Friday, December 17, 2010

part 3 my north india trip :mana & Hardwar

// read the other two parts of the trip to understnd better //
After finishing our badrinath visit and feeling the presence of god , we went to the last Indian village called "mana" , last as in last Indian habitation before Tibet begins. Well people who stay in this place are the richest people i hav seen in the world! Rich as in not monetarily , but rich in terms of health,peace,nature' s beauty, godliness of the place, sound of the river, sound of the beautiful birds .They are actually amidst the most beautiful places in the world - badrinath, the valley of flowers, the starting point of saraswati river, himalayas ofcourse and hem-kundh sahibh(the most important place of Sikhism). gosh it is the place where mahabharth epic was written (ved vyas recited the epic to ganesh ji in this very place) .People of mana are indeed rich isnt it? it was truely breath taking.
Then after visiting mana and feeling that 2 eyes are not enough to see this place we left for our journey back to hardwar(another 2 days of ruthless ghat section & vomiting sensation!)We reached Hardwar where we dipped ourselves in the sacred Ganges.She does look beautiful! And there i had the opportunity to see the "bum bum bole guys" again in huge number! the funniest scene was a foreigner making his child wear that saffron dress and chanting bum bum bole!!We had the opportunity to visit the mansa devi temple and see the amazing (& extremely crowded ) Ganga aarti!
Last leg of the trip was shopping in delhi.A spl mention about my fren kritika, for guiding me throughout the trip!thank u so much girl! we ended the trip with a lot of shopping in lajpat and sarojini :)
It was a refreshing experience altogether visiting these diverse places in 15 days.They will remain some of the most memorable days of my life.
p.s- we reached back safely , we had big doubts on that!! :) thanks to the almighty

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