Guest guest Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 SrI: Dear Members : For Your Infromation . V.Sadagopan - " S. Srinivasan " <ssrini74 Wednesday, January 16, 2008 2:46 AM My visit to Ahobilam divya desam > Dear All, > > I am a new member to this group and wish to post my > experience of visiting Ahobilam divya desam in Oct 07. > > Trust this would be of interest to all the members. > > Regards, > S. Srinivasan > > . Oct 2007 Ahobilam - Singavel kundram - Andhra > Pradesh > > We boarded the Mumbai - Chennai Super fast express at > Mumbai on 5th October, 2007 at 8:30 pm and reached > Cuddapah Railway station at 2:30 pm the next day (6th > October, 2007). We took an auto to Cuddapah main bus > stand (please note, this distance is very short and > therefore could pay about Rs40/= for auto). We > enquired about the possibility of reaching by bus to > Ahobilam and as we did not get proper direction at the > bus stand, we decided to proceed to the nearby taxi > stand. We were able to get a taxi at about Rs.900/= > (non ac) post some bargaining. We had our lunch > enroute at one of the restaurants at Cuddapah and then > proceeded to Ahobilam which is about 160Kms from > cuddapah. We reached Ahobilam at about 6:00pm. > > About Ahobilam > Ahobilam is a small village with shops and other > facilities only in the main road of the temple (please > note that there are no other facilities in this > village except those present in the main road of the > temple). Lodging facilities and provided only by > Ahobila mutt (Malola guest house) and Andhra Pradesh > tourism (APTC) guest house. The lodging facilities at > both these places are limited and there are no other > lodges at this place. It is therefore advisable to > have a confirmed booking for lodging before proceeding > to Ahobilam. > Ahobilam can be bifurcated into Upper and Lower > Ahobilam which are distanced by about 9Kms. The main > divya desam is situated in Upper Ahobilam. One has to > use Lower Ahobilam as the base camp as there are no > accommodation facilities at Upper Ahobilam. > The contact at Lower Ahobilam is Mr. VLN Ramanujam > (Lower Ahobilam temple) 08519 252025. > > At Ahobilam there are 10 temples to visit. The nava > Narasimhars which are swayambus plus a temple in lower > Ahobilam called Prahalada Varadan Kovil. > > The details of the nava Narasimhars are as under: > Nava Narasimhar Location Lord of > Ahobila Narasimhar (main divya desam temple) Upper > Ahobilam Guru > Pavana Narasimhar Upper Ahobilam Bhudan > Jwala Narasimhar Upper Ahobilam Chevvai > Malola Narasimhar Upper Ahobilam Sukran > Kroda Narasimhar Upper Ahobilam Rahu > Karanja Narasimhar Upper Ahobilam Chandran > Bhargava Narasimhar Lower Ahobilam Sooriyan > Yogananda narashimhar Lower Ahobilam Sani > Chatravata Narasimhar Lower Ahobilam Khedu > > Of the above 9 temples ahobila Narasimhar temple > represents the singavel kundram divya desam. Apart > from these 9 temples, there is a prahalada varadan > temple in lower Ahobilam which is a grand temple > though not forming part of the Nava Narasimhar > temples. > > > Our plan on 6th October, 2007 > We reached Malola guest house run by Ahobila Mutt by > 6:00pm and due to non availability of room bookings we > checked in at the Andhra Pradesh Guest house (APTC) > right behind (we were lucky to get accommodation there > even though it was a weekend). > > Room charges:1)Room charges at the Mutt is Rs 250 per > day > 2)Room charges at AP guesthouse is Rs 500 per day. > > Both these places are very close to the prahalada > varadan temple. > > We had some light refreshments, took bath and reached > Malola guest house to plan our temple visit at > Ahobilam. We were introduced to Mr. Venkat (a guide) > who would help us visit all the 10 temples for a fee > of Rs. 350/=. (These rates are negotiable) > > We were informed that the 3 temples forming part of > the nava Narasimhar temples close daily at about 5:30 > pm and the only temple that we could visit on that day > would be the prahalada varadan temple at Lower > Ahobilam. We went to prahalada varadan temple and had > a good darshan of Sri Lakshmi Narasimhar & Taayaar > Sannidhi and returned to Malola guest house to find > out about the dinner facility. The mutt in charge told > us that there were no restaurant facility in lower > Ahobilam and asked us to wait for sometime while the > mutt cook would prepare upma for us for dinner. Please > note that whoever wants to have lunch / dinner at > lower Ahobilam need to inform the mutt in advance so > that the same can be prepared for them. We had light > dinner and went back to the APTC guest house. > > Our plan on 7th October, 2007 (Sunday) > The earlier day we had visited 1 out of the 10 temples > of Ahobilam. The balance 9 temples (nava Narasimhars) > can ideally be visited in 2 days, however we were hard > pressed on time and covered the same on a single day > by the grace of god! > > Our guide venkat came in by 5:30 a.m and we left for > Upper Ahobilam by auto at 6:00am (fare Rs. 100/=). > > . On reaching upper Ahobilam we climbed about a > thousand steps and trekked about 7 kms to reach Pavana > Narasimhar at about 7:30am. We had a good darshan and > spent about half an hour at the temple and then > returned to the base camp at Upper Ahobilam. > . We then visited the main divya desam i.e. Ahobila > Narasimhar, had a good darshan of the " shanta Murthy " > and proceeded for breakfast. > . We then trekked about 2 Kms and climbed about 300 > steps to reach the temple of Jwala Narasimhar, which > is an extremely steep climb. We took darshan of