wot a sudden & an unplanned trip can turn into is jus amazin!!... on wednesday i convinces rather blackmailed ma dad into comin wid me to the Maha Kumbh mela & friday evenin we took off. & the journey into 3 different worlds began...
'the very rich & high on life world'
I reached Delhi at 9 p.m. We had dinner wid family friends & were back at the hotel by 10:30.
At 11 p.m. I was out with a friend with nothing specific in mind but we landed at Zoo bar for a nite of monkey business. I met a few very interestin & entertainin people. It was this typical rich kidz party wid good music & total entertainment. people were so high on a lot of thins...twas fun to see them.
we finished partyin & left bout 3 a.m.
didn know wot to do next...so we jus parkd the car back @ home & decided to watch a movie on the lappy...almos half thru the damn movie...the battery conced off n so did our batteries...n we went back to our respective beds @ our respective homes..
'the world of faith & beliefs'
We took of from Delhi to Haridwar at 9:30 a.m. by car. Our driver took us through a short road which runs along a 'nahar' upto Khatauli. its a beautiful way. At Khatauli we stopped at Cheetal grand for a tea break. Cheetal has a beautifully maintained garden wid a riot of colorful flowers & a few beautiful species of birds. From khatouli we left for Haridwar, non-stop. We reached Haridwar by 3:30 p.m.
We were escorted to the tent where we were gonna spend the nite. At the tent we met the babaji whose 'akhada' it was. He had a very magnetic personality. A friend wid his grand parents joined me & dad at the tent for the rest of the day & nite. The Babaji took us all to Bhairu ghat for our first Ganga Snaan. We did the puja & the snaan, it was an amazing feelin to take a dip in the Holy Ganga. We got back to the tent & did a havan. After the evening Aarti, there was a Langaar for the SADHUS & BAVAS from all around. There were about 700 of them who had come to eat in the langaar. It was a not to be missed site. All these people there & absolute pin drop silence wid a hummin of Ram bhagwan Ki Jai in the background. We ended the day at 10:30 p.m. & returned to our tents for a much needed sleep. But outside the Bhajans go on till almost midnight.
Our second Ganga Snaan was scheduled for 5:30 a.m. When we got up at 5 a.m. it was so chilling that for sometime we decided against the whole snaan thing. then we had a steamin hot cup of spicy tea & were wide awake & fresh. We reached the Har Ki Podi at 5:30a.m. it was a beautiful morning wid hoards of peole ther for a morning aarti & snaan. Trust me when you reach the ghat n even if you are freezin to death, you jus cant stop urself from takin the dip. The mornin puja songs & mantra reverberatin through the air put u in a trance.
from hereon we moved to Rishikesh Laxman jhula. It was so windy & serene standin on the Jhula & watchin the Ganga flow underneath.
'a world of total bliss'
From the holy lands we moved up towards the Queen of Hillstations - Mussoorie. the journey upwards is absolutely scenic. once we reached Mussoorie, we go eastwards towards Landour.
I have never been to a more peaceful place than Landour. I was staying at an altitude of 7500 ft above sea level. In the mornin when I would step out of my room onto the terrace, I could see the snow clad peaks Of Badrinath. The place I stayed in was a victorian style 120 yrs old house.
Met very interestin people in Landour. There is one of the oldest church built in 1804 called St. Pauls church. Just walkin through the whole town is a blissful experience. There is a language school near Kellogs church, where people from all nationalities & from all over the world come to learn Indian languages. Due tothis as well i bumped into e few intersetin people.
So overall the whole unplanned trip was a much needed refreshin break. I am already yearnin for breaks like these...
