Visiting Lord Jaipali Temple (Lord Hanuman Temple) near Tirumala
I would remain ever grateful to Mr Kumar, Mr Naveen, Mr Shekhar and Mr Suresh of Friends Tea Stall in Tirupati for dishing out black tea. Mr Pasha of Sai Hotel opposite Friends Tea Stall was kind enough to dish out black tea one particular day. I would remain grateful to Ms Naveena, Mr Karunakaran, Mr Prabhakaran and Mr Subramaniam of Vikram Hotel Tirupati for providing me the best food in town. As Tirumala pilgrimage was completed with sighting of Lord Venkateswara on more than one occasion it was time to look for flights that would take me to the city of New Delhi. I visited Alpha Tours and Travels office and I came across Mr Dileep. The air tickets from Tirupati to New Delhi were sky rocketing high and Mr Dileep suggested i better try Chennai-Delhi Route.
The Vistara flight to Delhi had a pricey ticket range and i did not have any other option on hand. A pricey ticket with pricey take i settled for that hoping against hope that flight would leave me with reminders that would float. Mr Dileep came across as a thorough gentleman with no airs. On a Thursday i left the bed a little after 3.30 am and with thoughts abandoned of having another darshan ticket as i already had a flight ticket in hand i settled for black tea from Friends Tea Stall. Much before 6 i boarded a bus to Tirumala. On the way i came across a woman conductor who expressed her helplessness in giving change. The very fact that Woman Conductor was on duty much before six in the morning suggested Tirupati as a city was much safer for women against some other cities of India that had a bad repute with abuse and annihilation as rampant as ever. It is collective effort of cops and govt managers that make it a point to ensure collection of men outside your place/residence who file in and file out with repeated thundering of abuse so as to please the political bosses. Hope tranquil sentiments prevail in Tirupati and beyond.
Having reached Tirumala around 6.30 or so i waited for a vehicle that would take me to Lord Jaipali Temple (Lord Hanuman Temple) near Tirumala. In came Mr Hari with jeep number 1641 and we were on way to Jaipali. The point where you deboard the jeep and walk to Lord Jaipali Temple doesn't call for much acumen. There are in all 200 steps to be negotiated not steep by any thread of imagination. Much before 7 i was in Jaipali with thoughts essayed in a different diary and left the place a little before 8 am. Having reached Rambagicha Bus Stand i visited the outer precincts of Lord Venkateswara Temple which was roughly the outer gates of Lord Venkateswara Temple. The prayer on the lips was i get more opportunities to visit Tirumala with the comfort of gaining pious darshan. Later i settled for bus ride for Tirupati from Tirumala. Around 11 i had South Indian meals from Vikram Hotel with the staff as diligent as ever. I vacated the room in Charan Residency around 12 pm having come across Mr Murali of S V Fancy Store opposite Charan Residency who kept best bunch of bananas. I would remain ever grateful to Mr Murali. I was in Tirupati bus station much before 12.30 and here i came across Hotel Saravanan, Hotel New Woodlands, New Sri Sangeetha Bhavan. Next to Sri Sangeetha Bhavan was Advanced Reservation Centre. There was a non AC bus to Chennai via Puthur, Nagari, Thiruthani, Thiruvallur and Poonamalli. There was another bus going to Tindivaram. I could sight Sri Vasavi cloak room. Between Tirupati and Tirumala i sighted two white Ambassador cars with the numbers AP 03 C 5589 and AP 03 Y 9293. The bus for Chennai left at 1.20 pm from Tirupati Bus Station.
The sighting of Lord Venkateswara was something to cherish and hope that people of different faiths visit Lord Venkateswara Temple time and again with the prayer that social equations among different communities remain rock solid as ever and we live in times where there is no challenge to the very existence of mankind from any virus whatsoever. Hate speeches made in public have to be nipped in the bud and those making the same should be held accountable and dissuaded from doing so. You had a judge in the line of fire in Delhi Court who took umbrage to these Hate Speeches.
