Travelogue

Had a short trip to my native place with my best devotee friend, Gpp. As usual he was super punctual and we were in train station an hour before :( . Thanks to railways, the train was in the platform with A/C on. It was a 4 hrs journey till Ariyalur. We listened to SP lecture, read Gauranga book , chanted , had prasadam which we had packed and blissfully slept for sometime :).

It was another hour drive from Ariyalur to my place, thiruvaiyaru. Since we couldn't get a cab, we took an auto. It was around 5:45PM when we got in. It was too cloudy when we started and after 15 mins drive, it became pitch dark. Then we realised that the auto neither had a wiper nor a headlight and to add to all that, the driver was drunk. We ensured our tulasi mala was with us and we started chanting :) He was driving really crazy and we narrowly escaped from getting hit by a lorry once and later almost banged a huge tree.hmmmmm..He was a powerful preacher :)

We reached home and got refreshed. My perimma had made a big golu at her place. We ate a heavy meals at night .Bought a dress each for myself and gpp, and the day ended.

Next day was my nephew's first birthday.They started the function around 6 AM. I woke up just when all the priest started coming. It was raining, so had to miss my cauvery bath. My people still treat me like a kid :( Had a heavy breakfast, lunch and snacks. We did a little kirtan during the function. We also had a short lecture on glories of holy name by one of the devotee whom my brother had invited. We took rest for sometime and we went to take darshan of Lord Nrsimha dev. This is the only temple which we dont miss whenever we visit my native. Such a huge deity. We did kirtans there and finished the remaining rounds there. Nrsimha dev was super merciful and we were given pongal and sundal.

We went to my uncle's house who has been not doing well for quite sometime. We had our dinner at his place. Insisted a little on chanting. We boarded our bus at 9:45 pm and the bus started at 10:30. The worst part of the whole was this return journey . They played 3 movies, non stop and the volume was so very high. Had a little sleep and reached home around 6 AM.

Back to our routine, chanting, cooking, office.Tomorrow is holiday for me, so have to compensate my rest then...