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TIMES-INDIAN OPEN KITCHEN.......: Old woman working for herself .......

TIMES-INDIAN OPEN KITCHEN.......: Old woman working for herself .......: This woman named as Buchi Raju. I met her in a hotel in Kakinada city. She is 65 years of her age. Working in a hotel. She had 6 daugh...

MY TRIP TO DWEARAKA TIRUMALA.......THIS HOTEL OFFERS GOOD FOOD...FOR LOW PRICE......

My trip to Dwaraka Tirumala on vehicle, stopped at Jangareddy Gudem for Lunch, it was the time for lunch, at 2-30 pm we entered into KAJA PANTULU BRAHMINS HOTEL....First I had a thought that this road side hotel might not serve good food, all this JANGAREDDY GUDEM TOWN......We sat for taking lunch, Waiters served lunch, purely veg meals....Really i amazed to eat the lunch, very nice lunch with tasty items....tasty items of Andhra food, all kind of powders, chutney with curries, Sambar, Rasam, Majjiga charu, and etc, Really we ate stomach full, All these i have been dieting since  long years, but i ate stomach full , ow.....really GOOD FOOD IN HOT SUMMER......BUT PRICED RS.60 ONLY FOR STOMACH FULL MEALS.....While comparing to other hotels.....a nice meals for low price. I asked the owner of the hotel about the hotel and its secret for low price.....The owner replied to me...".Sir, this hotel we opened three years back, before this opp to this hotel we have been running a tiffin hotel, As my fathers wish, We have to offer good for low price, profit may be low, but customers must be in happy mood. So that we are offering this good, with GHEE, BANANA,AND ALL KINDS OF ANDHRA ITEMS..WITH FINE RICE....One have to enjoy the food" Really for this high pricing time.....RS.60 A FULL STOMACH FULL THE BEST FOOD EVER.......I said thanks to him..then we started our journey to Dwaraka tirumala, a 30 km away to Jangareddy gudem......if you go by this way....STOP AND HAVE YOUR LUNCH OR DINNER...THEN ENJOY THE HOSPITALITY.....

MY TRIP TO DWARAKA TIRUMALA OR CHINNA TIRUPATI,,,,LORD BALAJI TEMPLE IN WEST GODAVARI.....

