Our temple tours: Trichy visit
We thought of a small trip with Nandini, a home stay in Madikeri, it included a game of golf! Tara came up with the idea of a quick trip to Tanjore! Nandini planned a bit of both, adding a visit to Chettinadu. Trichy was the obvious choice to begin the trip, its airport is closest to Tanjore. My earlier visit to Trichy was twenty years ago, a tour of the south with Srilatha and Jayaram. It was a memorable trip! I should mention my special karma involving temples. I haven't gone to temples on my own. Especially the ones which are well known and is a part of a pilgrimage. I am told it is written in my horoscope! There is a word for it, Kalla okkulu? Anyway, google didn’t have this word! Jayaram chose the paid queue at the Ranganatha temple. It was as long as the free entry queue. Both queues moved alternately. I entered the temple eventually and was shocked by noise. The temple staff were constantly shouting ‘keep moving’ . One shouted right into my ears, and I r...
