Day 1 Journey to TamilNadu Via Train
it was around 16:00 P.m we left Home for another Travel jouney to Temples @ Thanjavur and Kumbakonam so we reached station around 16:20 P.m so our Train was suppose to Depart at around 16:30 p.m in the evening lots of People were Running between one Place to another due to Urgency and some people were casually waiting at the station and few people rushing @ Ticket Counters so we already Booked in advance and without any tension our Journey calmy started it was around 16:31 p.m train started Moving so our Journey also started Moving at around 17:05 p.m our Train had its first stop for a Crossing in the mean time we tasted "Maddur Vada" a vada famous in Karnataka city " Maddur" which is Very Close to Banglore city and Coffee so this combination was good and on the other side is the Train Window " Fresh and Cool air i was Breathing so one side Train sound and on the Other side People Talking and on the other side some people were selling food items, Coffee and Vada so its all common in Trains in India so @ around 17:35 P.m it reached another stopping that junction was "Mandya so sugar of city " so when our Train Departed from Mandya " there was a huge noise of Train Crossing on other side" and after few minutes i started to hear music and i was Bit sleepy
i had another round of Coffee to Fresh me up ...so Music made me happy @ that Movement it was Like Travelling with Music so minutes pass by " sun was going down" the day was Becoming "Darker and the changes of day to night was Visible and loved the Late Evening look" ..it was around 18:20 P.m Train Speeding sound on one side and wind Blowing late evening from "Window were Fresh " and we were Near to Banglore City Railway Station before entering Train was Stopped in a Station Name Kengari " where Train stopped for Few Minutes " People in the Station was Crowded and some people we Getting down and Some were in Rush and Some were calmly walking and " even at the Rush some street dogs were Fighting on the other side , Train honking sound " and Finally Train Departed before the sound Becoming huge mess but after 5Minutes we had a wonderful View of Banglore City in Night " Huge Traffic Conditions " in dark light we could see "Large numbers of Lights of Traffic Vehicles in Road " Everything in One Place "Huge Light in Dark scenary was Really Beautiful @19:20 P.m we Reached Banglore City Railway Station one of Major Station this Train will Stop for 25Minutes " The atmosphere in Banglore Station was Different " Large Number of People were Waiting for Train on Lefthand Side it was Platform and on Righthand side " The Beauty of Banglore Railway Station is seen....
"The View is From Train Window Banglore City Railway Station.... " Its a Break Time i had My Dinner @ 20:05 P.m when Train Started to Move...
"After 30 Minutes of Halt in Banglore City Railway Station " The Sound of Station was Silent "only Train Departing From "Station sound is Heard Largely " Some People we Talking About "Business and Some People were Talking Politics so its was time "TT of Train and Verified Tickets to all Passengers and i asked at what time it will Reach Kumbakonam he said it will Reach Morning 6:00 a.m i said thank You....and we spotted another View of Outer Banglore " Huge Building Decorated with Light , was amazing so Probably the time was around "21:30 P.m was tired " went to sleep Bcoz Morning i have to Get Up @ 5:30 p.m.... so the Day ended till 3:00 P.m
" I was woken up @ 3:00 P.m at Trichy Junction another Major Stop for 30Minutes " Platform Announcement woke me up i went to 1st Platform @ Trichy to Get E-Tickets bcoz I was given a Special EQ (Emergency quote) Ticket from Trichy to Kumbakonam " My First Ticket was Till Trichy so My dad came with me we got an E-Ticket at Trichy @ 3:00 A.M so 3 Hours to Kumbakonam From Trichy ..... and I went to Sleep " at 6:00 a.m I was woken Up and was Fresh Train was 30 Minutes late @ Trichy we found " Green Land Farm on Four sides Before Entering "
Kumbakonam wonderful Farmland Loved it green nature.. so went to Hotel Near Railway Station and was Fresh @ Morning around 10:00 a.m ...so the end of Day 1...