At last i visited Lord Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Dwaraka Tirumala, Near Eluru in West Godavari District of Ap. I have the wish to visit this temple since long long years....When i was young i would like to visit this temple in 1986, but some circumstances i had not visited this temple. I tried to visit this temple long long years of time, though i was near to this temple for my work, But at last i visited this temple On april 29th,2016,Friday.
The temple situated top of the hill, renovation work has been on. New building are in progress. The shrines are looks so beautiful. I noticed lot of Kalyana mandapams with castes basis. For every caste here on Dharma satram of choultry. The main temple is away to the village, the village so narrow with hills and up and down roads. It is a small town. Lodges are situated on the sides of the roads. Some Dharma salas are also we can find in Dwaraka Tirumala village. But temple is two km far to the village.
Now come to the temple, two roads are leading to the temple. One is the new, second one the old. The new one has been under construction with cement, the old road laid with Tar.
The entrance ticket Car Rs.20, Auto Rs.20, Two wheelers Rs.5. A five minutes journey from the village. The parking place is also under construction. Free dharshan would take few minutes in odd days....But few hours in saturday and weekends and holidays....
THE Deities....The Deities.....Sri BALAJI IN TWO IDOLS. ONE IS UP AND SECOND ONE IS DOWN TO HIM....Side tho this main shrine, PADMAVATHI AMMA VARU, AND LAXMI AMMAVARU DEITIES WE CAN FIND IN TWO SMALL SHRINES.....Annual rituals are famous here. When i was there the last wedding muhurat....lot of marriages are being performing  on the huge area of the temple. The temple has Four entrances.
How to go........From Bhadrachalam to Dwaraka Tirumala.....150 km road journey, From kukunoor,Awarao Peta, Jangareddy gudem then come Dwaraka tirumala, 30 km away to Jangareddy gudem.
From hyderabad......hyderabad to Eluru then Dwaraka Tirumala an hour hourney, from Vijayawada. Krishna district AP.
It is most famous AS CHINNA TIRUPATI....who are lack of money or time to visit Main Tirumala in Chittoor, have to visit this temple and offers poojas and kanukas to this temple as they feel like Lord Balaji at Tirumala.
It is on renovation work. But in holidays or in weekends one have to visit and offer poojas to lord venkateswara in CHINNA TIRUPATI. The are is so beautiful one have feel happy with the scenes......
THE HISTORY OF THE TEMPLE........
 Dwaraka Tirumala Devasthanam is situated on the top of the Seshachala Hill.  It is Swayambhu. The feet of Lord Venkateswara are in Valmikam(Ant-hill). During Tretayuga Emperor Aja, Grand Father of   Lord Shri Rama worshipped this Presiding deity.
          Sage Dwaraka picked up and unearthed the Lord from Valmikam(Ant-hill) and worshipped the deity, as such it is named as Dwaraka Tirumala. Since the feet of Swayambhu are in Valimikam, about 400 years back another idol brought from Tirupathi and installed on the back of Swayambhu and Pratista was done as per ‘Vaikhanasa’ Agama. This Devasthanam is an unique feature that two idols are located in same ‘sanctum sanctorum’. Two annual Brahmotsvams are being performed, one in Vaisakhamasam (May) for Swayambhu and another in Aswayuja Masa(October) to the installed deity.
          Moreover Sage Dwaraka doing penance seen North, the Lord appeared before him towards South direction as such the temple is located facing South.
          There is staunch belief among the devotees that their desires are fulfilled by worshiping this deity. This place is popularly known from centuries as  Chinna Tirupati(Small Tirupati).

LEGENDARY EPIC SRI RAMAYAN ON WALLS, SHOWING ITS GLORY TO THE PEOPLE......

All these Hot summer days bhadrachalam temple town wore a festive look, on the eve of Sri seeta Rama kalyanam being held on april 15,2016, On this occasion the T State govt took a right decision to PAINT LINE ART ON RAMAYANA FULL STORY ON WALLS AROUND THE BHADRACHLAAM TEPLE TOWN, TO LOOK SO PRETTY, Fifty artists from Khammam district and local artists worked together to complete RAMAYAN LINE ARTS ON THE WALLS OF THE BHADRACHALAM HOMES. Near 300 Drawing painted by senier most artists of khammam district, These RAMAYAN line drawing shows full RAMAYANA EPIC STORY EASILY TO THE PEOPLE WHO GLANCE ON THE WALLS OF THE BHADRACHALAM TEMPLE TOWN. This is novel idea clicks very beautiful paintings of line art. Ravi Main leader of the group from Khammam talking to Timesvoice, 'yes, it is a gods gift like us artists to paint Ramayan epic story as LINE drawing on the walls of bhadrachalam temple town homes and offices. We have lot of satisfaction over this.....we have been 50 artists working together to complete our task before April 13, on the eve of Sri Ram navami on april 15,2016. After a long time we artists have the time to show our art on walls, all these days people are running for FLEX PRINTING so artists facing lot of problems for this, we are striving hard to get our meal, to feed our family. But this kind of encouragement form govt gives a satisfaction to show our art to the people.At the same time we get some reward out of our work. We have been working hard to show our art, in some areas walls are so hard to paint on the walls, but we try to give utmost beauty of EPIC RAMAYAN ON THE WALLS....We would feel more happy whenever people enjoy by seeing our work. ' Thanks to one and all who encourages our work by seeing. Really very hot line drawing on 45 degrees hot temparature these artists working round the clock to complete their giving task.......Timesvoice, from bhadrachlaam