After a relaxing day yesterday at the hotel, it was time to embrace the chaos of Chennai by visiting the Arulmigu Vadapalani Murugan Temple. It was well worth the expense of hiring an accessible vehicle and a driver as it allowed us and Superbunny to get to said location easily without battling through cars, lorries, tuk-tuks and everything in between! However, it is worth noting that the temple doesn’t have parking hence you are required to park down a side street and wander down…
Although the streets appear to be chaotic, it only seems to take a few minutes to get used to the etiquette (or what there is of it!).
As predicted, ones presence caused a bit of a stir with a little crowd forming around us, some curious and some just asking for money. The front of Arulmigu Vadapalani Murugan Temple is semi pedestrianised making for easy rolling…
Whilst taking off shoes and socks (one just had to take off shoes!), we were approached by a guy wanting to show us around bypassing the ticket office (not sure if we were meant to do this) so we followed suit…
As per Istanbul and Sousse, there is a threshold to combat with a step but nothing that a portable ramp or a wheelie can’t fix. After that, ramps are in appropriate places and the majority has level access. The temple even has a special gate for wheelchairs to be able to access the inner part…
Of course the guy showing us around was after a tip but it was deserved!
As the train museum is shut on Mondays (bad planning that!), it was time for a haircut before heading to the beach….