This year also for Karthigai deepam season we went to Thiruvannamalai for Jothi Darisanam. On 23rd November Saturday as per our plan me, Venkatesh, Dhanajeyan, Deena and Baskar started by Venkatesh's Car from Guindy by 7.00am and reached Thiruvannamalai by 11.30am.
First we went for Siva Darshanam and had our lunch. By 2.45pm we started our trekking to the hill and reached 5.15pm. We had a Jothi Darisanam by 6.00pm and returned back to foot hill by 7.30pm.
It took 2.5 hours to climb up. First It was difficult to us to climb as the Sun was hot and we are not done any recent treks. We had taken enough water and glucose for hydration. Often we drank water and moved slowly. Compare to other mountains, Thiruvannamalai was little bit steep to climb. So it took time and so much of energy. We crossed half the distance by 4.15 pm, after that our speed was increased as we are comfortable to climb now.
One important thing I have to share here for freshers, when we are climbing up, our heart will pump the blood very fast and our breathing will be heavy, that time our mind will say take rest. But no need to stop there, but you have to move slowly. If you taken rest the heart pumping will slow down and when you start again it will take time to pick up. So you have to move slowly with a steady pace. This will help you to reach the target easily.
Finally we reached the top around 5.15 pm and waited for the deepam to light up. Around 6.00pm a light signal from the Temple shown and on the Top the Mahadeepam was lighted. Everywhere the "Arohara, Annamalaikku Arohara" slogan was heard. It was a nice experience for everyone. God is in the light form has confirmed here. This is our second visit to this place and had a wonderful experience.
We started to descended immediately after the Deepa Darisanam as we have to reach the base before the light was going down. The place was empty after a few minutes of lighted the deepam. We have only one torch with me, others don't have a torch. So we decided to move one behind the other. It took 90 minutes to to reach the base. In the base we had some refreshments and started our journey to reach Chennai with Spiritual memories.
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| Thiruvannamalai Temple Arial view |
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| Tiruvannamalai Temple |
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| Annamalai Deepam |
