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I visited New York in 2001 during my school summer vacation. We were group of six drove all the way from Illinois to New York. We visited the important places in New York and came to WTC. That was the last place we wanted to visit before returning to Illinois. It was raining heavily and we thought we should skip the WTC. We drove a distance and I thought I should take a picture of that building at least. Couple of months later, disaster struck and WTC was brought down. I was shaken. I empathize who lost lives and loved ones in that disaster.
Now I regret that I missed an opportunity to go onto the top of WTC, but it brings me relief that I have the picture of a standing building which was brought down by some craze. I like to post the picture that I took of WTC when I visited NY in 2001.
I visited a Saraswathi temple in Wargal, Medal district couple of weeks back. Wargal is around 40 odd kilometers from the city, Hyderabad. It is in the direction of scenic Shamirpet. The drive changes as soon as you leave Hyderabad and cross Shamirpet. The nature reeves as you pass by tiny hamlets before you reach Wargal. The side roads are varnished with small mercantile who sell corn (mokkajonna) and fruits. Many relish the corn. We could not spare ourselves from temptation of freshly cut corn from fields.
The state high way is well maintained and decorated with trees on both the sides of road. District buses, heavy trucks and passenger cars make most of the traffic. The route has many recreational resorts on the way.
There are many chances that you may miss the entrance to temple and so keep your heads up whenever your eye catches welcome signs and bill board pictures of Saraswasthi. The temple is not so big but well maintained and is on top of small hillock. The temple provides parking space and an elevator for devotees who cannot make to top using stairs. The temple is often mentioned as Saraswathi and Shani temple. My parents, brother and I made to top and visited the abode. The goddess is typical “Ammavaru” covered with turmeric with bright dark black eyes. The idol glossiness signifies the purity and power of the idol.
Kanchi Vedic school is adjacent to temple. A temple adjacent to a Vedic school and occasional chants, I leave that imagination to you. Besides Saraswathi temple, there are Vigneswara (Ganesh) and Shani temples. But the most striking is Shiva temple which is not on this hillock but few yards away. Shiva temple is very old and one can find archaeological dig findings in the temple premises.
We had food in Secunderabad while coming back home. A visit to this temple dilutes you from city life for a while and immerses you with devotion and green pastures.
Here are few quotes I stumbled across while browsing Google. I could not resist to post. These are quotes on happiness.
Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
I visited a Saraswathi temple in Wargal, Medal district couple of weeks back. Wargal is around 40 odd kilometers from the city, Hyderabad. It is in the direction of scenic Shamirpet. The drive changes as soon as you leave Hyderabad and cross Shamirpet. The nature reeves as you pass by tiny hamlets before you reach Wargal. The side roads are varnished with small mercantile who sell corn (mokkajonna) and fruits. Many relish the corn. We could not spare ourselves from temptation of freshly cut corn from fields.
The state high way is well maintained and decorated with trees on both the sides of road. District buses, heavy trucks and passenger cars make most of the traffic. The route has many recreational resorts on the way.
