After a good night's rest, we had a hearty breakfast of fruit juice, fruit, cereal , muffins and bread toast and left Youngstown at 10-30am. we took I 76 E to Pittsburgh. At 10-45am we enterd Pennsylvania state. We branched off to 279 south to go to Pittsburgh and arrived at the temple in Monroville by 11-45am.
The Sri Venkateswara temple at Pittsburgh was built in 1976 and was the first big hindu temple in USA. It is affiliated to the TTD. It is alocated atop a hill and amidst picturesque surroundings and has a very serene atmosphere.There was hardly any rush and we had a very satisfying darshan of the Lord Balaji and other dieties. We spent an hour and half there.
About a mile from the temple is a UDIPI HOTEL. We had an excellent lunch of 'thali meal' there. If you are ever in that neighbourhood, don't miss it. We left at 2pm and had a lovely drive through the hilly penn state in excellent weather. We reached our destination SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND at about 7pm. The last half an hour drive was through a crawling peak hour traffic.
We checked into the Residence Inn, Marriott, at 7pm. Suite # 331 is an identical accommodation.
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