Blogs from Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, Asia - page 7

If not Vizag, atleast surendrapuri Ever since I joined my third project, We have been planning an outing, but it never materialized. Somehow we planned an outing to vizag and araku valley during Christmas and new year time last year, but it went off due to obvious reasons. Now 2 months down the line, I started to remember the song "summer of 69", as one of my best friend was getting ready to leave the team and I got an MBA admission and another colleague was moving to a different company, so if not now, we probably may not get another chance to make the trip together in the near future. A bit nostalgic eh.... So, I decided to propose the outing and was happy to see everybody saying "Yes" to it, although we got ... read more

All, OK well in order to keep everyone up to date I thought I would try one of these travel blog things....whilst enthusiasm is strong though at the momnet, I can always promise that this will be the case....we shall see how we go! Day 1 - Heathrow to Hyderabad I guess there should be nothing to report about flying out of heathrow to then arrive in Hyderabad and sleep should there? Well I guess you would be wrong. The first thing that struck me was that instead of the one security check, it appears when you fly to india you get three, that is 'the normal one', followed then by a checking of details and bags etc to get into the departure gate and then just to make sure that the security guard who had ... read more

OLD COUPLES KASHI YATRA VIA KHAJURAHO (9) 12th October, 2007 - Friday. After visiting the Rama Janma Bhoomi sthal, we returned to the room and had breakfast. As we have seen all important places in Ayodhya, we decided to make a move and proceed towards Gaya via Patna. On the way we wished to halt in Gorakhpur for night halt and visit the famous Gorakshanath temple. The Manager of Rampathi Niwas Dharmashala stated that there is a Dharmashala attached to the Gorakshanath temple which provides good accommodation. In fact the city is named Gorakhpur after the famous yogi Gorakshanath. Yogi Gorakshnath is the chief disciple of Yogi Matsyendranath who founded the Nath Sampradaya line of Saints. Here a few words about Yogi Matsyendranath who lived in 10th century. It is said that Yogi Matsyendranath was created ... read more

Dec 23: Patna, mely a thaimasszazs szempontjabol is lenyeges, hiszen itt szekeltek a Magadha kiralyok, ahol udvari orvos volt Dr Jivago, ma egy lepratelep. Az este 5 os vonat 7 korul indult el, tehat az alatt a 44 km alatt, amit Patnatol Varanasiig megtett, kesett 2 orat a vonat, szanalmas teljesitmeny a rendes Mumbai-Varanasi szinvonalhoz kepest. A palyaudvaron csoveztunk, aztan megjott a vonat, kb 8 szor annyi emberrel rajta, mint amennyi hely volt. Szerencsere a mienket evakualtak amint lattak kulfoldisegunket, hogy 4 farang jon a vonatra, de hat a kiabalas, vitatkozas, rossz hangulat nem szunt meg. Patna Bihar megye fovaraosa, aholmaig vannak kis incidensek a vonatokon, pl. egesz szerelveny kirablasa, ezert a vagonorseget sem viszik tulzasba, konkretan egy or sem volt a 25 vagonos vonaton. Harakolas, mindenki beteg, mint egy elfekvoben ugy ereztem magam ahogy felkeszultunk ... read more

OLD COUPLES KASHI YATRA VIA KHAJURAHO (6) 4th October, 2007 - Thursday. Today we have again decided to perform Panchamrita Abhishekam to Lord Visweswara and to perform Kumkumapuja to Kasi Visaalakshi. Kasi Visaalakshi temple is one of the Ashtadasa Sakthi Peethams. We requested Shri Dayanidhi to help us perform Panchamrita Abhishekam to Lord Visweswara. If we engage the services of a local priest then only we can leisurely perform the Abhishekam or Pujas in the temples at Varanasi. Otherwise, we will be pushed out of the temple by the priests the moment we have darshan of the icon. They purposely do it for the purpose of earning more money from the pilgrims. Kasi Temple Purohits are not an exception to this rule and I find they are more greedier than the purohits in other temples. Money ... read more