Goa, as we all know is the land of divine grace! Every other road has a temple! For all Amchi's (Konkani people) their respective kuladevata temple is situated in goa. So is mine!
Shri Mahalasa Narayani being my kuladevata, the temple is situated in Mardol,Goa.
Every year during navrathri in the temple a 5 day function is held wherein all the devotees will surely make it a point to be there and collect the prasad! This prasad which is know as "Kaul Prasad" is given only in Goa and only during the navrathri time!
Me, dad, uncle and my aunt decided to leave to goa via train on 5th morning, Monday. The train was scheduled at 2.20 and luckily it did arrive at the scheduled time. We had already booked the tickets so there was no problem in getting a seat. It was Mangalore-Mumbai Matshyagandha Express. Believe me at every stop from udupi to goa he had stopped and when we reached goa it was 8 p.m. The train travel was really wonderful! Passing through the mountains, rivers, the longest tunnel of Konkan railway near Harwada was really fun!
We couldn't get the bus from the railway station so had to hire a taxi! Petrol being cheaper in goa than in karnataka, the taxi fare for just a mere 20kms was 500 bucks!! WTF.. We had no ther choice but to take it! Since the pooja was at around 9.
I must say I have never seen more lazy people than the people in goa! Morning a.m they open their shop! Evening by 6 p.m the shops are closed!! :) Even then they lead a luxurious life!
We got prasad at 3 a.m in the morning! Standing in the queue was such a great task! Met a cute lil kid named Adithya! One n half year old! Very smart and cute!! Sorry, forgot to click his pic!!
Next day, we had our train scheduled at 3 p.m, Verna-Mangalore Passenger!
On the way I saw the Karwar Landslide which had killed so many people and nearly 25 houses burried due to mother nature's fury! It was seriously touching to see the things there as the train passes by the spot! Cylinders, Television sets, utensils and what not. Everything being removed from underneath the soil! The rescue operation was in progress! I have been told there are still more bodies underneath and the search operation is on! Feels real bad for their family! They have lost everything! Beloved family, house, everything!
In honnavar there came this small boy nearly 7 years old! He had a huge lays packet in his hand! He smiled at me as he sat right opposite to me! He started eating the chips! Mind you, his hand, until his elbow was inside the packet! Until udupi he nearly ate 7-8 packets of those huge lays! I was seriously dumbstruck seeing the way he was gulping the chips! That too not small packets.. I guess it was the 20 bucks one! :)
We finally reached Udupi at 8.30 p.m :)
A tight scheduled goa tour had come to an end safely with the grace of goddess Mahalasa Narayani!
Cheers,
Muki
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