Govinda! Govinda! - Trip to Venkateswara Temple in Tirumala
In this post, I will be blogging on my visit to the Venkateswara Temple . The main idol of the temple is Venkateswara, an avatar of Vishnu. The temple is situated in the hill town of Tirumala at Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh. As the temple is 170 kilometres away from my home, we(my father and I) started around 6AM by road. While driving on the way to Tirupati, we crossed beautiful and historic towns such as Thiruninravur. As I understand Tamil, I understood that there was a legend behind the town through it's name. When I researched on it, I found out that goddess Lakshmi once stood in this town admiring the town's beauty. We soon crossed a town named Thiruthani in the border of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. The town is famous for its Arulmigu Subramanya Swami Temple, one of the six holy abodes of Lord Muruga. 38 kilometres from Tirupati lays the Srikalahasteeswara temple, one of the five main temples of Shiva. It is one of the Pancha bhootha sth...