Day 2 First Visiting Vaitheeswaran Temple Kumbakonam TamilNadu and Thirumanacheri Temple it was around 10:00 a.m in Morning we Started our Second day with a Bit Confusion which temple to Visit First before that we Stoped at a Restaurant for Breakfast we got a Ghee Dosa and Filter Coffee @ Sri Mangalambika Vilas famous since 1914
which KickStarted our Morning Travel " Yummy Breakfast Ghee Dosai Ghee taste was Awesome so chutney and sabar combination was wonderful.. and after Breakfast, I got a Fresh Filter Coffee " the taste is Yummy " u will have it twice...so awesome taste and Traditional Tamil Nadu food...
" so driver anna who Picked me up from Station so he will be with me for Day 2 Full Journey ...
after having a Fresh & Wonderful BreakFast @Sri Mangalambika Vilas we Decided to Visit Thirumanacheri Temple it's around 27km from The Restaurant so 40Minutes Journey by Car on the way to Thirumanacheri " we saw some People Riding Cycle Riksha and made some Creative Extra Seats and it was Interesting so almost most of the People are Like that in that city at around 11:30 a.m we reached Thirumanacheri " as the Name itself Indicates Thirumanam means Marriage; Cheri denotes a Village or Hamlet. Shiva married Parvathi at this Place so the Village is called Thirumanacheri. so why I Visited here as single because to get Blessing from god Regarding marriage and Privacy Concerns" The Speciality of This Temple is u will get married if u do Certain Puja...and after Puja is done " they will Give Few Puja items after you are married u have to Come with your Husband/Wife .. and have to Take Blessing From God " so its a thing u Need to Follow seriously " even there were Few New Married Couples " first they Came as Single and after marriage, They got Blessing From Lord.. " and another Speciality of the Temple is " u can entry at any time there is no Good Time or Bad time for this Temple." so everything is common Interested People can visit ...
IT Was Around 13:45 p.m we came after doing certain Puja @ Thirumanacheri...
it was around 13:50 P.m we had a Break after Coming out From ThirumanaCheri i was thirsty and Hungry so " We Tasted some GigarDhanda and Cool Drinks " which was not heavy for me due to the Climate Condition and Hungry i felt having it.. we left to Next Place in same day... Vaitheeswaran Kovil Famous Temple @ Kumbakonam " Train Service Available to Vaitheeswaran Kovil there is RailwayStation from Railway station its around walkable Distance.. this is for People who want to Visit via Train... so i Travelled via car from Thirumanacheri to Vaitheeswaran Kovil it was Around 25km so it was around 14:05 p.m we started to Journey to Vaitheeswaran Temple we reached around 14:30 p.m when we passing near the Temple " we saw People Getting Blessing with sages on Street please Note some Might even attack dont stop Because Drive anna told he cannot stop Vehicles for Photography because some people will attack suddenly so he told us to beware... so the road is Like hairpin Bend very Narrow surrounded by Grass so these people are there for many many years as said by Driver anna but they will be Lord Shiva bhaktas " so dont risk Yourself for Photography "some may be real and some are not " stay careful...Finally reached Vaitheeswaran Kovil @ around 15:00 p.m ...we were in Rush Bcoz within 16:00 P.m the Rush will be More so am Entering Vaitheeswaran Kovil ....
The entrance i entered was this starting with Flowers and Puja Necessary Items if u are new Visitor to this Temple Kindly take some Guide or Driver ji Because u may get Cheated by Frauds Easily kindly keep that in Mind..before Leaving Resort...Before knowing my Travel Experience i want to share History of Vaitheeswaran Kovil...
Entering Vaitheeswaran Temple
It was around 16:15 p.m Evening we have entered Temple and we first visited straight inside to see lord shiva and got the blessing and after at around 16:30 P.m the lake in the Vaitheeswaran Temple they gave us salt, jaggery, and additional Product like Kukum and Camper were Given and u have to rotate it clockwise and anti-clockwise 3 times and Dip in the pond which is in Vaitheeswaran Temple " In Simple term, the Reason is it will Cure any sort or Problem whether its Related to anything so it will be Cure" what specialty in that is Given Below in Detail...
