Though god showered His grace on us quite earlier in this regard, we must say that this is the most fulfilling trip since we had the chance to take our parents with us to all these great places. Starting on Tuesday, 22nd of Jan'2013, the first day of the tour covered 3 major temple sites namely Kalasa, Hornadu and Sringeri. This is the first time even we two had the darshan of Lord Kalaseswara and goddess Sarvanga sundari in Kalasa which is on the way to Hornadu from Bangalore. The temple is seen just on the side of the road with big sign board as we enter Kalasa. By lunch time, we were present in the presence of Goddess Annapurneswari in Hornadu and were blessed to get the Prasadam there.
Relaxed with a nice meal and a little rest, we were again on the way to Sringeri. After taking accommodation of the Samsthan rooms, we searched for a doctor for my Mother-in-law, for she had continuous vomiting through out the journey till that time. By that time, she was very week and we both were a bit tensed to continue the further trip since the other section is having a bit bigger ghats. But after taking some rest and getting the Darshan of Sri Sarada matha, she looked alright and we felt we can go ahead with the actual plan. We all were really lucky to be in the temple exactly at the time of the Goddess' Pallaki seva which was a feast for the eyes as well as heart. Circumambulating the Sanctum along with the Palanquin left me with great bliss.We reached the peak of satisfaction as we were there till the moment the sanctum closed. The darshan was extraordinary. Thank God!
The 2nd day started with the Darshan of Sarada matha, Vidya Shankara alayam and the remaining portion of the temple. Informed by one of our relatives, we were on road to reach the Rishyasringeswara temple where the Rishi Rishyasringa and His wife Santa Devi merged with Lord Shiva in the form of Lingam. This place is Just 8 KM away from Sringeri. We enjoyed the serenity of Sirimane falls too which is just 4 KM from this place and as we finished this, it was time for the temple to reopen. So thus God planned not to send us back empty handed. The Lingam here has Lord Shiva on the back side and Rishyasringa on the front side (of course, it was not very clearly visible.)
Then we headed towards Kollur which was sanctified by the touch of Sri Sankaracharya and the Goddess Mookambika. The little and cute idol of Mookambika is a pleasure Darshan. Travelling with sea on both the sides of the road, we reached Gokarna by late evening and proceeded for the darshan of Lord Mahabaleshwara. Being a week day, there was very nominal crowd and we had a peaceful darshan. We thought of halting there for that night, but there was not at least one good option. So we were on the road towards Murudeshwas and halted at Kumta where we stayed in a hotel during the previous trip.
The room and food at Hotel in Kumta proved worthy and we had enough of relaxation. So the next day trip was initiated with the darshan of Lord ganesha at Idagunji followed by Murudeshwar.
My in-laws liked this place very very much. They enjoyed thoroughly the architectural and scenic beauty of this place. We even enjoyed the sea-side lunch in the hotel here. Next was the call from Chinni Krishna of Udipi with special diamond decoration for that day. We then hurried to Dharmasthala and then to Kukke for night halt. The darshans at all the places were very peaceful and joyful as there was very least crowd in all the places.
It was a 2 day stay in Kukke since we took the ticket for the Sarpa Samskara puja. After finishing the puja, we were instructed to directly reach home. That was thus a 5 day trip with great darshans and powerful surroundings and still powerful grace of God.
Route:
DAY-1
Bangalore-Chennaraya patna- Hasan- Belur- 1st left at Belur petrol bunk- Kottigere-Kalasa.
Kalasa- Hornadu
Hornadu- Kalasa- Balehole- Magundi- Balehannur- Jayapura- Sringeri.
DAY-2
Sringeri- Kigga (Rishyasringeswara Temple)
Kigga- Sirimane falls
Sringeri- Agumbe- Mudabadri- Vandse- Kollur
Kollur- Baiyandur-Shiroor- Murudeshwar- Gokarna
Gokarna- Kumta
DAY-3
Kumta- Idagunji (take left after 10KM from Honnavar to reach this Ganapathi temple)
Idagunji- Murudeshwar
Murudeshwar- Udipi
Udipi- Dharmasthala
Dharmasthala- Kukke
DAY-4
Sarpa samskara puja at Kukke
DAY-5
Finished the Puja and were back on road to Bangalore
Kukke- Gundya- Hasan- Bangalore.
