Making It To Lord Guruvayurappan Temple In Guruvayur On Three Different Occasions
Having visited Lord Guruvayurappan Temple on Thursday, I followed this with a visit on Friday and Saturday as well. I skipped getting into general queue and got into a paid one. Perhaps the Lord would forgive me for taking this stand. Putting thoughts into notebook was easier said than done and this I realised both days. One has to take away the shirt while on the way to sanctum sanctorum and be in that state till one doesn't leave the temple.
The Big Invite From Lord Guruvayurappan
The Big Invite From Lord Guruvayurappan made me visit the temple on three different occasions and all peppered with a prayer in motion. Had this invite not in the realm of possibility I would have never made it to Guruvayur just under two years. Ever since I came from Guruvayur in September 2023 I had an incessant longing to be there again and Lord Guruvayurappan made this possible. On Friday post visit to the temple I waded into a world of uncertainty with I having to change lodge with no assurance whatsoever it would be minus hiccups. After checking into Krishna Kripa Tourist Home I bided time with the hope that coming Tuesday would be departure day. To my surprise I came to know that Thiruvanthapuram Rajdhani which used to leave on Tuesday at 8.30 PM had been pushed back to 11.50 (PM) and taking train at this odd hour from Thrissur would be highly taxing and inappropriate. This doesn't mean that there are law and order issues here as seen in patches of North India, it is more to do with carrying your luggage with no porter in sight and train parked at the platform for just under three minutes and this the best available opportunity to board the same. The change in train timing has inconvenienced large number of passengers. With dinner nixed given the train timing I would be at the receiving end with no support from any quarter.
Taking Air India Ticket To Delhi From Trinity Air Travel And Tours
I visited Trinity Air Travel And Tours and booked Air India ticket to Delhi. My all plans to stay till Tuesday coming to a naught I believed this was what Lord Guruvayurappan had desired. Lodge-hopping can be stressful and not exciting and there was no guarantee that I would be sailing the next four days as lodge guys are hot headed. The desire to try cyber cafe came handy with Krishna online hub (Harikrishna Internet Cafe) I keeping a date with and the staff including Madam Sushma off and on sorting queries. This is one among different cyber cafes in Guruvayur, the other prominent being Nandu cyber cafe. Landing in Guruvayur on Wednesday and from Thursday early morning hours rains made an appearance with a bang. Intermittent rains may have improved the air quality and unlike Delhi where Air Quality is poor for most of the days in a year here it is good to moderate irrespective of rains. The traffic is thin, the residents don't feel the pressing need to take out their personal vehicle and here autos share space with other set of vehicles with aplomb. Here road rage incidents one least comes across and with traffic not multiplying every passing minute the traffic trajectory stays subdued.
Visiting Indian Coffee House
I made umpteen dash to Indian Coffee House and cutlets and black tea deserve praise. The staff is courteous and this cafeteria having repeat visitors. SRIKRISHNA BHAVAN for meals and Nandini Restaurant for evening snacks were prime visits minus any irritants.
The urge to be with Lord Guruvayurappan was the one based on a premise that stay from Wednesday and lasting till next Tuesday would be the schedule but the lodge guys in a hurry to wrap up my visit made me take a second look at my itinerary.
YEDU KONDALWADA VENKATRAMNA GOVINDA GOVINDA
No comments:
Post a Comment