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Rameshwaram-Madurai-Kodaikanal: November-2022 Out of five major temples in the Southern India, we had visited two: Tirupati-Balaji and Kanniyakumari. We missed Padmanabhaswami temple in Thiruvanathapuram due to planning error. We have been to Ooty, Munnar and Thekkady hill stations of South India. Ooty with Bengaluru-Mysuru and Munnar – Thekkady as a part of Kerala tour. In this short tour of five days, we went to Rameshwaram (a Jyotirlinga and one of the Char Dhams of India), the famous Minaxi temple of Madurai and Kodaikanal hill station. Rameshwaram can be approached from Chennai or Madurai – almost the same distance. Kodaikanal can be approached from Madurai or Bengaluru. Clubbing Rameshwaram, Madurai and Kodaikanal thus make sense. Setting up itinerary for this trip was a bit tricky. Rameshwaram and Minaxi temple are very busy temples and the rush... read more

we started our journey to ooty on 25th may . we started our train journey around 10.00a.m and we reached the hills in night, so we missed a lot of location on the way. The next day our first location was to the PYKARA LAKE which is a famous lake. The climate was very good near the lake as the sun was just rising giving a golden shade to the lake. There we went on a boat ride along side of the lake and we saw few wild animals there. The lake was maintained well .Our next destination was to the seven hills which is famous for it lush green surrounding which has so many little forest around it and also for famous for horse riding. we had a very relaxing time there, our first day ... read more

After a gap of almost a year i decided to move on towards Tamil Nadu coastal life at Mahabalipuram. Mahabs which is recently called by the locals residing near the beach for which their daily life moves with fishing with selling at plenty of home stays which is situated at the beach. At Mahabalipuram staying at Bob Marley Cafe & Beach House which is cozy and trippy with a view of the sea. Relaxing with peace and roaming within the town and some photography of the great work of stone carvings done in the early stages of life during 17-18 century which is still preserved and recognized by UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Mixture of some dry heat and some cool winds flowing from the sea towards the town and the best of all is to drink ... read more

Mumurtivasam, Kanchipuram (Abode of the Trio) The Ekambareshwar (Shiva) temple, Kamakshi Amman (Parvati) temple and the Varadaraja Perumal (Vishnu) temple together are popularly known as the Mumurtivasam (Mu - Three, Murti – Idol/Deity, Vasam - Aroma. Ekambareshwar temple – Once, Parvati was performing penance on Shiva in the form of a Prithvi Lingam, made out of sand under a mango tree, to expatiate herself from a curse. The Vegavati River (which was years ago created by Shiva to satisfy a sage’s thirst) overflowed and was about to destroy the lingam. Parvati hugged the lingam to protect it. This gesture of Parvati touched Shiva immensely and he materialised in person in front of her and she was liberated from the curse. The mango tree where this happened exists in the temple and is believed to be several ... read more

According to our Shiva Mahapurana, one day Vishnu and Brahma had an argument over their superiority. Shiva appeared in front of them in the form of a raging fire and asked them to each find the tip of the fire. Whoever reaches the tip would be superior between the two. Brahma went upwards and Vishnu downwards in search of the tip, however Shiva increased the length of the flaming fire continuously. After thousands of miles, Vishnu conceded defeat and returned. Brahma was getting exhausted and, on the way, saw the Ketaki flower. He made Ketaki agree to lie that Brahma had indeed reached the top where the flower had resided and got the flower from there. When Brahma confronted Vishnu with Ketaki, Shiva appeared in his true form in front of them. Shiva was angered by ... read more