kerala divyadesams

t: kerala divya desam

dear all,

how are you ? we had a nice divyadesam trip to kerala. the weather was fantastic.

as we went on our own with some contact nos from net, it went on well as per schedule.

from bangalore to chenganur by train, it was amazing to see driver Mr MOHAN waiting for us at the railway station

at 4am , we had bath at AC retiting room, decantly mainted in the station itself, he took us to all 6 temples arround chenganur

started with Thirukadithanam, ended with Aramulla, from 5am to 8.30. morning pooja in all the temples very wonderful,

after b.fast he dropped us at rly station by 9.30 catched hyd express to ernakulam.

Mohan ph.9946673868. charged Rs 1200, knows little tamil.

reached ernakulam by 12, had lunch took an auto .Sameer was very reliable was waiting in  Thirumozhikalam with us for 3hrs,

as the temple opended at 5, then took us to Thiru katkara , dropped us in busstand by 7pm, reached  Trissur by 9, stayed in a

hotel near bus stand

, by 5.30am by bus reached kuttipuram, Thirunavai, had darshan, frequent buses available,

back to kuttipuram took train to pattambi.

autos standing outside rly station to Thiruvethukkodu had darshan, as we visited other 3 in our pandiya nadu trip, catched bus to shornur.via palakad coimbatore reached trichi.

stayed in hotel Guru,opp to bus stand.

in last trip we visited some temples, now coverd the following.

 by 5am took bus to  travels car SOuri rajan, 9443191962, by 6 am to Thiru kannangudi, kannapuram, mangai, nagai, siripuliyur

oppiliappan, nachiyar koil, thirucherai, nadan koil,

by 9pm reached trichi, took volvo to bangalore.

in our trips we so far finished 97 temples.

pandiyanadu from Madurai we took Neela travels car,9842111592 shankar

Mayavaram Bghya raj 9443527002.

cars per km ac 7.50 to 8

if anyone planning to travel pass on the ph. nos. these people knows templs routes, timings.

nirupa

thirupathi& Ahobilam

 OM NAMO NARAYANA
on jan 11th by 1.30 volvo we both left bangalore. reached thirimala by 8.30.pm
luckly God blessed us with senior citizen darshan,( i wonder, how i was allowed easyly when many were stopped that cant accompany} had a very wonderfull darshan .with akasharaju crown
. my husband had 2 danurmasa sattumurai darshans with jeeyar at 2.30, 5 am.lucky given some seva to fill thiruppavadai prasadam being thursday.
   we both left thirumala with gratitude by 6am itself, may be the shortest visit for 3 darshans, went to thiruchanur,
had darshan, thiruppavadai puliyoharai. by 9am left by bus to Ahobilam via cuddapah,alla gadda, reached by 5pm.stayed at malola guest house close to temple.
the climate was very pleasant had bath, went to prahlada narasimhar temple,nice darshan.
Mr Badri at ahobila mutt said one day is enough to visit 9 narasimha temples, very helpfull booked tickets from allagadda to bangalore by apsrtc bus , arranged guide, vehicle for our next day trip.
we went to shayanotsavam at 8pm, again morning danurmasa puja at 5am.
7am had nice idly with chutny at raghavendra hotel nearby the guide Mr Pawan with other 3 pesons from erode took us by auto to Eguva ahobilam.
first we started to Jwala with hired sticks via varaha narasimha, the treck was not much tiresome with the Blessings of Lord we reached {1} jwala , climte was comfortable, by 9.30 back to (2) Malola, on the way had a glance at ukka stambha. rested for 10 mnts. came to (3) varaha narasimhar.
the main temple (4)ahobila with sudrshan chakram, chenchulakshmi thayar sannadhi, with utsavars of Jwala, here.
one who cant walk to jwala,malola, varaha can have darshan here.vehicles going upto here.
on the way to(5) karanji where narasimhar gave darshan to hanumar like ramar, small hanuman sannadhi here.
 near diguva ahobilam (6} yogananda,with yoga posture,  with thala posture(7) chatravata narasimhar.
had lunch at ahobila madam,, in a jeep to (8) pavana narasimhar, an hour journey in a so called road it was a horrible roller coster ride, if u sitin door side will have lot of thorn scraches. reached temple where Lord met Chenchulakshmi,, said on saturdays by tribals animal sacrifies given here to their son in law GOD,
retuned same way with lot of jumps, then to (9) Bhargava narasimha road is v.bad, with steps.
back to room by 5pm,,packed chapatis from hotel by bus reached allagadda.
the pain, strain became secondary  withthe blessings of Lord reached Bangalore by 6am on 14th.
contact 9701393075, 08519 252071 at ahobilam for room, other details.
nirupa mohan

dwarka, pushkar

DWARKADISH KI JAI.

we r back from our 11 days trip to 9 dwarkas, pushkar, mt abu, ahmadabad.

had nice darshan in margazi mornings. climate also comfortable.

took flts from bangalore- ahmadabad-bangalore

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1..ah.bad, sabarmathi ashram,, eve train to dwarka.

