Bike Tour to Mantralaya

We went to tour Mantraalayam on bike. We want to see smaller temples on the way and spread the benefits of Pooja to all. Learnt pooja vidhanam of Lord Ganesa, Vasavi Matha, Raghavendra Swamy and Lord Venkateswara. On Thursday 12-12-2024, we are on Yatra. First, we visited, old sree Rama Temple near Umdanagar, Lord Shiva temple is built later, side Then we went to Muchinthal and seen Sri Ramanujam from outside only. From there we went to Lalitambika Tapovanam, Malayala Maharshi, seen Sri Chakram, Lalithambika Devi, Goshala. Had lunch, anna prasadam (back side of the temple) and taken rest under the big trees on benches. nippu kollu roaming like giving show planned Marikal program for pooja, cancelled. so, we went to Ammapur, Kurumurthi for night stay. evening/night nothing available to eat at Kurumurthy. got room with some influence only room, nothing more.cot with a bed is not useful to sleep. so, we purchased solapur bed sheet and other to cover from Chinna Chintakunta, near by bigger village. small hotels, roti centers serve non vegetarian, so upavasam for that night. we ate murmure, mixture As it is sukla paksha dwadasi, we enjoyed scenary of moon with hills and cool weather on Friday 13-12-2024, climbed Kurmurthy hill to see Lord Venkateswara and Lord Padmavathy (built in 1350 AD). at the bottom of hill swamy paadam is there, around 200 steps are there, in between Anjaneya swamy statue, blessed to seen on Hanumad vratam, also seen big slippers of Lord and consort, uddala mandapam. man sitting there made pooja and beat on back with swamy slippers to ward of evils, egoes from us. History of the temple say, as said by Lakshmi devi, swamy came and stayed here at Kurumurthy to give darshan to poor people, who are not able to afford to go to Tirumala. Also called as chinna Tirupati. Another story is that, as unable to reppay the loan amount of Kubera, left Tirumala in distress and stayed here as per the word of Sri Lakshmi stayed here. Kuru means tell, mati means think, earlier name is Kurumati. People will come in groups in lorry, cook in new pots and full pot is offered to Lord. Earlier Lord is in Cave, one has to crawl inside cave to see Lord. Later on cave is cut and now we can see directly as in a Temple. here also 7 hills are there. maddilety swami, sri lakshmi chenna kesava swamy temple is also there. right side in a small cave Lakshmi devi is present. Taken rest at Anjaneya swamy temple of Kachwar, we ate fruits and snacks and left after taking rest under the big tree nearby. From there we went to Makthal to see Old Shiva Temple, Panduranga swamy temple (rebuilding process is going on), Padamati Anjaneya Swamy temple and had darshan, also visited Vasavi Kanyakaparameswari temple, but is closed. had lunch at Makthal and went to Gudeballur We visited Sri Lakshmi Venkateswara Swamy temple, very old one, sculpted on a rock, interlocked by 4 rocks. Now sculpted a way by cutting other rocks, made steps also. Here Govindas - who has taken deeksha of Lord Balaji are residing there. Even it is late, they offerred lunch (prasadam). Here hills are special - as if cut, flat standing on over another. after taking rest went to Raichur by crossing Krishna River. on Saturday 14-12-2024, Saturday made Ganesh pooja, Vasavi matha pooja, Raghavendra swamy pooja and Lord Venkateswara swamy and wished them for new house and marriage. After pooja starte to Mantralayam, on the way visited Bichali, wehre Raghavendra swamy meditated here, also seen swamy house where he stayed. here ekasila brindavanam is unique and special. built new temple for Amma. no cement used for bonding, instead banana is used. then went to Panchamuki Anjaneya swamy temple. from there went to Mantralayam Gusto gave little problem and halted at Abhayanjaneya swamy temple in Madhavaram road, also seen Rama statue opposite to Hanuman. By waiting, it again started and came upto Guest houses. We parked bike and went to Arya Vysya choultry, refresh and went to Mutt. Had darshan of Rayaru, Hanuma inside the temple and chariots and taken rest. on Sunday 15-12-2024 went to temple. Had darshan of Manchalamma, Bhargava and then proceeded to Rayara Brindavan. As it is Sunday and Pornami, heavy rush, we have taken Rs. 300/- special darshan and completed. after that visited swamy sisya's brindavanams and went to packing of prasadam, packed for some time and came out. after that I went to Kavi sammelanam of Sri Sri Kalavedika. Morning session all rected poetry, also listened AI activated songs. Afternoon session, sanmaanam for all poets. Evening went to Rachumarri (Lakshmari) and stayed there. on Monday 16-12-2024 performed Vasavi matha pooja early morning and went to Kamavaram to see our fields, also survey work is going on in the adjacent field. from there went to Urukunda, had lunch at arya vysya choultry and visited Lord Narasimha swamy temple, from there went to Adoni friend Rajendra Hebbatam helped in repairing bike and pressure is relieved. on Tuesday 17-12-2024 performed Vasavi mathi agnihotram in Adon. taken rest for that day