Its not a
pilgrimage, just a single, lonely journey to know
about yourself much more or may be to think about yourself much deeper. Actually, this was not a preplanned one. Just strikes in mind and started it. On 21-September-2017, I
booked the ticket from Ernakulam to Mookambika from the site "https: //www.redbus.in/bus-tickets/" the
boarding point was Vytila Junction, Ernakulam. Tried booking tickets from
other sites (https://paytm.com/, http://www.ksrtconline.com/KERALAOnline/)
but there is variation in the ticket rates. And I got some offers from the
Redbus, so booked a ticket in SRS
Travels Scania AC Multi Axle Semi Sleeper (2+2). They have a
daily service from Trivandrum to Mookambika (Kollur). The rate was
comparatively low about Rs. 922.8. And
the bus was nice and neat. Not booked the return tickets, because I have no
idea when am going to come back. The departing time was 22:00 but I reached there about
an hour before, because my office was near and am going straight from the
office. I already done some packing and taken all essential stuff, especially my
camera from home. Started the journey from
Vytilla, Ernakulam @22: 30, the bus was late for 30 minutes. My seat
number was 27 and near me there was a Punjabi Singh, his name is Gurvindhar
Singh. Some chats with him in Hindi, am not so much fluent but managed. He was
from Amritsar and he told me about the Golden temple in Amritsar.
Gurvindhar
FIRST DAY:-
At 7:00 AM, 22-Saturday, the bus reached UDUPI and from there we had our breakfast.
Hotel Indraprastha
And after 2.5 hours of travel bus reached Mookambika bus stand at 9:30 am. It was a place in a forest area. Not so crowded area. The temple is near the bus stand may be 200 m distance. I walked from the bus stand to Temple.
Temple Road from bus stand
I didn't book any rooms there. Devi in different styles. After that
I entered into the main Temple building and from there I was able to see the
Nada and the Devi Vigraham. It was beautifully decorated with ornaments and
flowers. And spend almost 2 hours inside the temple. The photography inside
the temple is prohibited because of that I didn’t take my camera. But that was a
mistake most of others were using the mobile cameras and professional camera
inside the temple. prasadam .
After coming back from the temple I took my luggage from the
clock room and took my camera from the bag and put the prasadam inside the bag.
Decided to go to KUDAJADRI hills.
Here my actual adventure begins. You must go
to Kudajadri when you came to Mookambika, otherwise it will be a big miss. It’s
a wonderful place. From Mookambika there are 20 kms to Kudajadri hills. Only
4x4 vehicles allowed to go there. Will get the vehicles from the front of
Mookambika temple. The vehicle only allows 8 people for a single trip. I
persons increase you need to pay more. For a single trip you must pay Rs. 2800
and Rs. 25 as checkpost fees per head
(as they said). If you find a group of 8 people you only need to pay
Rs350 + Rs.25. From there I got some company for the trip 4 guys from Thirur
and a family from Alappuzha.
We started our journey at 2:30 pm. That was a 2 hour ride
from Mookambika. There was a stop in between, spend there almost 15 minutes, to
buy some water or snacks.
Place stopped for purchases
For 10 kilometers the trips were a normal one, but
after 10 kilometers the nature of the trip changed completely. After
entering into the forest area the trip becomes off-road. That was an amazing
experience for me.
There are gem of view in the journey that the words can’t
say you need to experience it. The fog was already in action on our way. We
reached at the top after 1.5 hours of off-road trip. There is the Moolastanam of Mookambika Devi
means devi was first there, from Kudajadri Swami Shankaracharya brought devi to
the Kollur.
Mookambika Devi
From there we need walk 2 kms to see the Peetastaan of
Shankaracharya (where Swami Shankaracharya used to meditate).
It was a wonderful walk and beautiful views.
When we are climbing up its full of fog, we were unable to see the nearby
person because of fog, that much of the fog there.
It was a wonderful
experience for me. In between the way to top there is a Ganapathi Prathishtta
inside a cave.
Also, there was another place called Chitramoola there, but
I didn’t see that place, lack of time.
After spending there for 2 hrs we returned to the parking.
And used to drink water taken directly from the rocks, it
was way more than pure.
After reaching in parking we waited there some time for the
family they were not returned yet. After they reached we decided to come back.
And @6 we reached Mookambika.
And I went to the hotel and get my luggage. Finally, I got a
single room there @ Rs.250 for 24 hours, I felt so much relaxed then, the room
was neat and clean and quite spacious too. I was so happy. I freshedup and
changed the clothes and went to the temple with the camera, I saw there some
programs going on like classical dance,
when I came back from Kudajadri. But in camera there was not much power. Note:
-Please makes sure you bring a backup power on your trips for the camera and
also for your phone
After that I went for a walk and had tried some local dishes for dinner and after that came back to the room. Tiered with long day. Tomorrow need to go to the Murudeswar temple. Almost 30 kilometers from here
Its not a
pilgrimage, just a single, lonely journey to know
about yourself much more or may be to think about yourself much deeper. Actually, this was not a preplanned one. Just strikes in mind and started it. On 21-September-2017, I
booked the ticket from Ernakulam to Mookambika from the site "https: //www.redbus.in/bus-tickets/" the
boarding point was Vytila Junction, Ernakulam. Tried booking tickets from
other sites (https://paytm.com/, http://www.ksrtconline.com/KERALAOnline/)
but there is variation in the ticket rates. And I got some offers from the
Redbus, so booked a ticket in SRS
Travels Scania AC Multi Axle Semi Sleeper (2+2). They have a
daily service from Trivandrum to Mookambika (Kollur). The rate was
comparatively low about Rs. 922.8. And
the bus was nice and neat. Not booked the return tickets, because I have no
idea when am going to come back. The departing time was 22:00 but I reached there about
an hour before, because my office was near and am going straight from the
office. I already done some packing and taken all essential stuff, especially my
camera from home. Started the journey from
Vytilla, Ernakulam @22: 30, the bus was late for 30 minutes. My seat
number was 27 and near me there was a Punjabi Singh, his name is Gurvindhar
Singh. Some chats with him in Hindi, am not so much fluent but managed. He was
from Amritsar and he told me about the Golden temple in Amritsar.
