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V.Sadagopan

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From: "S. Srinivasan" <ssrini74@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <divya_desam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 2:46 AM
Subject: [divya_desam] My visit to Ahobilam divya desam


> Dear All,
>
> I am a new member to this group and wish to post my
> experience of visiting Ahobilam divya desam in Oct 07.
>
> Trust this would be of interest to all the members.
>
> Regards,
> S. Srinivasan
>
> . Oct 2007 Ahobilam - Singavel kundram - Andhra
> Pradesh
>
> We boarded the Mumbai - Chennai Super fast express at
> Mumbai on 5th October, 2007 at 8:30 pm and reached
> Cuddapah Railway station at 2:30 pm the next day (6th
> October, 2007). We took an auto to Cuddapah main bus
> stand (please note, this distance is very short and
> therefore could pay about Rs40/=  for auto). We
> enquired about the possibility of reaching by bus to
> Ahobilam and as we did not get proper direction at the
> bus stand, we decided to proceed to the nearby taxi
> stand. We were able to get a taxi at about Rs.900/=
> (non ac) post some bargaining. We had our lunch
> enroute at one of the restaurants at Cuddapah and then
> proceeded to Ahobilam which is about 160Kms from
> cuddapah. We reached Ahobilam at about 6:00pm.
>
> About Ahobilam
> Ahobilam is a small village with shops and other
> facilities only in the main road of the temple (please
> note that there are no other facilities in this
> village except those present in the main road of the
> temple). Lodging facilities and provided only by
> Ahobila mutt (Malola guest house) and Andhra Pradesh
> tourism (APTC) guest house. The lodging facilities at
> both these places are limited and there are no other
> lodges at this place. It is therefore advisable to
> have a confirmed booking for lodging before proceeding
> to Ahobilam.
> Ahobilam can be bifurcated into Upper and Lower
> Ahobilam which are distanced by about 9Kms. The main
> divya desam is situated in Upper Ahobilam. One has to
> use Lower Ahobilam as the base camp as there are no
> accommodation facilities at Upper Ahobilam.
> The contact at Lower Ahobilam is  Mr. VLN Ramanujam
> (Lower Ahobilam temple) 08519 252025.
>
> At Ahobilam there are 10 temples to visit. The nava
> Narasimhars which are swayambus plus a temple in lower
> Ahobilam called Prahalada Varadan Kovil.
>
> The details of the nava Narasimhars are as under:
> Nava Narasimhar Location Lord of
> Ahobila Narasimhar (main divya desam temple) Upper
> Ahobilam Guru
> Pavana Narasimhar Upper Ahobilam Bhudan
> Jwala Narasimhar Upper Ahobilam Chevvai
> Malola Narasimhar Upper Ahobilam Sukran
> Kroda Narasimhar Upper Ahobilam Rahu
> Karanja Narasimhar Upper Ahobilam Chandran
> Bhargava Narasimhar Lower Ahobilam Sooriyan
> Yogananda narashimhar Lower Ahobilam Sani
> Chatravata Narasimhar Lower Ahobilam Khedu
>
> Of the above 9 temples ahobila Narasimhar temple
> represents the singavel kundram divya desam. Apart
> from these 9 temples, there is a prahalada varadan
> temple in lower Ahobilam which is a grand temple
> though not forming part of the Nava Narasimhar
> temples.
>
>
> Our plan on 6th October, 2007
> We reached Malola guest house run by Ahobila Mutt  by
> 6:00pm and due to non availability of room bookings we
> checked in at the Andhra Pradesh Guest house (APTC)
> right behind (we were lucky to get accommodation there
> even though it was a weekend).
>
> Room charges:1)Room charges at the Mutt is Rs 250 per
> day
> 2)Room charges at AP guesthouse is Rs 500 per day.
>
> Both these places are very close to the prahalada
> varadan temple.
>
> We had some light refreshments, took bath and reached
> Malola guest house to plan our temple visit at
> Ahobilam. We were introduced to Mr. Venkat (a guide)
> who would help us visit all the 10 temples for a fee
> of Rs. 350/=. (These rates are negotiable)
>
> We were informed that the 3 temples forming part of
> the nava Narasimhar temples close daily at about 5:30
> pm and the only temple that we could visit on that day
> would be the prahalada varadan temple at Lower
> Ahobilam. We went to prahalada varadan temple and had
> a good darshan of Sri Lakshmi Narasimhar & Taayaar
> Sannidhi and returned to Malola guest house to find
> out about the dinner facility. The mutt in charge told
> us that there were no restaurant facility in lower
> Ahobilam and asked us to wait for sometime while the
> mutt cook would prepare upma for us for dinner. Please
> note that whoever wants to have lunch / dinner at
> lower Ahobilam need to inform the mutt in advance so
> that the same can be prepared for them. We had light
> dinner and went back to the APTC guest house.
