MY JOURNEY TRIP TOWARDS HYDERABAD – CHENNAI – PUDUCHERRY – KUMBAKONAM – THANJAVUR – CHIDAMBARAM – BACK TO HYDERABAD, INDIA

                                 {Family Tour – 2500 km - December 2023 – Trains and cars}

 

Hi! Welcome to all readers and viewers of my blog (maddali swetha blog). Today I like to share my temple tour which I travelled in December 2023. Before that I like to wish you a happy new year 2024 😊 and also Happy Sankranti day – year 2024😊  

 

Every year I travel out of the state. And this year - my travel tour - Tamilnadu state. I live in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

 

In Tamilnadu, there are 33,000 ANCIENT TEMPLES situated in this state and its big history hidden.

 

Few years back, I have covered temples in south side Tamilnadu. Now I covered temples in east side Tamilnadu.

 

Now I will share my temple trip tour photos and videos and also my observations. Keep reading!

 

My journey trip:

 

On first day, we (my father, my mother and me) went travelled to Chennai from Hyderabad. As my own brother stay there. 

 

And it’s heavy rains and floods time in Chennai. For God’s sake – there is no water in that area (IT companies are situated) where we lived in Chennai. See the image below:

On that day at night, we went to a hotel called – Mathsya (Pure vegetarian food) and had our dinner. Here, one thing I like to say that – I have seen Thanjavur painting frame of lord Vishnu in front the gate of this hotel entrance.

 

Here I have observed that Thanjavur paintings are two types – 1. Some are made by pure gold frames and 2. Some are made by brass metal frames. See the images below:

After dinner, we went to see some shopping places like Saravana Selvarathnam Stores.

 

Note: Saravana Selvarathnam Stores is a shopping mall where you can buy gold, silver, diamonds, sofa, men and women clothes, kitchen items, provision supermarket, vegetables and all a to z items are available.

 

If you are a MBA student, you can understand that this business annual turnover of about ₹ 2495 crore and all unique business ideas.

 

Mainly in that stores, for the first time I have seen this silver items collections. See the image below:

As we were booked train tickets to Kumbakonam but it was in waiting list. So, the next day, we have planned to go to Puducherry (this place is also called as Pondicherry).

 

While going to cottage which we booked in Puducherry on the way you will see Puducherry university. See the image below:

This is my cottage where we stayed two days. In that place, I have seen these unique red ants – if you knew that name of this insect comment below: See the image and video: 

Note: Puducherry is place where you will see oceans, shopping, French colony, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Manthri Mandir and food courts. See the image below:

By the way, here you need to know about French colony – the local people in Puducherry said French people came here for business and settled also build homes in this place. I have read this subject in school books mainly in social (History) subject and also in MBA about East India company.  See the images of French colony below:

See the ocean image below:

Here we had food at Kailash Parbat Hotel in Puducherry. This hotel is situated at many places in all over the world. See the images below:

And we had dinner in A2b veg restaurant and slept in cottage. After returning to home in Chennai. 

The next day, our train tickets were booked. we reached Kumbakonam place (Kumbakonam place is also called Temple city. In every one kilometer, you will find a temple). We had tiffin, lunch and dinner at Balaji Bhavan hotel. Later booked a car for few days for temple tour. See the images of temples.

 

Note: At first, we visited 9 Navagraha places and also visited lord Vishnu and lord Venkateshwara swamy temples. See the images below: 

Here I was very happy by seeing elephants dancing in front of temples. See the image below: Here this elephant is so much beautifully decorated also it’s smiling. Frankly speaking I like elephants.

Note: If you give money to this elephant in return it will bless you on your head.

Here one interesting temple I have seen – this temple real history is shown in PS1 and PS2 movie. Story – King chola son (Chola dynasty) – whenever he goes out from home. At first, he sees the god of temple from his home – window. Likewise, temple is built. See the image below:

Next, we went to Thanjavur place – near Thanjavur there are so many villages are surrounded. See the images and video below:

This temple named Brihadeshwara temple and photo of this temple was printed in Indian currency notes too. It will take 2 hours to see whole temple and one have to go inside with map. This place has very long history. This full story is available in Wikipedia.

Likewise, while coming out I have seen a peacock. See the image: 

The next day, we went to Chidambaram – Nataraja Temple. Lord Shiva was dancing with his wife Parvathi and lord Vishnu is the judge. See the image below:

In this journey, we have covered other famous temples nearby Kumbakonam and also my observations are here:

1: This is one of the temples famous. See the image below:

Note: Here I have seen a person photo – he was a person who appeared in inauguration of new Parliament Building with prime minister Narender Modi.

(Watch this video: Spectacular scenes from the inauguration of new Parliament Building - PMO India - May 28, 2023)  

 

2: I have seen Sir. Srinivasa Ramanujan Home on his birth day. See the images below:

 3: 500 rupees notes should be banned because no one is giving change for 500.