2..dwarka temple,, by 8am local cab to bhet dwarka , by boat to krishna palace in an island in sea, gopi thalab, nageshwar, rukmini dwarka.

again to sangam,eve main dwarkadeesh,flag hoisting, 8.30 aarthi. seva was with 200 people. bhog kept in front of Krishna in lot of plates.

accomidation, seva is not a big issue, automen taking u from station to hotels as per yr pocket.

3.. morning 8 left with dokla, packed methi rotis by cab rs. 2500 to porbandar, Gandhis birthplace, sudhama puri temple,closeby.

porbandahar, sudhamapuri both places r same, to moola dwarka temple,, the road was very muddy with lot of dust reached veraval.with fish smell,,is the main indusry here.

on the way had guj. lunch,, visited balaka thirth, krishna's last darshan, with arrow in his toe,, stayed in a hotel close to somnath temple.

eve had good darshan of somnath,, beautifully maintained temple on the seashore,, watched sunset,,meditated.

4..morning darshan at lakshminarayan temple with our south gopuram,, somnath temple again,, sangam, balramgufa, suntemple, kali,, shiva temple,went by an auto reached railway station eve train to ahmadabad.relaxed at ac waiting  in rooms well maintained in all rly stns.

5. reached ah.bad stayed in a hotel close to geetha mandir bus stop. took a bus to Dakor dwarka temple 1.30 hrs journey,, had nice darshan.

eve train to ajmir,,

6.reached ajmir by 2.30 am rested in rly retiring room, by 7 went to pushkar by bus,12kms met so called vadyar at busstand itself an 68yrold, guided well .

had bath at pushkarini,, did the rituals to ancesters, paid money to brahmins lunch at association,, had darshan of narasimhar, brahma.

road is with lot of pushkar shopping,, ate poori. took bus to nathdwar from ajmir. reached nathdwar by eve6 stayed in a hotel near temple.temple closed by 6.30pm. lot of shops near temple, photos of dwarkadish like our thanjore art fantastic.

7.morning went to 5.30 aarthi,, only face is visible, all body rapped in razai, thanal kept in kumti, like camp fire, no lamps lit in this darshan. paid rs 200 separate entrance for paid seva. after that we had 3 times darshan,, left to Kangroli by bus,, there same seva at 7.30 am. met a person who sings keerthans in front of sannadhi.

he took us with him.to &fro autos to temple from  bus stop

available.reached nathdwara,, from there in a group of 8 left to udaipur sight seing, via Ranaprathap memorial, worth seing,,3 temples on the way,, went to city palace

skipped lake,, as our bus to MT abu was by 4. reached Mt abu by 8pm. a cab took us to hotel ashoka near bazar.

8. by 9am went to local sight seing by gujarath travels,, bramhakumaris, temples,, lake, worth was dilwara jain temples carvings in marble like our belur temple. this hill station is not like our ooty,r kodai with tea estates,, ht only 3800ft,,

view point in Q.S.Q.T shooting spot,, dattatreya temple. then skipped sunset point went to boating in nakki lake.

9.morning by bus so called ac luxury bus to ahmadabad. to hotel peace,, rested.every board is in gujarathi,, happy to know no wine shops.

10. to Akshardam by bus,, roads to capital from ahmadabad good,, well maintained temple for a GURU,, the film in inox worth watching,, a thought came to me why our people cant make such thing to our RAMANUJAR in his 1000th year. the food also good, came to science city by a sharing cab,, but ddnt spent much time,, rested at hotel.

11. went  to theen darwaza,, like ckickpet with gold,, cloth stores,, only small purchase,, had lunch,,

flt by 5pm returned safely home by 9pm.

we did home work before leaving but ddnt book any hotels, as it is not refundable.

booked AIR 17600, train to ah.bad dwarka, veraval ah.bad, ah.bad to ajmir by 2nd AC,3400, others by cab, bus. food vegetarian everywhere. total exp came arround rs 45000 for couple.. it is said DEC is good time to travel to Dwarka.

ddnt find any difficulty to go arround ,, stay in hotels,, local travels auto available in all the places. Beautiful temples built all over the world,, but it is proved these 9 dwarkas where Krishna lived as KING,, why Govt, r tourism not showing any interest to keep CLEAN, maintain better,

Jai Krishna

nirupamohan.