Introduction:
During October month we have decided to visit three Jothilingas i.e. Varanasi, Ujjain and Omkareeswar temples in December 2010.We have decided to make the trip short by choosing air travel to Delhi from Chennai and return travel by air from Mumbai to Chennai by air. All the other travels from Delhi to Varanasi, Varanasi to Indore and from Indore to Mumbai were carried out by over night train.
Day-1: 18.12.2010 Saturday:
We have assembled at Chennai Domestic terminal at Chennai air port at 5.30 hrs. First we have security check for our baggage and hand them over to SpiceJet desk (Counters 27 to31) and got the boarding pass for SG-312 flight. After personal check up we proceeded to Gate No4.At 7.15 hrs we were asked to board SpiceJet bus to go to the aero plane. We got seats 23D,24E & 24F( window seat).The flight took off at 7.30 hrs. The journey was very nice. We have arrived Delhi at 10.00 hrs. After getting the luggage we went to New Delhi Railway Station by prepaid taxi. We put all our luggage in the cloak room.
We crossed all the platforms and went to Metro station on the other gate. We got metro ticket to Akshartham. We first boarded a train( Yellow line) to Rajiv Chowk. Then changed train (Blue line)to Akshardham ( Noida train).The train goes via Yamuna Bank. We went to temple by rickshaw. We noted that the Akshardham temple just out side the Metro station after a right turn of 90 degree.We have visited the Sanskruthi Vihar - boat ride ( 15 mts) and a movie about swaminarayan i.e.Neelakanth Darshan(40mts).As we have limited time we have not visited Sahajanand Darshan ( 50 mts) light and sound shows. Then we visited the Main temple. The Murti is 11 ft high gold plated murti of Bhagwan Swaminarayan.
We then returned to New Delhi Railway station by Metro in the same route. After we took tiffin
( Dosai) at canteen in the station, we got our luggage and went to the platform. The train 12560 is already there in the platform. We occupied our seats. The train started at 6.45 pm to Varanasi.
Day-2:19.12.2010 Sunday:
The train reached Varanasi at 9am after 2 hours late. We went to Kumarasamy Matt located at Kedar Ghat by separate autos ( Rs120 per auto).We got five spacious rooms with attached bath in the new building.
We went to Kedar Ghat and had holy dip in the Ganges. We proceeded to Annapurani temple and had Dharshan and took meals there. Then we went to Vishalakshi temple and Viswanathar temple which are nearby. We had nice Darshan in the temples freely.We have purchased Puja items such as Ganga Theertham, Annapurani and Spadiga maalai and banaras Silk sarees.
From there we went to Kalabhairavar temple by rickshaw.After darshan we have purchased Kasi Kyaru, Chakra etc. We returned to our room by 8pm.We got south Indian tiffin ( Iddly, Vadai and Dosai) in the hotel opposite to the Mutt.
Day-3 Monday:
We arranged Tata Sumo car and went to all the temples in Varanasi. We went to Choli Madha temple, Durga temple, Tulsi Manas temple,Hanuman temple and Kasi Raja’s Ram Nagar palace & Vyasar Kasi temple.Finally we went to New Viswanathar temple ( Birla Mandhir) located in BHU. It is a very big temple constructed by Madan Mohan Mallavia similar to the ancient Viswanathar temple which was destroyed by mughal rulers. We returned to our room at 12.30 hrs. We vacated our rooms and proceeded to Varanasi Junction by Sumo car. We boarded the train 19322 at 4.45 pm and the train started at 5.00pm.
Day-4 Tuesday:
Morning full of train journey. In the after noon the train reached Ujjain station at 3.00 pm. We got car to visit temple and go to Indore from here. We went to Mahakaleswar temple at Ujjain. On the way we have also visited Kali temple and Sani Navagraha temple. Then we proceeded to Indore. We reached the Hotel Samrat at 9pm.After putting luggage in the room we went to Chotiwala and had chapatis.
Day-5:Wednesday:
We proceeded to Omkareswar at 7am.We got some food on the way.The temple is located on the river bank.We went to the temple by boat. It is one of the Jotilinga. It is a huge and temple on three stories.We had food in Chotiwala and returned to the room. We vacated the rooms and went to Station and boarded the train 12962 to Mumbai. The train started at 15.50 hrs.Full night train journey.
Day-6:Thursday:
We have reached Mumbai BCT station at 6.45am.We proceeded to Chembur by car. We got room in Hotel Suryaprakash in Chembur. After break fast in Geetha Bhawan hotel we have arranged a car for Mumbai local visit. We have visited Gate Way of India, Taj Hotel, Air India Building, Oberoi Hotel, Chowpati beach,Marine drive, Mahalakshmi temple, SidhiVinayak temple,Juhu beach, ISKAN temple etc. We had meals at Udupi hotel in Juhu beach.We returned our room at 9.pm.We had nice tiffin in Geetha Bhawan.
Day-7:Friday:
We have started at 6 am and proceeded to Nasik by car. We have reached Trimbakeswar at 11am . We visited the temple. It is one of the Jotilingas. Heavy rush in the temple. Then we proceeded to Shiridhi.We have reached Shiridhi at 4pm.We have a nice dharshan of Sai Maharaj in the Samadhi mandhir. We returned from the temple at 6pm and reached Mumbai hotel at 10.30 hrs.
Day-8:
Saturday: We vacated the room at 8am and put our luggage in reception. After break fast at Geetha Bhawan we went around Chembur shops and had local purchase. We went to Airport at 11.30am.We boarded the IndiGo flight 6E-279 at 2.30 hrs. The flight took off at 2.55 hrs. The flight reached Chennai at 4.45 pm. The car from Neyveli waited for us in the airport. We went to Nanganallur and had tiffin at relatives house. Then we proceeded to Neyveli at 6pm.We reached our house safely at 10.30 pm.
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