sabarimala trip

i have gone to sabari mala many times.but for the first time,i had gone thru the periya padhai(long stretch )traversing the hazardous forests and hills with the irumudi on the head.what an experience it was.even people with lot of physical ailments could complete the journey by the grace of lord iyyappa. I with perennial asthmatic problem could finally complete the toughest trip which is very difficult to believe even now.what an experience it had been?
swmiya saranam iyyappa!

k.t.dasarathy