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| The Writer- Yawning, The Father- Inspecting & The Mother- Posing! Chennai International Airport |
7pm, Thursday
4th December 2013
Right now, I am sitting in this Air India Express plane,
which we had boarded from Chennai International airport. As per the tickets
booked, water and snacks has been promised. Let’s see what kind of snacks we
will be served. My expectations are high
as when I had travelled from Mumbai to Sikkim in a Kingfisher plane, the
quality & quantity of snacks was quite good. This flight took off at 6.30pm.
Like any other city, Chennai is also looking a beautiful city lightened up by
thousands of bulbs and tubes. This gets me thinking of a future scenario when
our future generation will have to pay hefty price so to buy electricity or
power. Obviously the poor will be completely ruined. And I know such time will
come. Anyway, writing about my last evening in Tirumala, it was really
energetic and nice. From Tirupati railway station, we took a big size jeep that
transported us and luggage to the hills of Tirumala. It was a beautiful journey
up to the hills. While we choose to go by road, some others, who looked like
dedicated worshippers took the path through hills to reach the temple. We
washed ourselves in the bathroom of a guestroom that was allotted to us in one
of the many buildings built by Tirupati temple trust. I must say that all the
buildings have been maintained well.
There was continuous supply of water and electricity.
Before getting into the line for darshan, we decided
to stuff our stomachs with some light food. We didn’t prefer heavy meal at that
time because of two reasons- Only God knew how much time it will take for us to
see the idol of Balaji and we didn’t wanted to see God with a garlic smelling
mouth. As I looked around when sipping tea and dipping iconic Parle-G biscuit
in it, I was happy to see the number of jobs created in the name of God. Though
Indian Railways has been tagged as the organisation providing maximum number of
jobs, I say, God is not far behind. There were dozens of shops established
around the temple, selling variety of products and offering services.
As the time came for standing in queue, we decided to opt
for ‘special VIP line’. As the name suggests, you pay 300 bucks and you are
given a much shortcut way to reach God. If you will choose to stand in general
queue, it may take atleast 6-7 hours to reach God as told to my father by his
contacts in Chennai. So we got infront of God within 40-45minutes. I was
smiling while struggling through many others like me in reaching the God at the
earliest. I was smiling because being a traveller in Mumbai local train for
almost 5-6years; I have mastered this art of making my way through people. I
have shown my skills in Dadar situated- Siddhivinayak Mandir, Shirdi situated-
Sai baba temple and in a famous people in Pune, can’t recall its name.
Oh here a see two beautiful, confident and bold
air-hostesses giving every traveller, their share of water and snack.
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