Delighted to make a plan to travel towards Srikalahastiswar which is the 119km distance from Chennai.It took 3 hours to reach there by TNSTC. More interest raised to think about the new place where I never went before that. Location is simple Telugu dominated area under the state of Andhra. Too difficult to communicate with the public.Once reached there near the temple of Srikalahastiswar the common scene was to face the broker who convinced with the pilgrims for the cheap availability of room near the temple. Beware of them. Search the hotel as per the requirement. So many options were there.Visit to temple for the darshan of Lord Shiva is an essential part of every devotee. Temple open at 3am for the daily rituals of the God. One may take chance to have early darshan after booking ticket cost Rs 50. After 5am the crowds are too much due to free darshan for the public. The morning atmosphere within the premises of temple is very holiest.What I saw at my early morning visit to the campus of the temple were very amazing. So many people were busy to clean the floor and simultaneously few women busy to design rangoli in the different design with colorful chalk. The scent of many flowers which were carrying to offer garlands for God. The fragrance of turmeric and incense sticks make the areas the vibrating The devotional music around the temple and the recitation of Sanskrit shlokas by Brahmins make it so sacred for the devotee.The inside structure is awesome to think about its architectural style.As per the view of the historian, the initial structure of the temple was constructed by Pallava dynasty in the 5th century B.C.At 10 century, the Chola kings renovated the temple and constructed the main structure. It is believed that Sri kalahastiswar enshrines a Vayu linga, one of Shivas Pancha bhoota lingas.
The main aim of all is to get the blessings of Lord Shiva. It is famous for Rahu-Ketu worship. Performing this puja will ward off the people from astrological effects of Rahu-Ketu.The Brahmins do follow all system to perform the puja of a number of devotees who gather there.It is a magnitude of this place for which many devotees throng here from the different part of India.
Another important thing was that mostly devotees pray to god with optimum silence without any loud sound. Offering coconut and flowers was an optional choice for everybody.The simple way of darshan of god at the sacred hall was the main rule of the temple where all were followed without any hesitation.
Besides that, so many other temples are there near the main temple.Patala Ganapati is there.Bhakta Kanappa Temple, Prassanna Varadraja Swamy Temple, Saharsa Linga Temple, Chaturmukheswar Temple are some of the notable places to visit at Kalahastiswara.The adjoining areas of temple premises are although very congested due to the development of construction of numbers of hotels and market.River Swarnamukhi, which is called as the Ganga of south-flowing just near the temple.One should wait for the sunrise and sunset time to watch the magical view.
No need to worry about food, south Indian menu are available mostly in all the nearby restaurants.Saravanan Hotel is very popular among all tourist. No one forgets to click few snaps near the huge Gopuram which Sri Krishnadevray built in 1516AD.
Though it takes only one day to roam around the temple city of Sri Kalahastiswar after that pilgrim moves towards Tirupati which is only 35 km from there.Frequent availability of transport near the gopuram is another facility that provides an opportunity to all for going towards Tirumala.
Next vision turned towards the Kalamkari handicraft work for which Srikalahasti is famous. I took one local traveler along with me in search of that work. First, we went to Bahadur peta Sahi where after a lot hard searching we reached a small house where few local craftswomen busy to draw the design on the cotton clothes. Kalamkari is an age-old tradition to do design on the subject of local folk and inspire from nature they do design about leaves and birds, and after designing they normally use vegetable dyes for coloring the designs on the clothes with the help of Pen.That's why it may be known as Kalamkari design.Under the patronage of the royal family, this handicrafts work reaches its peak but during social and industrial revolution gradually this Art lost its glory.After a long revival by many Artist and the initiative taken by local artist,the art got its patronage again at the fashion arena.
I did a little hard to visit other location in Kalahasti where I could explore more about the Kalamkari work and would shop few materials from them.As per the data that I carried with me I instructed to go to Bhanodaya Kalamkari, Sannidhi Street near Sukhabramasramam.Once I reached the doorstep of their workshop, it was amazing to watch the work directly. More than one artist did their work on the floor for designing and coloring on the clothes. After a little conversation with the owner of the workshop, i took interest to watch their work very closely.All the works on the materials were previously ordered by many designers as per the demand of the customers the kalamkari clothes were despatched to them. I did not get a single piece even after my request to her. One single piece required at least one week to design on it.They charged Rs 500 per one meter designing kalamkari clothes.
Again searching work continued where I would shop for myself. Time was less to spend on marketing. Still, i went to local market but failed to get what I expected to do for myself.Though Kalamkari work is originated there not much scope to get.a lump sum variety to procure for oneself.My experience in search of Kalamkari handicraft work gave me enough chance to learn a lot. Returned with a huge exposer with the public of a remote location of India where knowledge and Artwork have been blended with each other very sophisticatedly.
The main aim of all is to get the blessings of Lord Shiva. It is famous for Rahu-Ketu worship. Performing this puja will ward off the people from astrological effects of Rahu-Ketu.The Brahmins do follow all system to perform the puja of a number of devotees who gather there.It is a magnitude of this place for which many devotees throng here from the different part of India.
Another important thing was that mostly devotees pray to god with optimum silence without any loud sound. Offering coconut and flowers was an optional choice for everybody.The simple way of darshan of god at the sacred hall was the main rule of the temple where all were followed without any hesitation.
Besides that, so many other temples are there near the main temple.Patala Ganapati is there.Bhakta Kanappa Temple, Prassanna Varadraja Swamy Temple, Saharsa Linga Temple, Chaturmukheswar Temple are some of the notable places to visit at Kalahastiswara.The adjoining areas of temple premises are although very congested due to the development of construction of numbers of hotels and market.River Swarnamukhi, which is called as the Ganga of south-flowing just near the temple.One should wait for the sunrise and sunset time to watch the magical view.
No need to worry about food, south Indian menu are available mostly in all the nearby restaurants.Saravanan Hotel is very popular among all tourist. No one forgets to click few snaps near the huge Gopuram which Sri Krishnadevray built in 1516AD.
Though it takes only one day to roam around the temple city of Sri Kalahastiswar after that pilgrim moves towards Tirupati which is only 35 km from there.Frequent availability of transport near the gopuram is another facility that provides an opportunity to all for going towards Tirumala.
Next vision turned towards the Kalamkari handicraft work for which Srikalahasti is famous. I took one local traveler along with me in search of that work. First, we went to Bahadur peta Sahi where after a lot hard searching we reached a small house where few local craftswomen busy to draw the design on the cotton clothes. Kalamkari is an age-old tradition to do design on the subject of local folk and inspire from nature they do design about leaves and birds, and after designing they normally use vegetable dyes for coloring the designs on the clothes with the help of Pen.That's why it may be known as Kalamkari design.Under the patronage of the royal family, this handicrafts work reaches its peak but during social and industrial revolution gradually this Art lost its glory.After a long revival by many Artist and the initiative taken by local artist,the art got its patronage again at the fashion arena.
I did a little hard to visit other location in Kalahasti where I could explore more about the Kalamkari work and would shop few materials from them.As per the data that I carried with me I instructed to go to Bhanodaya Kalamkari, Sannidhi Street near Sukhabramasramam.Once I reached the doorstep of their workshop, it was amazing to watch the work directly. More than one artist did their work on the floor for designing and coloring on the clothes. After a little conversation with the owner of the workshop, i took interest to watch their work very closely.All the works on the materials were previously ordered by many designers as per the demand of the customers the kalamkari clothes were despatched to them. I did not get a single piece even after my request to her. One single piece required at least one week to design on it.They charged Rs 500 per one meter designing kalamkari clothes.
