{"id":595,"date":"2007-10-03T16:15:58","date_gmt":"2007-10-03T08:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/religion\/2007\/10\/03\/maran-marathandavar-temple\/"},"modified":"2013-02-08T15:33:17","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T07:33:17","slug":"maran-marathandavar-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/religion\/2007\/10\/03\/maran-marathandavar-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Maran Marathandavar Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"
After delaying many times, we managed to plan a mini vacation that included a trip to the famous Maran Marathandavar Temple.<\/a> I remember going there while still under 4 feet tall, so you can imagine the changes that had taken since 20++ years ago. Anyway, I do remember the river and stairs from my last trip.<\/div>\n
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We left entered Gombak toll at about 7.45am and took a leisurely drive along KL-Karak highway and the East Coast Expressway (ECE). Took the Bandar Baru Jengka\/Chenor exit and drove for another 20 minutes until the temple. Quite easy to find since the are a number of signboards along the way.
\nThanks to Rama, Tamilselvam, Sathivel, Manibalan, Anbalagan, Thinesh, Navin Kumar, Ananthan, and Vama Devan among others who provided details on getting to the temple.<\/div>\n
We did archanai before 10am. Then, we witness the abishegam at 10.30am. After that, wandered around, snapped some pictures of the new building. Its a beautiful building, yet to be painted. Its a circular shaped temple with intricate ceiling and wall designs. The kumbabishegam is on 20th January 2008, so I plan to make another visit there.<\/div>\n
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We also sponsored a brick for the temple development. Took photos of the old tree and saw the original tree bark where images of Lord Muruga was supposedly seen.<\/div>\n
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The priest has been here for more than 60 years, and he remembers when the place was a jungle, the playground for tigers and elephants! So much has changed now.<\/div>\n
At 12.30pm was the pooja. There were only 8 devotees (including us). When the prayer ended, I could feel a strong breeze, which was a bit surprising. Then felt the same too. It felt different for that few seconds, but I dare not speculate more on that.<\/div>\n
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We took lunch at the temple itself, at Rm3 per person. Left the temple at 1.30pm and reached Swiss Garden Kuantan<\/a> at around 3.30pm. This time, I took the road towards Maran exit. More on Kuantan trip in the next posting<\/a> \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n
Click here<\/a> for more pictures at the temple.<\/div>\n
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Note: latest contact info:\u00a0(6) 019 981 8050, Fax: (6) 09 478 8259<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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