Planned for a short day trip to Pudhucherry over the weekend as a getaway. On a lazy morning left Chennai by 7:30 AM on the ECR. Around 9:30 AM had a breakfast stopover at Saravana hotel near Marakanam. But for that we had a continuous drive with not much traffic and good road to support till Puducherry. We went straight to Aurobindo Ashram. Leaving our foot wear in the opposite stall we had to switch off our mobile phones before entering the ashram. Due to renovation work, there are enough restrictions inside. After offering our prayers to the Mother we are allowed to sit around for sometime in meditation. As the Ashram closes by 12:30 PM there visitors were slowly decreasing. Our next place was the Manakula Vinayagar temple. This was crowded with devotees but we were able to get the darshan of Vinayagar in silver kappu in some time as the queue started moving fast. The adjoining class of young kids were praying Vinayaga in Sanskrit slokas, proving a positive vibe to the w...
This blog is on our trips to different places in and around singara Chennai and our perceptions on various happenings around us