To Namakkal Anjeneyar Temple in my Hyundai i20 N Line

I took the Palladam - Kodumudi - Velur - Namakkal route, and wow, the roads were fantastic!

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Hey everyone! This is my first time sharing a travel story here, and only my second long drive in the year I've had my car.

The plan was to drive from Coimbatore to Rasipuram for some work. On the way, I wanted to visit the famous Namakkal Anjeneyar Temple and the Narasimhar Temple right across the street. My initial route was Coimbatore - Chennimalai - Rasipuram - Namakkal - Coimbatore.

However, we had to skip Chennimalai in the morning because the Namakkal temples close by 1 PM. We didn't want to miss them! So, we started bright and early at 6:30 AM and headed straight to the Namakkal Anjeneyar Temple.

Palladam - Kodumudi - Velur - Namakkal

We stopped for a yummy breakfast near Kangeyam junction and finally reached the Namakkal temple parking around 9:30 AM.

Even though it was only mid-morning, the weather was already super hot, around 38°C! There was a small queue of about 30-50 people at the temple. We waited in line, had a wonderful darshan of Lord Anjaneya, and then walked over to the Narasimhar Temple, which is just opposite. Being a weekend, there was a bit of a crowd, but it wasn't too bad, and we had a good darshan there too.

Feeling thirsty from the heat, we spotted a coconut water (Elaneer) vendor on a bicycle right outside the temple. We grabbed one each, only to find out it cost a whopping ₹70! That's like 2.5 times the usual price. We didn't haggle, just paid and went back to the car.

The parking at the Anjeneyar Temple is private and had no shade. My poor car was baking in the hot sun, and the inside felt like an oven! I used my car's Bluelink app to remotely turn on the ventilation and let it run for a few minutes to cool down.

You know what would have been really helpful? If Hyundai had an option to automatically roll down all the windows at once, like some older VW cars used to do. It would have been much easier than opening each door and rolling down the windows manually in that heat.

Finally, we continued our drive to Rasipuram. After finishing my work, we had a delicious lunch at A2B on the highway. As we were leaving, we saw an elderly couple struggling with their Nexon EV charger. They saw us youngsters and asked for help. Neither my friends nor I had ever used an electric car or its charger before, but we were curious and tried to assist.

After about 20 minutes of trying different things, we couldn't get the car to charge at all. The owner, who looked to be around 60, called his son, and we talked to him about the issue, asking if he knew any tricks. He suggested moving the car back and forth and then trying to connect the charger again. We tried this, but it still didn't work.

After almost 30 minutes, as a small crowd gathered around the elderly couple and their non-charging car, another person came over and asked what the problem was. He said he owned a Tiago EV and would try to connect the charger. Unfortunately, it didn't work for him either. But, being the kind soul he was, he offered to help as he had a factory nearby with a charging facility and took the elderly couple with him. It was so nice of him to arrive just in time!

To Chennimalai

Then, we decided to head to Chennimalai, as Google Maps showed it was only about 75 km away. I checked and it seemed cars were allowed to the top, so we drove there, only to find out that they weren't allowing any vehicles due to some road work. We had to climb the stairs, which was almost an hour-long hike. It was about 1400 steps! Out of the four of us, only two were really fit, so the other two were a bit slower. We finally reached the temple at the top around 5 PM, had a wonderful darshan, and then climbed back down.

On our way back, something unexpected happened. A goat suddenly darted out of the bushes on the side of the road right in front of my car! A Brezza was following me closely. I'm pretty sure I could have slammed on the brakes and stopped, but I was worried the Brezza would rear-end me. So, I tried to slow down from 85 kmph to almost 55 kmph in less than two seconds. I heard a small thud, and the goat got hit in the front and ran to the other side of the road. I was quite worried and didn't stop there as there was no one around except me and the Brezza driver. After about 20 km, I stopped to check the car. Luckily, nothing seemed to have happened except for some spots of blood on the front. I've definitely decided to get a dashcam after this incident!

Finally, here are a few pictures from the trip. Hope you enjoyed reading about my little adventure!

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