Nagercoil:
Here was the famous Temple for the snake God, Nagaraja. As we entered, on our right hand side, there was a separate worship place for the snakes and there was a snake pit. I have visited so many such places in India from childhood. But I never saw a real snake anywhere. Nirmala and I went around (did the pradakshinam to the Naga prathishta) three times inspite of the horrible smell of eggs and broken shells all over. The entrance to the main Temple of Nagaraja was from the side, accross from that snake pit area. Some how, Rao was already inside the Temple. There, we had darsan of Nagaraja, Shiva, Keshava Krishna, Parvathi etc.
We decided to stay in Nagercoil again on the 7th. But somehow, this time, accommodation was a problem. No vacancy in many places. Finally got a (so so) room in the same Chitra Hotels. We checked in around 8 p.m. and left for Ernakulam on the 8th around 8:30 a.m. Rested for two days - but went saree shopping, visited a beauty salon(got hair dyed with natural herbs (only Sireesha and I went there)), visited more local Temples and it was time to return to Tirupathi. We could not believe that the trip was over. This was the most comfortable trip we had!!!
Two more posts coming before I conclude Yatra-2.
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