4: 10 rupees coin is valid in Tamilnadu but in Hyderabad, no one is taking 10-rupee coin. In addition, 20-rupee coin came in exist now in India (Bharath).

5: Tamil people eat more pepper and tamarind in their foods.

 

Finally, this is my happy travelling 😊 journey of temple tour in Tamilnadu of December 2023. Today I posted this in my blog. Happy Sankranti day – year 2024😊  

 

Thank you for reading and viewing!

Maddali Laxmi Swetha, MBA (HR)

 

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My Other Blog:

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https://www.youtube.com/user/maddaliswetha

 

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Speaking Tree Blog: https://timesofindia.speakingtree.in/maddali-swetha/blogs

 

Also, you can find in Amazon:

My name was included in a book called - Student Leaders: Growing from Students to CEO’s and the first copy of this book is dedicated to me. - https://tinyurl.com/y2sp7yl4

MY VIEWS ON THE ALMANACK OF NAVAL RAVIKANT BOOK

 I finished reading this book called “The Almanack of Naval Ravikant” book.

 

This book is foreword by Tim Ferriss. A guide to wealth and happiness – by Eric Jorgenson, Illustrations by Jack Butcher.

 

This book was first published in the USA -2020 by Margrathea Publishing. An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers from Haryana, India.

 

Copyright @ 2020, 2021, - Eric Jorgenson and also printed and bound at Thomson Press (India) LTD.

 

Book name:

The Almanack of naval Ravi Kant

Content of this book:

Important notes on this book

Foreword

ERIC’S NOTE (About this book)

Timeline of Naval Ravikant

Now, here is Naval in his own words

Part:1 – Wealth

Part:2 – Happiness

Bonus – Naval Recommended Reading, Naval’s writing, next on naval, Appreciation, Sources.

About the author

 

Total Pages: 242

 

Best Impressions pages which I liked in this book:

39, 49, 56, 85, 96, 127, 174

 

MY OBSERVATIONS AFTER READING THIS BOOK:

Point 1: Naval Ravikant is good at ideas about money and start-up business ideas are wonderful.

Point 2: While reading this book I have viewed Ravikant profile in Google search. There I have read that –he became CEO at the age 25 (year 1999).

Point 3: In this book - page 36 it is written as

There is no skill called “business”. Avoid Business magazines and business classes. These words are highlighted which is a bit disadvantage for this book.

Point 4: Here I have observed that most of the book writers are mentioning more about Warren Buffett in their books. Likewise, in this book – in two pages Warren Buffett name is mentioned.

Point 5: The second part of the book is about “Happiness”. This is too lengthy and a disadvantage of this book.

 

My ratings of this book: 3/5

 

Thank you for reading and viewing!

Maddali Laxmi Swetha, MBA (HR)

 

Email ID: Maddali_swetha@yahoo.com

 

My Quora: https://www.quora.com/profile/Maddali-Swetha

 

My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maddali-swetha-a0a424a6

 

My SlideShare Papers: https://www.slideshare.net/MaddaliSwetha 

 

My Blog (Maddali Swetha Blog): http://maddaliswetha.blogspot.com/

 

My Other Blog:

(Deccan Vysya Blog - Deccan Vysya Patrika – Since 1937) –

http://deccanvysya.blogspot.com/ 

 

My YouTube channel - Maddali Laxmi Swetha:

https://www.youtube.com/user/maddaliswetha

 

My other YouTube channel - Maddali Swetha Teaching classes:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFePmygQP7vsTzeecSfrMvw

Speaking Tree Blog: https://timesofindia.speakingtree.in/maddali-swetha/blogs

 

Also, you can find in Amazon:

My name was included in a book called - Student Leaders: Growing from Students to CEO’s and the first copy of this book is dedicated to me. - https://tinyurl.com/y2sp7yl4

Quora - WHAT ARE THE KEY STRATEGIES FOR MAINTAINING A HEALTHY WORK-LIFE BALANCE, ESPECIALLY IN HIGH-STRESS PROFESSIONS?

 I have answered a question in quora.

 

MY ANSWER:

This is the basic challenges and basic skills that today’s generations are facing.

I will give some tips that are useful for balancing work - life balance.

 

Psychological stress: In fact, when you are in high stress you cannot concentrate on health like bad sleep time, irregular food habits, etc.

So, balance your mind and do exercise.

Exercise means 10 minutes meditation with listening to water music. A morning walk or running for 20 minutes in sunlight, etc.

 

Work flexibility: Working in high stress job will give you nothing.

It’s better you move on for new job with same salary.

 

Personal Goals: So many are facing depression these days that they are not able to balance their work and life.

For instance, make a habit of gardening (Gardening is like a agriculture) - you understand the nature, patience and leadership skills.

The seed you plant, will never grow in a hour or a minute. It’s takes time Right!

 

These are the key strategies for maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

Thank you for reading!