Tootfinder

"Renewable energies overtook global electricity demand last year, led by solar growth in China, India"
#China #India #Energy

Solar growth in China and India powers clean energy surge by 2025
Record growth in solar, especially in China and India, was a driving factor for clean energy sources surpassing the world’s strong demand for electricity in 2025. Clean power generation grew 887 terawatt hours in 2025, exceeding overall global electricity demand growth of 849 terawatt hours, according to a report by energy think tank Ember. Ember analyzes electricity data from 215 countries, and studied 2025 data for 91 countries, which the firm says represents 93% of global electricity deman…

In photos: North India braces for heatwaves as temperatures cross 40C #India

In photos: North India braces for heatwaves as temperatures cross 40C
India's weather department has issued heatwave warnings in parts of northern India.

Heat wave empties roads and markets in north India as some farmers turn to nighttime work #India

Heat wave empties roads and markets in north India as some farmers turn to nighttime work
Roads and markets have emptied during afternoons and some farmers have switched to nighttime work to avoid scorching temperatures as a heat wave grips large parts of India.

"India adds 4.6 GWh of battery storage capacity in Q1"
#India #Energy #Batteries

India adds 4.6 GWh of battery storage capacity in Q1 - pv magazine Global
The country’s cumulative installed battery storage capacity reached 5.9 GWh as of March 2026.

Set aside religion, faith,... and take in the #art and #imagination that produced this simple yet elegant #sculpture (centuries ago) and presentation (today).
Picture I received today of Anantapadmanabha (Wishnu reclining, Brahma in the lotus from his navel, consorts by his feet) in Karkala #India.

"India curtailed 2.1 TWh of renewable electricity in fiscal year 2025–26"
#India #Energy #Renewables

India curtailed 2.1 TWh of renewable electricity in fiscal year 2025–26 - pv magazine Global
Ember's analysis found that about 2.1 TWh of renewable electricity generation was curtailed in fiscal year 2025–26, equivalent to 1.3% of total renewable generation, to keep coal-fired power plants operating at their minimum technical load. The report estimates that around 10 GWh of energy storage, charged during peak midday solar generation hours, would have been sufficient to absorb this surplus renewable output, maintain coal plants above their minimum technical load, and avoid the curtail…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
India Shawn:
🎵 Marmalade
#IndiaShawn
https://open.spotify.com/track/2Ph4qrjAKjD3qDu7z5znjF

Anyway, how're y'all doin'? 🥵
#weather #India #summer

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicsRaveForever
India & River Ocean:
🎵 Love & Happiness
#India #RiverOcean
https://labedit.bandcamp.com/track/river-ocean-india-maw-love-and-happiness-labedit-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/5Gt0moqT9QpkNVYtRM9PvD

"Once Dried up and Full of Plastic, Canal in India Is Now Clear and Lined with Mangroves"
#India #Environment #Plastic

Once Dried up and Full of Plastic, Canal in India Is Now Clear and Lined with Mangrove Trees
750 kilograms—almost 2,000 pounds—of trash were pulled from the canal along with heaps of invasive prosopis plants. 

"Premier Energies commissions 5.6 GW solar module facility in India"
#India #Energy #Renewables

Premier Energies commissions 5.6 GW solar module facility in India
Premier Energies Ltd has commenced trial production at its 5.6 GW solar module manufacturing facility in Seetharampur, Telangana. The new facility produces G12R TOPCon modules with zero busbar (0BB) architecture.

Talking of #birthdays, in #India they're celebrated on one of three days:
- day and month on Gregorian calendar; most common
- day and month on lunar calendar; "traditional folks"
- day when moon aligns with birth star in the lunar birth month; "traditional west coast folks, in the south"
#trivia

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
E. Lundquist feat. INDIA BLUE:
🎵 My Wings
#ELundquist #INDIABLUE
https://elundquist.bandcamp.com/track/my-wings-ft-india-blue-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/439dGIpVdTlMCwrld7vdHK

My sister took this picture of cashew apples (with nut still attached) a few days ago. They were grown on her farm.
Minor light issues but the intense red against dull gray looks good. Plus received on WhatsApp which loses quality.
#cashew #food #stillLife #India

"India installs 15.3 GW of solar capacity in Q1"
#India #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

India installs 15.3 GW of solar capacity in Q1
India installed 15.3 GW of solar capacity in the first quarter of 2026 – the highest quarterly addition on record – representing a 143% year-on-year increase, according to Mercom India.

