AMAZING TEMPLES AND HISTORICAL SITES. ONE WILL UNDERGO THE FEELING OF ONENESS WITH THE LORD AS WE PRAY TO THE LORD TO BLESS ONE AND ALL WITH DEVOTION IN EVERY TEMPLE FOR DARSHAN.
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| most beautiful GANAGA AARATHI |
On 31 Dec 2010 I started early in the morning from Hyderabad. My flight took me to Delhi by 8:40 AM then, I could get Varanasi flight at 10:30 Hrs. Reached Varanasi airport by 11:50 hrs and then by auto reached Dasaswamed Ghat (Andhra Ashram ) at about 1:30 PM.
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GANGA BOAT RIDE
IN VARANASI |
There is no booking permitted in this place so, I have been told to wait for some time as some people have already given their consent for leaving the place by noon time. I could get into the room by 2PM, then after a while I went straight to the main Kasi Viswanath temple.
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SIBERIAN DUCKS IN GANAGA
VARANASI
PICTURE TAKEN
FROM THE BOAT |
Temple Is located in a sacred place encroached by the vendor shops from all sides. The entrance lane of 3 and half foot width and a snake like structure with the brick road is really amazing. Piligrims move in this narrow lane and reach the holy Kasi Viswanath temple for Kshera Abhishekam (milk). I prayed to the Lord severally for the welfare of my children my daughters family, grand daughter and for the blessing the sons with good brides. I then proceeded to Ganga Ghat for the most famous Ganga Aarathi at 6:30 PM. This is another amazing and most interesting part of piligrimage. I have taken no. of photos.
KASI YATRA 2ND DAY :
GAYA, VISHNUPADAM TEMPLE AND PITHRU TARPANAM (9am To 1pm)
BUDDHAGAYA, THE BODHI TREE WHERE LORD BUDDHA MEDITATED
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| Budda diety in the main bodhagaya temple |
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Bodhi tree under which Buddha mediatated
and got the enlightenment |
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On to the right side of the main temle is the smaller temple
from where Buddha meditated unwinkingly for full week
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VISHNU PADAM TEMPLE GAYA,
BIHAR PUROHIT HAS TAKEN US
INSIDE THIS TEMPLE WHERE
THE VISHNU PADAM IS AT THE
CENTRE OF THE MAIN TEMPLE AND
THE PITRHU PINDAs HAVE BEEN
PLACED PRAYING FOR THE
BLESSINGS OF PITHRU DEVATHAS |
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IN GAYA VISHNUPADAM TEMPLE
WHERE I PERFORMED THE PITHRU
KARYAM RITUAL (WITH DHOVATHI) |
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Buddha gaya Bihar where Siddartha
got the enlightenment
The Bodhi tree is seen just
behind the Mandir.
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The Andhra Ashram has a travel agency fellow adjacent to their office in one of the rooms provided by the Ashram management. They are reliable and take care of the piligrims very well. We have fixed up visit to Gaya (for Pithru Karyam) and Bodha gaya which is at about 270 kms away fro varanasi. early morning at about 5 am we started on 1 Jan 2011 and reached Gaya Bihar where we had performed the Pithru Pooja and Pinda danam from 11 AM upto 1PM at VISHNU PADAM TEMPLE. Then, we went to Bodhagaya which is 16 kms on the way back to Varanasi. At The Bodha gaya temple, we hired a guide for Rs.100/- This is the place where Buddha got the enlightenment under the pepal tree (Ravi chettu) and it is located just at the adjoining area back to the main temple. The main temple has been escavated by the British officer during the 18th century. Original stone mandir has been reconstructed using brick and cement in the same style as was the original stone temple built by Emperor Ashoka in 3rd century BC. Ashoka's first wife of Kalinga has taken the Bodhi sappling to srilanka as she didnot wish to live with her husband for the killings of her Kalinga Raj citizens ruthlessly.
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front view of the main temple
of buddhagaya
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We started back from Bodhagaya at 5 PM and reached Varanasi by 10 PM in the night.
