some more spl pics of megastar

Megastar trying to get ticket - u can easily find him in the crowd

megastar in panshop

Star of the Month

Gujili Ashram announces star of the month . You can nominate anyone of the 13 ashram mates ( am also there in that ) for the star of the month . type your nominations in the 'Comments' space and save. you may also specify the reason for nominating the person if you wish to ...


Lets See Whos Star of the month..... Do it before friday !!! Jai Gujilis !!!!

Guruji 

Sathuragiri - Ashram's first Trip - Part I

We all had been debating in Gujiliashram on deciding the place for our first tour. After thinking over for almost two weeks we finalized on Sathuragiri - A hill top , abode of Lord Shiva which has no proper road/ means to g up. the only way to reach the temple is to climb the 11 km trek path .None of us had been to this place before and the excitement began on the day it was announced in the blog.

venkat and nagesh in the bus

Friday 9th Sep 2011, evening 6 pm . I was waiting in saidapet for other sishyas to join. I Satish,Praneeth,venkatesham and balaji started from saidapet by 6.30 and joined the remaining people of Ashram at tambaram station by 7pm. The fire of excitement picked up when we all joined together to kick start the tour from Tambaram railway station.The 13 member Ashram gang including I, Sairam,jayachandran,pradeep kishore,santosh,Srini,Nagesh,Paramesh,Satish,Praneeth,venkatesham and balaji reached the bus stop just in time by a share auto where all of were dumped seated on each other. There was no time for us to have dinner but still some of were hungry and so wanted to eat as quick as possible before the bus comes. so 6 of us went and were about to start the dinner just then pradeep called us as the bus had arrived. we stopped eating and rushed to the spot but the bus was for a different location.

within next 5 minutes our bus came and started our fun before even the bus started from the place. the center of attraction was Nagesh who was given the title of "Megastar" The bus was running at its own speed but we were chatting and having fun inside. It was a good time as the excitement of journey made us feel it like a College tour and we felt like having become students once again. The bus stopped for dinner around 10.30 and megastar was the first person to get down to lead the way to the hotel. the dinner table was filled with laughter and fun ignoring the tiredness of having worked in office the entire day. the bus resumed at 11pm and people were fast asleep in the next 30 minutes. i tried my best to sleep but somehow there was some difficulty. Ram who was seated next to me also was finding it difficult to sleep. we finally tried to sleep around 1.30 am.

on the way to find a lodge at Srivilliputhur

our Auto journey

It was 5.45am when we reached Srivilliputhur ( the town from where we need to go to the foothills) . after walking for around 1 km we finally found a lodge and took four rooms . i then announced that we should get read yin a hours time so people were rushing to take their turns in using the bathroom. finally by 7.45 we all were ready and proceeded to have break fast . It was a small mess where only 7 seats were available. so we split into two groups and had breakfast . finally we hired two autos to reach the foothills which was 26 kms from the place where we stayed. It was around 9.30 when we reached the foothills( a place called Thaniparai) of the Sathuragiri hills. It was from here our trek began and by the way we all were first time trekkers.

At the Foothills

Ashram's Sholingar trip

It was decided suddenly on Saturday noon, that we shall visit the temple at Sholingar hill on Sunday (18 Sep). As planned I ,Megastar Nagesh,Venkatesham and Srini met at Tnagar Station and started our journey as early as 5 am . we reached the Arakonam station by 8am and took a local bus to foothills of Sholingar. it was 8.45am when we lighted the camphor before the Giant Hanuman statue and started climbing the 1300 steps of the "big hill" . megastar was leading the way and as usual i and venkat were the last to come. we climbed at our own speed with lot of breaks in between.

megastar started his breakfast at 5.40 with 2 packet of biscuits followed by coffee  then with whatever that came in the 2 hours train journey. then this was followed by Masal vadai, butter milk and juice while climbing the steps. we actually came to know the breakfast schedule of megastar. it includes three phases pre breakfast, breakfast and post breakfast sessions.

It was 10.30 when we had the Dharshan of Swami Narasimha and climbed down as fast as we could as we had another mountain to climb. the next one was comparatively small (600 steps) and we had Dharshan of lord Hanuman here. after having our lunch at 1 we climbed down and reached the station within 45 minutes. All of us tried our hands on throwing the ring on objects but none of able to succeed . the game was nice and megastar tried his best to get something from the gift but it was just out of the way.  bad luck that we missed the train and had to wait till 3.30 to catch the next train.we reached Chennai central by 5.30 and megastar argued with us that we should have snacks before going home....

finally we all came back by 7 pm . it was a wonderful and divine trip. the journey was tiresome but we are confident that only good things would result from our worship...

Guruji 

Megastar reading Tamil newspaper

Spl pics of megastar

Mega Star in a Spl Pose....

Fantastic Moments @ Sathuragiri

Tour Requirements

Guys, we all will be leaving next Friday for our our first ashram tour.. here are thee tour details:


9th sep - friday leaving chennai by 7.30 pm bus ( guys from siruseri  need to start by 5.30 sharp and take tambaram cab. i would join you along with people from saidapet. lets meet at tambaram station at 7pm)


10 Sep - sat - reach sriviliputhur by 6 am and after break fast and refresh we start and reach the foothills by 8.30 am.start the trek before 9am --> reach the hill by 1pm(lunch at top)--> continue our trek to Sidhar  meditation rock at 2.30 and come back to temple complex by 6.30- 7pm


11 Sep - Sun - start down trek at 7 am and reach srivilliputhr by 10.30 --> reach Madurai an have lunch (based on time we may visit Meenakshi temple)--> start to Chennai at 1 pm--> reach Chennai by 8.30 pm


few tips for the tour:
Do not take heavy luggage. It will be very tough to climb.your kit should contain : 


1.A pair of clothes ( preferabaly Tshirt and shorts/ three-fourths - dont wear full pant, tight jeans as its tough to climb the rocks)
2.Toilet kit containing soap, tooth brush, tooth paste and others. 
3.wear sports shoes if not chappals with good grip 
4.a blanket / air pillow 
5.min 2 bottles of water bottle ( 1 lit bottle)
6.a torch light ( any three of us can bring this) 
7.candles (the other three bring this) & match box 
8. pen knife & Scissors
9.Snacks for the hills: chips, biscuits, chocolates etc.,
10.Of course camera
11.A Mug ( for bathing) 


The forest section starts from Thaniparai.(foot hills @ 7 kms from srivilliputhur) 


Annadhana is going on from morning to evening near both the temples and we have to stay in the shelter provided there before night falls.


Do not walk in the dark without proper torch light.


If you happen to see any animal, stay quiet and wait for it to move away and then move


 Sathuragiri hill does not have any electricity, hotels, lodges etc. There is an ashram called Sri Kalimuthu Swamigal Madam or Kanji Madam, which provides free food and also provides place for pilgrims to stay. 



Guys... Its going to be a trek cum holy tour... lets begin with this and we will be covering more exciting places in the upcoming tours.... Lets enjoy