Dear Readers Hope you all are doing well and celebrated the Diwali! 3 years back, when we bought the Nexon petrol, it took 3 months to go for a long trip which is around 550-kilometer one way. Usually, for long trips I prefer to have a halt after 300 kilometers, and I never travelled 500+ kilometer in one go with family. So, we had a halt in between and went to Tiruchendur. And, we reach Tiruchendur by evening and have a darshan as usual. In the next day we sometimes have a darshan once again and start returning home. However, my spouse friend advised us to have a early morning darshan to avoid the crowd. So, we went to the temple by 230 AM in the morning, ...
Dear Readers Hope you all are doing well! I have had the blessing of doing Girivalam in Thiruvannamalai quite a few times. It is close to 14 km walk around the Tiruvannamalai mountain. It is unbelievable to see many aged people with ailments take part in the Giri valam without any worry, On the day of Chitra Pournami, it is amazing to witness lakhs of people doing this spiritual walk in tiruvannamalai. When you walk in the girivalam path, you will see eight small temples located in different places on the way. They are namely Vayu Lingam Niruthi Lingam Varuna Lingam Yema Lingam Indira Lingam Eesanya Lingam Agni Lingam Kubera Lingam And Finally, Annamalaiyar the main deity in the main temple Another must visit place is Ramana Maharishi Asrham. It is located in the start of the Giri Valam path in which you will see the things used by Ramanar and his meditation room. Though he passed away long back, still lot of his followers across the globe visit the place and perform meditation in the ...