Ananth Rupanagudi
@Ananth_IRAS
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Passionate Railwayman. IRAS'97. Principal Financial Adviser, Construction, SR. Railways|Governance|Travel|Culture|Sports|Food|Humour. Views strictly personal.
Joined June 2021
My first glimpse of the Vande Bharat sleeper train set - snazzy colours and good design though there's need for some crucial improvements - 3A coach (1st 2 photos), 2A and 1A coach; quality of furnishing and lighting is very good! 🧵 #IndianRailways #VandeBharat @devasissarangi
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Some other benefits of a footplate inspection - the beautiful sights of the scenic agricultural landscape near Nagercoil with the hills in the background - the first two taken from the loco cab and the next two from the top of Nagercoil railway station! ❤️ #IndianRailways
A footplate inspection after a long time - this time, a daytime one from Thiruvananthapuram to Nagercoil, for inspection of the Thiruvananthapuram-CAPE doubling project. The formation for laying the second line is being made ready somewhere close to Eraniel station, just across
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A footplate inspection after a long time - this time, a daytime one from Thiruvananthapuram to Nagercoil, for inspection of the Thiruvananthapuram-CAPE doubling project. The formation for laying the second line is being made ready somewhere close to Eraniel station, just across
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Lunchtime humour - Wife in Telangana to her husband - Please come home early in the evening. Husband - To come early, I don't have a TRS symbol 🚗 but a TDP symbol 🚲. Wife - If you come home early, you will get a BJP symbol 🌷, else a Congress symbol ✋ and if you are very
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The beautiful landscape of Assam along the Guwahati-Lumding-Badarpur section surrounded by greenery and the hills makes for such an enjoyable ride - in the jurisdiction of @drm_lmg_nfr in @RailNf! Pic courtesy, Gibbson! #IndianRailways #photography #NorthEast @centerofright
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The magnificent Victoria Terminus (CSMT), Bombay— 1908. A majestic symbol of India’s railway heritage, Victoria Terminus stood as the finest railroad station in Asia at the time. Its grand Gothic architecture, bustling platforms, and intricate stonework reflected Bombay’s rising
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Wedding picture of the legendary Maharani Gayathri Devi, with Sawai Man Singh II in 1940. Their love story was a fairytale romance that defied tradition: she, a progressive princess from Cooch Behar, met him as a young girl, and despite his existing marriages, they fell in love,
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Early 20th century, Commercial Street, Ootacamund (Ooty)! Commercial Street in Ooty (also near Lower Bazaar) is now a bustling, central shopping hub famous for clothes, Toda shawls, jewellery, and local crafts, offering everything from street vendors to boutiques for traditional
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Opportunities don't happen; you create them. Good morning, friends, and have a great weekend! 🙏 #WeekendWisdom
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#DidYouKnow It was in May 1876, just before the construction of the Victoria Terminus (CST), that the Consulting engineer requested the Public Works Department to get the sanction required from the Government for getting the Phansi Talao removed. The GIPR construction map of the
#DidYouKnow The spot where the Victoria Terminus (CST) stands today, was a spot of public gallows where criminals were executed in full public view, some 200 years ago. It was situated next to a tank, aptly called as the Phansi Talao. It was said to the place where murderers
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Wordle 1,637 3/6 A little late in the day but got through in 3 attempts again! 👍 #Wordle1637 #puzzle ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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A beautiful photo from December 1977 of the Maharastra Express hauled by WP 7537, captured by Graham Watkins at Satara station. This WP engine was a part of the 120 locomotives of this class imported from the Canadian Locomotive Company, Ontario, Canada, in 1955-56. @somnath1978
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A beautiful photo from December 1977 of the Maharastra Express hauled by WP 7537, captured by Graham Watkins at Satara station. This WP engine was a part of the 120 locomotives of this class imported from the Canadian Locomotive Company, Ontario, Canada, in 1955-56. @somnath1978
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Visited the divine and peaceful Ernakulathappan Temple, whose history is deeply tied to Kochi's development, linked to Mahabharata legend of Kiratarjuniyam, where Arjuna worshipped a Shiva Linga after battling Shiva (disguised as a hunter) to gain the Pashupatastra. 🙏 Its
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Lunchtime humour - If doctors made films, the names would be... . . . - 3 Injections - My Name is Cancer - X-Ray Ho na Ho - Kaho na Bukhar hai - Hum Blood de Chuke Sanam - Bimar Toh Hona Hi Tha - Patient 420 - Rehna hai Tere Clinic May - Kabhi Tablet Kabhi Injection - Rang de
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When you are in Kerala, this is the breakfast one should have - Puttu Kadala! Very good indeed! In Ernakulam on an official trip! #breakfast #Kerala
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Post a photo of a water body taken by you! The beautiful Girna river reservoir - Nandgoan, Nashik district, #Maharashtra! #River #photography
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Post a pic you took of water... ... the beautiful flow of the waters of the Narmada, taken from the base of the Statue of Unity! #River #water @GujaratTourism
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