"Rhinos reintroduced to Indian park are breeding, but still need support"
#Rhinos #India #Animals

Rhinos reintroduced to Indian park are breeding, but still need support
Manas National Park in India’s Himalayan foothills was once home to some 100 Indian rhinos, almost all of which were wiped out by poaching by the late 1990s. After a campaign to reintroduce them, the population is growing and several calves have been born. But their recovery still needs active support, reports contributor Sneha Mahale […]

"Solar-plus-storage could meet 90% of India’s power demand"
#India #SolarPower #Energy

Solar-plus-storage could meet 90% of India’s power demand
Ember sazs that solar paired with battery storage could supply 90% of India’s electricity demand at a levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) of INR 5.06/kWh ($56/MWh).

I think I died and went to heaven: of music, peace, brotherhood. For 5 minutes anyway. 🎶 ☮️ 👐
Composition ("baani") by Kabir, sung in Gujarati-Rajasthani folk style. Video includes English captions, lyrics, translation.
Best 5 minutes you'll spend today.
#India #music #spiritual

Bengaluru vs Udupi. Fry vs Deep fry. 😰 🥵
#weather #comparison #India

A political party in Tamil Nadu #India promised brides 8gms 22-Karat gold and a silk saree. It also promised an AI ministry, AI university, and AI city. And a whole lot more.
That party is creaming all others in the ongoing #elections.
Apparently #bribes work.
https://www.deccanherald.com/elections/tamil-nadu/tamil-nadu-assembly-elections-2026-focus-on-vijays-poll-promises-tvk-assured-8-gm-gold-for-women-3990353

Oh Bengaluru. How much I did *not* miss you, but here I'm. Please be gentle with me. 🙇‍♂️
#travel #lamentation #India

"Domestic solar cells to meet half of India’s total demand this fiscal year"
#India #Energy #SolarPower #Renewables

Domestic solar cells to meet half of India’s total demand this fiscal year - pv magazine Global
Crisil expects India’s domestic solar cell supply to rise to about half of demand by fiscal 2026–27, driven by localization policies and capacity expansion, but warns that rapid buildout could pressure utilization and returns.

"Adani Green commissions 951 MW solar, hybrid capacity in India"
#India #Energy #SolarPower #Renewables

Adani Green commissions 951 MW solar, hybrid capacity in India
Adani Green Energy Ltd. (AGEL) has commissioned 926 MW of solar and 25 MW of hybrid capacity across western India.

Continuing my effort to share #music new to me: Brilliant exhibition of "Naadaswaram", a woodwind instrument from #India. Watch just 11 minutes if pressed for time; 20 to fully appreciate the #skill. 🎶
#video) have an impressive story.👇
#classicalMusic #learning #growing

"India installs 2.7 GW of rooftop PV in Q1"
#India #Energy #Renewables #SolarPower

India installs 2.7 GW of rooftop PV in Q1 - pv magazine Global
India installed 2.7 GW of rooftop solar capacity in the first quarter (Q1) of 2026, driven largely by residential installations under the PM Surya Ghar program.

YouTube influencer successfully influences someone to, checks story, rob her. 🥷
#burglary #irony #India #influencer

Many in South India dedicate Saturdays to Lord Shreeniwaasa (aka Wenkataesha). They offer special prayers to him at home, visit his temple, sing his praise, take his "prasaada" (blessings).
Alt text has a brief of what's in this picture (taken May 11, 2026 #Bengaluru).
#photography #amateur #tradition #India #Hindu #Saturday

"Solar-plus-storage could meet 90% of India’s power demand"
#India #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

Solar-plus-storage could meet 90% of India’s power demand
Ember sazs that solar paired with battery storage could supply 90% of India’s electricity demand at a levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) of INR 5.06/kWh ($56/MWh).

