hello friends, welcome back to minty lemon! How are you all?
today we're going to a very popular and famous temple, the location is a secret I'll tell you later!
it's 6:20AM right now, it's going to take at least 5 hours to get there
since it takes 5-6 hours we need to leave early to make it by lunchtime
but on the weekends, they won't close the temple during the day
everyone's waiting for me so let's get going
now we are on the freeway, today we are going to see lots of mountains and hills
although there's big cities in California, there's also ocean, mountains, and forests
they take really good care of nature here
let's get coffee from Starbucks and go
they've beautifully built roads between the mountains
look at how much traffic there is once you enter LA
we're almost at the temple
on the right side you can see the temple. Can you see it? The top of the temple is visible
normally on weekends it's really crowded, but because of COVID it's not too crowded
normally you can't even get parking
we're finally at the temple, this temple is in the outskirts of LA in the Malibu area
this temple has two sections, one is Venkateswara and the other is Shiva temple section
I have to talk about this city a little
Malibu is known for it's beaches, the beaches here are really beautiful
also, celebrities buy vacation homes here and spend their time off here
also, movies have been filmed in the Malibu temple like the popular movie Jeans
there's a song in that movie called Vaaraayo Thozhi, one scene from it was filmed in this temple
and then actress Bhanupriya's wedding also happened here
so now it's time to go into the temple
because of COVID, they've put in these dividers and marked the floor with 6ft distances
so this is the Venkateswara temple
if you look here, there's a separate sri padmavathi temple
because of COVID they have put the gate so you have to stand outside to pray
that structure over there is the Shiva temple
sorry they didn't allow cameras there so I couldn't film
they've put tamarind rice, curd rice and channa masala
since the lockdown restrictions in California have been lifted, we planned a road trip
the first stop was Malibu temple which is now over
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see you at the next destination, thank you!