AnnapooraniSivaramakrishnan

 One of the iconic veg restaurants in Chennai is Kasi Vinayaga mess located in Akbar Sahib street,Triplicane. I wanted to try eating in this mess for several years but only recently got an opportunity to try and wanted to share amongst you all. The mess has already crossed golden jubilee and they offer veg only pandhi(sitting in rows) lunch.There is a separate table and chair for everyone! As soon as you enter,you will need to get token.For 100rs lunch you get rice,sambhar,rasam,2 types of curries,vathakozhambu,pappad,pickle,buttlemilk and payasam.You will need to pay extra 10rs if you want seasoned dal+ghee and extra 10rs for thick curd.If you go for extras then it comes around 120rs per person.They also have takeaways at rs.120.Ghee plus seasoned dal is famous in this mess. The table is already placed with a banana leaf and a tumbler with water.The token already has seat number and so there is no fuss.You see the token and sit in your allotted seats. The helpers there serves food...

 After several years,out of blue today somehow I am dusting my blog and planning to restart my love for writing! What better way to break the hibernation by writing about a temple? Today we are going to see about Padalathri Narasimhar temple situated in Singaperumal kovil(place name) which is near to Chengalpattu.This temple is about 1.30hours away from Chennai Egmore via suburban train. I am a chennai vaasi for years but never visited this temple.Somehow got an opportunity to visit this temple recently and wanted to share some information about it for people who might  need this. As soon as we decided to visit the temple,the first thing that flashed the mind was on the commute.Which mode of public transport would be easier ,was the question and we nailed it by taking rail route. Suburban Chennai trains are a boon for people like me.I have been using the suburban trains for years now and I am grateful to it every single day.So we took suburban train from Chennai and reached Si...