Tirupathi is a special place that every Hindu people want to go to at least once in a lifetime. We planned a trip to Tirupathi in January. Actually, we used to visit here for two years once. After covid, we visited here on February 8, 2023, and stayed there for three days and two nights. Special note: Book the 300 rupees ticket for the darshan and also book the room for accommodation prior through online on the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam website. TTD will open the tickets for darshan and accommodation on particular dates so check the dates on booking the tickets or it will be so tough to see our Balaji. And also always plan to visit Tirupathi on working days except for Monday and Friday. Actually, we could not able to book the darshan and accommodation tickets prior due to server problems. We were disappointed but we decided to visit Tirupathi for sure whatever happens.
Day 1: February 8, 2023
Already we booked the Tirupathi express train from Chennai Central (boarding time: 4.35 pm ). Appa, amma started from home by 7.30 am. Then they boarded the Chennai bus. After reaching Chennai they went to pick up my sister from college since her college needs her parents' permission to go out of the college during weekdays. I went to the office for half a day and then started from the office by 2 pm. I came to Thiruvanmiyur station by auto from the office. Then I boarded the local train and got down to the park station. Then reached the central station by crossing the road by subway.
I waited there in the station since the platform number for our train was not announced.
After the announcement of the platform number, I reached the 7th platform and waited for my sister and parents. They arrived by 4pm then the train started by 4.35 pm. We ate lunch on the train itself. Then we ate snacks and enjoyed the journey to Tirupathi. My sister and parents enjoyed playing with a child in our compartment. We reached Tirupathi by 8 pm.
Then we went to Vishnu nivasam hotel for accommodation. We waited for 2 hours to book the room. We got our room and got settled in that room by 10 pm. Unfortunately, I didn't get the sleep that night. Anyway, the first day was successfully completed with the blessings of our tirupathi venki.
Day 2: February 9, 2023
We woke up at 4 am and dressed up well. Then we checked out of the hotel by 5.30 am. After that, we went to a restaurant and finished our breakfast. Usually, we go to Tirumala by walking (through steps ). We hired an auto to go to the Alipiri where the Tirupathi steps were starting.
First, we locked our bags with a lock and handed over the luggage to the set of TTD people who were responsible for bringing the luggage to Tirumala. Because it was so tough to carry the luggage while walking.
Then we started to walk through the steps. We climbed up slowly through the steps. There we had places for taking rest. We could sit there for some time whenever we felt tired.
Many small shops were there for drinking coffee, and tea and also for eating snacks.
We would reach the below place after covering 2000 steps.
We could know the steps from the board mentioning the steps covered and steps to be covered.
On the way, we would be able to see one Anjeneyar statue.
After that we would be walking by the side of the road for some time, then we would again have steps. While walking through the road we would be able to see the view from a viewpoint.
After this, we would reach the final set of steps which would be steeper than all of the steps. Finally, we finished the steps and reached Tirumala after 5 hours.
After that, we went to take our luggage. Then we booked a room which was allocated only for those who came on a walk( Price: 100) Then we had our lunch. We tried for some other hotel rooms but we didn't get those hotel rooms. So we went to that hundred rupees room. Then we got ready to go to the temple. We went to the sarva darshan ( free ) which had a separate queue. By evening 6 they kept us in a separate room. We waited there for 6 hours. TTD provided us milk and dinner. They allowed us for the darshan by 11.30 and finally saw Tirupathi Venkatachalapathi by 1.00 midnight. After that, we went to the laddu counter and purchased laddus. We went to our room by 2.30 and had a good sleep.
Day 3: February 10, 2023
We woke at 7 am. Then we got dressed and rented a car. We went to Alamelumangapuram from tirumala. It took one hour to reach down and we had our breakfast before entering Mangapuram temple. We locked our luggage in a cloakroom. Then we went to the temple and took special darshan tickets. The queue was very fast and we saw Padmavati ( God) within one hour. After that, we took our luggage from the cloakroom and reached the Tirupathi bus stand. We got into the Chennai bus as soon as we entered the bus stand. We had a good sleep on the bus until we reach Chennai. After reaching Chennai I came to my pg and my sister went to her college hostel and my parents went home from Chennai.
It was really a nice trip which had lots of sweet memories. ❤️
Miss you Tirupathi 🥺 and venkatachalapathi❤️
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