Eating Out 3: Sri Krishna Tiffin Room, Avarampalam, Coimbatore.
This is
on the Ramakrishna Hospital road towards airport side (near perumal
temple). This restaurant opens only in the evenings and serve only
snacks. Mind blowing snacks like paniharam, dosa, idillis, vadas,
puttu/kadala, sweet kozhakatta, etc. etc. Yday my cousin Suresh, his
wife Rama and self went to eat there. One of the best eating joints in
Coimbatore. Don't miss this place. Prior to taking these photographs we
took the permission from Mr. Balaji Jagadesan. Thanks Balaji. Now we
are friends in FB. Whenever you are in Coimbatore, please do not miss
this eating joint.
EATING OUT 2: Tiffin House, T.Venkataswamy Road (West),
R.S.Puram, Coimbatore (Reference my cousin Suresh).
This is a small and
decent eating joint near the main signal of R.S. Puram. I visited this
place today morning. They make all south indian breakfast
like idlli, all types of dosa, uttapam, poori bhaji, appam and their
speciality is butter appam. Even though I had my breakfast at home, I
decided to try butter appam. It is fantastic. It costs Rs.45 for a
single butter appam. These items are available in the morning and in the
evening they have seva, adaii, vada, dosas, etc. This is run by a
person called Bhupathy and managed by one Babu. He was kind enough to
allow me to take some photos. Whenever you visit Coimbatore, please do
not miss this joint.
EATING OUT 1: R.S. Puram Post Office Canteen
Post
Office at R.S.Puram, Coimbatore is one of the major landmarks. This is
situated at the junction of D.B. Road signal. Within the compound of
post office, there is a very nice eating joint. There are no furniture
but one needs stand and eat. I have been seeing this joint for quite
sometime. Today morning I had a visit to this joint to see what is
happening. There were around 20 to 25 people eating
different items. They make all type of dosas, poori bhaji, vada, bonda,
coffe/tea, etc.. I too ordered a dosa. Speciality is that chattani,
sambar, etc. are kept and one needs to take the required quantity - self
service. I had earlier posted one photo of this joint in FB. I too met
several others who were eating there . All of them said that "Food is
excellent here". Photo of the kitchen is attached. When I took the
photo, they were making "Bonda" which you can see in the picture.
AMBRESHWAR SHIVA TEMPLE, AMBERNATH, MAHARASHTRA
Today morning I had visited Ambreshwar Shiva Temple as recommended by my friend Uday Bhobe. Thanks Uday.
Ambreshwar Shiva Temple is situated 2 km from Ambernath (East) railway
station. It is said that shilahara king Chittaraja constructed this
temple but his son Mummuni rebuilt. Based on the discussion I had with
locals, it is said that this temple was built by five Pandava brothers
in just one night in a huge single mass of stone. However, there is no
official record to support this.
In order to see the Lord, one
needs to go down 20 steps inside the temple called Gabhara, and there
is one shivling at the center of the room. Festivals celebrated are
Mahashivaratri and Shraavana. Pooja like Rudra Abhishek can be performed
on the temple premises. The temple is 1000 years old. I also
understand Central Government is planning to take over this temple from
the locals who are currently managing this temple.
In order to
reach this temple, autos are available from the railway station. Cost
per auto is Rs.30/- and shared auto cost Rs.10/- per passenger.
The skills of architecture can be seen from the attached photos.
