We 7 people (me , my husband goutam,akka ,
bava garu and my mother-in-law and her 2 co-sisters) started to varanasi by
BIHAR Express(train no:12791) on 25/3/2012 from secunderabad station at morning
10 am My parents, and my Elder sister , goutam's sister , her husband and her 2nd son
and some other relatives came 2 station with us ..... we dnt expt that It will be that much pleasant journey
till the end ... we cross AP MH,MP and UP. By the next day
morning 11 am we have 30 minutes Halt @ Allahabad ...finally we reached VARANASI by 2.45 PM...... Actually it is just 10 minutes stop at varanasi so me
goutam and his brother arrange all the luggage at one side of the compartment and rest of the family members are ready to get down from another side of
it . Then goutam went out to get taxi and we reach our Hotel LARA-INDIA @
dashashwamedh ghat road ... actually we don't know that we are going to stay that
much near to temple ...then really we got surprised .. by 5pm we got fresh
and we started towards River Ganga .. and by walk we reach dashashwamedh ghat
.... on the way we saw main entrance (ARCH) of vishwanath temple...
so we got some idea about Varanasi ....
we saw GANGA harathi ....AND we reach
Hotel by 8.30PM..and slept for that day ...
27/3/2012 Early morning me and
goutam wake up by 4 AM and we want to go for darshan first ... so we both got
fresh and while starting we offer rote to cows and dogs .....and we went to Vishwanath
temple , Annapurna and Vishalakshi temples... on the way we saw DUNDI RAJ
GANAPATHI and then SHINIESWARUDU ......and we got a small clay pot of milk to
pour on lingam ...then we touch the linga ...it is the nice feeling then i thank
all the people who help me to go there ....then we came out and sat down @ MUKTHI MANDAPAM.. .. beside to it lakshmi devi temple pojari gave Two Rudraksha to
goutam ........ then we reach ANNAPURNA temple there we saw SRICHAKRALINGAM,KUBERA LINGAM, SURYA LINGAM,and GANAPATHI .....from there we went to VISHALAKSHI MATA temple .... At south India we used to have big lanes for darshan at temples ...
but there we dn't have that much Queue lines not even that much
rush is there.... we can directly go in side .... and there we don’t have any
special tickets and break darshans .. specially vishalakshi temple it is one of
our shakthi peethas ....there poojari gave some
kumkum .. me and goutam did pradkshanam and we sat down there for a while and
came back to our hotel .. by that time all my family members wake-up getting
fresh ... we had some coffee and then we gave a call to our beloved guide BABAN
SIR ..... me and goutam are waiting for him at hotel ground floor ... he a gave
a pleasant smile at that time only we got some good impression over him ... ... then he plan and handle all the things in a perfect manner till we
reach Hyderabad .....we didn’t expect that much .. but he help a lot really
have to thanks to him. We started to ganga Dasaswamedha GHAT and we got in to
a boat and we reach mani karnika ghat to do some religious rites to parents .. by noon we finish it off and we
did a holy dip again in manikarnika kund and we reach Annapurna temple for lunch.... we have to go in normal way
but after having lunch we have to come in another way .....so some
of my family members miss and they came 2 hotel in another rout by
auto....after reaching hotel we took rest and then me and my sister went to
ganga harathi goutam and his brother went to temple to get abhisheka tickets
for next day morning..... we had our evening Tiffin @ Sai Annapurna vishwanadha satram(it is a
satram which is run by some Telugu people we can get traditional Andhra
meals(after noon lunch and night Tiffin) ....In kasi we cant
find beggars.... kasi Annapurna mata will provide food for all ....
28-03-2012..... Early morning by 5.30
we all went to temple for Abhishekam ... After performing abhishekam we
offer Dhoti to Lord ... then that Priest gave 2 big garlands to me
n goutam ;)
Then Me and akka went to
Annapurna Temple to perform KUMKUM pooja and all other family members
went to vishlakshi temple for Darshan... by that time they came back we completed our pooja then all we 4 people went inside to Annapurna temple
.....Then All my family members reached hotel room but me and akka went to
vishlakshi temple for Kumkum pooja ... and we reached hotel by 9.30 AM ...then
we had some coffee and breakfast at out side and we had lunch at a SATRAM (some
Andhra people are maintaining it there we can get a complete Andhra meals) then
we took rest for some time by 3 PM BABAN sir came for us in a vehicle
.... we all 7 people went along with him .....
first we went to KALABHAIRAVA
temple then DANDAPANI temple and MRUTUNJAYA SWAMI ,kruthikeswara temple, and reached hotel back ....
