2009-10-25 12:44
This morning we brushed, had tea , bathed and hit the road towards NOIDA. We planned to have breakfast at the Sheetal Grand. We drove and in about 45 minutes reached Roorke, I wanted a snap… Read More
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A travelogue of all the temples including the Divyadesams I have visited.
2009-10-04 09:23
Rishikesh is about 20 kms from Haridwar. We were booked in one of the numerous Ashrams that line the shore of the Ganges. There was a slight drizzle when we arrived and the weather was sultr… Read More
2009-08-08 06:27
My Treo's alarm woke me up at 4am. I quickly freshened up and completed my prayers in about a hour and half. I then woke up the attender and asked him to prepare tea. My friend were also up… Read More
2009-08-08 06:18
If there is anything confusing about Haridwar, it is locating the authentic shrine of Gangamma and the shrine that houses the foot step of Hari (Vishnu) who is set to have stepped here on hi… Read More
2009-07-17 12:49
This past week myself and two other colleagues made a much awaited trip to Haridwar and Rishikesh. My earlier attempt to visit these places the week before last was foiled by a rather unexpe… Read More
2009-03-17 04:22
I took these snaps when we walked up to Tirumala sometime in 2007. 1. This is the plateau after you cross the Gaali Gopuram. We usually rest here for a few minutes and have a cup of tea and… Read More
2009-03-17 04:16
Here is something from my Trunk. I discovered this rather old (3 years) snap of Birla Mandir, Hyderabad while organising my album on Picasa. We had stopped by Hyderabad when returning from K… Read More
2009-03-17 04:15
2009-03-10 08:45
On each visit to Thirumala while in the Darshan queue I always attempted to make sense of the inscriptions on the walls. Though a lot of it was in Tamil I've noticed Telugu and Kannada as we… Read More
2009-03-09 04:48
2009-03-09 04:42
I found some snaps in my digital photo basket that didn't make it to the blog posts. The first is a few snaps I clicked on my Journey to Ahobilam by Bus. The bus had the old style seating, a… Read More
2009-03-02 16:41
I am planning my next Narasimha Swamy Yatra. I plan to visit the following places1. Polur near Thiruvannamalai2. Singar Kovil near VelloreAnd the following places in the subsequent trip1. Pa… Read More
2009-02-21 10:29
I have bee here every month over the last 15 months. Little has changed except that I see a lot more visitors , this time around I saw westerners. We did the Abhishekam 7th Feb 09. Close by… Read More
2009-02-01 04:41
Apart from the many Lonely Planet guide books I use several web resources. Here are three of them that I use very oftenWikitravel - An exhaustive resource of information for travellers by tr… Read More
2009-02-01 04:29
Took a road trip to Karur this past Tuesday (27th Jan 09). Stopped by Singaperumal Kovil. Waited for an hour an half for the temple to open. Here are a few snaps that I clicked. Not much is… Read More
2009-01-26 07:57
As an aside I though I should post this. A temple in Maurutius. A colleague clicked this snap (April 2007) while travelling in the bus Read More
2008-12-15 18:31
I went on a business trip to Karur by Road this past Thursday (11 Dec 08)- Karthikai Pournami (Full Moon day of the month of Karthikai). On the way we stopped by at Singaperumal Kovil to… Read More
2008-12-04 16:20
I picked up a few books, mainly Sthalapuranams, during my visits to Kumbakonam. Its only last week that I sifted and picked a few to read, I chose the ones that were in English and left the… Read More
2008-12-04 15:13
Our Mahaguruswamy passed away recently. In this period of grief for the family and all Swamy's the Sabarimala trip was cancelled Read More
2008-08-20 09:00
I not sure if there is any particular order in the divyadesams but nevertheless yesterday was my first visit to Sri Parthasarathy Temple at Triplicane. Our day started at 4am in the morning… Read More
2008-08-04 05:26
Drove down to Vepanjeri a small village near Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh to visit the Sri Ashtalakshmi Sametha Sri Lakshmi Narayana Swamy Temple. We started from Chennai in the evening at 5:30… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
A king by name Sumathi, showered his love toward the Balaji of Thirumala. But he wished to worship Balaji as Krishna. For the sake of him, Balaji Appeared in front of the king as Krishna, at… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
This was an unplanned trip. I hardly had the time to do any research on the place nor did I get any driving directions.Last week I decided to visit the Narasimha Swamy and Namavalli Thayar s… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The evening of 13th Dec I set out with many other "Swamis" to Sabarimala. An annual pilgrimage trip that most South Indians take during this time of the year.The trip was preceded by a stri… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
This morning I wore the mala (Garland) and was initiated for the Sabari Trip. I plan to click snaps of important sites during the trek. Will post them here on my return Read More
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