Velankanni

I was up from 2:45 am, since mom was cooking at that time. We boarded the 4:30 am bus and i watched the sunrise sitting in the bus after a long time. Watching a sunrise always brings in the freshness with its myriad dawn hues. I slept off from thanjavur. we reached Vailankanni around 10:30. My didi (mom's christian friendz daughter) is also 30 and unmarried and so she had got a kuthu vilakku. I admire Christians for their faith. On the way i saw the memorial tower they had built for tsunami victims. the place was still backward though. In Church So after waddling in the sea water in Vailankanni. i fell down in the water so many times and had the sea sand all over me. (I could not believe i was the same person who swam in Udipi Malpe beach, the waves made me like a ragged doll) We took bath in the room that didi had arranged. People were kneeling and moving towards Virgin Mary and after a while, my throat tightened looking at virgin mary. We then went to the old church. Didi prayed piously and later we three (my mom, didi and me) ate packed tamarind rice, idlies. They were having a 24 hour service that day. There were lots of ladies who were wore sarees like dhothis and guys who wore their dhotis like caps, that made a triangular front portion. There were young girls and guys, who were jumping and swinging their hands up and dancing to drum beat in spite of the scorching sun. Back Home We boarded a trichy bus and reached thiruvarur. the stretch from thiruvarur to Thanjavur was awesome. It was full of paddy fields, lush green, and it was raining. it was awesome. We also had a rath yathra in Thiruvarur this day that had caused delays in the morning. Thank god, it didn't rain in the evening. In Thanjavur, we had a hot bajji, boiled groundnuts and it was just after 9 when we reached home. It was a fun trip, tiring one though.