2012 in review

Author : raju0704      Blog : Raju's Temple Visits      Date : 12/31/2012 2:14:16 AM

'The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: About 55,000 tourists visit Liechtenstein every year. This blog was viewed about 300,000 times in 2012. If it were Liechtenstein, it would take about 5 years for that many people to see it. Your blog had more visits than [...]'

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Visit to Thirunelveli Temples – Part 4

Author : raju0704      Blog : Raju's Temple Visits      Date : 9/28/2012 12:08:47 PM

'Continued from Part1, Part 2 and Part 3… This is the concluding part of our Thirunelveli temple trip. Day 4: We wanted to save as much time as possible since we had so many more temples to visit on the last day. So we got ready and were present at the Srivaikundam Nava Thirupathi by [...]'

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Visit to Thirunelveli Temples – Part 3

Author : raju0704      Blog : Raju's Temple Visits      Date : 9/27/2012 3:38:53 AM

'Continued from Part 1 and Part 2… Day 3: My main purpose of taking a lodge at Kallidikurichi / Ambasamudhrm area was to take a bath at the Tamirabarani river and enjoy the beautiful surroundings but unfortunately both of them were not fulfilled since this was our first trip and we had so many temples [...]'

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Visit to Thirunelveli Temples – Part 2

Author : raju0704      Blog : Raju's Temple Visits      Date : 9/26/2012 6:43:12 AM

'….Continuation from Part 1. Note: This is only a gist of travel information. The temple legends and other details from the religious aspect are not given here since they are already documented in the ”Directory of the temples around Thirunelveli 1 and 2”. Day 2 : After a nice sleep, we were recharged and ready for [...]'

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Visit to Thirunelveli Temples – Part 1

Author : raju0704      Blog : Raju's Temple Visits      Date : 9/24/2012 4:15:50 PM

'While making the directory of temples in and around Thirunelveli, I could sense the beauty of the place and temples in the backdrop of Western ghats and the Tamirabarani river. Since then I was longing to visit the place and we (I, my wife and my uncle) set out on a 4 days visit to [...]'

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Visit to Sri Sridhara Ayyaval mutt at Thiruvisainallur

Author : raju0704      Blog : Raju's Temple Visits      Date : 7/2/2012 2:57:51 PM

'Visit to Sri Sridhara Ayyaval mutt at Thiruvisainallur Anyone will be amazed to go through some of the documented spiritual incidents of our sacred places/souls that took place in front of many people just a few hundred years back and so also me. To name a few: Sir Thomas Munroe talking to Sri Raghavendhra from [...]'

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Visit to Rameswaram – Part 3 of 3

Author : raju0704      Blog : Raju's Temple Visits      Date : 4/21/2012 6:04:50 PM

'Visit to Rameswaram – Part 3 of 3 (Dhanushkodi and around Rameswaram) This is the continuation of Part 1 and Part 2 of our Rameswaram visit Dhanushkodi It was a Sri Rama Navami the next day. Incidentally I was born on a Sri Rama Navami day on the Thiruvathirai star (Lord Shiva’s star, the previous [...]'

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Visit to Rameswaram – Part 2 of 3

Author : raju0704      Blog : Raju's Temple Visits      Date : 4/21/2012 5:58:25 PM

'Visit to Rameswaram – Part 2 of 3 (Ekadasa Rudhra Parayana pooja and the visit to the Main Temple) This is the continuation of the previous post Part 1.. Our main purpose of this Rameswaram trip was to conduct Ekadasa Rudhra Parayanam on my star birthday. The pooja was arranged at the Sringeri mutt, the [...]'

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Visit to Rameswaram – Part 1 of 3

Author : raju0704      Blog : Raju's Temple Visits      Date : 4/21/2012 5:54:22 PM

'Visit to Rameswaram – Part 1 of 3 (Devipatnam Nava Bhashanam, Uthrakosamangai and Sethukarai) During the last week of May 2011, around 40 of our relatives had been to Rameswaram to conduct the Thila Tharpana homam from my in-laws’ side. Thila tharpana homam is mainly to let free the wandering souls in harmony that encountered [...]'

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2011 in review

Author : raju0704      Blog : Raju's Temple Visits      Date : 1/3/2012 5:22:47 AM

'The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 190,000 times in 2011. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 8 days for that many people to see [...]'

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