Our wanderings and perceptions

Namasivaya  vaazhga, Nadan  thal vazzhga , Imai podum   yennenjil   neengaadhan thal vazhga. Kokazhi aanda guru mani than  thaal vaazhga, Agamam aagi  nindru annippan vaazhga, Yekan anegan  iraivan adi Vaazhga We decided to utilise the Independence day holiday (caught up with PM's I-day speech by end of day; received his wishes through sms) to worship Arunachaleswarar at Thiruvannamalai. Took NH 45, NH 66 and the bumpy SH9 to reach Thiruvannamalai in 4 hours, its the Chengalpat-Tindivanam route.  Due to the holiday the temple was open the whole day, lucky us. We went straight to Sevva madam (referred by a friend) in sannadhi street just near the temple's east gopuram. Got ourselves refreshed before we headed for Sivaperuman's darshan. Just the over look of the temple from the entrance was mesmerising. When we entered the first pragaram, we encountered Murgan sannathi. Its the place where lord Muruga gave his glorious darshan to ...