2017-18 New Year

2017-18 New Year Temple Visit

Hindu Temple of Florida

Sunday, December 31, 2017

We traveled to Tampa on Sunday, December 31, 2017 from home. The travel via I-10 and I-75 was uneventful. We could see many vehicles with grime on the back windows indicating that they were traveling from Northeast and Midwest where there was lot of snow. The salt crystals from the roads were glimmering on the Florida sunshine.

We stopped by the Publix on Dale Mabry Highway and got flowers and fruits for the pooja. We bought the archana ticket and offered our prayers at the temple. He were lucky that the canteen was open and we had some snacks at the canteen.

We then left the temple to buy Indian groceries and supplies at the Publix near Temple Terrace. We both then went to our hotel room for overnight stay while VtS went to his room. Until midnight people were lighting firecrackers and it was bit noisy.

In the New Year 2018 we woke up, had some coffee, and breakfast bars and headed to Fowler Avenue. We had lunch at Taj Indian Cuisine at the East Fowler Avenue before heading back home that evening.