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Helix Nebula (2004) The India Gate The Petronas twin towers at night. The Ripon Building, headquarters of the Chennai Corporation. Valluvar Kottam in Chennai, India Sunset at the Arabian Sea The Agasthiyamalai range of the western ghats as seen from the rainshadow region of Tirunelveli, India The Duomo di Milano Lighthouse in Minicoy, Lakshadweep Triumphal arch of the Gallery Vittorio Emanuele II towards Piazza Duomo Square in Milan,Italy. Tidel Park in Chennai, India The Tuamotus, French Polynesia Panthera tigris altaica
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My name is Arun Ganesh and Planemad on the web, great grandson of Indian freedom fighters Kamalambal and Kovai Subri. My ancestral roots are from the historic town of Suchindrum, a short ride from the southern tip of peninsular India where Swami Vivekananda had his vision for an Indian nation.

Papers qualify me as an Electronics & Communication Engineer from Anna University and an Information designer from National Institute of Design, but more importantly, I like to understand the earth and its contents.

I have been contributing maps, images and the occasional article to wikipedia since 2005 when I realized that crowd-sourced open knowledge has the potential to significantly impact the future of humanity. My contributions are now silently part of thousands of articles, been printed in newspapers, foreign magazines, books, research papers, advertising commercials, MIT OpenCourseWare, political hoardings, restaurant signages, television programmes, hotel reception desks, local guidebooks and other places where I have not looked yet.