>
> Our plan on 7th October, 2007 (Sunday)
> The earlier day we had visited 1 out of the 10 temples
> of Ahobilam. The balance 9 temples (nava Narasimhars)
> can ideally be visited in 2 days, however we were hard
> pressed on time and covered the same on a single day
> by the grace of god!
>
> Our guide venkat came in by 5:30 a.m and we left for
> Upper Ahobilam by auto at  6:00am (fare Rs. 100/=).
>
> . On reaching upper Ahobilam we climbed about a
> thousand steps and trekked about 7 kms to reach Pavana
> Narasimhar at about 7:30am. We had a good darshan and
> spent about half an hour at the temple and then
> returned to the base camp at Upper Ahobilam.
> . We then visited the main divya desam i.e. Ahobila
> Narasimhar, had a good darshan of the"shanta Murthy"
> and proceeded for breakfast.
> . We then trekked about 2 Kms and climbed about 300
> steps to reach the temple of Jwala Narasimhar, which
> is an extremely steep climb. We took darshan of lord
> as also the rakta kundam nearby and proceeded towards
> our next destination. Please note that one would have
> to trek another 1 hour to reach the Ugra stambham from
> Jwala Narasimhar temple. Ugra stambham is the highest
> point of the Ahobilam mountain range and does not have
> any steps leading to the same. One has to trek on the
> mountain terrain to reach the same.
> . We then trekked towards Malola Narasimhar temple
> took about half an hour to reach. Took darshan and
> then left for Prahalada's school (an additional place
> of interest)
> . We then started climbing down the mountain range and
> visited Kroda (or) Varaha Narasimhar temple. Post
> having darshan over here, we proceeded to the base
> camp at Upper Ahobilam and had Lunch at a Brahmin
> Chattram. One has to inform in the morning itself at
> this Chatram if they wish to have lunch at this place.
> Please note that this is the only facility available
> at Upper Ahobilam.
> . Post our lunch we walked to the Karanja Narasimhar
> temple at Upper Ahobilam had darshan and then took an
> auto from there to lower Ahobilam.
>
> By the time we reached Lower Ahobilam it was about
> 2:30 pm and we decided to take rest for half an hour.
> We then had light refreshment and started at 3:00pm to
> visit the other 3 temples of the nava Narasimhar
> temples.
> . We took an auto and visited Chatravata Narasimhar
> temple had darshan over there and then proceeded to
> Yogananda Narasimhar temple and had darshan over there
> too. Both these places fall in the same direction and
> are about 2kms away from each other. We then returned
> to the base camp at lower Ahobilam.
> . We then trekked to the Bhargava Narasimhar temple as
> auto do not go upto this temple as it is located in
> the heart of a forest. It would take about half an
> hour to reach this temple from lower Ahobilam by foot.
> We could reach the temple before it closed for the
> evening (at about 5:00pm) and had a good darshan over
> there.
>
> We reached back the guest house at about 6:00pm. By
> now we were extremely tired  of having climbed and
> trekked the entire day but were extremely satisfied
> that by god's grace we could see all the nava
> Narasimhar sannidhis. We took a break for an hour and
> again went to the Prahalada varadan temple at Lower
> Ahobilam and spent about an hour over there and had
> dinner at Malola guest house and returned to our room.
>
> The next day ie 8th October, 2007 we thought of
> exploring our way back to Cuddapah by bus. From Lower
> Ahobilam we took an auto to a place called Allegedda
> which is about 20Kms and fare of Rs.150/=. At
> Allegedda we found that there are super fast buses to
> Cuddapah every 15 minutes. These are buses plying
> between Nandiyal and Tirupati. We could comfortably
> travel in the bus and reached Cuddapah on time so as
> to take our train back to Mumbai.
>
> On the whole it was a divine experience that we had in
> this trip.
>
> I would be more than happy to provide any further
> information that one may need for their Ahobilam visit
> plan
>
> S. Srinivasan
>
>
>
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