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A visit to a Hindu temple
When we arrived in the city of Tirupati, we didn't really know what there was to see here. We soon were informed that we were about to visit one of the most important Hindu temples in India. A place of pilgrimage, we were headed to the popular Sri Tirumala Temple. But we really didn’t know what we were in for.
Our tour group jumped in taxis and headed to the temple. Driving up a mountain that takes at least four hours to hike up, we finally arrived ...
Where are all the spiritual people from Goa?
This entry will cover our stops in Andra Pradesh state.
It's a state that's still relatively untouched by foreign mass tourism in a nice way. The cities are becoming choked by traffic but that's the case with all major indian cities so that isn't a surprise.
We arrived by a 22 hours night train from Goa and we have to confess... we went in AC class. Guess we're becoming soft in our advanced age but it was still damn nice and ...
Tirupati
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Temple visit
Today we went to a big Temple. The temple is in Tirupati on top of a big mountain. We went in a big car and saw monkeys and deer as we climbed the mountain. We stayed near the temple in a guest house. In the evening we went to the temple and it is 1000 years old. There were 1000 people. We stood in line before we went to the temple. We saw the golden roof of the temple and the stone pillars. It was very beautiful. We saw a beautiful sunset over the ...
Tantalising Tirumala
With the LP guide book stating that 'the holy hill of Tirumala is one of the most visited pilgrimage centres in India - and indeed the world with a daily average of 40,000 pilgrims, and the total often reaching 100,000' we arrived at 5 am on a Saturday. The 2 Indian guys who shared our train compartment on the way down told us it would be 'really ...
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