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"Pleasant music"
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[ancient Tamil proverbs]
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it means that we need to eat limited amount of food to keep ourselves distant from diseases
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so sticking to that, we ate moderately in the morning and now
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heading to a special place, you may eard about this place in Thenkasi
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this is a famous mountain known as Thoranamalai
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many are saying that first ever surgery in the world was conducted here 2000 years ago
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this mountain is also in my bucket list
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so we came here from Thenkasi to see Thoranamalai
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it will take 20-25 minutes drive from Thenkasi town
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here parking area is also available for parking your vehicle
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I kept my bags over there and a good brother promised me for safeguarding those
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so I trusted him and gave custody to him
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they charge 10 Rs for bike parking and for cars
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They’ll charge 20 Rs, they also provide free food in noon time
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it will start around 12pm to 1.30pm
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we'll climb the Thoranamalai now
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it has 1000 steps, now we’ll climb
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we already finished 10 steps
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this is the way, many things are here, Lord Muruga has a temple at top of the hill
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so we'll worship that wonderfully looking Lord Muruga
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and we'll return after that, I hope that we'll get a wonderful view
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come let’s continue the journey
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"calm music"
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at the entrance of the temple,
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Lord muruga, Shiva and goddess Dhurga are present
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while climbing up here
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I noticed that they painted the steps and side walls with white paint as you can see
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for the scorching sun this pain act as a reflective surface and give glare to eyes
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so it’s hard to see here
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I think I crossed 100 steps
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I feel slightly tired, but nearby trees gives us some rest
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so we can rest at the shadows for sometime
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then we can climb slowly, comparing to the mountains we climbed already
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1000 steps is a very small milestone so we can finish it easily
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they said 30 minutes is the minimum time to complete
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so I started 5 minutes ago
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see here, they have this welcome like sign
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they're welcoming us
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let's go, my eyes feel so much of glare
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till now I have finished around 300 steps
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down there they ahve this umbrella like structure
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to provide shadow for travellers and visitors which gives shelter to them
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it's good and they have another shed up there
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so they keep the places clean from all sides
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and worshippers also clean trashes by themselves
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I saw one person with cycle cleaning the places with broom
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so they placed brooms everywhere as sanitary workers availability is a concern
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as many trees are around here
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we can't feel that exhaustion, we feel bit tired slightly
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but we can climb easily
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here we can find another broom
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That’s a another resting point arranged by management
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this is the second resting area I’m witnessing here
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see here, it's very chill here to sit
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here we have details about the sponsors and philanthropists who done charity for temple
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those advertisement stickers are here
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this temple porch is names after Therayer, who is the assistant of Agathiyar
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I mentioned about the first ever head surgery right?, he is the one who performed that along with Agathiyar
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I guess I have to complete 500-600 steps more
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if you visit here, do take rest in porches like these and
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then continue, its been 15 minutes since I started this journey
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so I’ll be there in 30 minutes
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"ambient music"
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I said that I have finished 400 steps
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on the right side there there is a cave like structure
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and it has small lingam, nandhi
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and the cave is also going deeper
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and you can see a stone carving of Lord Shiva in dhyana mode
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it's very amusing to see, maybe he done yoga here
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but I’m not sure if one can sit like that in tha tiny cramped space
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and it's very clear too see by zooming on my mobile camera compared to my naked eyes
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Because its very dark there
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this cave is under this big rock, here you can see snake holes
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we'll climb after seeing this
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I'm amused to see this cave
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"Ambient music"
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in this climbing path
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we have one beautiful murugan temple,
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we can worship him after climbing 1000 steps
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this temple is 2000ft above the sea level
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after coming here
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we can have this 360 degree view
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you can experience that in person only, not in this video
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this is the origin point of western ghats
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that side is Thenkasi and many windmills are there
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this view is so beautiful
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in this place if you see 50mts from the temple
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they have this squared structure and one stone thing is embedded in the centre
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it has one footprint and a small pit
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they threw coins and flowers and prayed
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they say that Murugan was once standed here and
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this pit is believed to be the spot where he stood his spear
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so Agathiyar and Therayar
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worshipped god and lived here only, in that cave
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they have that wall preventing people from entering that place
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one small oasis also present there
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for many years, they gae first-aid for injured people
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the requird water for that
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was gained from that oasis
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so they used that well
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it looks good and climate is cloudy without any hotness
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while climbing do climbe slowly and calmly
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and if you walk sometime from Murugan temple, you can also find one Amman temple
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so there is one good spot to sit
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so you can rest and worship her, we'll climb down later
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the things I said about this place was just a little
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many things are there to learn about this palce, if you visit Thenkasi, take some time to visit this Thoranamalai
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and spend some time to learn about this place, it can help in your life also
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many foreign people came here and learnt Siddha medicine practices
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it's a proud thing for us, almost 12000 years ago this place was a great medical hub
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it was mind-blowing to think about
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