after Doing some Procedure near the Lake and next I went another side of Temple which will take u through Behind Route " so I was Going in Front were caught by Fraud People they were Following us and ask us to See Nadi Astrology we have experienced and kindly pay us some amount we will seek the Future so these two guys followed me for Few meters and I didn't care they left "
and next, I Reached Diya Lighting area its was based on Horoscope so it's good if u lit up ghee Diya in vaitheeswaran Temple and u have to lit it up on Special Occasion u need to ask with Temple Authority or someone who is good in Astrology ... then only u will get to Know Reason why " Diya Lits up"... after letting up Diya i Just came to Exit of Vaitheeswaran Temple. on the Right side i saw Nadi Astrology their are Lots of them if u are interested u can see your Future as per finger Print and Date of Birth since i didn't show the Intrest in Astrology they told me i have a Bright Future and i stoped at that point if u want to go Further u need to Pay some Many..for one situp so since i was not interested i didn't go Further my dad and My sister was Interested so they continued i was waiting at the entrance.. but Information was Correct and they Predicted Truly so they were some happiness in them...so after Completing Nadi Astrology we headed for Lunch it was almost 17:00 P.m after
having Lunch we headed to another Temple near mayalandurai District Thiru Pampunathar Rahu Kethu Temple, Padal Petra Temple.
so we had some Puja and it was a special Function for Shivan Devotes so we had Puja there and There were Large Number of People and after everything going smooth i heard by Temple owner he said Snake would Come and Take Puja items at Night so during special events Like Shivaratri the Temple is said to have Large Number of Devotee... and was intrested to Know more about Temple for this Temple the Pond is Oppsite side of Temple and these is main Temple u can see in the surrounding area " You will hear snake sound as said by Driver anna " at Night the area is Surrounded by Raghu and Kethu Temples...so the Temple which i visited is the main Temple...so finally i got ladooo and there where few Cute Stray dogs which we coming Behind me Bcoz of ladoo but i gave him some Biscuts and Milk and after wards we made our Return to Hotel @ Kumbakonam during the night i experienced snakes sound near to area..while exiting Raghu Kethu Temple...so we Reached Kumbakonam City at around 20:30 P.m we took Parcel of Food Bcoz it was late i took Idly and Vada and we came back to room and had Dinner at 21:30 P.m and was Tired and went to sleep hence day 2 ended in a Travel of 3 Temples...and hope i had a wonderful Experience and i learnt new things at these Temples and Learnt kind of astrology and also Regarding the power of Lake in vaitheeswaran Kovil...so was a wonderful day...hopeful have a Huge Travel Next day...
four sides full of Green land surrounded loved it...we reached our dad's Friends House and Had some Conversations with their Family so it was pleasant to talk with their family and they made Fresh Breakfast and farmers Lunch was so awesome taste was Really good I had idly vada and sameya and Sweet Kesari which was Fresh and Naturally made so wonderful Breakfast I had in the Morning after that around 10:00 a.m we Started our Journey to Thanjavur it was Nearly 42km so we were Moving around the farmland it was wonderful surrounding with Full of Green surrounding nearly 5km we had the Farmland and First Visit is Vanadurgai Temple it was good for My Horoscope so we after around 30Minutes we Reached VanaDurgai Temple " Very Silent area but a beautiful Scene Were Captured Goats and Hens so it was around 10:30 a.m in Morning the Road to this Temple is Very lonely and Curve so the Climate was cool and wonderful so silent on the Lefthand side of the Road we saw a Huge Lake which is Associated to Temple and wonderful parking place so here it was me who have to Lit up Diya in Lemon so i lit up Diya so wind was Blowing While Litting Up the Diya but finally after 2 attempts it lights up... and i placed it in between Bricks so it doesnt Turnoff due to WindBlowing after 5Minutes i entered the Temple so I was the First Person to Enter so after Temple Opened the Puja started so Speciality is u are allowed to Take photography inside but not the god..
the Temple is wonderful and also it located in Location where there are No house in the surroundings only huts are there so there are even Hens which are Very Friendly and are Taken Care by the temple authority i had some Puja inside the Temple after Puja we were Given Prasadam By a couple who's wish were fulfilled and they gave to Temple and Temple authority gave Prasadam to every people who Come to this Temple "SweetPongal" was Distributed to the People ...and after having Prasadam I had some Fun times with Hen near the Temple Fountain so it came around my legs and were moving here and there for Few Minutes and Finally they got some food near temple Fountain so very cute scenes these two Hens were so Beautiful and Different but the two Hens were staying Together and Coming wherever they where Moving...
they were very Friendly to me pose for a Photo and They even Allowed to Touch and if u are normal it will cum near u and keep in mind do make any sound if u make it will runway...