With Facebook friends like this, who needs swindlers?
#swindle #Facebook #trueStory #India #betrayal

Made in Udupi. Served in Bavaria. 🤤 🇮🇳 🇩🇪
(see alt text)
#food #sweets #India #Germany

It's all relative.
- If you grew up in Bengaluru, you'll despise what it has become. 😤
- If you moved to Bengaluru from Delhi OTOH. ☺️
#Bengaluru #Bangalore #India #Delhi #comparison #living

High chair. 🪑
(Jan. 16, 2026. Kaniyooru Matha #Udupi #India)
#photography #amateur #photoMonday #FotoMontag #monochrome

Since I mentioned it: Hampi was the capital of Vijayanagara empire 14-16 Century CE and is believed to be the world's most prosperous city in that era. The temple complex is a UNESCO World Heritage site and has some of the most stunning architecture and sculptures you'll ever see. Absolutely worth a visit.
#history #India #Karnataka #trivia #travel

I had a superb day today #Friday at #Udupi #Krishna Matha #India: I served water in the main dining hall, minded the line to see the Swamiji, generally interacted with 100 people and absolutely every interaction was nice; not an iota of negativity.
Who knows tomorrow, but today was a #win. ☺️ 🙇‍♂️

Jan. 9, 2025: A vibrant portrait of Krishna and his consort Rukmini. I found it stashed behind stuff on top of a storage closet at an office in #Udupi #Krishna Matha, #India.
(right bottom corner edited)
#tbt #throwback #throwbackThursday
#photography #amateur #portrait #painting #art

Exquisite 23-karat (96%) gold medallion, made in India. Depicts "Wittala", a form of Hindu god Krishna.
(not my picture; I only prepared it for presentation)
#gold #jewelry #art #India

OK cool text formatting, but why? 🤨
(A product description on #Amazon #India)
#descriptions #marketing #formatting

"Analysis: India’s CO2 emissions in 2025 grew at slowest rate in two decades|
#India #Emissions #Climate #ClimateChange

Analysis: India’s CO2 emissions in 2025 grew at slowest rate in two decades - Carbon Brief
India’s C02 emissions grew by 0.5% in the second half of 2025 and by just 0.7% in the year as a whole, the slowest rate in over two decades.

A 200 years old wooden window with exquisite carving. The paint/polish is recent. 🪟
(Sep. 10, 2025, Krishnapura Matha, #Udupi #India)
#phitography #amateur #FensterFreitag #WindowFriday #window

Elegant window on a garage at a villa in beautiful green setting.🪟
(Apr. 21, 2026, spotted on a walk in #Udupi #India)
#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday #Window

I recently learned that a #India family incurred a debt of ~₹1.5m for their daughter's #wedding. With the employed daughter married off, the sole remaining breadwinner makes ₹5m gross/year, with max savings potential ~₹1m from which the #debt is to be repaid. 🥺
#finance

So much opulence they sell gold coins by the bags. In supermarkets. 😲
Like how historians say the markets of Hampi did at the peak of the Vijayanagara empire. 🪙
#trinkets #cheap #coins #humor #Germany #India #photography #amateur

Bangles for babies. The one on the left needs mending, to look like the one on the right. Meant to shape hands ward off evil.
The black beads are plastic; the yellow ones are gilded resin. The string is silver, copper, or an alloy.
#silentSunday #photography #amateur #bangles #jewelery #India

The "nawagraha kindi" in #Udupi Krishna Matha is one of the more famous windows in #India.
1. Visitors see the idol of Krishna through one of 9 holes in the window.
2. Cameras can see well from a distance through one of the holes.
3. If given enough time, the eyes can get a good view, but visitors usually don't get that much time (only 3-5 secs/visitor).
The full presentation corresponding to the illustrations in this post:

#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday #temples #window

Re: #Udupi #India #experience #nostalgia #memories

I love how these pictures capture falling water from the pot, to the conch, and on to the idols; and the authentic auspiciousness the whole setup conveys.🐚💧🛕
Remastering of pictures I received of a #ritual bathing ("abhishaeka") of idols of #Hindu gods. The hands seen belong to the current Swamiji of #Udupi Krishna Matha, #India.
#photography #notMine

The #cradle all decked up for the new baby at a naming cradling #ceremony in #Bengaluru #India today.
#photography #amateur #FotoMontag #PhotoMonday

Long-form read: A community's elders made a promise over a millennium ago so the community can survive, but keeping that promise is dwindling the community's numbers.
#Parsi #Persia #India #demographics #dilemma #longform #essay

Re: #Udupi #Krishna:
1. The 2-headed eagle in the medallion on Krishna's chest is "gaṇḍabhēruṇḍa", a form of Wishnu in #Hindu myth. It is also the #emblem of the state of #Karnataka. 🦅
2. My wife and I had the fortune of providing the blue clothing in this presentation. 🙇‍♂️
#culture #India

Couple of days ago, I sat in on an intro class of "yakshagaana", a #dance #music #art form popular on the west coast of South #India. This was at a #summer #camp in #Udupi.
The chalkboard shows a basic 7 beats rhythm ("thaala") and melody ("raaga").The text is written in #Kannada.
My first time #learning this material. Was fun.