I would remain ever grateful to Mr Kumar, Mr Naveen, Mr Shekhar and Mr Suresh of Friends Tea Stall in Tirupati for dishing out black tea. Mr Pasha of Sai Hotel opposite Friends Tea Stall was kind enough to dish out black tea one particular day. I would remain grateful to Ms Naveena, Mr Karunakaran, Mr Prabhakaran and Mr Subramaniam of Vikram Hotel Tirupati for providing me the best food in town. As Tirumala pilgrimage was completed with sighting of Lord Venkateswara on more than one occasion it was time to look for flights that would take me to the city of New Delhi. I visited Alpha Tours and Travels office and I came across Mr Dileep. The air tickets from Tirupati to New Delhi were sky rocketing high and Mr Dileep suggested i better try Chennai-Delhi Route.
The Vistara flight to Delhi had a pricey ticket range and i did not have any other option on hand. A pricey ticket with pricey take i settled for that hoping against hope that flight would leave me with reminders that would float. Mr Dileep came across as a thorough gentleman with no airs. On a Thursday i left the bed a little after 3.30 am and with thoughts abandoned of having another darshan ticket as i already had a flight ticket in hand i settled for black tea from Friends Tea Stall. Much before 6 i boarded a bus to Tirumala. On the way i came across a woman conductor who expressed her helplessness in giving change. The very fact that Woman Conductor was on duty much before six in the morning suggested Tirupati as a city was much safer for women against some other cities of India that had a bad repute with abuse and annihilation as rampant as ever. It is collective effort of cops and govt managers that make it a point to ensure collection of men outside your place/residence who file in and file out with repeated thundering of abuse so as to please the political bosses. Hope tranquil sentiments prevail in Tirupati and beyond.
Having reached Tirumala around 6.30 or so i waited for a vehicle that would take me to Lord Jaipali Temple (Lord Hanuman Temple) near Tirumala. In came Mr Hari with jeep number 1641 and we were on way to Jaipali. The point where you deboard the jeep and walk to Lord Jaipali Temple doesn't call for much acumen. There are in all 200 steps to be negotiated not steep by any thread of imagination. Much before 7 i was in Jaipali with thoughts essayed in a different diary and left the place a little before 8 am. Having reached Rambagicha Bus Stand i visited the outer precincts of Lord Venkateswara Temple which was roughly the outer gates of Lord Venkateswara Temple. The prayer on the lips was i get more opportunities to visit Tirumala with the comfort of gaining pious darshan. Later i settled for bus ride for Tirupati from Tirumala. Around 11 i had South Indian meals from Vikram Hotel with the staff as diligent as ever. I vacated the room in Charan Residency around 12 pm having come across Mr Murali of S V Fancy Store opposite Charan Residency who kept best bunch of bananas. I would remain ever grateful to Mr Murali. I was in Tirupati bus station much before 12.30 and here i came across Hotel Saravanan, Hotel New Woodlands, New Sri Sangeetha Bhavan. Next to Sri Sangeetha Bhavan was Advanced Reservation Centre. There was a non AC bus to Chennai via Puthur, Nagari, Thiruthani, Thiruvallur and Poonamalli. There was another bus going to Tindivaram. I could sight Sri Vasavi cloak room. Between Tirupati and Tirumala i sighted two white Ambassador cars with the numbers AP 03 C 5589 and AP 03 Y 9293. The bus for Chennai left at 1.20 pm from Tirupati Bus Station.
The sighting of Lord Venkateswara was something to cherish and hope that people of different faiths visit Lord Venkateswara Temple time and again with the prayer that social equations among different communities remain rock solid as ever and we live in times where there is no challenge to the very existence of mankind from any virus whatsoever. Hate speeches made in public have to be nipped in the bud and those making the same should be held accountable and dissuaded from doing so. You had a judge in the line of fire in Delhi Court who took umbrage to these Hate Speeches.
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