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be due to predominance of theistic impulses a little more in me I developed a
passion for visiting temples since school days, and that inborn mania is allowed
to continue unabated despite the impact of western culture thrust upon me by the
profession chosen and the post held for about 35 years. As irony would have it,
infatuation grew faster than my age and made me spin round, as it were, almost
all the reputed temples in India. I toured in all the states, except those lying
to the east of West Bengal. and stayed couple of days in everyone of them; and
months in several place like Banaras, Calcutta, Madurai etc. To cap it, as it
were, for five years now in Tirupathi -- the holiest of holies, where
Suprabhatam wakes up and charges the entire atmosphere with Bhagavannama that
fuels the souls to sustain till going to bed. Additionally, my living in Tamil
Nadu-the veritable temple state for two decades enabled me grabbing the
opportunity of visiting every great hoary temple for dozens of times.
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