Travel Buffet

A last minute plan to meet the most famous and worshiped deity is not what a normal person would do. But I guess we are crazy that way. We had been putting off going to Tirupati for a long time now and we decided enough was enough. I booked tickets to and from Tirupati for the Saturday. We later came to know how disastrous it was. My dad had arranged for a room in Ahobila Mutt right behind the temple so as for the stay, there was no problem. But that was the least of the worries. Getting darshan from Lord Srinivasa at Tirupati is more difficult than seeing the Lord Himself in person. Everyone including my cook, said that we may have to wait for 16 hours in Sarva Darshan (free tickets) or 8 hours for Special Darshsan (Rs. 300 per ticket). But the catch was, special darshan has limited tokens and it was full till June. I didn't want to wait till June. My dad told me that it was some special day so it would be next to impossible to get darshan on a Saturday. But we were determine...

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