This would have been just another vacation and back to the base Dubai except for the small things which made this vacation a little unusual.
On our way back from Tirunelveli to Coimbatore we stopped in hotel Aarthi in Maduraie for breakfast.which is always one of our favourite haunts as its quite close to the main madurai meenakshi temple and the food is delicious.halfway through our breakfast of idli vada and dosa we heard this jingling of bells and then appears this big elephant with her trainer in tow.we were very much surprised as it was around 7am and bit too early for elephant blessing ceremony(which is ritual in our southie temples.
But no sire our elephant elegantly and lovingly referred to as Madurai Valli Taayar(which incidentally means Madurai Valli mother)had come to have a part of her breakfast .very soon the bearer brought around 20- 40 idlis and fed them to her two at a time.next we had a big can of milk put right into her mouth (not the trunk mind you).then it was time to leave but no she would not budge without her katori of mixture(one for the road and all...)it seems before going to the temple which she belongs to she comes in the morning to have her breakfast and then again she visits the hotel in the evening for supper.this is a ritual everyday since the hotel started around 5-6 years back.and the hotel obviously considers her their lucky charm (albeit a very big one).
So next time you are in madurai, Hotel Aarthi at 7am could very well be a place you would want to visit.after all breakfasting with an elephant beats breakfasting with apes etcin zoo' like singapore any day.Any comments???
Then again it happens only in india!!!!!
On our way back from Tirunelveli to Coimbatore we stopped in hotel Aarthi in Maduraie for breakfast.which is always one of our favourite haunts as its quite close to the main madurai meenakshi temple and the food is delicious.halfway through our breakfast of idli vada and dosa we heard this jingling of bells and then appears this big elephant with her trainer in tow.we were very much surprised as it was around 7am and bit too early for elephant blessing ceremony(which is ritual in our southie temples.
But no sire our elephant elegantly and lovingly referred to as Madurai Valli Taayar(which incidentally means Madurai Valli mother)had come to have a part of her breakfast .very soon the bearer brought around 20- 40 idlis and fed them to her two at a time.next we had a big can of milk put right into her mouth (not the trunk mind you).then it was time to leave but no she would not budge without her katori of mixture(one for the road and all...)it seems before going to the temple which she belongs to she comes in the morning to have her breakfast and then again she visits the hotel in the evening for supper.this is a ritual everyday since the hotel started around 5-6 years back.and the hotel obviously considers her their lucky charm (albeit a very big one).
So next time you are in madurai, Hotel Aarthi at 7am could very well be a place you would want to visit.after all breakfasting with an elephant beats breakfasting with apes etcin zoo' like singapore any day.Any comments???
Then again it happens only in india!!!!!
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