And here is one more wonderful experience of mine. Some things we never give importance when it is near to us. One such important thing for me is Chidambaram temple. My native is Cuddalore and I visit my place often and that has made me a bit sluggish in not extending my journey to Chidambaram. For the last 25 years, I have never seen the temple. So I just prayed to GOD that if I get a good score in GMAT, then I am visiting the temple the next day. And the destiny prevails as they say. On Nov 27, 2009 I wrote my GMAT and got a decent score and so, the very next day we started to Chidambaram in my swift.This has been one of the most memorable car driving for me without any breaks or traffics.. We reached Chidambaram in 4.5 hrs (5pm Nov 28).
The highlight of this temple is the 'Chidambara Rahasiyam', as there will not be any moolavar inside the temple. Also, there is a Perumal temple inside the premises of the Shivan temple which is yet another classic example of Saiva Vaishnava Unity. This temple is a Siva Sthalam for Saivas and Divya Desam for vaishnavas.
After a good darshan in both the temple, we had a nice dinner and stayed there in a hotel overnight.
The next day (Nov 29), we started from Chidambaram and visited three temples namely Pollapillayaar (ganesh temple) and KaatumannarKudi (Sivan and Vishnu temples)
We had a nice darshan and started our trip back to Chennai at 11.00 am and reached Korattur in the evening around 6pm.
Overall, the temple visits and the car ride were good :-)
Cheers
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
Feb 19 Pilgrimage - Trip to Madurai
Guys
Pls excuse for the all devotional posts.
Just wanted to mark these as diary entries.
Trip to Madurai
Feb 18 Night 10 ppl from our sabarimalai troop had planned to attend a wedding of our trekking mate's son and then proceed to Sathuragiri near Thirunelveli dt.
Kudos to Sun TV, without which our initial plan wouldn't have got cancelled. They gave a good amount of needless hype in such a way that after watching the episode in the program "NIJAM", all ladies pulled out citing fear :-)
So we resketched our plan and made sure all ppl came.
I was wondering what will happen if Sun TV ppl are asked to take a program about our Peru Vazhi Yaatra In Sabarimalai. No man who is interested in going to malai will come via Long route. :-)
Feb 18 night 7.30, we boarded the train to Madurai. After a very warm journey, (its Indian summer you see ;-)), we reached Madurai the next day Feb 19 at 6.20 am.
Feb 19:
The marriage was at 9 am, so we had ample time to refresh and get ready.
We immediately went and worshipped Meenakshi amman once the wedding got over.
At 11.00 am, we started our journey to Sankaran Koil (Lord's name is Sankara Narayanan).
We reached there in the evening around 7 pm. The highlight was Amman's darshan with Gold Dress (Thanga Paavadai in Tamizh). We returned the same night to Srivilliputtur.
Feb 20:
Visited the Srivilliputtur temple (Lord Name is Vadabathra Sayi and Goddess is Kodhai), Srivi is the birth place of Kodhai.
@7.30, we had breakfast and left for Vada Thiruanna malai which is located 7kms from Srivi.
We reached there around 8.10 and had a very nice darshan.
From there, we proceed towards Thiruthangal near Sivakasi.
@12.45, we left Thiruthangal and started our journey to Kalazhagar Temple. At around 1, we had lunch at Rajapalayam.
En route, we saw Nara Singham (Narasimmar Temple)
We reached Kalazhagar temple at 3pm and since the temple was closed, we proceeded to Pazhamuthir Solai which is right above the hill from Azhagar temple.
We had a nice darshan of Murugan and returned to see the Perumal at Azhagar Temple. After that, we proceeded to Thiruparangunram (12 km from Madurai) (Murugan temple).
After a tiresome darshan because of heat, we came back to Madurai and had our dinner.
After that it was an all sleepy wait for the train till 11pm, feb 20 :-)
Overall, we visited 10 temples in 2 days.
The trip was very satisfying in the end.
May GOD bless us all
Pls excuse for the all devotional posts.
Just wanted to mark these as diary entries.
Trip to Madurai
Feb 18 Night 10 ppl from our sabarimalai troop had planned to attend a wedding of our trekking mate's son and then proceed to Sathuragiri near Thirunelveli dt.
Kudos to Sun TV, without which our initial plan wouldn't have got cancelled. They gave a good amount of needless hype in such a way that after watching the episode in the program "NIJAM", all ladies pulled out citing fear :-)
So we resketched our plan and made sure all ppl came.
I was wondering what will happen if Sun TV ppl are asked to take a program about our Peru Vazhi Yaatra In Sabarimalai. No man who is interested in going to malai will come via Long route. :-)
Feb 18 night 7.30, we boarded the train to Madurai. After a very warm journey, (its Indian summer you see ;-)), we reached Madurai the next day Feb 19 at 6.20 am.
Feb 19:
The marriage was at 9 am, so we had ample time to refresh and get ready.
We immediately went and worshipped Meenakshi amman once the wedding got over.
At 11.00 am, we started our journey to Sankaran Koil (Lord's name is Sankara Narayanan).
We reached there in the evening around 7 pm. The highlight was Amman's darshan with Gold Dress (Thanga Paavadai in Tamizh). We returned the same night to Srivilliputtur.
Feb 20:
Visited the Srivilliputtur temple (Lord Name is Vadabathra Sayi and Goddess is Kodhai), Srivi is the birth place of Kodhai.
@7.30, we had breakfast and left for Vada Thiruanna malai which is located 7kms from Srivi.
We reached there around 8.10 and had a very nice darshan.
From there, we proceed towards Thiruthangal near Sivakasi.
@12.45, we left Thiruthangal and started our journey to Kalazhagar Temple. At around 1, we had lunch at Rajapalayam.
En route, we saw Nara Singham (Narasimmar Temple)
We reached Kalazhagar temple at 3pm and since the temple was closed, we proceeded to Pazhamuthir Solai which is right above the hill from Azhagar temple.
We had a nice darshan of Murugan and returned to see the Perumal at Azhagar Temple. After that, we proceeded to Thiruparangunram (12 km from Madurai) (Murugan temple).
After a tiresome darshan because of heat, we came back to Madurai and had our dinner.
After that it was an all sleepy wait for the train till 11pm, feb 20 :-)
Overall, we visited 10 temples in 2 days.
The trip was very satisfying in the end.
May GOD bless us all
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Tiruaalangadu Visit
Back to blog after a long time....
Last saturday (13 March) was Maha Sivarathiri and I visited the famous Rathna Sabai of Lord Siva. Thiru aalangadu near to arakonam....
Had a nice darshan sans rush which made me feel at home :-)
Temple is at 52 kms from Korattur en route to Arakonam. Took my car and started with my coll mate and his mom and my mom at around 4.15 pm and reached there around 6.45pm.
We also visited Kaakalur Anjaneyar Temple on the way.
We spent quality time there and were on our way back at 7.40 pm. Reached home at 9.15pm.
There is no better way to start the weekend than visiting a countryside temple :-)
Cheers
Last saturday (13 March) was Maha Sivarathiri and I visited the famous Rathna Sabai of Lord Siva. Thiru aalangadu near to arakonam....
Had a nice darshan sans rush which made me feel at home :-)
Temple is at 52 kms from Korattur en route to Arakonam. Took my car and started with my coll mate and his mom and my mom at around 4.15 pm and reached there around 6.45pm.
We also visited Kaakalur Anjaneyar Temple on the way.
We spent quality time there and were on our way back at 7.40 pm. Reached home at 9.15pm.
There is no better way to start the weekend than visiting a countryside temple :-)
Cheers
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