A super closeup of yoga narasimha of Kaniyooru Matha, Udupi. Not my picture.
BTW presently only nine people in this world are allowed to even touch this idol. (There'll ever be at most 16.) That's a truly exclusive and privileged group but also one with a lot of responsibility. #ama
#art #sculpture #Udupi #India

Narasimha is the fourth incarnation of the #Hindu god Wishnu. For reasons, rage is a key trait of Narasimha, especially early in the incarnation. #trivia
Yesterday (Thursday) was "Narasimha Jayanthi", the birthday of Narasimha. The occasion is observed with pomp in Waisnavite locations across #India.
I of course attended the Narasimha Jayanthi festivities in #Udupi. Of the many people I encountered, two were rather rude and directed some anger at me, which I thought I didn't deserve. Still, I handled one of them right, which is by ignoring them; but I think I responded a wee bit in kind to the second. 😳
Needless to say, those two interactions left a bitter taste in me, but I later consoled myself that maybe it was just that Narasimha cast his shadow on some people that day, what with him having just been born. 😀
PS: Anyway, enjoy this presentation of Udupi Krishna on the special day:
#jest #life

New to me: Folk and ~classical #music by "Jogappas", a friendly #Kannada term for #trans people. The music starts slow; give it a ~minute. The start of the first video has English intro if you need it. 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈
#pride #India #LGBTQ

Indian saree colors and patterns are so beautiful and elegant. 🦚 😍
Aside: Saree #1 was on the main idol of #Kolluru Mookambika; #2 was on #Udupi #Krishna. ☺️
#dress #clothing #fashion #India #saree #beauty #elegance #appreciation #women

#TIL: The Atthi Varadha idol at Varadharaja Temple in Kanchipuram #India stays submerged in the temple tank and is brought out once every 40 years; and only for 48 days. A true *once in a lifetime event*. ☺️
The idol will be brought out next in 2059. So, not in my lifetime. 🥹
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varadharaja_Perumal_Temple,_Kanchipuram#Atthi_Varadhar

"Samudra Mathana" scene from #Hindu lore. In the foreground is "Koorma" (turtle, Wishnu's 2nd incarnation) carrying the "Meru" mountain on his back as gods and demons tug on "Shesha" the serpent to churn the "Indoo" ocean for "amrita" (elixir). #ama
This portrait hangs at Adamaru Matha, #Udupi #India. Its odd dimension and narrow location made it hard to photograph, but several tries and some digital lifting produced decent result, I think. (Shot on Feb. 21, 2025)
PS: This Friday was (is) "Koorma Jayanthi", the birthday of Koorma.
#photography #amateur #portrait #art

A welcome mat for the new baby and the mom. The two will be seated here for a brief ritual before entering the home for the first time.
(May 11, 2026 #Bengaluru)
#tradition #India #birth #ritual #photography #amateur

I can't tell you where the bananas went but I can show you where the banana peels ended up. 🍌
(Nov. 12, 2025. Shirooru Matha #Udupi #India. Fully-dried peels are burned to make "akshathe" for use in temple services.)
#photography #amateur #FotoMontag #PhotoMonday #food #fruit #bananas #Hindu

Today is International Yoga Day. Apropos, a picture of 800 years old idol of "yoga narasimha" of Kaniyooru Matha, Udupi; the gold cladding is recent. The idol on its right is also yoga narasimha but a few decades newer. On the left is Krishna; age unknown but old.
I love the detail of the crowns and other ornaments, as well as that of the silver arch behind the idols. And of course the elegance of the simple decoration.
Picture from Jun. 8, 2026. **Not my picture.**
#sculpture #idol #India #Udupi #art #yoga

Picture I took of my TV screen during today's #IPL finals.🏏🏆
Happy that my team #RCB won the #trophy. Like they say in #Bengaluru:
ಈ ಸಲ ಕೂಡ ಕಪ್ ನಮ್ದೇ
ee sala kooḍa kup namdae
This time too the cup is ours
#Cricket #sports #RCB #halftimeShow #photography #amateur #India #Kannada