I hoped in my dad's car besides my sister who was already seated in the car and as my parents also boarded in, we were ready to start our road trip to a Indian Village Temple.The Temple was located in a place called Melmalayanur which 32 kms from Gingee,Tamil Nadu.It was a temple of the Goddess Angala Parameshwari Amman, a Hindu Goddess.
I was not so excited about the trip as most of these temples will be mostly abandoned with only few villagers who worship in that temple.The whole journey was about 3 hours drive from our house in Vellore.As the city limits began wade off,my eyes feasted on the greenish,lush lands of the Villages on the way.It was fantastic view to feast upon and the roads where all deserted with only a few people walking by.The place was so calm with a warm breeze flowing over my cheeks.
We stopped in the middle to eat Nungu,a fruit thats available in India and i took the chance to capture the beauty of the villages in that time and here is it for you all to feast upon.
I was taken by surprise when I entered the main village where the temple is located.Till the last minute before taking the road for the main villager, it was hard to see a group of people standing in the road but now the village was flowing full of people from all over the neighboring villages,I don't know from where or how did they come to the place.I then came to know that the temple has a special pooja on No moon day and it will be full of rush like this on all such days.The main specialty is that they bring the Goddess statue at midnight 12.00 exactly on this day and swing her in a Unjal in one of the buildings .The people come to see this event and they start to sit around that building from 6 pm.Its said that those who view this event gets what they want and thing s happen to them as they desire for those who believe it.
Anyway the crowd was pouring in like the Thirupathi temple here.The main Goddess was in a little cave where only a small group of 4 to 5 people can stand.We were taken directly there by some of the contacts my dad had in there.The priests where pushing the people like anythin and they where not even allowed to enter the cave.To enter the cave there is some special fee of about 100 or above.We were all drenched with sweet when we came back outside.Here is the footage of the Goddess in that temple,this was taken from a Government site as people are not allowed to take picture of the deity in the Hindu temples.
I was not so excited about the trip as most of these temples will be mostly abandoned with only few villagers who worship in that temple.The whole journey was about 3 hours drive from our house in Vellore.As the city limits began wade off,my eyes feasted on the greenish,lush lands of the Villages on the way.It was fantastic view to feast upon and the roads where all deserted with only a few people walking by.The place was so calm with a warm breeze flowing over my cheeks.
We stopped in the middle to eat Nungu,a fruit thats available in India and i took the chance to capture the beauty of the villages in that time and here is it for you all to feast upon.
I was taken by surprise when I entered the main village where the temple is located.Till the last minute before taking the road for the main villager, it was hard to see a group of people standing in the road but now the village was flowing full of people from all over the neighboring villages,I don't know from where or how did they come to the place.I then came to know that the temple has a special pooja on No moon day and it will be full of rush like this on all such days.The main specialty is that they bring the Goddess statue at midnight 12.00 exactly on this day and swing her in a Unjal in one of the buildings .The people come to see this event and they start to sit around that building from 6 pm.Its said that those who view this event gets what they want and thing s happen to them as they desire for those who believe it.Anyway the crowd was pouring in like the Thirupathi temple here.The main Goddess was in a little cave where only a small group of 4 to 5 people can stand.We were taken directly there by some of the contacts my dad had in there.The priests where pushing the people like anythin and they where not even allowed to enter the cave.To enter the cave there is some special fee of about 100 or above.We were all drenched with sweet when we came back outside.Here is the footage of the Goddess in that temple,this was taken from a Government site as people are not allowed to take picture of the deity in the Hindu temples.
we did not wait for the main event at midnight as my dad had some important work.So we came back to home.Anyway it was a nice journey and also an exciting one for me.Hope to got there once again to see the main unjal event.
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