Tour De Sithannavasal......
we started late in the morning... didn't start according to the plan... a tour to a place which is 50 kms from our place... five school friends... a santro car...and the rest is overs... A day of laughter... fun ... .... and wat not in a rocky mountain...and not to forget a good meal in the evening in Pudukottai... after a long time i had damn good Non-Veg Meal...
The Drive....it was 9 in the morning....we started from senthil's place...... in Sanjeev's S
antro... with Damn good Sony Car player inside...... and the climate was sexy today.. it was cloudy .. and was drizzling too..... bought some snacks,chips and Pulpy orange... for a long drive ......it was a damn good drive..... and fun in the car....... chatting... and Laughter........... the Big Five's of today were.. Sanjeev,Raj,Lawrence,Senthil and me... the day was ours.. .. this is our second trip .. after a long drive to velankani last year... always a fun with friends in long drive..........especially will be of more fun if u have someone like senthil ....one of my best friends.... very true to his true friends... he makes fun and is a specialist in mocking others....... our laughing was more dominating than the music inside..... the car...In the woods....
.. we were looking for a good landscape... for some snaps... on the way... we came across a dense forest.... we parked the
car.. senthil hesitated to come deeper in to the woods...untill we forced him to come along with us... and the climate was still cloudy...Tall grasses... bushes... and stagnated water too. here and there... suddenly , it started raining..... senthil was cracking jokes... and we didn't ever bother about the rain....we didn't rush to our car... we were enjoying the drizzle... and were moving deeper into the woods... what a fun... it was more like an adventure......sun began to show in the mean time... we took a couple of snaps in the woods...and sithannavasal was just 5 kms away from the place.....
The reverberation
we were waiting for a long time near a locked door of a cave...it was a Jain cave... carved out of a mountain... Jain monks lived there for years in the cave for Bliss and peace .... a
man came with some keys... the cave is maintained by archaeological survey of India.....he was our guide for that cave. he told the history and the origins of the cave.... there were beautiful carvings and painting on the ceiling of the cave... paintings of the Jain monks collecting Lotus flower from a lotus pond... it was painted nearly about some 1300 years ago.....unfortunately taking photos inside the cave was prohibited....and our guide explained about the acoustics of the cave... the cave has got its own science... the nature,the setting of the cave is so unique by itself... the cave is meant for the Jains to meditate... he first took me inside the cave... i was stan
ding alone with him... he asked others standing outside to be quite... i was wondering wat was happening around....the cave was dark..... and was smalll too.. the guide was standing near me.. he suddenly made some Humming sound ... signaled me to stay inside...he went out.... all which happened Next was the acoustic wonder.... the Humm sound he produced was still vibrating inside the cave... and the amazing part is that the intensity of the sound was increasing...... i could sense the pressure building up because of th
e humm sound he produced... came out of the cave room wondering.... same happened to rest of my friends... the man told.. the Humm sound repeats 7 times inside the cave.. and the sound energy will never go out from the cave.... the entry fee for the cave is just five bucks..... u will also get some locally Village made ice creams in the foot of the cliff......and trust me.. they were really tasty......and cost just 2 bucks.....The Climb
we then started to sithanaivasal which was just 2 kms from the cave... its a place where saints used to hide from other "Material Humans" for peace...
but some in that area say .. that the king of pudhukottai hated saints and monks... he started killing them... out of fear some monks came to this place for hiding.... history is always mythical...
we were in the top after a long climb......this place is not that famous in Tamil Nadu...many doesn't know about this place... so there were only little people in the mountain.. it was too calm, deserted .. and was windy too...the top of the cliff was bordered with iron rails for support....and the view from the top was too good.. lush green fields.... lakes,villages.... the view was scenic with the cloudy climate.....it took just 30 mins to climb up the hill....
we were innovative on the top.. i don't know how that happened... we played games on the top... running here and there... though it was dangerous... the "fear factor" was missing ..... we spent
nearly 3 hours on the Top chatting,Playing,singing,shouting.. Real fun.......... we really got tired at 5 in the evening... descended .. got back in the car..
drove to Pudhukottai.. we didn't have lunch in the afternoon... we went to palaniyappa Mess.. famous for its mouth watering Non-Veg Dish.... we were too hungry....i broke my "being vegetarian" tag in my life.. had some spicy tandoori chicken.... and some chetinad varieties too..... and the Day ended with our landing Back to our usual OFT park ........Again we started our usual chats in the park bench...and because of the rain we were forced to disperse back to our home..........
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