After covering almost 1200 miles in train and another 20 odd miles on foot...up and down on a holy hill......and patiently following a swarm of devotees.....I got what I had come for.....for what....millions of faithful come...everyday....A 2 minute सुदर्शन (sudarshan - beautiful glimpse) of the Lord of Tirumalai....Shri Venkateswara........Tirupati Balaji.......that was the first time...I had seen his divine figure.....such beauty....such lustre.....a million suns would lose out on him....by a million times.....The deity adorned with Gold...and garlands of the most elegant flowers....and enlightening a few hundred holy lamps....capturing one's sense of sight.....
The scent of incense, flowers and other offerings.....captivating one's sense of smell......
The chants by the Brahmins......and a thousand devotees echoing GOVINDA GOVINDA....praising the Lord....while the bells toll......imprisoning one's sense of hearing......
The very feeling of being alive makes you feel grateful....for physically being there....thereby....embracing the sense of feeling(touch)....
and when finally I sing his name harmoniously......GOVINDA GOVINDA.....The fifth sense of speech....is blessed!
Thus....a moment when...all five senses of the soul are blessed......is what I experienced whole heartedly that day....Although it's impossible for me to transcend that unto you................yet here is something that is close.....................far close..................! I shot this at my house......
All I could say then was....Om Namo Venkateswaraaya....GOVINDA GOVINDA....
The scent of incense, flowers and other offerings.....captivating one's sense of smell......
The chants by the Brahmins......and a thousand devotees echoing GOVINDA GOVINDA....praising the Lord....while the bells toll......imprisoning one's sense of hearing......
The very feeling of being alive makes you feel grateful....for physically being there....thereby....embracing the sense of feeling(touch)....
and when finally I sing his name harmoniously......GOVINDA GOVINDA.....The fifth sense of speech....is blessed!
Thus....a moment when...all five senses of the soul are blessed......is what I experienced whole heartedly that day....Although it's impossible for me to transcend that unto you................yet here is something that is close.....................far close..................! I shot this at my house......
All I could say then was....Om Namo Venkateswaraaya....GOVINDA GOVINDA....
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