Trip To Vellore

Date :02-10-2008 , Thursday

Planning out a Trip to vellore was very difficult as we wanted to cover many places ,but we knew only few places existed in Vellore.The entire trip plan was assigned to me and I wanted to make it as enjoyable as possible.From Chennai , Vellore is about 3 hours by road.If you want you can go by train but to cover several places at your comfort , a Cab is a cheap option.To avoid the journey be tiresome , I decides to start at 8:00 AM.On way you can find several amusement parks like Queens land which u can plan out on any weekend outing.After about 40 min ,we reached Sriperumber.Place where Rajib Ghandhi was killled by a suicide bomber.A big Artfact is being created in his honour.A shilanyas , surrounded by 5 large tombs and a fully carved wall is worth watching.So we spent about 20 min at the place to see and respect the great persona...

Thereafter We moved on TO our journey to Vellore.People Can cover Kanchipuram also,as it will fall on way,but If you want to go for the golden temple at Sripuram , U have to Omit it from itenary , and so i did.moreover , we had already travelled to mahabalipuram n kanchipuram ,which i'lll be jotting down in my next blog.

Before 13 km to vellore ,There comes Rathnagiri.From NH only One can view the beautiful temple on the Right side. This a BalaMurugan temple(Kartikeya temple).MAny other gods are also there.The Priest of this temple is treated as a very holy saint and is visited by people far and near.We just caught a glimpse of him bowed to him as well and moved ahead on our trip.

After Viewing the temple and the exotic scenaries , we went back to the NH and started our journey through the town of Arcot.As we went inside vellore city , we crossed the great CMC hospital which is very famous.Then came the Vellore fort.But as it was our after lunch programme,We went towards Sripuram to visit the Laxmi temple.Its about 10 km from vellore main city.As from resources , the vast temple is constructed with about 600 crores , with 1.5tonn gold.HAven't seen so much gold in the temple.You can enter the money without paying even a penny , but u wont be allowed to goddess laxmi from near.U will be sent away from about 100metres.Also the journey will take about 4 hours to the temple,But if you pay about 250 rupees each then u can go in the temple in special entry and caome back soon .You will be given prassad for free.And allowed to see goddess laxmi from near.There will be arti done for you.People are allowed to go in Batch.This shows a good way of crowd administration and beautifully crafted temple is worth watching.

Then We went to Saravan Bhawan , near CMC hospital for lunch.In chennai , Saravna bhawan is one of the cheapest , and trusted chain of hotels and good where u can find good south indian meals and food at reasonable rate. after a full contended lunch ,We started for the Vellore fort.Which is just in the centre of city.

Rampart of the Fort is worth moving accross.There is a moat in front of the fort..for boating.from the rampart of the fort ,the vellore city can be viewed.The fort dates back to AD.

Inside the fort ,there is a JAlakandeswara temple,Beautiful carvings are the speciality of this temple .Temple has many Gods and Goddeses.The carvings in temple depict some tales of Ramayan , and ancient india.Temple is a must watch.

There are Tippu mahal , St ,John.s Church and Hawa mahal inside the fort as well as archaelogical museum.The fort itself will grab 2 hours .

Then we moved on to visit VIT.As one of my sister stayed there,Its a beautiful institute at par with any management institute.beautifully maintained.It has a beautiful study environment.Felt like i wanted to restudy my engineering again.

Finally we returned from vellore at 7 pm and reached home at 9:30 pm.Though the journey was abit tiring , but trip o vellore will always be a beautiful memory.More over i got loads of praises ,,for being a good guide and making the journey enjoyable.