VDOO Travelogue

Muktinath!! Om namo bhagvate vasudevaya! ( Salutations to Lord Vishnu) Swami Vivekananda has once said "I worship all the gods and respect all the religions; I love all the humans who worship god in different forms".. wise men have always put forward this thought in front of the world. Supreme consciousness has nothing to do with religions, sects and rituals. Muktinath is one of those places where Hindus and Tibetian/Himalayan Buddhists have always came together to celebrate the divinity.  The monks and the priests both worship at this place in accordance to their rituals and faiths.   The main shrine at Muktinath is a small, three-tiered, pagoda-style temple containing  a life-size statue of  Vishnu, venerated by Hindus as  Shri Muktinarayana  and by Buddhists as Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion. The main idol  is flanked by bronze statues of the Hindu goddesses Lakshmi (wealth) and Saraswati (knowledge).  There are also three smaller metal statues o

Suchindram!! Namaskar!! I would like to introduce one more gem for spiritual seekers, Thanumalayan Temple, Its a huge temple located in a  town called " Suchindram' in Kanyakumari district. Before visiting this temple, I was not much aware of its existence , I think its because of my good deeds in past life, I was given this surprise by divine. We were driving pass kanyakumari towards trivandrum, where the chauffeur surprisingly connected us and told that we are going towards Suchindram temple. I was not much aware of where we all are heading too, I thought it might be one of those rural temples in smaller villages. But, once I entered in the vicinity of Suchindram, I got to know that something bigger is going to happen. Temple is around 17 kms from kanyakumari and 8 kms from Nagercoil city. The first thing I noticed was the two big chariots in wooden carvings at the entrance of the temple, huge, fantastic art work and big wheels. Gradually, moving tow