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Aadmi Musafir Hai (part 2)

By Rakesh

Remember the song “AADMI MUSAFIR HAI AATA HAI JAATA HAI” from movie Apnapan picturized on Sudhir Dalvi and that unknown girl in the bus en-route to Srinagar. The verses contain a philosophical message but in the language of common man which was forte of Anand Bakshi Sahib. As our vehicle moved towards Srinagar it seemed to me that a dream shall be chased in a few hours but the destination was quite far away.

View of mountain range from Himachal Tourism hotel

To the beautiful Kinnaur district in Himachal

By Money S

The scenes were becoming increasingly breathtaking and that made me even more eager to reach Chitkul. And boy, is it something! The amazing view of the mountains, waterfalls and the river going along. Twice we came to a point where there was no road, and I had to drive my new Indica vista, 1300 cc engine, through water. What an amazing experience! Beautiful valley, river flowing, and an absolutely divine view of the mountains. The view is imprinted in my mind’s eye forever. That’s how mesmerising it was.

गोबिंद घाट – श्रीनगर -ऋषिकेश : (भाग 7)

By Naresh Sehgal

गुरुद्वारा काफ़ी विशाल है और हेमकुन्ड आने-जाने वाले यात्रियों के लिये एक महत्त्वपूर्ण विश्राम स्थल है। गुरुद्वारे में बहुत से हेमकुन्ड यात्री थे, कुछ लोग दर्शन को जा रहे थे और कुछ लोग दर्शन करने के बाद वापिस लौट रहे थे। हमने भी वहाँ लंगर छका (खाया) और फिर चाय पी। लगभग तीन बज चुके थे और हम ऋषिकेश की ओर निकल दिये। रास्ते में एक बार रुद्रप्रयाग में चाय के लिये गाड़ी रुक्वाई और फिर से यात्रा जारी रखी।

घाघंरिया – हेमकुंड साहिब – गोबिंद घाट (भाग 6)

By Naresh Sehgal

हेमकुंड संस्कृत (“बर्फ़”) हेम और कुंड (“कटोरा”) से व्युत्पन्न नाम है । हेमकुंट साहिब गुरुद्वारा एक छोटे से स्टार के आकार का है तथा सिखों के अंतिम गुरू, गुरु गोबिंद सिंह जी, को समर्पित है। श्री हेमकुंट साहिब गुरूद्वारा के पास ही एक सरोवर है। इस पवित्र जगह को अमृतसरोवर (अमृत का तालाब) कहा जाता है। यह सरोवर लगभग 400 गज लंबा और 200 गज चौड़ा है। यह चारों तरफ़ से हिमालय की सात चोटियों से घिरा हुआ है। इन चोटियों का रंग वायुमंडलीय स्थितियों के अनुसार अपने आप बदल जाता है। कुछ समय वे बर्फ़ सी सफेद,कुछ समय सुनहरे रंग की, कभी लाल रंग की और कभी-कभी भूरे नीले रंग की दिखती हैं।

The Great Himachal Circuit – Part 3 : Kalpa to Tabo

By Anupam

Time to get up early in the morning to get a view of the awesome Himalayas from the balcony. It was so cloudy all around at 6AM, that hardly anything was visible. With a cup of tea, we started waiting for the fog and cloud to clear up. After that it was cloud moving around with occasional clearances of the mountains. Believe me, its one of the most awesome views as the clouds play around with the kailash range. And with the sun occasionally coming out in between the clouds with clear lights, another lovely worth seeing site.

While we were able to see the Kinnaur kailash easily, we were not able to spot the shiv ling. The hotel staff said, because of the fog we might not be able to view it. It was hidden behind the clouds. But then suddenly, one of the hotel staff said, its visible now. As we saw, the 69 ft height shiv ling was clear visible from that distance not more than 1 inch. But a very beautiful view.

