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Golden Temple, Jala Kanteswar & Ratnagiri Murugun Temples

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 Golden Temple, Jala Kanteswar & Ratnagiri Murugun Temples: Today we planned to visit the Golden Temple of Sri Lakshmi Narayani Temple near Vellore. We started early at 6pm from Arunachalam and reached vellore at 8 AM.  From here had arranged an auto to take us to Golden temple, Jala Kanteswar Temple & Ratnagiri Murugun temple and drop us at Katpadi Railway station.  Golden Temple of Sri Lakshmi Narayani Temple in Sripuram. Its in star shaped pathway and also some say it in Srichakaram shape. Reached vellore temple at 8:30 and took 100 rupees darshan tickets. This had helped to cover the temple in 2 hours. There isnt much rush and in 30 minutes we are near the golden temple.  Its very majestic and the Goddess status is very wonderfull. We said our prayers and took blessings of Maa Laskshmi. This golden temple grandeur is feast to eyes in the evenings with all the lighting and its reflections in water. Golden Temple in SriPuram had been opened in August 2007.  We can perform Abh
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Trek to SkandaAshramam & Virupaksha Caves

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 Trek to SkandaAshramam & Virupaksha Caves On Second day started at morning 7 AM. We started the trek to Skanda Ashramam on barefoot.                                  The back gate from Ramana Ashramam opens at 7 AM and leads to SkandaAshramam. The stone paved path with cool breeze had us refreshed. There will be Master Sculptures selling their art pieces. Some even prepare one like a designer piece if one fancies. There is a bit of strain in the initial path. After that its easy to continue. Its a 2km distance to the SkandaAshramam.  We reached the view point from which one can have the Aerial view of the Main temple. Viewing the 7 Gopurams from the top is the feast for Eyes and soul.         There will be lot of monkeys along the path trying to help themselves for food and water bottles in the hands of devotees. We reached the SkandaAshramam and waiting to open the gates. They are opened promptly at 8 AM.  on way to trek we encountered many foriegners with traditional dress and I
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