It was supposed to be four of us, but Achi had to pull out the last minute, her mom in law was not well. Vasu n Ish parked at my place and we set off to Taiping at 7.50am. We went to three temples, first was Ayya temple that was located in the middle of an oil palm estate. It was not so difficult to find the temple, we could see the landmark from a distance. The temple was huge, Vasu kept saying it is a tourisy temple, I am guessing lots of outside people do come to the temple. We found it amusing to find MGR's statue in the temple ground. He had a garden! Vasu could not help it!!!
Next stop was a Murugan temple. It was a very cool drive up the hill. The whole path was covered with trees. Right opposite the temple was a waterfall with white water gushing. We went the day after Panghuni Utthiram. Murugan was covered with garlands and garlands of flowers. I didn't have the heart to leave the temple...it was just peaceful!
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| Vinayagar under a cute umbrella |
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| Beautiful Muruga |
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| Thanneermalai Sri Thandayuthapani Alayam, 382 Waterfall Road, Perak, 34000 Taiping |
Our last stop was a Shivan temple which was located in the midst of a housing estate. A sight to behold too. There was a wedding inside the temple thus was not able to take any photos inside but I did manage to capture a beautiful photo of the gopuram.The wedding was an Iyenger wedding, first time I witnessed a glimpsed of an Iyer wedding. It looked interesting no doubt! I made a note to myself, need to find an Iyer friend and attend one of their weddings.
The three of us had a pleasant time. It was a 2 in 1 trip, temples and chats. This is the second time we are doing this. First time a few years back, we went to temples in Penang. It was surprising to us that we had not been to so many temples in Penang itself! Next road trip, the plan is to go down to KL. Ish suggested KL and temples and pub! I know, we are just crazy people!
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