The View of the Street from Road View...was amazing ... we had a wonderful Time There and we left around 12:00 P.m and we had some Tough Challenges on the Curves bcoz Village speed Limits is 30km/h so we where Moving slowly cows were moving in the center of the road and small children were Playing on streets so after overcoming these Challenges we reached the main road at around 12:30 p.m it was a State Highway to Trichy and Karakal we speed up our Journey we Crossed some of Curvy Villages Road and some were Rush after that we Reached
the Temple is wonderful and also it located in Location where there are No house in the surroundings only huts are there so there are even Hens which are Very Friendly and are Taken Care by the temple authority i had some Puja inside the Temple after Puja we were Given Prasadam By a couple who's wish were fulfilled and they gave to Temple and Temple authority gave Prasadam to every people who Come to this Temple "SweetPongal" was Distributed to the People ...and after having Prasadam I had some Fun times with Hen near the Temple Fountain so it came around my legs and were moving here and there for Few Minutes and Finally they got some food near temple Fountain so very cute scenes these two Hens were so Beautiful and Different but the two Hens were staying Together and Coming wherever they where Moving...
SRI Vasistwaran Temple Thettai Thanjavura
Which is a place outer to Thanjavur its a shivan Temple we visited its on the Highway Lefthand side to PetrolBunk... the Place is Really amazing and u are allowed to take PhotoGraphy and VideoGraphy in this Temple " in Thanjavur u are allowed to take Photography bcoz "The Temple City of TamilNadu but u are not allowed to take in certain area ask Before u Take a point to Remember. so we entered the temple around 2:45 p.m were only few where they are in Temple " he also I lift up Ghee Diya its a Procedure and very common for shivan Devotes after that we saw a Beautiful Shivalinga which is the main God at the Temple..so special Festivals Celebrated During Shivaratri so Devotes of Shivan will Celebrate Shivaratri " Best time to Visit is During Shivaratri".
so Ghee Diya Litting Area.
special Puja will take place and its good to Visit and Place is Very calm and Fresh the Lake of this Temple " is Opposite to temple door but around 300 Meters Faraway from the entrance " its well maintained and after having Puja we sat at Temple for Few Minutes and i Took some Videos and Pics the Rangoli Designs were so Beautiful and art around the Temple roof and Temple walls were so wonderful its all done in stone... so we had spent some Time around 40Minutes ....the climate was heating outside but the Climate inside the Temple was cool and Fresh and Silent no sound around so wonderful time at Sri Vasisteswarar Temple...so some pics
the Central View of Temple hall so u can take Photographs thill this Place Beyond this u are Not allowed ...I was feeling a bit Comfortable Temperature inside Temple.. had some wonderful times inside and after few Minutes in Temple we Started to Move to Thanjavur City and after another 25Minutes we Reached Thanjavur City and Driver anna By name "Nalathambi" told me the hotel PLA Residency is Good for Meals and Food so we Visited and the Fragrance was Good and Wonderful Place for South India Dishes I had some Parota and Butter naan so they served in South Traditional which I always prefer in TamilNadu the Parota was good and Yummy with Veg Fry Below made the Taste good and Also i was Filled up after having 2 parottas and after having Lunch @ PLA Residency it was around 15:00 P.m we have to quickly enter Thanjavur palace at around 15:05 p.m
Before Entering Thanjavur Palace the View of Thanjavur Center City made me Love this Click... It a Click from Car. City Center Thanjavur...Loved it.
and said goodbye to Driver anna who had been with me and my Family from Kumbakonam, Mayalandurai, Thanjavur so Praveen Cabs wonderful service I was Thankful for their Service @ Reasonable Rates and Getting us Through shortcuts in My Short Time of Travel..so we came home next day Morning so hence my Journey was Wonderful and Always Memorable...so I hope to see u in the Next Travel Experience...Until Baye baye for now...