The Day I Am Supposed To Leave Rameswaram

The Day I Am Supposed To Leave Rameswaram

The day I am supposed to leave Rameswaram, the day prior to that I visit Iyra Cafe which is just a stone's throw away from MICRO Computer Zone (West Car Street). With shutters down, MICRO Computer Zine may or may not have been functioning perhaps in need of fine tuning. Fine tuning and that too for a series of cyber cafes that had folded up in Rameswaram over a period of time, and here to reconfigure them was the urgent call, as those likely to visit are gentlemen like Sally and Paul. That particular day I had paid a visit to S S Palace Grand Restaurant with an understanding that curd rice, and that to taken during day time, would set the course for those seeking campus placement. Campus placement usually happens during fag end of year, enlisting campus cheer. Campus placement millions seek in a decade in a nation where random submissions are made during Budget by those who are not teen and add to the exercise innumerable digit. Budget gives a fair idea of taxes to be levied and sections if left unsupervised can give no room to manoeuvre for likes of Davies. Budget, and there are beadroll of enthusiasts, who take a vow that this be an annual exercise to plough. 

Visiting Iyra Cafe For Umpteenth Time

Iyra Cafe I was visiting umpteenth time as black tea was served and in corridors of power it was heard. Snacks and those not having returned to barracks were poised to yield a tale here as eateries like Iyra Cafe in RMM were rare. Let RMM take a call that more such eateries would be in a functioning mode as those with a nose for news could pause and pose. Iyra Cafe that too on a Wednesday Evening I wished to drop by as taking an auto ride to S S Grand or Just A Sarang Restaurants back and forth would have meant to hand over the change in a State that after Spring would vote and wait. 

Vacating SRI RAMANJANEYA CHATRAM  In North Car Street

Thursday after returning from Lord Ramanatha Swamy Temple I vacated SRI RAMANJANEYA CHATRAM (North Car Street) with hosts like Mr Girish and Mr Muni Swamy looking good and I setting sights on Kanniyakumari, which in due course of time would be visited by followers of Australian Artist Jimmy Crute. SRI RAMANJANEYA CHATRAM had been kind enough to give space for over three days and hope to pop in another day another month when despite bad press EVM won't be shunned. As I visited Just A Sarang cafeteria and made calls to a taxi group to get me the vehicle of choice to reach Kanniyakumari where I could rejoice, thoughts were on how the ride would be in a State where Tamilians (Tamilians are natives of Tamil Nadu The State) on a host of issues agree.

Sightings In Rameswaram 

North Car Street 

- SRI RAMANJANEYA CHATRAM 

- Rooms, Locker

- Maharishi Ashram

- Rameswara Tourist Home 

- Sri Ram Lodge 

- Chola Lodge 

- Udupi Chatram 

- Hotel Rana 

- Rooms, Hall, Locker 

- Shri Nambu Hotel 

- Welcome Shree Ram Ice Cream Badam Shakes

- Arulmigu Sambantha Vinayagar Temple RMM 

East Car Street 

- Sri Jeyaram Pure Veg Tiffin Centre 

- Hotel Lakshmi Vilas 

- Hotel Ilayaraja 

- Vivekananda Meditation Hall 

- Shri Hotel Guru Lodging AC

- Hotel Guru Veg 

- Sri Dakshinamnaya Sringeri Mutt 

- Vasantham Cafe 

- Way To Lord Ramanatha Swamy Temple 

- Board of Important Places 

  Ramar Padham 2.5 kms, Railway Station 1.5 kms, Bus Stand 3 kms, Lakshman Teertham 1.5 kms,

  Dhanushkodi 25 kms, Kothandaramar Temple 13 kms

South Car Street 

- Kandanur Sathiram 

- Shell House 

- State Bank of India ATM 

- SRI Palani Andavar Lodge 

- SIVA Lodge 

- Temple City Restaurant 

- C M Lodge 

- Agrasen Bhavan 

- City Union Bank ATM 

- SRI Maheshwari Bhakt Niwas 

- Room, Hall, Kitchen, Car Parking 

- New GM Tours And Travels. Mr Anna Durai At The Helm

- Rameshwar Hotel 

- Marwari Dhaba 

- Sri Lakshmi Sea Shell And Fancy 

- Hotel Island Star 

- HDFC Bank

West Car Street

- Santhya Lodge

- Hotel Shri Kannika

- Hotel Rathna Residency

- Abdul Kalam Pearls And Fancy

- Hotel Shiva Murugan Good Stay, Good Darshan, Good Food, Good Journey

- Nepal Rudraksha

- Sree Kumaran Deluxe Lodge

- Mahadev Fancy Store

- Hanuman Sea Shell Mart

- RMM Mobiles

- MICRO Computer Zone

- Iyra Cafe

- SRI Rameshwar Tours And Travels

- SRI RAMAKRISHNA MATAM

   In Bigg Bazaar Street Boys Store.  Mr K Soundar, Mr K Saravanan At The Helm.

Leaving For Kanniyakumari; Going Past Pamban Bridge

Leave Rameswaram at 10.17 AM with rail tracks running parallel to road and here there is no GM on board. Here I seeking association with Lord Ramanatha Swamy to call me again and again even if that is supposed to be winter with less rain. At 10.26 Madurai 160 kms away where too ardent devotees go and pray. This very moment comes Pamban Bridge with early sighting of a large number of vessels in the sea, and a large number of people including Muslims, getting out of their car to get a real look that comes for free. Thinking about Gujarat and Mumbai and the family I came in touch with in Chennai Egmore station where there is a dire need to run early morning trains to Rameswaram. As I go past Southern Railways Officers' Rest House, there are a large number of Tamil Nadu State Road Transport Corporation buses that have hit the road with some at the wheels thinking about Erode. Here Coimbatore 370 kms and Salem 350 kms. 

Mandapam Camp Railway Station

At 10.36 Mandapam Camp Railway Station comes. At 10.39 Nagapattinam 244 kms. Thinking about some taking taxis from Chennai to Rameswaram, and not getting deterred by hefty cab sum. Take a note of ONGC Energy Now And Next. And herein mopeds galore with notings made in RMM where they come to the fore. Few minutes later Trichy 201 kms and Ariyaman Beach 1.5 kms. At 10.58 Kanniyakumari 274 kms. Go past INS Parundu. From here Paramkudi 56 kms, Chennai 514 kms and Puducherry 367 kms. At 11.17 Theni 200 kms, Cochin 389 kms. From here turn left and there are directions to Thoothukudi, Tiruchendur and Kanniyakumari. 

YEDU KONDALWADA VENKATRAMNA GOVINDA GOVINDA