Relaxed with a nice meal and a little rest, we were again on the way to Sringeri. After taking accommodation of the Samsthan rooms, we searched for a doctor for my Mother-in-law, for she had continuous vomiting through out the journey till that time. By that time, she was very week and we both were a bit tensed to continue the further trip since the other section is having a bit bigger ghats. But after taking some rest and getting the Darshan of Sri Sarada matha, she looked alright and we felt we can go ahead with the actual plan. We all were really lucky to be in the temple exactly at the time of the Goddess' Pallaki seva which was a feast for the eyes as well as heart. Circumambulating the Sanctum along with the Palanquin left me with great bliss.We reached the peak of satisfaction as we were there till the moment the sanctum closed. The darshan was extraordinary. Thank God!
The 2nd day started with the Darshan of Sarada matha, Vidya Shankara alayam and the remaining portion of the temple. Informed by one of our relatives, we were on road to reach the Rishyasringeswara temple where the Rishi Rishyasringa and His wife Santa Devi merged with Lord Shiva in the form of Lingam. This place is Just 8 KM away from Sringeri. We enjoyed the serenity of Sirimane falls too which is just 4 KM from this place and as we finished this, it was time for the temple to reopen. So thus God planned not to send us back empty handed. The Lingam here has Lord Shiva on the back side and Rishyasringa on the front side (of course, it was not very clearly visible.)
Then we headed towards Kollur which was sanctified by the touch of Sri Sankaracharya and the Goddess Mookambika. The little and cute idol of Mookambika is a pleasure Darshan. Travelling with sea on both the sides of the road, we reached Gokarna by late evening and proceeded for the darshan of Lord Mahabaleshwara. Being a week day, there was very nominal crowd and we had a peaceful darshan. We thought of halting there for that night, but there was not at least one good option. So we were on the road towards Murudeshwas and halted at Kumta where we stayed in a hotel during the previous trip.
The room and food at Hotel in Kumta proved worthy and we had enough of relaxation. So the next day trip was initiated with the darshan of Lord ganesha at Idagunji followed by Murudeshwar.
My in-laws liked this place very very much. They enjoyed thoroughly the architectural and scenic beauty of this place. We even enjoyed the sea-side lunch in the hotel here. Next was the call from Chinni Krishna of Udipi with special diamond decoration for that day. We then hurried to Dharmasthala and then to Kukke for night halt. The darshans at all the places were very peaceful and joyful as there was very least crowd in all the places.
It was a 2 day stay in Kukke since we took the ticket for the Sarpa Samskara puja. After finishing the puja, we were instructed to directly reach home. That was thus a 5 day trip with great darshans and powerful surroundings and still powerful grace of God.
Route:
DAY-1
Bangalore-Chennaraya patna- Hasan- Belur- 1st left at Belur petrol bunk- Kottigere-Kalasa.
Kalasa- Hornadu
Hornadu- Kalasa- Balehole- Magundi- Balehannur- Jayapura- Sringeri.
DAY-2
Sringeri- Kigga (Rishyasringeswara Temple)
Kigga- Sirimane falls
Sringeri- Agumbe- Mudabadri- Vandse- Kollur
Kollur- Baiyandur-Shiroor- Murudeshwar- Gokarna
Gokarna- Kumta
DAY-3
Kumta- Idagunji (take left after 10KM from Honnavar to reach this Ganapathi temple)
Idagunji- Murudeshwar
Murudeshwar- Udipi
Udipi- Dharmasthala
Dharmasthala- Kukke
DAY-4
Sarpa samskara puja at Kukke
DAY-5
Finished the Puja and were back on road to Bangalore
Kukke- Gundya- Hasan- Bangalore.
I booked a ticket.. bt i can not attend the pooja,due to some problem. but rest of my family will attend the pooja except me,is there any problem if one person can not attend the pooja in a family.
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