The travel time from Bangalore (Indiranagar) to Thiruvannamalai was about 3 hours 40 minutes to cover a distance of 211 Kilometers. We travelled to Thiruvannamalai via Hosur, Krishnagiri, Oothangarai and Chengam. The roads were bad till Hosur due to the express highway work for the electronic city. It is just a cakewalk from Hosur to Krishnagiri on the four lanes. Just before reaching Krishnagiri you need to pay toll-highway usage fee. It costs you Rs.25 per trip for a car. It just took 45 minutes to cover the distance of 53 kilometers between Hosur and Krishnagiri. The road gets narrowed after this as they are undivided two lane roads.
Lord Arunachaleswarar Temple, Thiruvannamalai
We started around 3.20 PM from our home and reached Tiruvannamalai at 7 PM. We immediately went for a darshan to Lord Arunachaleswarar temple. As it was a week day and a non-full moon day there was not much crowd. After having the darshan of Lord Muruga (the place where HE appeared before Arunagirinathar), we had the darshan of Lord Annamalai and Goddess Unnamulai. We took Rs.20 tickets to have a glimpse of the Lord from a nearest spot. We also had the darshan of “Paathala Lingam” where Sri. Ramana Maharishi was in meditation for several years. We did not perform “girivalam” which is offered by many devotees who throng this temple.
Quick facts:
State: Tamilnadu
District: Thiruvannamalai
City/Town: Thiruvannamalai
Temple: Lord Arunachaleswarar Temple
Main deity: Lord Annamalai (a) Arunachaleswarar, Goddess Unnamulai
Related URLs
http://www.arunachaleswarar.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiruvannamalai
