I got to attend one marriage at Chennai. So I decided to transform it into a small tour for 5 days in my car along with my family. I started from Coimbatore at around 10a.m. and reached Thoppur (in Salem - Dharmapuri Stretch) by 1.00pm and had a break there at Adyar Ananda Bhavan. We took lunch with us. The route I took from Coimbatore is Coimbatore - Sathyamangalam - Athani - Anthiyur - Ammapettai - Mettur-Mecheri-Thoppur. The roads are absolutely marvellous with very very less traffic. From Thoppur we started at 2.30pm , I took the route of Dharmapuri - Krishnagiri -Vellore.
GOLDEN TEMPLE AT VELLORE
We landed at Vellore Golden Temple at 4.30pm. While proceeding from Krishnagiri, there are two approach roads to Sripuram Golden Temple. First one, you can take a right just after Pallikonda Toll Gate and from there the temple is 15 Kms. Roads in this route is very worst. Another one is, after entering the Vellore City, take a right just opposite to the Old bus stand and the route directly land you up at Golden Temple which is 7 Kms from Vellore City. This Route is better. There was enormous crowd to that temple. Most of the tourist are coming from Tirupati. Similar to Tirupati, the Golden temple also have lots of restrictions. The Free Darshan as per their sign-boards will take nearly 3 hours. They allow you inside the temple batch by batch only. Apart from that they have some tickets for Rs.250/-, where you will not require to wait for hours to have darshan. But once you cross that batch section in the Free Darshan queue, there will not be any crowd and you have to walk nearly a kilometre to reach the sanctum- sanctorum. The walk will be in the shape of a star. The sanctum-sanctorum is in a small pond. The scene cannot be explained and it should be seen and felt.
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RATNAGIRI BALAMURUGAN TEMPLE
After finishing darshan at Golden Temple, Vellore we proceeded to Ratnagiri Balamurugan Temple which is situated just 2 Kms from Vellore in Vellore-Chennai Highway. While proceeding from Vellore, there will be an arch to enter the temple where the vehicle will go upto the temple which is situated on the top of a rock. You will be able to view the Temple from the Highway itself. The temple was very neat and clean and we had a very good darshan there. You can also have the details of the temple by Clicking Here.
After finishing darshan at Ratnagiri Temple, we proceeded to Chennai. We started at around 7.30pm from Ratnagiri and reached Chennai by 9.00pm. While entering Chennai, we took Poonamallee-Porur-Kathipara Route. There was heavy traffic jam at Porur Junction due to Metro Rail Project. It took 1/2 hour to cross Porur Junction. We attended the marriage on 16th Feb 2011 and continued our tour from 17th Feb 2011.
GOLDEN TEMPLE AT VELLORE
We landed at Vellore Golden Temple at 4.30pm. While proceeding from Krishnagiri, there are two approach roads to Sripuram Golden Temple. First one, you can take a right just after Pallikonda Toll Gate and from there the temple is 15 Kms. Roads in this route is very worst. Another one is, after entering the Vellore City, take a right just opposite to the Old bus stand and the route directly land you up at Golden Temple which is 7 Kms from Vellore City. This Route is better. There was enormous crowd to that temple. Most of the tourist are coming from Tirupati. Similar to Tirupati, the Golden temple also have lots of restrictions. The Free Darshan as per their sign-boards will take nearly 3 hours. They allow you inside the temple batch by batch only. Apart from that they have some tickets for Rs.250/-, where you will not require to wait for hours to have darshan. But once you cross that batch section in the Free Darshan queue, there will not be any crowd and you have to walk nearly a kilometre to reach the sanctum- sanctorum. The walk will be in the shape of a star. The sanctum-sanctorum is in a small pond. The scene cannot be explained and it should be seen and felt.
For further details regarding this temple please Click Here
RATNAGIRI BALAMURUGAN TEMPLE
After finishing darshan at Golden Temple, Vellore we proceeded to Ratnagiri Balamurugan Temple which is situated just 2 Kms from Vellore in Vellore-Chennai Highway. While proceeding from Vellore, there will be an arch to enter the temple where the vehicle will go upto the temple which is situated on the top of a rock. You will be able to view the Temple from the Highway itself. The temple was very neat and clean and we had a very good darshan there. You can also have the details of the temple by Clicking Here.
After finishing darshan at Ratnagiri Temple, we proceeded to Chennai. We started at around 7.30pm from Ratnagiri and reached Chennai by 9.00pm. While entering Chennai, we took Poonamallee-Porur-Kathipara Route. There was heavy traffic jam at Porur Junction due to Metro Rail Project. It took 1/2 hour to cross Porur Junction. We attended the marriage on 16th Feb 2011 and continued our tour from 17th Feb 2011.
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