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RAJESH’S VISIT TO INDIA 24TH AUG,2003 TO 2ND OCTOBER, 2003.
Dear Rajesh,
We were eagerly awaiting your trip to India during Aug, 2003 and the red letter day arrived on 24th Aug 2003. I would like to narrate and diarise a few events during your stay with us and shall be glad if u could make an album with the help of additional information u remember as also with the help of photographs scanned or otherwise.
My self and amma leave by train (Kovai Express) from coimbatore on 23.8.2003.
Chitra joins at erode , we reach Chennai and reach Besantnagar by auto after taking some light refreshment at chennai central on 23rd August.2003.
Next morning we reach chennai airport…self, amma,chitra.narayanan maama, and varsha wait for you at the domestic airport thinking that ur flight is by Indian airlines from Mumbai. We were taking some breakfast at Hotel Taj in airport waiting for next domestic flight from mumbai when u connect us by cellfone informing having reached chennai international airport. All the people except me rush to international airport leaving me at the restaurant asking me to carry the food stuff we have placed order there. We meet at the airport. We leave airport return by sumo car to besantnanagar via narayanamamas house after dropping narayanamaama and varsha there.
Myself,u and amma visit vss house one evening, next day we go for opening clinic in memory of krishnanakumar on his birthday. His parents were there .There was a meeting etc and from there we leave to Pond cherry.
We leave for pondicherry by some long route bus on date not known
Via marakkanam or so.
Spent a couple of days with your thathta,paatti, balan maama,jayanthi,and their two kids. We go tone cell shop for recharging chithils cell.go to aashram,sivatemple, beach etc had ice cream, stuff at a restaurant near beach .
Return to madras go to hotel Sangeetha the evening near adayar while returning.
Leave for coimbatore by night train. Reach home next morning.
Attend your friends ( sarvanans ) marriage at RS Puram. Coimbatore,on 31.8.2003
Slowly you get to know the localities in Coimbatore Like NavavoorPirivu,Vadvalli,Lawley Road,Rs Puram, Saibaba Colony,Town Hall. Cross Cut Road, Gandhipuram. Railway Station,Marudhmalai Road, Bharathiyar university On ur friends reception date go to Gandhipuram for getting bus ticket for your other friend Vikas Dhadha eaving for .
Bangalore. U getticket by Conty Travels.
At Coimbatore stay for couple of days and go to Plaghat during Onam festival. Go to Guruvaayur, Trichur,Thirvasmbadi temple, Parmekkavu Bagavthy temple,etc. India gate hotel at Trichur and go toKalyan silks buying some kurtha etc.(chitra was not with us)
At Coimbatoe get one electrician who set right the old siemencordless telephone, sony vcd,andothe minor electric repairs. We check upthe Polaroid Camera,Coumputer camera,allworking. Uehadbrought a few cdplayersput to use,photo scanner also connected tocompouter and a few phots scanned.
U had taken my compueer printer for repaira nd given at galaxy for repair.
One day Mohan Bipin and u come to bank night they rerurn to palghat.
Return to Coimbatore.
We goto Annalakshmi hotel one day without chithra.
U leave for Tiruchi/Tanjore we ddono where all u went there.
Jeeyapuram, Boys or girls movie.Stay at Arunachalamama house and stay.
U return to coimbatore.
Urself and amma goto banglore wher u go to paravthi athais house bagavathy athais, karthik dinesh sobhana meghana priya susui sasi etc all kids.
Both of u return.
Narayana maama chitra maami and varsha come from madras.
We go to ooty , coonoor by car next morning Sunday, went to a few places.
Sloawly u started packing up. Ur guys bringing stuff to be carried to usa.
Amma and urself leave for madras by on 26th sept. chit also comes from erode to madras on 27th sept, 2003
I leave coimbatore to madras on 29th night and reach ther on 30th.
At Madras we go to adyar somejeweller shop.mylapore luz t nagar, etc.We go to Karpagam avenue our flat, the temple,
Meet preethi, Rgahav,Sioumyasmother,many others.
Giri Trading near Kapalitemple, Ambika stores, Sarvana Bhavan AVM at Madras are a few places u didn’t miss during this trip.
One memorable event while going to palghat from coimbatore we entered a reserved compartment thinking it to be unreserved and uttered lie to the ticket checker mother was il letc.
On 1.10.2003midnight leave besantnagar by sumo self, amma,chitra, go to t nagar n maama and varsha join us . we see u off at airport .
We felt very happy abaout ur stay during last forty days but feel happier when u state u would come next year,
That is the happy continuation of ur trip to India.
Just like computer my memory is poor and insufficient, if you have any additional inform nation add or subtract, edit save it as a document.
WISH YOU ALL THE best join AMD on 6th Oct, 2003 and inform us
Your Appa.Amma and Chithra
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