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Greetings people, welcome back to my channel 
'Follow Jack'. We’ll see about a special 
trekking in this video

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I’ll explain about it, which is only opened 
twice a year

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also I'll share my whole experience in this 
trekking

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so watch it till the end

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Guys look we're having an adventure here

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it's a different vibe I guess there are around 
400 people here

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for now, it's crowded

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Before that change your video resolution 
to HD and also use headphones

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Let’s Start our journey

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"Majestic Music"

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we reached Thirupati station at 4 AM.

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then we catched the bus for the temple, we 
had a plan to walk on hill steps with our 
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but at last minute I heard about this thumbura 
theertham was open on that day

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so I wanted to take that trekking so I have 
to go on bus

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this trekking is open only on two days one 
is during "Panguni Uthiram" and the next 
day of that

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so this trekking is crowded with so many 
people

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many travelled from different places for 
this trekking

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and they provided special buses for this 
place

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and I reached the place near Papavinasam 
dam

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and we'll reach the Starting point aftre 
walking for 500 mts from there

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Children below 10, elders above 50, and overweight 
persons are not allowed for this trekking

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so in starting there was a quarrel between 
officials and public

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also there are no plastics are allowed in 
this trekking

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so they will check our baggage before allowing

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Hello guys, welcome back to my channel Follow 
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after a long time, I wanted to resume with 
an auspicious trip

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so currently we're in Tirupati and

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we travelled up for 30-40 minutes

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to reach a place called papavinasam temple 
and it looks like a dam

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if we move further

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we can find a small falls which is called 
as holy water(theertham)

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it's situated between rocks, the exact name 
is Thumbura theertham

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so they always do strict checking and

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that is they wont allow children below the 
age of 10 and people above 50

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Specifically males of that age

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because it will be more challenging for them

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so they don’t allow them

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this place is opened only during Panguni 
uthiram and the next day of that

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so we’re lucky to have this opportunity to 
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I'll introduce the people with me, Brother's 
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-Hi, I'm Satheesh Balaji from Coimbatore

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I'm meeting him for the first time and trekking 
is also first time for him

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and his leg got injured, but we motivated 
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to reach and witness that place and

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[SPEAKER NOISE] the exact time is

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actually they supposed to start earlier but 
it's late

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Sun is scorching now

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[BACKGROUND NOISE]

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[SPEAKER NOISE][BACKGROUND NOISE]

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-Hi!

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brother's name is Karthik

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he is like Indiran...who also has beard

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he is a friend of Indiran, we did 2-3 trekking

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so this trekking will be a new experience, 
this is the way to the entrance

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we'll go to the spot where we'll get the 
holy water

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so they provide water here

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Plastic bottles not allowed so

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they sell water in glass bottles so if you 
visit here avoid using plastic

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go with glass or aluminium bottles

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they're strict and will confiscate plastic 
bottles, it’s good to stay hydrated

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this place is sunny and seems to be hard 
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and I guess it’s First time for many like 
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[BACKGROUND NOISE]

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are you ready brother?, tell us something 
about this place

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-so if you ask for info, Thumbura means

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-'Toad' in tamil because

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-that holy water will drip in the middle 
of rocks and looks like a small lake

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-so I visited Tirupati for almost 30 years

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-Last year Indiran mentioned about this place

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- he also said that we're only allowed twice 
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-so i don’t want to miss that thing this 
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-but unfortunately for us

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-put up...stupid

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-it's not like stupid, but still when last 
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-it's that they said, 'you're obsese so we 
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they will never allow overweight persons, 
as the way always looks like this

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we both did many trekking like this, but

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[SPEAKER NOISE] - see this is not as tough 
as trekking we did in Agashtiyar hills

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- but we can’t fight with the authorities

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they're very much strict in that age limit

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and also for the obese persons

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- the reason is... we can personally attack 
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- the actual reason is for these two days

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- we're going to travel in the deep forest 
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- and roads are also not proper

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"divine music"

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this is the [SPEAKER NOISE]

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they paved and layed this steps in this middle 
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moving further is plain land only

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we're moving inside a reserve forest which 
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that is why the follow these strict rules

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so it may look difficult

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because many wish to visit who're prohibited 
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Specially ladies

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but we have to respect the safety concerns

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"Pleasant music"

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the path we're travelling is nothing but 
broken stones

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it's like walking on brocken rocks and stones

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people who had footwear and shoes managed, 
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and there is small shrine of Lord Perumal

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all the trekkers will worship him and drink 
the water from the nearby oasis

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then they will continue, the path way contains

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baskets like this, to dispose trash

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or plastic bottles, time is 10.30 AM

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and now sun is scorching and

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it will getting even stronger as time moves 
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after 2 PM, no 11 or 11.30 I said too late 
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they will stop allowing the people from 11-11.30 
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becasue they need to close the gate after 
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that safety reason is also followed as I 
mentioned before, it's a active wildlife 
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so they will close earlier

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if you see the path we're walking

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it was like a plain ground before but it's 
rocky now

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so walking in barefoot is possible... but 
it's hard

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as you can see, we'll go like this

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they have water in every 100 metre interval

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[BACKGROUND NOISE]

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[BACKGROUND NOISE]

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[BACKGROUND NOISE]

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it was too long since I took my last trekking, 
so I get thirsty easily

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so from now our vlog will

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happen continuously without any gap

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many are unaware of this thumbura theertham, 
as they open this only for 2 days in a year

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and we came during the second and last day, 
so these rules

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are strictly followed as it's closing time, 
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but today is closing time so

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they're following it strictly

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-first time... is it fantastic? - must try!

