India. What a country. I'm coming to love it... can't be forced. I love it for wjat it gives my kids. I'm appreciating Tamil Nadu and people from here even more after i met some obnoxious north Indians haha! I sound so racist. Perhaps it was just the usual boisterous pushy tourist crowds i met at kanyakumari. But still.
Anyways. Old truths still hold. Like you can't recapture the magic of a first time. It's just another time. Like my first kanyakumari trip... wha i remember was cleanliness and neatness. This trip what i saw was dirt!! Haha. Yeah. But the memorial rock was very peaceful.
Im at Madurai Meenakshi Amman temple now. Waiting in queue to see the Goddess. I don't have to in that i alredy queued and saw her in full beauty and glory with my family the other day. But im just opposite the temple. Didnt feel right to be blessed to stay so close to her and not drop by to see her. But she's royalty and you can't just drop by. She's changing now i think. Ive been in the queue for 20 min or 25 min already.
I hope the kids are doing ok. Saro has to take care of them. Brush their teeth get them ready entertain them. Hipe he knows to come down to get milk for aishu.
The bells are ringing. Now. Resounding. Sending shivers up my spine. The divine connection between music and devotion and prayer. So beautiful. While queuing i was listening to sri chakravathy simhasani...my favourite lines are
"Thayae manam vaithal thangam varum.. thanivaliyil thunaiyaha singam varum"
I was saying these lines while i made my way to the common bathroom innthe nagara viduthi!
We've had quite a variety of accommodation. There is saro's parents home in chennai. Mattresses om beds or floora. Then the family home in alavakotai. Mats. Fairly complicated routines amd routes for bath and toilet and hot water. Then we had the madam at thiruchendoor. Simple Spartan setting but perfect for our needs. All in one room. Then a fairly luxurious hotel with soft beds in a hotel in kanyakumari. Then jist hard beds and common baths in madurai. Wonderful blessed location. Tomorrow...simple resort in munnar.
No comments:
Post a Comment