The Mecca of South India
Time for another rendezvous with Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam. The differnce this time was that I was driving a four wheeler n three of my friends accompanied me. Left Bangalore at 7 AM and reached the hills at around 1 PM with just one stop for breakfast in Andhra Pradesh at 10 AM.
The trip was planned for getting the darshan and not for photography as the earlier one. As a result I clicked hardly a dozen photos. We waited in the queue to get the darshan tickets for 3 hours from 5 PM to 8 PM. The holy place is abuzz with devotees, who belong to all strata of society, 24x7, 365 days a year. We were lucky to get the darshan of Lord Venkateshwara on the very same day, infact 2 AM in the morning. We had dinner n then got tickets for Prasadam / Laddus. In between we took a small nap ( 45 mins ) sitting on the steps. At 2 AM after a dip in the holy water / Kalyani we went for darshan which took another 2 hours. So finally at 5-15 we came out of the main temple complex . I decided to start off to Bangalore immediately.
My friends were too sleepy n in a few minutes were napping. I was able to witness the break of dawn during the drive downhill. I stopped to capture some shots.
I refuelled the car and left Tirupathi to Bangalore at 6-30 . The drive was without any stops. Finally reached home at 11-30 AM .
On the way came across two fatal accidents. One was in Bangaruplayam, Andhra pradesh where a biker was run over by a truck. It was supposed to have happened just a few mins back. The sight of the guy lying dead on the ground with blood all around was ghastly. Another one was in Kolar, Karnataka.
I concluded on the following points after the turn of events over the last 24 hours.
1> Try as much as possible to use trains or buses for travelling long distance, rather than cars.
2> If it is inevitable, never ever drive in the night. Night driving is only for buses, trucks n very experienced professional drivers.
3> Never cross 80 KMPH on narrow two lane highways like most of NH4.
4> Never overtake on curved roads and in scenarios where the opposite side is not in full view to the eyes.
5> Do not exhibit road rage. Live and let live !!
The trip was planned for getting the darshan and not for photography as the earlier one. As a result I clicked hardly a dozen photos. We waited in the queue to get the darshan tickets for 3 hours from 5 PM to 8 PM. The holy place is abuzz with devotees, who belong to all strata of society, 24x7, 365 days a year. We were lucky to get the darshan of Lord Venkateshwara on the very same day, infact 2 AM in the morning. We had dinner n then got tickets for Prasadam / Laddus. In between we took a small nap ( 45 mins ) sitting on the steps. At 2 AM after a dip in the holy water / Kalyani we went for darshan which took another 2 hours. So finally at 5-15 we came out of the main temple complex . I decided to start off to Bangalore immediately.
My friends were too sleepy n in a few minutes were napping. I was able to witness the break of dawn during the drive downhill. I stopped to capture some shots.
I refuelled the car and left Tirupathi to Bangalore at 6-30 . The drive was without any stops. Finally reached home at 11-30 AM .
On the way came across two fatal accidents. One was in Bangaruplayam, Andhra pradesh where a biker was run over by a truck. It was supposed to have happened just a few mins back. The sight of the guy lying dead on the ground with blood all around was ghastly. Another one was in Kolar, Karnataka.
I concluded on the following points after the turn of events over the last 24 hours.
1> Try as much as possible to use trains or buses for travelling long distance, rather than cars.
2> If it is inevitable, never ever drive in the night. Night driving is only for buses, trucks n very experienced professional drivers.
3> Never cross 80 KMPH on narrow two lane highways like most of NH4.
4> Never overtake on curved roads and in scenarios where the opposite side is not in full view to the eyes.
5> Do not exhibit road rage. Live and let live !!
10 Opinions:
totally agree with ur points....
though u dint click many pics.. .pics here are good... I love clouds...
true... what u have written. It's only when we see what has happened we realize what the value of life is!!
how I wish I could get some laddoo :)
Nice points! i liked the first pic!
thanks guys,
gayathri - come down here
avik - ofcourse u can
hi karthik, lovely pics u put up here :o)
the 2nd, 3th and 4th ones are lovely!
the 2nd, 3th and 4th ones are lovely!
loooooong time for me, n its a real treat to watch... gr8 pics again :)
i loved the cloud pattern in the last one. that is a beautiful road to drive on, especially near chittoor.
nice points to note while driving. hopefully many more will follow :)
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