Visit to Alagarkoil

Alagarkoil Temple, Madurai, India

Today we went field trip to Alagarkoil by our school bus.  First we went to Snake temple at Suriya Nagar on our way to Alagarkoil.  Then we reached Alagarkoil around 10 a.m.  There we went inside the temple premises and saw two elephants and many monkeys.  We met some foreign tourists also there and our Miss spoke to one of them.  After climbing the mountain to a short distance, we returned back.  Then we sat on a place outside the premises and had our lunch.  After finishing our lunch, we ate snacks.   Then we returned back to school.  It was a wonderful and memorable trip for me.

Alagarkoil temple is situated at a distance of about 21 kilometres from Madurai city.  The temple is situated in a sylvan surrounding.  The temple is dedicated to Lord Vishnu and every year during summer, the reigning god Alagar is drawn in a simple chariot to Madurai city for the people to worship him.  The function is celebrated with pomp for about a week.  Thousands of devotees in and around Madurai flog the city to worship Alagar.