderful shot! I never know parangipettai is a active port once.

R.Ramakrishnan said...

Incredibly beautiful picture !

Sylvia K said...

Beautiful, peaceful skies and a marvelous capture for the day, Lakshmi! Happy SWF! I hope you have a wonderful weekend! Enjoy!

Sylvia

Kumar said...

Hello Lakshmi,
Wonderful read, all your writeups are really wonderful including this one too.

Kumar said...

Hello
This is a wonderful picture & a beautiful writeups,thanks for sharing

Zakaria Hossain said...

This is very informative and helpful topics for the people who wants to travel in Parangipettai.

Trails of a Traveler said...

Good information to have and a nice photo to go with it.

Ram