What' s up with Indian railway system, Bangalore Cant station & my family? So weird connection rather some 'shapa' from some bleady fool I guess, since every single time I get to that station to catch a train some thing or the other happens which is totally funny for whoever is listening & damn irritating for me & my family. My kutty family-me, mom & dad set out to a small trip of temples in tanjore dist since I am leaving soon. In our family customs, guess its the same with most tambrahms, there is this habbit of meeting elders & going to "koladeivam" temple before doing some good things. Though I am particluarly interested in the returns I get after I touch the feet which makes my wallet a bit more heavier than the actual zonk currency left in it.

The train was at 7pm & we reached the station at 6pm itself. What else do I do apart from looking at few chicks, have three tea's, go for a walk, twice to the loo & once to the phone booth? So decided to look at the chart in the r-station as to where our AC boogie would come. It was a dad-office-sponsored-trip. So all the way it would be a comfortable, I thought. The chart displayed that the boggies would come right at the end after the normal sleeper class would end. So we waited for some time at this point but when the train arrived it was totally opposite to what the chart showed. The AC compartments where right in the front. So I had to carry the baggage & run, sorry correction sprint till the front.

I should say that my mom is a sooper-dooper packer, she can stuff 20 kilos in a 10 kilos bag & then who the hell will carry it? 'ME'. Why it has to be me? If i ask this question to my pop, he would cooly reply- ' Pinna unnaku en soru pottu valakarom?', 'Naan enna naaiya?' I used to think. But here, there was no time left for thinking. It's been like 6 months since I went to the cricket ground. Else this would have been a 'jujubi'-esp with my cricket kit weighing some 15 kilos. So I sprinted with two bags with looked like 10 kilos bag but actually weighing 20 kilos, which makes it 40 kilos (if my quantative ability is gud enough), running like Ben Johnson (man! he would have been proud). Luckily unlike the tiruppur trip there were no mami's & mama's in th way. So in a way it was easier.

Puffing & panting I reached the AC compartment hoping for some cool ac air to blow my ultra-tired soul. There was a shock awaiting me there. Normal sleeper compartments where much cooler than the AC one. I was like 'Appa, u wasted so much money on this crap?'. I never knew at that point of time that there were more suprises waiting for me in this trip!

Morning 525 am, Tanjore Station. As per some ones promise the so-called-brand-new-ambassador-car-with-AC was ready for us when we landed. I got into the car to find out that it was older than me!. Forget about the AC. Luckily no bullock-carts over took us from the left or right, else I would have killed that driver & the guy who promised to send the car. With all these we managed to reached our "koladeivam" temple at Sirkayi, the great Sattanathan swamy-so now you know why I am Bharathwaj Sattanathan.

In spite of all these 'obstracles' I thought there was a silver lining in this whole thing. There was an another family who had also come there for offering their pooja's to the god. In the morning its the "Mrs.Deity" & in the night its the "Mr.Deity". Among that family out came a 'dhool' figure. I was like- where the hell is that yahoo smiley which moves its eyes & head sidewards. "Indha patti kattuleyum oru pavazhama?". If that itself was a suprise, chk this out. Their family had come there to offer prayers since she was getting married to some wealthy, nerdish, MS, NRI bugger, "May god bless the souls of NRI", who the hell invented this damn word-NRI?!!! Imagine my peelings....Some body please!!!!

After all these shock treatment & the sun shinning as if there was no tomorrow the pooja was over. I prayed to god saying "Nange unnaku dinam-dinam pooje pannurom, nee ennaku ore oru POOJAvavadu set-up panni kodu" :P.

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Oru small addition:We visited Vaidishvaran Koil, Chidambaram Koil, Thiruvaiyyar, Thirukadaiyur Koil, Tanjore Big Temple, Velankanni Temple & so many to name that I forgot. Anyways it was gud......