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Puri Jagannath and Konark Sun Temple

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Dated - 25 DEC 2018 Crew - Naga's and Raju's family The trip was very short and tight planned one. We have to complete 2 temples in one day. We started to the puri at 4:10 AM by AHAMADABAD - PURI 12844 express. The train was late by 2 hours, which make the trip so worse. First we went to the Jagannath temple, which is my long wish in the visit places list, by auto, charged around 80 rupees. We need to walk till temple entrance. Some auto walas will help to drop at entrance at additional cost. Jagannath Temple, Puri : Timings : 5.30 AM to 10 PM Ticket Fare :  Free How to Reach:  Nearest railway station is Puri. Autos are available from bus stand/ station to and fro. Best time to Visit:  Anytime Duration:  2 hours Highlights: Ratha Yatra festival, One of the Char Dham temples. Website:  http://www.jagannath.nic.in/?q=home Precautions: Need to handover all your luggage in the free counters, Mobile phone counter is the time taking one, Beware of monkeys,

Suryanarayana temple, Arasavalli & Sri kurmam

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Dated - 23-dec-2018 Crew - Naga's and Raju's family SURYANARAYANA TEMPLE, ARASAVALLI : Timings : 6.00 AM to 12.30 PM & 3.30 PM to 8 PM Ticket Fare : Free Darshanam and Visita Darshanam(Rs 500 per 2 persons) How to Reach:  Nearest railway station is Srikakulam. Autos are available from to and fro. Best time to Visit:  Anytime Duration:  1-2 hours Highlights:  The sun rays touches the idol. Official Website:  http://www.arasavallisungod.org/ Sthalapuranam :  It is one of the ancient and all among two sun God temples in our Country. According to Padmapuranam , Sage Kasyapa installed the Idol of Surya at Arasavalli for the Welfare of mankind . Therefore , the Surya is of Kasyapasa Gotra . He is also termed as planetary King . According to the ' Sthalapuranam ' of the temple, Lord Devendra found this temple and installed the existing idol of the sun God commonly known as Lord suryanarayana Swamy Varu under the following circumstances. Once Lord Deven