lord > as also the rakta kundam nearby and proceeded towards > our next destination. Please note that one would have > to trek another 1 hour to reach the Ugra stambham from > Jwala Narasimhar temple. Ugra stambham is the highest > point of the Ahobilam mountain range and does not have > any steps leading to the same. One has to trek on the > mountain terrain to reach the same. > . We then trekked towards Malola Narasimhar temple > took about half an hour to reach. Took darshan and > then left for Prahalada's school (an additional place > of interest) > . We then started climbing down the mountain range and > visited Kroda (or) Varaha Narasimhar temple. Post > having darshan over here, we proceeded to the base > camp at Upper Ahobilam and had Lunch at a Brahmin > Chattram. One has to inform in the morning itself at > this Chatram if they wish to have lunch at this place. > Please note that this is the only facility available > at Upper Ahobilam. > . Post our lunch we walked to the Karanja Narasimhar > temple at Upper Ahobilam had darshan and then took an > auto from there to lower Ahobilam. > > By the time we reached Lower Ahobilam it was about > 2:30 pm and we decided to take rest for half an hour. > We then had light refreshment and started at 3:00pm to > visit the other 3 temples of the nava Narasimhar > temples. > . We took an auto and visited Chatravata Narasimhar > temple had darshan over there and then proceeded to > Yogananda Narasimhar temple and had darshan over there > too. Both these places fall in the same direction and > are about 2kms away from each other. We then returned > to the base camp at lower Ahobilam. > . We then trekked to the Bhargava Narasimhar temple as > auto do not go upto this temple as it is located in > the heart of a forest. It would take about half an > hour to reach this temple from lower Ahobilam by foot. > We could reach the temple before it closed for the > evening (at about 5:00pm) and had a good darshan over > there. > > We reached back the guest house at about 6:00pm. By > now we were extremely tired of having climbed and > trekked the entire day but were extremely satisfied > that by god's grace we could see all the nava > Narasimhar sannidhis. We took a break for an hour and > again went to the Prahalada varadan temple at Lower > Ahobilam and spent about an hour over there and had > dinner at Malola guest house and returned to our room. > > The next day ie 8th October, 2007 we thought of > exploring our way back to Cuddapah by bus. From Lower > Ahobilam we took an auto to a place called Allegedda > which is about 20Kms and fare of Rs.150/=. At > Allegedda we found that there are super fast buses to > Cuddapah every 15 minutes. These are buses plying > between Nandiyal and Tirupati. We could comfortably > travel in the bus and reached Cuddapah on time so as > to take our train back to Mumbai. > > On the whole it was a divine experience that we had in > this trip. > > I would be more than happy to provide any further > information that one may need for their Ahobilam visit > plan > > S. Srinivasan > > > > > ______________________________\ ____ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile./;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 SrI: Dear Members : A devotee had asked for the contact details of Ahobila Matam guest house to stay during a planned visit to Ahobila Dhivya dEsam . Smt.Sudha has kindly sent it from Australia . Please make a note of it and use it fro planning Your trip to Ahobilam . Please call ahead . The manager of Ahobila Matam Guest house can give the contact details for the Andhra PradEsh Government Guest House at Ahobilam incase Malola Guest House is full .Please plan ahead . Sudha : Thanks very much . NamO SrI NrusimhAya , V.Sadagopan Mailing Address: Manager, Malola Guest HouseAhobilam 518 545, Kurnool District, A.P Malola guest house phone: 8519-252045 or 252024 For reservations please call 8519-232045 Hope this helps. dAsyai Sudha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 SrI: Dear Members : A devotee had asked for the contact details of Ahobila Matam guest house to stay during a planned visit to Ahobila Dhivya dEsam . Smt.Sudha has kindly sent it from Australia . Please make a note of it and use it fro planning Your trip to Ahobilam . Please call ahead . The manager of Ahobila Matam Guest house can give the contact details for the Andhra PradEsh Government Guest House at Ahobilam incase Malola Guest House is full .Please plan ahead . Sudha : Thanks very much . NamO SrI NrusimhAya , V.Sadagopan Mailing Address: Manager, Malola Guest House Ahobilam 518 545, Kurnool District, A.P Malola guest house phone: 8519-252045 or 252024 For reservations please call 8519-232045 Hope this helps. dAsyai Sudha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 SrI: Thank you Manjula ! V.S - Manjula - Sundaram BNP Paribas dineshrkamath Cc: saranagathi-owner Sunday, January 20, 2008 10:59 PM RE: Saranagathi Fw: My visit to Ahobilam divya desam Sir Please contact 08519252060 - Ahobilam Haritha (maintained by AP tourism - very decent one). We had recently visited this temple. We had booked thru Andhra Pradesh tourism which takes you to Srisailam(one of the jothirlingams), Bhatla Ganga ( great river with green around ), Mahanandi and Ahobilem, with accommodation. The return route from Srisailam to Ahobilam was superb one with full of green fields. A real break with relaxation. AP tourism Mr Srivasa Reddy 044 25381213 thanks Manjula S -- .. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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