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16 November 2011

SRI PURAM GOLDEN TEMPLE NEAR VELLORE: Sevas & Timings & Accommodation

SEVAS & TIMINGS & ACCOMMODATION:




Temple Darshan Timings & applicable current official charges (donations!) are as below:


Darshan Timing 7 am to 8 pm on all the 365 days!


The Sevas available right now and are likely changed/modified by the Temple authorities as per the trustees discretion:


Swarna Pushpa Archana Seva:


In this seva Archana will be done with 108 gold flowers and out of which one will be given to the devotee after the archana seva. The donation for the seva is Rs. 1508/- for a couple and Rs. 1008/- for one devotee. (All days from 0800Hrs to 2000Hrs).


Veda Parayana Seva:


In this seva One devotee will be allowed to sit in front of goddess Mahalakshmi and will be given Aarthi Dharsan (Mondays to Fridays 0800 to 2000) Rs.250/ per Head


Divya Dharsan Seva:

In this seva one devotee will be permitted for Divya dharsan of Goddess Mahalakshmi. (only Dharsan- No Aarthi) Rs.100/ per head on Saturdays and Sundays and National Holidays.


Abishekam:

In this seva 4 members are permitted for Abisekam, Alankaram and Aarthi Dharsan Rs.3006/- on all days except Fridays (No accommodation).

Rs.5004/- on Fridays (One Non A/c Room accommodation will be given).



The accommodation facilities presently available as below:



NON A/c -Rs.300/- for 2 members (Add Bed-Rs.100/-) Max 3 members permitted in one room.

A/c -Rs.500/- for 2 members (Add Bed-Rs.150/-) Max 3 members permitted in one room.



One can send an advance DD in favour of "Narayani Siddar Peedam Charitable Trust" payable at Vellore and book for your requirements.


For more details one may contact the PROs of Sri Narayani Siddar Peedam at Sripuram at the following cell phone numbers:


+91 9942993009 ( Sri R Baskar), +91 9942993010 (Sri B V Karthik) or +(1 9345136189 (Mrs Srimathi Ramsingh).


The Temple is constructed, managed and maintained by Shri Narayani Amma of Sri NarayaNi Peedam, (known as Amma of Sri Shakti Peetam).


Further details and arrangements can also be made by the Shakti Sri Narayani Peedam at phone numbers (STD code included) : +9104162271202 or +9104162271 844.


Sri Shakti Peetam of Sri Narayani Amma also arrange for your visit and provide hospitality on special and individual requests.


There are numerous state run bus services available from most of the nearest towns to/via Sripuram.


Nearest Railway station:- Katpadi, Chennai-Bangalore rail route. Nearest big town:- Vellore, District headquarters of North Arcot, Tamilnadu (South India). Nearest Airport, Chennai - Meenambakkam (about 135 kms.) or Bangalore (Bengaluru) Airport (180 kms) and from Tirupathi Airport about 100 kms.

Email contact for Sri Narayani Peedam office is : contact@sripuram.org



Here are few suggestions, useful tips, do's and don'ts for a first time visitor:


There is ample car parking space available @ Rs.20/- per vehicle.


Here, the security measures are more stringent as alike Sri Venkateswara Temple of Tirupathi. Long queue makes one exhaust soon, more so during the summer days. It is recommended to take drinking water bottles & towels to fight the thirst and sweat!


Please do not carry your Mobile phones and cameras which are strictly prohibited inside the temple premises. Separate counters are there to deposit your cell phones, cameras as also your foot-wear. It is highly recommended not to take it with you to the temple at the first place, as it is not going to help you in any way as you have to deposit the same at the counters before entering the complex. Also do not carry cigarette, or tobacco in any form as this too would be confiscated while frisking and checking.


Dress Code: Only children can visit in half pants and elders and grown up should wear decently and Dhoti/Angavastram is strongly recommended. If you do not have one, as like in Kerala Side, here too these are available on hire. Better you take one with you. For women too, a decent and acceptable dress code is there so do not visit here with your shorts and skirts or with ultra modern dress. Or else, you may even be denied entry!


Security Check: As is in Tirupathi, here too the queue control system exist. A special structures erected to control and regularize the moving crowd is put up that extends up to 3 kms stretch from the temple! From here, you are allowed to move inside the star shaped ( Sri Chakra) corridor of the temple, only after proper security check by the security personnel both men & women; there you will have to undergo strict security checks viz. scanning, frisking and all the sort of personal/belongings etc.


Senior citizens are accompanied by the escorts from the temple are allowed to join in the main queue directly, but no family members are allowed to accompany them. Free wheel chair for physically challenged persons and elderly persons are also available and they are directly taken to the temple by the volunteers of Sri Narayani Peedam. No family members allowed to escort or accompany them, as the Golden Temple authorities arranged to give a very good care for them.


By the time you reach the Sanctum Sanctorum, oh, by now you have walked almost 3 kms distance from the entrance! After taking such a trouble to reach to the inner temple, here is the real hitch.... you're allowed to take Darshan only from a distance of about 100 meters. Beyond this point, one has to pay INR.250/- per head. If one prefers to perform Abhishekam or Archana they need to book well in advance, say at least two months.


At the exit point, the volunteers of the Ashram would hand you prasadam viz. Kum-kum and Sweet rice or pongal. Though the entire system is most organized, one would feel exhausted - that too after you're told to view the Darshan only from a specific distance. But it is more worthy to pay a visit. The landscape, beautiful scenery, tranquil atmosphere, greenish lawns and fine architecture all combined makes one feel worth of the visit.


For those who wish to stay overnight or a couple of days, hotel accommodation can be arranged through the administrators, Sri Narayani Peedam - who maintains a hotel, hospital, Orphans home etc.

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