Wednesday, February 9, 2011

My Kalahasti TRIP

     I visited kalahasti temple with my parents in the first week of january. This was my mom's wish to visit that temple.It is a famous and one of the oldest Shiva temple of  south India.
     The temple is located in srikalahasti - a holy town near Tirupati in the state of Andhra Pradesh.This was very advantageous for us.This is  because we got one nice opportunity to visit the TIRUPATI TEMPLE-Temple of Lord Venkateshwara-otherwise we might not visited Lord Venkateshwara. 
     We started our journey from our place KOTA-in UDUPI district of state Karnataka. We made our own vehicle-maruti omni of our family friend and started form home on 04/01/2011 at 3.00pm.We prayed lord Anjaneya in saligrama for our safe and secure journey.Since kalahasti was on the to TIRUPATI,we decided to visit lord Venkateshwara before our final destiny.Our route from Kota was kota-bramhavara-hebri-teerthalli-shimoga-arseekere-tipatur-tumkur-bangalore-chittoor-tirupati.We were able to reach tirpati by 6.30am.
     Tirumala Venkateswara Temple  is a famous Hindu temple of Lord Vishnu in the form of Lord Venkateswara located in the hill town Tirumala, near Tirupati in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. It is about 200 kilometers from Bangalore.The temple is situated on Venkatadri, one of the seven hills of Tirumala, and hence is also known as the Temple of Seven Hills.We know that Lord Venkateswara, is also known by other names - Balaji, Vishnu, Govinda and Srinivasa.
After the bath in pushkarini of Tirumala,we went to see lord Venkateshwara.

Darshan and queue system in TIRUMALA

There are two major kinds of Darshan (meaning "a glimpse of the Lord") at the temple. The first one being Dharma Darshanam - free darshan, which on average takes about 10 hours from the time you enter the Queue.During a high season (festivals, holidays, weekends and special occasions) Dharma darshanam can take as long as a whole day, while sometimes during low seasons it might take only an hour and can be quicker than any paid darshan. The second major type Sheegra darshan -      costs Rs 300 and takes only 0.45 - 1.5 hrs for darshan. There are also                special queues for senior citizens (above 75 years old), Non-Resident Indians, and for people with children (below 3 years). One other person is usually allowed to accompany the senior or the child to assist them in the darshan line. 
     Even though we went through Sheegra darshan - costs Rs 300-we had to stand in queue about 2.5hours to see lord venkateswara.





     




  

  



1 comment:

  1. ub:joy of travelling
    IN KANNADA,THERE IS A SATING CALLED "DESHA SUTTU,KOSHA ODU"-IT MEANS TRAVEL YOUR COUNTRY AND READ BOOKS-THIS IS REALLY 200% RIGHT.BECAUSE THESE ARE THE TWO MATTERS WHICH WILL ENHANCE OUR KNOWLEDGE AND TEACHES US LESSON EVEN IN SMALL SMALL MATTERS.
    LET US COME TO FIRST PART OF THE SAYING FIRST,i.e,desha suttu.....
    YES,JOY OF TRAVELLING ITSELF TEACHES US A LESSON.NOT TRAVEL GIVES MESSAGE TO US.NOT ONLY LONG TRIP WITH EITHER FAMILY MEMBERS OR FRIEND,EVEN DAY TO DAY NO MONEY CAN BUY THIS HAPPINESS OF .
    TRAVELLING.
    LET US JUSTIFY OUR ABOVE STATEMENT.
    SAY THAT WE PLANNED FOR A SMALL TRIP,WE SCHEDULE IT ON A CERTAIN DATE.AS THIS DATE IS COMING NEAR AND NEAR,THE EXCITEMENT AND THE WAITING PERIOD BY COUNTING THE DATE ITSELF MAKES US HAPPY RIGHT?WHETHER ANY MONEY CAN BUY THIS JOY?

    LET US ASSUME THAT WE HAVE PLANNED OUR JOURNEY WITH FRIENDS.WHEN ALL GATHER ON THE SCHEDULED DATE AND THE MEMORY THIS IS LEFT WITH AT THE END OF OUR JOURNEY IS EQUIVALENT TO SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF MONEY.

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