London Murugan Kovil

After being in the middle of all Sikhs of Southall (the place where we currently stay) my parents were very much surprised to have a traditional South Indian Murugan Kovil in London.

The temple is situated in the east part of London (East Ham) which is around two hours of journey by train from west part of London where we stay.

East Ham is inhabited mostly by tamils, both from India as well as from Sri Lanka.

Murugar, Vinayagar , Ayyappan, Chandiran, Sooriyan, Durga Devi, Bhairavar, Natarajar, Shivalingam, Dhakshinamoorthy, Navagraham, Anjaneyar, Perumal, Lakshmi and what not !

We also got Ellu sadam (Sesame rice) and Ven pongal as prasadam (No wonder the smiles on our faces). Pity we got only one plate per person as we reached very late to the temple.

So to compensate, we went to Saravana Bhavan, where though food is costlier than at most other places, but it had the same quality as the one in T Nagar.

The restaurant was decorated with Pattu sarees as wall posters and classical music was played in the background.

Seems even Sahasra enjoyed the trip.