Finally, our longest lasting wish was fulfilled on the 13th of October 2010. Yes, at last, we were taken on a trip to various places by our school. We used to feel envious of the students of other schools when they were taken on excursions. But that feeling has ceased. When some of us, who had siblings studying in higher classes in our school{that has to be when we were very much younger}, had heard them saying they had been taken to theme parks or for trekking, we used to eagerly anticipate the time when we would be older and would be taken for such trips.
The places we called on included Vairavar Kovil, Pillayar Patti Kovil, The Pudukkottai Museum, Thirumeyyam fort, and other temples in the surrounding areas. Although we did not enjoy visiting temples much, our attitudes changed after that day. This had two reasons:
(i) We found the temples to be "not so boring" as we got a lot to know about them from our teachers, and now, the more prominent reason,
(ii)On just one day, we had visited so many temples that we got used to it...
With just two places, which were not entirely temples, you must have imagined our eagerness to visit these places: the fort and the museum.
Coming to the fort, from where we had our lunch, it was a superb place for somebody yearning for a beautiful view- You get to the topmost rock and a breathtaking sight awaits you. This fort, said to be the hiding place for Veerapandiya Kattabomman and his brother Oomaithurai, also had a little temple where it is said they offered their pooja to Lord Shiva.
Next in our itinerary was the museum. Now, let us travel back in time to when our buses stopped outside a very small door, above which were painted the very much obvious letters forming the word MUSEUM.
We were amazed: we had heard so much about this Pudukkottai Museum, that we had imagined a huge building with towering pillars. But this small 1 storey building that lay before us with its petite door made us stand jaw dropping on the road. Then, another amazement awaited us: as we toured about the museum, we found that it was not at all small. There was a maze in front of us- get in through one door, there's so much to see, and at last, another door- Go through that, so much more. It was as if we had entered Hermione's bag she used in HP7: small from the outside, unceasingly huge from the inside.
As we were tired, after long walks in what seemed to be a never-ending number of temples, we could not much enjoy the various things that awaited us in the museum.
The day could not be over without the "real" enjoyment {as we, the students, term it}.Yes, the enjoyment we had in the bus while traveling, was unlimited. We watched a movie, some of us sang, danced, and what not! Even our lovely teachers danced with some of us.
On the whole, the trip was one event we would never forget in our entire lives...