29-03-2012....By 12 am we all 7 people
started to Gaya along with BABAN sir(MID NIGHT OF 28th ) ..by early morning
4.30 am we reached BIHAR but driver stop at a small Daba because he felt
sleepy ..they gave some cots to us also but we people didn’t feel to sleep
..after having 1 hour sleep driver got fresh and we again started our journey
to words Gaya .... there we went to BABU RAO sir house (i think there people
used to arrange shelter to pilgrim's) He gave a room for us we got fresh and
started to VISHNU PADAM ... there goutam and his brother performed some
religious rites to parents ( pinda pradanam) ...there we saw VATA
VRUKSHAM and had lunch (babu rao sir only
arranged it )....
Then
we started to MANGLA GAURI temple it is somehow different temple from
others ...
The Temple—It is in
two parts in form of mandap even light and air also not
there in proper way. The entry door to the
temple opens in eastern side.......Only one
door is there which is very constricted A
lamp is always lit in the sancto sanctum
“garve grih” of the temple.
A big idol of Ganesh
is there in the temple. A Molshree
tree is there in the campus which
is loved by goddess Mangla gauri. A temple
of lord Shiv is also there ,on
whose gate is there to be worshipped
by the devotees.
From gaya we reached
BHUDDHA GAYA ....THERE A BIG garden is there in that garden we have BHODI
VRUKSHAM (MAHA BHODI) and we reach hotel back by 9.30 pm all are slept but me
my husband n my bava garu went to some hotel and had some food....
30-03-2012.... Early
morning 5.30 am me and goutam went to vishwanath temple ... but before that day
(on 29th ) some ladies festival is there so all the temples are full.... but we
wait for our turn after darshan we reached hotel and had breakfast ...
then along with
me and my husband my akka, bava garu also came to BABAN sir ashram
there we met his wife and grand children
he offer some fruits then he took us to LOLORK kund and kedareshwar temple (it
is a big lingam which is divided in to 2 parts …)I dnt rember exactly we also
went to some bhrudeswara temple also I think …
we reached hotel back and had lunch
that day evening we went to SARNATH, BHU,
sankatvimochan hanuman, tulasidas bhavan,shayam mandir ……
31-03-2012
TO day all we people become tired so we
woke up a little bit late .. by 7 am we started PANCHA GANGA yatra on boat
along with baban sir ……
From there we came
back to hotel and then we went for saree shopping…..
Then goutam and my
bavagaru went to purchase GHEE for deeparadhana
To day is sri rama
navami ……so a big queqe is the from dundi ganapathi ….
Early morning by 7 am
we reached templethere me and akka lighted deepalu at Annapurna temple then we went to vishwanath
temple and vishlakshi temple and we came back from another way …..
After having lunch we
took rest then …akka and bavagaru went to PANCHA KROSA yatra …. And my mother-in-law went to GANGA HARATHI along
with her two co-sisters …. me and goutam went to baban sir aashram….to see
kalyana ramudu …then again he offer sooo many fruits and sweets ….
1-04-2012
To day is sri rama
navami ……so a big queqe is the from dundi ganapathi ….
Early morning by 7 am
we reached templethere me and akka lighted deepalu at Annapurna temple then we went to
vishwanath temple and vishlakshi temple and we came back from another way …..
After having lunch we
took rest then …akka and bavagaru went to PANCHA KROSA yatra …. And my mother-in-law went to GANGA HARATHI along
with her two co-sisters …. me and goutam went to baban sir aashram….to see
kalyana ramudu …then again he offer sooo many fruits and sweets ….
02-04-2012
Early morning by 6.15 AM we vacate hotel and started
to prayaga (BABAN sir already booked a taxi for us ) … but on the way out taxi
turned to some left from main road then we people asked that driver “ to reach Allahabad
we have to go through a high way only na “ ani then he said baban sir ask me to
show “SITA MADI” also to u people ani
1st we reach there then w got the
importance of that plece it is the only place where sita mata went in to her mother’s
lap(bhoodevi)
Throughout my life I cnt forget that place …we will
forget all..mind will become calm …. I think everyone will feel the same ….
There we have a big LORD HANUMAN idol…..
From there we went to Allahabad …. Very famous
priest………………
he arranged a
room for us then we went to sangamam and we took holy bath then we he ask me
and akka to do veni danam ( a married lady can remove her hair only with her
husbands permission so we have to ask our husbands by doing padapooja to do
veni danam ) then my husband and bavagaru started doing some some religious rites
to there parents….
Then we all started back to our room ... poojari garu prepared bhiksha ... bavagaru offer PONGALI and goutam got chance to offer PULIHARA .... me and my sister went for bhiksha and while we are returing goutam and his brother also went for Bhiksha ... By that time poojari garu arrange lunch for us we had lunch and we started from Ganugapuram to AKKALKOT . By 2pm we started and we reach akkalkotkar by 4.30 and we reach YATRI NIVAS and we book 2 rooms ... after getting fresh we reach temple by 5.30 pm and spend 2 hours there and we went to vikas hotel (near akkalkot bus stand) for dinner. finally we reach our hotel by 9 pm . In that yatri nivas we have a painting museum of swami sadguru there we can see the life cycle of swami .....
