I still remember that journey

One fine morning my husband wanted to take us to Thirumala. So we started our journey from Secunderabad railway station praying to Lord Venkateshwara to take care of our journey and get his grand Darshan smoothly. My husband started chanting “Govinda, Govinda,” through out our journey untill we had Lord Venkateshwara’s Darshan. Amazingly, we felt that Lord has listened to our Prayers because we saw lot of miracles happened on our way. Despite being a rush day, our compartment in the train was almost empty and we had a very comfortable journey till we reached Tirupati.

There was no rain for many months at Tirupati and Thirumala. But when we started climbing the foothills of Tirumala, suddenly rain showered heavily and we were very happy because now with out the heat waves we could climb the hills easily. After some steps we reached the Deer park, to our surprise a giant deer came towards us without fear as the park was completely fenced. We felt the Lords presence in this deer, which is really a Miracle and fed it with some raw vegetables. My three little kids enjoyed feeding the deer. I was thinking a lot about not missing the visit to Varaha Swamy temple at Tirumala because as per the tradition we should first visit Varaha Swamy and then visit our Lord. We finally reached the abode of Lord Venkateshwara at Tirumala. We didn’t have reservation for rooms. This was the first time in my life we came with 3 little kids with out any arrangements. So we were searching for a room but unfortunately that day all rooms were booked.

We didn’t know what to do and where to stay that night. We were standing and wondering when all of a sudden three strangers approached us and asked us that do we need room to rest? My husband was afraid to accept their offer but they came to me and said they are from Bapatla, the town I grew up in, and they know me and my father. We prayed to god once again and believed them and they took us in a Tata Sumo and gave us the key and the pass and dropped us at Varaha Swamy Guest House. This was really a miracle for us. Lord Varaha Swamy has showed us a shelter to stay. We believe that the three strangers could be Lord Vishnu, Lord Shiva and Lord Brahma. So we first had Lord Varaha Swamy’s Darshan and then went to Thirumala for Lord Venkateshwara’s Darshan.

For the first time We went as a normal ordinary pilgrim in the Vaikuntam Q complex line and had our Lord Venkateshwara’s Darshan for almost 5 minutes, this is once again a Miracle as nobody pulled, or pushed us and we stood in front of Lord Venkateswara for 5 minutes and shed tears and Thanked Him for all his blessings and giving us a memorable, miraculous darshan which we cannot forget in our Life. I never thought we can go with out any reservations and we can darshan lord like very common people without VIP entrance. It is a really miraculous darshan. After that I too believe my husband’s bhakthi. Because of his bhakthi our journey ended happily.