Kalpatharu Jyothisalaya

Our place is on the second floor of the B 57 building in Yeswanthpur. If you are coming from Doddaballapur, you have to look for the sign because the stairs are a bit tucked away. It’s a quiet space, which is good for what we do here at the Jyothisalaya. People come in with their charts and their questions about the future or their past. We have some old desks and plenty of paper for calculations. It gets quite warm in the afternoons, so we keep the windows open, though you can hear the street noise from below. It is not a huge office, just a couple of rooms where we sit and talk to people. Sometimes there is a wait if a consultation goes long, so folks just sit on the chairs in the hallway. We have been in this part of Yeswanthpur for a long time. The building is older, but it has a good feel to it. We don't do much advertising; mostly it’s just locals or people who have been coming to us for years. We spend a lot of time looking at calendars and maps. It is a simple life here. We start early and stay until the last person has been seen. There is a small bakery downstairs that smells like fresh bread around four o'clock. That is usually when we take a short break before the evening rush starts. We just try to help folks out with their charts and explain things clearly.