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if they change this 2 days thing to 7 days

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then many will get the chance to see

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- I'm not sure why they have this 2 days 
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- Panguni uthiram is a main reason and actually 
they will do abhisheka ritual to perumal 
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- so during panguni uthiram

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- they will bring this holy water to do abhisheka 
ritual for perumal

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I remember they broght me to Tirupati when 
I was small, I can confirm it from a childhood 
photo, but I can’t emember anything about 
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so with my full knowledge I'm visiting Tirupati 
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"Pleasant music"

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so this is the way we traveled so far

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this hose is used to transfer drinking water 
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so there is one brother having water in this 
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and the path way continues like that

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and 45 minutes ahve passed, so I guess we 
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it maybe 1-1.5 Kms, it looks beautiful in 
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I don't know whether the water level will 
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and it also looks like water way which is 
dried out

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we need to check only after reaching there

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these people return from a early visit

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I guess we'll have many incidents there for 
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I'm hyped for that famous Tirupati Laddu

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I'm eager to eat that, they provide food 
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I saw earlier, it also have timings like 
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2-4.30 and then dinner, they provide it for 
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we'll only have that after worshipping the 
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first 2 Kms they provided water in cups for 
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then I can’t see water points, but the positive 
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we're now walking downhill for now, but it 
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because of lack of water, besides the walking 
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I can see the tree shadows and sun is scorching 
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don't forget to bring 1-2 cans of water but 
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use metal or glass bottles, it's essential

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so they confiscated our bottles

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and we need to take breaks too often, one 
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he is a good person who is travelling with 
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we don't have any water!

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I don't know how we can survive for the remaining, 
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I guess he'll be returning when we reach 
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this reminds me of the experience in agasthiyar 
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so guys there is this meter marking here

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3000 metres, we have climbed down now

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look at the surrounding it's so beautiful

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yet, sun is at it's peak!

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so this is the surrounding

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this place also reminds another trekking 
memories of kedharnath

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Because that landscape is similar to this

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we passed 3000 ft as per calculation

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totally 4000? oh 3800 range only

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I guess we’re reached there

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I was in that mindset, but the path looks 
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in the middle we had the experience of walking 
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and that place had many water crossing

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Including 2 major water crossing where water 
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that is the major task here, consider it 
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up-down travellers must meet here, so it's 
crowded heavily

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I put my shoes in the bag and crossed in 
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"calm music"

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guys look at the adventures we're having

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I removed my pants and crossing with my underwear

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we need to cross the river like this only

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everyone is having this situation and I also 
upheld the bag

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we're standing with less control and

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brother is using 360 cam

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"calm music"

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now only you’re entering? -yes!

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good heart, he waited for us, so we all enter

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I think the next place will have chest level 
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there is also so much crowd

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[SPEAKER NOISE] we crossed around 6-7 Kms?

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yes, 6 Kms

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as per my watch we have travelled 7 Kms and 
the return will be 7 Kms

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I never had water after the start

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as there was no availability, I need to check 
for water there

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mind is asking that only

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as you witnessed the water level and just 
watch how we're crossing

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I never expected these things but they made 
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as a wonderful experience

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and we saw a major scenery after crossing 
this path

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I never saw a beautiful scenery like this 
in our south India

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this place gives me a different vibe

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I guess we're 400 people, currently here

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and after finishing that crossing

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we need to climb down more now

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now I'm walking without shoes

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it's hard to walk in barefoot

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look that's the place

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look how majestic it is!

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now we have to walk stealthly in the crowd

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there is less chance of returning after you 
enter here

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I was stuck in this situation and we can 
move either left or right only

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the middle path is hollow as it contains 
water

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so this rock has this natural shape that 
allow us to slouch and walk

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thank God!, I never had breathing issue or 
physical harm

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we moved one by one and the forest officials

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and fire rescue team helped the people a 
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and finally we reached the place of thumbura 
theertham

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as we're thirsty for 5 Kms, we fatch water 
from there to drink

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other people also did the same

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"calm music"

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I never expected this,

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these views are amazinga nd you should not 
miss this

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but the sad thing is it's only for 2 days 
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twice a year, Panguni uthiram and the next 
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you must try this journey and don’t forget 
to bring water

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That was the major issue here otherwise

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this place looked amazing, it's a must try 
in your life

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also I'll meet you in another video, till 
then stay tune guys!

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I'm your Follow Jack, signing off!

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