 |
FIRST DAY:-
At 7:00 AM, 22-Saturday, the bus reached UDUPI and from there we had our breakfast. |
| Hotel Indraprastha |
And after 2.5 hours of travel bus reached Mookambika bus stand at 9:30 am. It was a place in a forest area. Not so crowded area. The temple is near the bus stand may be 200 m distance. I walked from the bus stand to Temple.
 |
| Temple Road from bus stand |
I didn't book any rooms there.
At 10 am, I went to Mookambika temple, it was crowded,
because it was the first day of Navarathri Utsavam. In the evening there will
be lots of programs like classical dance, music etc. There was a long queue for
Darshanam and I stand in the queue for almost 1 hour.
I was amazed to see the paintings on the temple wall. It was
highly detailed monochromatic paintings of Devi in different styles. After that
I entered into the main Temple building and from there I was able to see the
Nada and the Devi Vigraham. It was beautifully decorated with ornaments and
flowers. And spend almost 2 hours inside the temple. The photography inside
the temple is prohibited because of that I didn’t take my camera. But that was a
mistake most of others were using the mobile cameras and professional camera
inside the temple.
After that I had food within the temple there was meals and
sweets for the devotees inside the temple premises. Also, I brought Laddu prasadam .
After coming back from the temple I took my luggage from the
clock room and took my camera from the bag and put the prasadam inside the bag.
Decided to go to KUDAJADRI hills.
Here my actual adventure begins. You must go
to Kudajadri when you came to Mookambika, otherwise it will be a big miss. It’s
a wonderful place. From Mookambika there are 20 kms to Kudajadri hills. Only
4x4 vehicles allowed to go there. Will get the vehicles from the front of
Mookambika temple. The vehicle only allows 8 people for a single trip. I
persons increase you need to pay more. For a single trip you must pay Rs. 2800
and Rs. 25 as checkpost fees per head
(as they said). If you find a group of 8 people you only need to pay
Rs350 + Rs.25. From there I got some company for the trip 4 guys from Thirur
and a family from Alappuzha.
 |
We started our journey at 2:30 pm. That was a 2 hour ride
from Mookambika. There was a stop in between, spend there almost 15 minutes, to
buy some water or snacks.
For 10 kilometers the trips were a normal one, but after 10 kilometers the nature of the trip changed completely. After entering into the forest area the trip becomes off-road. That was an amazing experience for me.
 |
| Place stopped for purchases |
For 10 kilometers the trips were a normal one, but after 10 kilometers the nature of the trip changed completely. After entering into the forest area the trip becomes off-road. That was an amazing experience for me.
There are gem of view in the journey that the words can’t
say you need to experience it. The fog was already in action on our way. We
reached at the top after 1.5 hours of off-road trip. There is the Moolastanam of Mookambika Devi
means devi was first there, from Kudajadri Swami Shankaracharya brought devi to
the Kollur.
 |
From there we need walk 2 kms to see the Peetastaan of
Shankaracharya (where Swami Shankaracharya used to meditate).
It was a wonderful walk and beautiful views. When we are climbing up its full of fog, we were unable to see the nearby person because of fog, that much of the fog there.
It was a wonderful experience for me. In between the way to top there is a Ganapathi Prathishtta inside a cave.
It was a wonderful walk and beautiful views. When we are climbing up its full of fog, we were unable to see the nearby person because of fog, that much of the fog there.
It was a wonderful experience for me. In between the way to top there is a Ganapathi Prathishtta inside a cave
Also, there was another place called Chitramoola there, but I didn’t see that place, lack of time. After spending there for 2 hrs we returned to the parking.
And used to drink water taken directly from the rocks, it
was way more than pure.
After reaching in parking we waited there some time for the
family they were not returned yet. After they reached we decided to come back.
And @6 we reached Mookambika.
And I went to the hotel and get my luggage. Finally, I got a
single room there @ Rs.250 for 24 hours, I felt so much relaxed then, the room
was neat and clean and quite spacious too. I was so happy. I freshedup and
changed the clothes and went to the temple with the camera, I saw there some
programs going on like classical dance,
when I came back from Kudajadri. But in camera there was not much power. Note:
-Please makes sure you bring a backup power on your trips for the camera and
also for your phone
I went to see the dance, took some pics the dance was so
beautiful, one of the group was from Angamally, Kerala.
After that I went for a walk and had tried some local dishes for dinner and after that came back to the room. Tiered with long day. Tomorrow need to go to the Murudeswar temple. Almost 30 kilometers from here
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