Trip to Bhadrachalam Ram Rama Temple:
Trip to Bhadrachalam Ram Rama Temple:
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About General Place: http://wikitravel.org/en/Bhadrachalam
India code for Phone call by people outside of India- +91
STD Code of Bhadrachalam- 08743
Hotels:
We stayed at Hotel Ratan ph no 0873 233384/85. 9885584181, 9866277341. It costs Rs 850 for a non ac double room which was fairly neat. There are also ac rooms. They take reservations on the telephone. It is just opposite the bhadrachalam bus stand and so very convenient. There is a hotel kalki very next door where you get good tiffen and meals etc.
You also have a ap tourism hotel for the same tariff. 850 rs non ac and 1400 for AC Rooms.Again very neat.ph no 08743 231463,231481. you can mail for reservations there in nd@aptdc.in
Apart from this you can reserve by sending dd’s with the devasthan office. Use link below.
http://www.bhadrachalarama.org/accommodation.htm
Details about the temple through links:
Official Website: http://www.bhadrachalarama.org/
Photos of temple: http://www.bhadrachalarama.org/photogal-main.htm
Temple Phone Number and Contact:
Additional info and guides:
Std Code- Phone Number :
Other Links:
http://www.sitaramaswamy.com/visiting_places.htm
boat ride-this is interesting...http://www.go2india.in/ap/godavari-launch-journey.php
How I went:
I traveled to Hyderabad from Coimbatore. From there I was joined by my cousin and we took a train at 10.45 pm that goes to Machilipatnam. (normally departs from platform 10 from secunderabad station. So you can ask auto drivers to drop you at the rear entrance on platfrorm 10. Midway they dismantle the coach and attach to a different train and the train reaches Bhadrachalam Road otherwise also called Kotthagudam by localites at 4.50 am. ( if by any chance you miss this station don’t worry the train terminates 50 km from there in a place called manuguru about 1 hr from bhadrachalam road from where you need to retrace)From there you just can walk out 50 meteres from station and take a bus to bhadrachalam proper. It takes 45 minutes to an hour to reach bhadrachalam from bhadrachalam road by bus.
Note: If you are landing there between march and june it is one of the hottest places in India and you will do well to have a AC room.
Once we settled in at Hotel Ratan we took an auto for Rs 15 to take us to the temple. The temple is on a small hillock and you need to climb about 100 steps. The place where the steps end on your left you find an office where you can get ticket for archana to lord anjaneya/hanuman separately Rs.20 and a separate rs 20 or rs 50 special darshan ticket to lord rama. There is also a free darshan que. IF you take Rs 50 ticket you can sit near the lord and offer your pooja. Don’t carry any camera or video inside temple as it is not allowed. Before you enter the main temple you have lord hanuman right near the place where the steps end. Please worship him and seek his blessings and then visit lord rama. There are smaller gods and goddesses around the temple inner path. Out of this lord lakshmi is so beautiful. You will do well to offer poojas to her. Towards the right of the steps once you climb towards the temple is a Prasad counter where you can buy tamarind rice,laddoos etc. Its good. No where you need to pay anything extra etc. After this we retired to the room. I had a good buffet lunch at hotel APTDC. Then in the evening right opposite the temple for Rs 20 from hotel rattan or bus stand you can ask the auto guy to drop you on banks of river godavari for a good bath. From there the temple is 200 meteres away and you can reach temple by walk or by auto again for Rs. 10. Then we rested and took a bus to kothegudam or bhadrachalam road(normally from platform no 2 but please ask couple of people as everything is written in telugu). The buses have a request stop right in front of railway station. From the place you get down near railway station there is a broad road opposite railway station where if you walk 75 meteres on the right (when you walk down opposite railway station not towards it) ask for annapoorna in a small lane with stairs going up. You get good lunch and dinner there which is more like home made stuff. We then boarded the train to secunderabad by 10 pm to reach secunderabad by 4.45 am. Its just a overnight journey.
Places of interest around the place: http://www.sitaramaswamy.com/visiting_places.htm
How to reach
Nearest Airport – Hyderabad.
Nearest Rail Head/ Railway Station – Bhadrachalam road otherwise called Kothagudam by localites
Preferred travel base: Secunderabad,Bhadrachalam
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
HYB Hyderabad, SC- Secunderabad, BDCR for bhadrachalam road.
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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