Trip to pattamangalam guru dakshinamurthy temple
Trip to Pattamangalam Dakshinamoorty Guru:
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About General Place:
This place is one a very powerful place to worship planet Jupiter as guru
Hotels:
You should stay with travel base as Karaikudi.
From here you can take a bus to tirupathur and thenanother bus to pattamangalam. Travel time is about 1 hr 20 minutes from karaikudi.
Details about the temple through links:
Official Website:
Photos of temple:
Temple Phone Number and Contact:
Additional info and guides:
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Other Links:
How I went:
I traveled to trichy from coimbatore by shatapdi train. Started at 7.15 am and the train reached by 11.30 am. From here I took a bus to karaikudi(2.5 hrs away). From here I boarded a bus next day morning to tirupattur about 3/4 hour away. From here took a bus to pattamangalam about 25 min away.
Lor dakshinamoorthy is situated in separate shrine inside. There is a very big banyan tree behind him. You have a path around the lord covering tha banyan tree( with many ariel roots ) to go around him.Some people were doing 108 rounds around the shrine. You can do a minimum of 3 rounds.
Places of interest around the place: http://www.karaikudi.com/othertemples.htm
How to reach
Nearest Airport – Madurai,Trichy
Nearest Rail Head/ Railway Station – Karaikudi
Preferred travel base: Virudhunagar
STD Code of -
Railway Station code for MAS(central station) for all trains bound north east and west and MS(egmore)for all trains from Chennai to southern towns, Bangalore SBC, New Delhi –NDLS,DLI or NZM, Kolkatta- HWH, Mumbai –DR,CSTM,LTT, Karaikudi-KKDI
For Internet/ Mobile Railway ticket Booking in India use
www.irctc.co.in
For Travel by Private bus to and fro to any major town in India and some interstate destinations use the links below for bus booking through internet.
http://www.redbus.in/
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