Published by Aparna on 16 Sep 2009
A few months back, I had been to Chamundi Hills with a friend. It was fun since we did not have any idea about the place as such and how exactly we were going to go there. All I knew was that there is a temple of Chamundeshwari, a huge statue of Nandi and a statue of Mahishasura in Chamundi Hills. It is another fact that it so turned out that those are the only things that are there. 
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Published by Aparna on 31 Aug 2009
The weekend just got over, but with just a few hours of work in between, a two-day mini-vacation of sorts has already started for me. Am right now on the way to Tirupati for a relative’s wedding and, of course, a visit to Tirumala and a few more temples.
I love these long-distance car journeys on highways. Let me now not start the complaint about parts of this NH205 not having great road. The sun, though shining bright, is slowly getting ready for setting and am eagerly awaiting the visual treat that I am going to be presented with. 
Rahman’s music is already providing me an aural treat.
Published by Aparna on 06 May 2009
4 days. 10 temples with no two temples being close to each other.1600+ km travel by car - Exhausting, tiring yet a very memorable trip!
Apart from a few temples that we had on our must-visit list, visit as many temples as possible without rushing even in a single place was the only plan that we had for this trip. And we did succeed in doing that. We left the entire trip planning to the driver since he knew all the routes.
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Published by Aparna on 02 Oct 2008
Updated in 2010: I don’t know which is the right time to visit Valparai. I don’t have contact information of any travel agents there. Please do not comment here asking for any information about those.
Warning: This is quite a lengthy post. Read it when you find time.
I had been to Vaalpaarai and Topslip during the September 20th and 21st weekend with my team. This was a trip that I had been looking forward to for the past couple of months.
We left for Coimbatore from here by Nilagiri Express on Friday night. Reaching the ever-busy Central Station, meeting up with friends, choosing seats on the then empty train, thus began our tour.
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Published by Aparna on 04 Feb 2008
Here’s the first of my posts on the temples that I visited recently.
We started at early morning with a beautiful sunrise and excellent music giving us company.
Eppadi irundha beautiful golden-yellow sun ippadi aaidthu: 
Published by Aparna on 21 Nov 2007
The weekend before last, I had been to Trichy. To begin with, the road from Tindivanam to Trichy was very bad, thanks to the work going on for converting the highway to a four-lane one. I would say it is better not to go via this road till the work is over, which is around April 2009! I visited quite a few temples at Trichy. I am going to just write whatever I remember about each temple. These temples are already famous ones. So you might already know about them. Due to time constraint, I was able to take very few photos only.
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Published by Aparna on 06 Nov 2007
Though I have traveled to and fro Mayiladuthurai (Mayavaram) and Madras ever since the time I can remember, last Sunday’s bus journey from Mayavaram to Madras turned out to be one of the most enjoyable, thanks to the pleasant weather with the rain threatening to pour any minute but not daring to peep out from the clouds, and the nature in all its beauty, embellishing both sides of the road for most part of the journey in the form of green paddy/sugarcane fields and vaaikkaals/canals/rivers/ponds overflowing with water. Add to it the sky trying out every possible shade of blue, gray, orange and pink every passing moment! Sheer bliss!
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