MAHALAKSHMI YATHRA SERVICE

FROM THE YEAR FEBRUARY 2001, SRI MAHALAKSHMI YATHRA SERVICE STARTED PLAYING A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN MY LIFE. THEY PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE FULFILING THE DESIRES OF OUR ANCESTORS AND FOREFATHER'S PITRU KARMAS WHERE MYSELF, WIFE, SISTER AND BROTHER-IN- LAW JOINED THE MAHASIVARATHRI WORSHIP AND PITRU KARMA GROUP CONDUCTED BY SHREE MAHALAKSHMI YATRA SERVICE.

THIS YATRA SERVICE IS HEADED BY SARVASHREE S.V.D.AYYAR WHO STARTED THIS ORGANIZATION WITH A PRIME OBJECTIVE OF PILGRIMAGE ORIENTED TOUR WITH THE SACRED BLESSINGS OF POOJASHREE JAGADGURU PARAMACHARYA IN THE YEAR 1967. HE APTLY NAMED IT YATRA SERVICE AND NOT A TRAVEL OR TOURIST SERVICE AS ITS MAIN AIM TO CATER THE NEEDS OF PILGRIMS AND NOT THE SIGHT SEEING GROUP. HE DISTINGUISHED OTHER SIGHTSEEING GROUPS PRIME NEED WHERE FOCUS IS ON COMFORTS, AND HERE PILGRIMS AIMING FOR DEVOTIONAL, SACRED PLACES WITH SANCTITY IS OF PRIME CONCERN AND STAYING CAN BE ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY.

I HAVE HAD MANY OCCASIONS TO TRAVEL WITH THIS FANTASTIC YATRA SERVICE AND ON MY EXPERIENCE, THEIR PRIME CONCERN IS TO GIVE VERY TASTY, NOURISHING GREAT FOOD WITHOUT ANY LIMITATION WHERE SHRI AYYAR INSISTS ON EXCELLENCE AND PERSISTS TO KEEP UP A GREAT STANDARD IN ANY TOUR. THREE YEARS AGO, HE USED TO ACCOMPANY US IN ALL THE TOURS. BECAUSE OF THE SPONDYLITIS AND HEALTH ISSUES,HE IS NOT ABLE TO ACCOMPANY IN MANY OF THE TOURS. NOW HE GUIDES FROM HOME AND HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW MRS.INDUMATHI, ABLY ASSISTED BY RAGHU, SARAVANAN, BALAJI THE TOUR GOES ON WONDERFULLY WELL.

IN LAST 8 YEARS,MY WIFE AND I HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE TOURS CONDUCTED BY THEM EXCEPT THE TOUR TO AMARNATH. SINCE OUR SONS RESIDE IN U.S.A., WE MAKE AN HABIT OF VISITING KASI DURING DEEPAVALI FESTIVAL AND HAVE REAL GANGA SNANAM, WORSHIP GOLDEN ANNAPOORANI, GOLDEN VISALAKSHI, LADDU CHARIOT, 108 LITRES OF MILK ABISHEKAM, ANNA DHANAM WHICH I CONSIDER AS A BOON FROM ALMIGHTY IN THE FORM OF SHREE MAHALAKSHMI YATRA SERVICE.

ANOTHER SPECIFIC POINT I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION IS BY TOURING WITH MAHALAKSHMI YATRA SERVICE, I WAS ABLE TO GET VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE FRIENDS LIKE SARVASHREE P.SARANGAPANI, V.CHENNINATHAN, LAUGHTER SMILING SIVAKUMAR, EVER SMART NEYVELI KRISHNAMURTHY, T.V.VAIDYANATHAN.

WITH DIVINE BLESSINGS AND ELDERS SHARING THEIR EXPERIENCES AND VISITING SACRED PLACES, I CONSIDER MYSELF VERY FORTUNATE PERSON FOR ALL THESE INTERACTIONS. I SINCERELY PRAY THE ALMIGHTY FOR THE CONTINUANCE OF THIS AUGUST COMPANY.