In actual the Journey to Tirupati balaji for me starts in a very weird way really for very weird cause, Actually i was in the bangalore for the first time ,i was there for searching a software job for me, I heard from the people and friends that the weather of bangalore is just awesome and remains same in all season. But this time bangalore is getting hot and hotter i dont know why ?, and the problem started for me was the "dandruff" and also i know that water changes when we change the place but water in may area of bangalore was very bad, i was taking bath daily or i can say twice daily but the dandruff is increased even more every time i take bath and i was like scratching pulling my hair all the time and hair fall too. it may sound a small problem but it is not trust me it is not then after i have decided to do tonsure(mundan).
In my religion or i can say in hindu religion mundan is not allowed for an adult. so i talked to my mom about the problem and she gave me a classy solution . mom's are really awesome in solving there type of problem and she suggest me to go to holy place Tirupati balaji temple as i was in bangalore and tirupati was just 250 km or 155 miles as tonsure is allowed in my religion if it is done at some holy place and i think 50% of the people goes there comes back with a tonsure(mundan) so then only i decided to go to tirupati. i didn't visited to the temple for very long may be god was calling me in this way...hhahaahhahaha
So, i packed my bag and and also decided to take my Dslr camera with me... worst decision of my trip !! i will let you know later why ? so, i booked a ticket from redbus.com and got a ticket for 11 o'clock at night from silk board for around 500 rs because it was not some special occasion. In special occasion ticket cost around 1300 to 1500 when i got there for second time it cost me that much.
After travelling for 5 hours i reached thirumla at 4 o'clock in the morning and i got to know the temple is up in the hills and have to travel 21 km and there are two ways to cover those 21 km either by stairs or by bus some people took that tough stairs way mostly the people comes with family but so i took a public transport bus to tirupati balaji temple, after travelling some km there is a security check where you need to get checked your bags and stuff it took around 20 to 30 minutes and then the journey continuous and as the journey is in hills that makes it cold with scenic views.
After reaching at the top the first thing i did is find the food i was really hungry even though it was 5 o'clock in the morning then after i asked the people what is the process to visit the temple and about baggage counter and the most important The TONSURE place hahaaha.
and people told me the best place i can't remember that name right now but i think it was "kalyani dharamshala" may be . its the best place as its a place where the baggage counter is, and bathing and sleeping facilities and tonsure place is there . Its a combo place 😉
There every other person is done with the tonsure almost 50 % of people did there mundan there , for the first time i see the woman with tonsure and not one but most of them. so i received the tonsure there and took the bath and take my bag from the counter.... my another mistake . Actually i heard that baggage counter is also there in the temple so i thought i can submit it again there but when i reached there they are not submitting the cameras on the counter and i can't put my camera in my bag also because they were just like throwing those bags and was not safe so i get back to that kalyani baggage counter again......but now its morning time of 8 o'clock and there was a queue of 5 -6 people waiting for there and getting there counter this time it took me 5 hrs wait for my no. !! when i first reach there at 5 o'clock 10 counter were free and i got one easily.
Again there are two way for Darshan a paid one or i say vip visit and ordinary Darshan. vip Darshan takes around 4-5 hours and ordinary darshan could take 1 or 2 whole day ahem ahem . and one more torture is that we need to do online Pre-booking for vip darshan . so have to go for ordinary darshan and the darshan starts with a queue of thousand of people which takes me 6 or 7 hours as it it a ordinary day otherwise it can take about 15 to 20 hours also. during the queue journey they will give you food curd and water to eat.
After the Queue journey they will put you in the big halls where a new queue for "prasad counter token" started which took around 5 hours and then after they give me the darshan date of tomorrow morning 7 o'clock .
after you get that "prasad token" you can get out of the hall so i get out of that jail type hall in the night and goes to kalyani dharamshala for sleeping and and at 7 o'clock i get back to temple and finally after a 1 hour queue i got the "Darshan" and then after the darshan there was also a queue of 1 hr at the "prasad counter"
the best part of the journey is that the journey itself is a great learning and spritual experience as you got to know and see the people from different places of india. and its really fun to go there solo.
If you like my experience comment !! and also share your experience too in comment.
After reaching at the top the first thing i did is find the food i was really hungry even though it was 5 o'clock in the morning then after i asked the people what is the process to visit the temple and about baggage counter and the most important The TONSURE place hahaaha.
and people told me the best place i can't remember that name right now but i think it was "kalyani dharamshala" may be . its the best place as its a place where the baggage counter is, and bathing and sleeping facilities and tonsure place is there . Its a combo place 😉
There every other person is done with the tonsure almost 50 % of people did there mundan there , for the first time i see the woman with tonsure and not one but most of them. so i received the tonsure there and took the bath and take my bag from the counter.... my another mistake . Actually i heard that baggage counter is also there in the temple so i thought i can submit it again there but when i reached there they are not submitting the cameras on the counter and i can't put my camera in my bag also because they were just like throwing those bags and was not safe so i get back to that kalyani baggage counter again......but now its morning time of 8 o'clock and there was a queue of 5 -6 people waiting for there and getting there counter this time it took me 5 hrs wait for my no. !! when i first reach there at 5 o'clock 10 counter were free and i got one easily.
Again there are two way for Darshan a paid one or i say vip visit and ordinary Darshan. vip Darshan takes around 4-5 hours and ordinary darshan could take 1 or 2 whole day ahem ahem . and one more torture is that we need to do online Pre-booking for vip darshan . so have to go for ordinary darshan and the darshan starts with a queue of thousand of people which takes me 6 or 7 hours as it it a ordinary day otherwise it can take about 15 to 20 hours also. during the queue journey they will give you food curd and water to eat.
After the Queue journey they will put you in the big halls where a new queue for "prasad counter token" started which took around 5 hours and then after they give me the darshan date of tomorrow morning 7 o'clock .
after you get that "prasad token" you can get out of the hall so i get out of that jail type hall in the night and goes to kalyani dharamshala for sleeping and and at 7 o'clock i get back to temple and finally after a 1 hour queue i got the "Darshan" and then after the darshan there was also a queue of 1 hr at the "prasad counter"
the best part of the journey is that the journey itself is a great learning and spritual experience as you got to know and see the people from different places of india. and its really fun to go there solo.
If you like my experience comment !! and also share your experience too in comment.
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