This weekend after a nice snack of pakodas and sweets, we wanted to go out. With kids and time constraints we want to go to a nearby place. Many options were thrown in, among them I was surprised to hear that there is a gold Balaji Temple in Pune.
On checking out it turned out to be a temple in Marigold society Kalyaninagar. I think i missed the 'Mari' part ;)
So we got ready and started at around 5:30pm from our place. On reaching the Marigold society the temple is in the first right lane. Parking space is available. Bikes can be parked inside. The temple has nice greenery and is very peaceful. Lord Venkateshwara is the main deity present along with Andal devi and Lakshmi devi. There are also temples for Ganapati, Hanuman and navagrahas. The temple presented nice vibes. There are chairs provided for elderly to sit, most of them were occupied.
We sat for some time and were about to leave at 7pm, as we were leaving we heard the Aarti sound and went back to the temple. Various types of Aarti were performed of which i came to know about only Naga haarati, eka haarati. After aarti Archana was performed. We left once Archana was completed.
It was a good visit. There was a board indicating that photography was prohibited, hence we didn't have much pics.
Any pics of the temple from outside?
ReplyDeleteno...its was a quick visit
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