Today I just thought I would visit Tiruvallikeni temple morning itself to avoid unduly heavy crowds and mad rush that prevails in the evenings of Saturday. They say people witness such turbulent crowds on Sundays too but not sure since I have not visited recently on Sundays. I started around 0730 hours in the morning. I caught a M21 to Velachery. However, there was something interesting. I normally ensure that I have enough smaller denomination currency change with me. But I missed it in one shot and hence had to tender a one hundred rupee note. The conductor was rather polite and hence he told that he would give me the change once the bus reaches the final destination since if gives off the changes immediately, it becomes little confusing and complex problem and/or a puzzle for him to solve for other passengers who board in the rest of the bus stops. When the bus reached near MRTS, I chose to alight and ask for a change. But the conductor itself saw me getting up and he came to me and handed over the change.

 

I chose to board a train to Tiruvallikeni. Again the saturday effect had a little drowiness to set in me. No sooner did the train cross Tirumailai station than did I get a light wink of sleep and I could wake up only when the train was nearing Tiruvallikeni station. The walking route to the temple was not resembling easy since even that early hours, the sun was showering a scorching hot rays on the earth. The temple was not that crowdy too and hence I could have a peaceful darshan in all the sanctum sanctorums and come out of the temple in about thirty minutes.

 

I had to visit my bank and hence chose to get a bus to Adyar. So before embarking on the new journey, just thought I would have some quick bites in the restaurant near the temple. Sometime back I also wrote about this restuarant in Go-Ergo. You can check out the same over here.  I have uploaded as a two-part screenshot below: