Vacation

Hey,

I've disappeared for quite a while, didn't I ? I've been on a vacation from 25th April to 11th May and I'm back rejuvenated and relaxed. I've been to my hometown Visakhapatnam, the most beautiful place on earth, or so I feel. I was joined by my hubby after a week and we set out leaving our kids with their grand parents.

We have been to Puri and Konark in Orissa and Bhadrachalam in AP and must say the heat was too much. But we were undeterred and were waiting for a break from the routine, so we didnt complain. Visited the famous Jagannath Temple in Puri and The Konark Sun Temple in Orissa for which a detailed account will follow soon. 

Bhadrachalam, the abode of Sri Rama, is the other place that we visited and we were pleased with ourselves to see the famous temple and the jewellery that Bhakta Ramadas has offered to the lord. Legend goes that Ramadas who was an official in Md. Tanisha's court, made the jewellery for Rama, Sita , Lakshmana and Bharata from the tax money he collected, for which he was imprisoned. Lord Rama appeared in Tanisha's dream and offered him 10000 gold coins and ordered him to release his devotee, which the nijam obliged. It was in prison that Ramadas wrote the famous keerthanas like ''Seethammaku cheyisti chintaku patakamu'' in which the ardent devotee taunts the Lord himself saying '' evarabba sommani kulukuchu tirigevu ramachandra''. Must say it was a treat in a material and also spiritual sense, to see those famous jewels in the museum right beside the temple.

We had a great time and in spite of the heat, we made sure we enjoyed every bit of it.