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Tirupati Zoo 2012
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Tirupati Zoo Park is one of the biggest in Asia
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Dairy Farm 2012
The dairy farm is very near the SV University guest house (see map)
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Rural Tirupati 2004
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Trip from Guest house, down Thumulagunta main road; past Mallepalle (‘my’ part of
Thumulagunta' ); turn right on Upparapalle road, past Upparapalle over Tirupati bypass road and the village of Ramanajapalle towards Golapalle into the countryside approaching the hills South of Tirupati. The walk climaxed with a lengthy encounter with the children of Upparapalle. . (see map)
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Mallepalle games 2014
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I made this video during my annual visit to
SV University in Tirupati, India.
In this clip We are in Mallepalle,
a small part of Thumulagunta.
The Frisbee was a little gift from England.
The main players are
Bharath (Balu) (brown shirt)
Bobby (red shirt) and
Madhu (blue shirt). As usual when they know they are being filmed they start to dance.
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Mallepalle welcome 2010
I was always welcomed enthusiastically by my young friends in Mallepalle ('my' part of Thumulagunta). Honey Shree cycled up first, followed by Madhu then Mounish on the back of his friend's bike. Mounish mocking himself with "one photo sir". Then Honey Shree bullies Mounish and his brother into a posed picture.
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Guest house dances 2014
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My Mallepalle friends dancing in my room in the guest house of SV University. The dancers are Bharath (Balu), Manoj, Madhu and Dinesh. The music is trad jazz played by the Preservation Hall Jazz band, and a Cajun song sung by my friend Susan Penny.
Note: This is a long video because the music is so wonderful.
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Temple visit 2015 
A visit to the Sri Govindaraja Swamy temple in Tirupati town cente. I started in Ghandi Road. From there I went by G car street into the small road (Sannidhi street) that leads under the gopuram to the temple. This road is lined with stall selling items mainly related to the temple (especially 'pictures' of the god. I paused beneath the gopuram and then into the relative peace of the temple forecourts.
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Tirupati shopping 2010 
A walk around the shopping area
of the centre of Tirupati including Prakasam Road, Ghandi Road,
Nethaji Road, 'garland road' and Sannidhi street leading to the Sri Govindaraja Swamy temple.
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Thumulagunta children 2009
A short video of the children in Mallepalle, my small part of Thuulagunta. This is the first video featuring my friend Bharath (Balu) (blue shirt). It also features Balachandran, Bobby and Ganesh who all became good friends
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Tirupati Rail Crossing 2010
This is the level crossing on the road that passes the SV University Guest House, There was always a noisy competition to across before the barriers completed their descent. Then after the thrill of the a passing train a further competition to be first across.
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Tirupati town 2007
This video starts with a walk though town, past the street water pump and the garland makers at 'garland street ' (Poolamutt). over the rail bridge to the choultries (pilgrim's 'hostels') where there was a man painting a religious sign, reminding me of R.K. Naryans's book - 'Painter of Signs'. The boys eating water melon were training to be priests.
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Birds of Tirupati part 1
These videos were taken within 8km of the SV University Guest House. Part 1 shows the larger birds.
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Birds of Tirupati Part 2
Same as Part 1 but smaller birds
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Mahabalipuram 2005 to 2010
Mahabalipuram (now Mammalapuram) is a fishing village 56 Km south of Chennai. I made many visits to acclimatize or recover at the beginning and end of my visists to SV University in Tirupati. These clips are from three visits (2002, 2009 and 2010)
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