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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 
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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 
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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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so again

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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 
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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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