It's Navaratri Mahotsava at all Devi Temples at Ooru.
It's also few months since we had been to Ooru....
Hoping to get Tatkal train Tickets to travel on 30th Sept.
After several attempts, tickets could not be booked. So booked a sleeper bus (Kukke Sri).for 30th Sept.2022
We reached Govardhan theatre, bus departure point by Wuber by 11 pm, the bus came after 12 midnight. Was not a comfortable journey, reached Udyavara only at 11 am next day.
Day1: Saturday, 1st Oct.2022
Reached Sujatha House by Auto, and after breakfast, went to Birthi by Dr Smitha's Car.
Bath at home, Pooja after a long time, lunch at home and slept.
Evening 7 pm went to Garadimane, Navaratri Pooja and oota and returned by 9 pm.
Day 2: Sunday 2nd October 2022
Leave Birthi at 8.30 am after mane pooja, picked Sujatha at Udupi and proceeded towards Hebri.
Reached bottom of Durga Betta and waited for 4-wheelar Jeep to the Temple.
It was a 4 Km rough ride in the Jeep, as there was no proper road. The driver carried at least about 10 people as they were going to Sri Annapoorneshwari Temple at the top of the hill.
We walked around the temple, beautiful, small waterfall, and there was Chandika Homa at the temple, after Mahamangalarathi, it was time for OOTA at Chief Archak's house, Satish Bairy, just a few steps down the temple.
After oota, waited for the Jeep and came down by 4 pm.
Reached Kadilyali, Nalini's sister Vijaya and her two friends joined for visiting Temples.
1) Bhagawathi DurgaParameshwari Temple, Puttur.
2) Mahakali Janardhan Temple, Ambalapady
3) Jaya Durga Parameshwari Temple, Kannarpady,
4) Cahmbukal Temple, Udyavara.
Dropped Sujatha and went to Puttur Temple for Deepa Namaskaara by Satynarayana Bhat and family. After Mangalarathi, had grand oota and returned to Birthi by 10 pm.
Day 3: Monday 3rd October 2022
Morning after bath, Pooja, to Kadiyali temple, Darshan and waited for oota, finished by 1.30 pm, proceeded to Udyavara, had good sleep.
3.30 pm to Manipal Inox Cinemas for watching the movie "KANTAARA"
7.00pm to Diana Hotel for tiffin, dropped Raghuram, Sujatha & Smitha at Udyavara and returned to Birthi Salekeri.
Day 4 : Tuesday, 4th October 2022
As usual, after bath and pooja, went to Brahmavar to pick up Sujatha and Smitha and proceeded to Kamalashile, after visiting Anegudde Mahaganapathi Temple.
BRAHMI DURAGA PARAMESHWARI TEMPLE 
Guhalaya
Reached Brahmi DurgaParameshwri Temple at 11.30, had Drashan and waited for oota at the dining hall. Grand prasada oota.
Went for visit to GUHALAYA, Cave Temple, 4 km from Kamalashile, Mom went inside and came back.
With Nagabhooshana Bhat, Leela
Visited Nagabhooshana Bhat at KamalaShile, spent some time and proceeded to Soukooru.
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| MAHABALA ADIGA, FAMILY |
Visted Mahabala Adiga, Mom's relations house, full family with three sons and daughter -in- laws, grandchildren, celebrating Navartri.
Back to Udyavara, ate Ganji and Dose, returned to Birthi, by 10 pm.
Day 5: Wednesday, 5th Oct.2022
Vijayadashami Day, visted Salekeri DurgaParameshwari Temple and proceeded to Garadi mane for Chandika Homa and Oota. After Mangalarathi, grand lunch on banana leaf.
BELMAN TEMPLE
Went to Udyavara, rested for a while and went to Belman Durgaparameshwari Temple and from there to Devi KunjaruGiri Temple.
As there was Deepa Namaskara,after which Rajendran invited us to have oota and return, as such we had nice prasada oota.
Returned to Udyavara and then to Birthi.
Day 6 : Thursday 6th Oct.2022
After pooja and breakfast at Birthi, packed to leave for Bengaluru in the night, Visted Vijalakshami (Mom's sister) at Kadiyali.
At 12.30 pm to Ocean pearl Restaurant at Kadiyali for MGM Friends Get-Together, second session.Time nicely spent recollecting those days.
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| MGM FRIENDS RE-UNION |
3.30 pm to Udyavara, packed bags, was dropped at the Highway by Raghuram.
4.15pm joined a bus going to Mangaluru to catch a train at 6.35pm leaving for Bengaluru.
Next morning 7 am reached KSR Railway station, Bengaluru, booked a Wuber taxi and reached Home, Bengaluru, thus ending trip to ooru.
Posted Sunday, 9th Oct.2022
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