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A scene from rural Kerala


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  1. magiceyeJune 8, 2013 at 1:01 PM

    Beautiful!!

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  2. Easwar ArumugamJune 8, 2013 at 2:24 PM

    lovely!

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  3. RaghavJune 8, 2013 at 4:13 PM

    My instinct would have made me say 'lovely' but since someone already wrote that I'll say 'very pretty' instead ;-)

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  4. mandakolathurJune 8, 2013 at 4:26 PM

    You will make an excellent teacher of botany!

    RE

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  5. KISLAYA GOPALJune 8, 2013 at 4:44 PM

    Awesome and serene!

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  6. RajeshJune 8, 2013 at 6:57 PM

    Very charming.

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  7. Anupam KarnJune 8, 2013 at 8:45 PM

    WoW! What a greenery! Kerala is so blessed..

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  8. JeevanJune 8, 2013 at 9:25 PM

    We in Kerala are blessed

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  9. AnonymousJune 8, 2013 at 9:26 PM

    colorfully green !! :) awesome photograph !!

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  10. AnonymousJune 9, 2013 at 12:47 AM

    Love this!

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  11. HOPE. FAITH. LOVE.June 9, 2013 at 1:12 AM

    beautiful!

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  12. www.lifepartneracademy.comJune 9, 2013 at 1:35 AM

    So serene and beautiful !

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  13. AnonymousJune 9, 2013 at 9:41 AM

    I could kill to live in such a place.

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  14. UnknownJune 9, 2013 at 10:15 AM

    nice place to go for picnic...

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  15. A Homemaker's UtopiaJune 10, 2013 at 10:04 AM

    very nice..:-)

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  16. AnonymousJune 10, 2013 at 12:48 PM

    The many shades of mother nature ! beautiful path of greenery !

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  17. NabanitaJune 12, 2013 at 2:37 PM

    nicee!

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