Short trip to Chikka Tirupathi

End of May brought small showers to Bangalore. In anticipation of a good monsoon this year, we decided that we should go for a quick trip to temple nearby before schools start for kids. Since we stay towards east of Bangalore, we thought that a trip to Chikka Tirupathi would be ideal.

Unlike other trips, we started a bit lazily without any hurry. Had early breakfast at home and started at around 8.45 am. Thanks to the newly built flyover after Bellandur, we zipped to Sarjapur in no time. It is 30 kms from Bellandur and took us around 45 mins to reach.

Bellandur circle -> Wipro office -> Sarjapur -> Take left towards Hitech Telecom City -> onto NH 207 -> Take right near Mugalur, Keep on NH 207 -> near Jagadenahalli

You can see the temple gopuram from the road. Not much rush though it is a Saturday.

A little background on the temple: The main diety is Prasanna Venkateswara Swamy. Agni, Lord of Fire, lost his brightness due to the curse of Takshaka, King of snakes. It is said that Agni, did penance for Lord Vishnu at this place to get back his brightness. The grateful Agni then installed this idol.

The idol at Tirupathi has the right palm downwards called ‘vaikunta hasta’ whereas in Chikka Tirupathi, the right palm is upwards called ‘abhaya hasta’. There are no separate temples for the two devis of Lord. 

After darshan, we stepped out to check out farmers mandi with fresh vegetables right beside the temple compound. Loaded with fresher and cheaper veggies, we returned home by noon.