Around 7 in the morning, we'd taken off for 'Mannarasala', the famous 'naagaraja' temple situated about 70 kms south of Kochi. Thanks to the early morning rains, the air was fresh and cool. Driving my Cruze on the highway was sheer pleasure and the journey was completed over an hour as the traffic was thankfully sparse.
Our pilgrimage to the temple is an annual feature and today's trip was just that. However, we did not cater for the huge crowd of devotees and it took a while to have a 'dekho' of the sanctum sanctorum and tell our piece to the good Lord. As we're returning through the main entrance, a young lady clad in the traditional two piece 'mundum neryathum', looking extremely sad(a personal problem that's weighing heavily on her, for sure) and carrying a gold figurine of a hooded snake, on a platter, passed us as she made her way into the innards of the temple.
She seemed to be sure that the 'Mannarasala naagaraj' would sort out her problems and it's our hope that her prayers are answered. Pse help her God!
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