Immediately after the visit to Palamuthir Solai and drinking the water from Noopuragangai, I went to Thirupuramkundram. A name I am familiar with because it used in so many Tamil movie devotional songs in the 60s and early 70s.
I have never been here and a good friend had suggested that I visit this.
Although it was still before 8 am, traffic started to build up and the road there was a single lane one, narrow and bumpy. The town buses would stop every few metres and everyone has to wait behind the buses, unless you can overtake… until you are behind the next bus. But I did notice many schools nearby. Each with their own building compound and a small playground. I think these are some of the many private schools now in Tamil Nadu. I also saw many private colleges in that area. Perhaps another reason to explain the traffic congestion.
Pity about India and Tamil Nadu. So much history and monuments and temples which are centuries old, but in a state of disrepair or so difficult to get to because no one bothers to improve the transport system.
Anyway after a long journey, the driver had to park some distance away and I walked up to the temple barefoot for a few hundred metres.
This temple is dedicated to Lord Murugan and is supposed to be his first abode. It is at the foot of a stone hill and the temple and sculptures are carved into the stone. The crowd to visit the temple was slowly building up. I paid to get the express lane but it was just to walk past the deity. Also I noticed so many newly just wedded couples with their families in entourage visiting the temple.
Spent about 10 minutes there and left. Glad I visited this place once but not a place I will come again.
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