लेह – थिकसे(Thiksey) – रुम्त्से(Rumtse) – भाग 7

By Anoop Gusain

यहाँ से अब हम अगले पड़ाव की ओर निकल पड़े। रास्ते मे अब परेशानी कम हो रही थी क्यूँकि जिस रास्ते से आए थे उसी से वापस जा रहे थे। अब जगह जानी पहचानी सी लग रही थी। अच्छी धुप निकली हुई थी शाम होने मे अभी टाइम था। रास्ते का निर्माण कार्य चल रहा था। रास्ते मे बहुत से चरवाहे अपनी भेड़ो को हाक रहे थे। ये सब भेड़ वही थी जिनसे पश्मीना शाल बनती है। इनके बाल एक दम मुलायम, हलके और लम्बे थे। यहाँ के लोग जान बूझ कर इस नस्ल को पालते होंगे ताकि आमदनी अच्छी हो। और ये भी हो सकता है की लद्दाख मे सिर्फ ये ही नस्ल जिंदा रह पाती हो। ये सिर्फ मेरा अंदाजा है असलियत मुझे नहीं मालूम।

Char Dham Yatra – Gangotri

By Prakash

Water started to flow down the hill crossing road (damaging it) from multiple points. The turns were muddier and appeared slippery. All of a sudden a silenced atmosphere appeared in the car, everybody was quite including our music player. I could able to sense their tension but said nothing or not even reacted, just concentrated on road. By 6 pm, we started to look for a good place to spend night, as it was too much for the day. We stopped in small village, Dharali, some 18 km before Gangotri and so did the rain. There were around max 20-25 houses, all lodges, I guess and couple of restaurants. After taking 15-20 minutes rest, we came out for sightseeing, as the river Bhagirathi and mountains behind her were marvelous. After roaming for an hour we came back to the village and had our dinner. At the start of the trip only we have decided that we will have dinner no later than 8 pm and will sleep (try to) by 9 or 9:30 max. This will give us enough sleep before getting up again early next morning. I made it very clear that by any means we should be on road by 6 am, keeping IST in mind.

Stats:
From Haridwar to Dharali – 265 km; time taken – 12 hrs; breaks – 3 (15+30+60 mins)
Road condition – Excellent/ Good (occasionally bad patches 2-3 km each)
Tip:
1. There were two roads from Chamba for uttarkashi, I believe I took the long one, but in google maps the another one, which is also the NH seems around 20 km less.
2. Do not rely on mapmyindia GPS device in these parts, they are not properly updated. And the coordinates will always confuse the device as you will be rotating up/down the hills.

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Kitni Khubsurat Yeh Tasveer hai…. (part 1)
By Rakesh

Kashmir…. the name itself brings goose bumps. Kashmir… the name itself brings the beauty personified. Kashmir……. the name itself brings out romantic vistas. Kashmir…… the name itself brings unfulfilled desire.
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The Great Himachal Circuit – Part 2 : Shimla to Sangla via Sarahan
By Anupam

A very important thing about Himachal, is that people are very cooperative and they are very happy with what they are and have. I am writing this because I tour as well as I interact with people over various places, trying to find the differences in the cultures, way of living etc. This is what travelling is all about. I found Himachal people in the remote of the areas to be very well educated (better than what we are in cities) and well behaved. They are clean by heart and they educate their child to be as clean as them.

Soon it was getting dark and we entered the temple which normally opens up after 7PM. Not everywhere inside the temple are cameras and accessories allowed, but there are lockers where they can be kept. So we put our accessories in the lockers and entered the temple. The Bhimakali Temple at Sarahan is quite big and unique in its own way and own beauty. It looks more like a monastery rather than a temple.
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अन्नू भाई चला चकराता …पम्म…पम्म…पम्म (भाग- 2 ) रहस्यमई मोइला गुफा
By GHOOMAKKAR PANKAJ

ये सब देखकर हम तो मानो जैसे स्कूल से छुटे, छोटे छोटे बच्चो की तरह दोड़ते भागते , गिरते पड़ते जब उस मंदिर नुमा ढांचे तक पहुचे तो एक बार को तो उसे देखकर हम तीनो सिहर से उठे। वो एक लकड़ी का बना मंदिर ही था पर उसमे न कोई मूर्ति न घंटा , हाँ उसमें इधर उधर किसी जानवर के पुराने हो चुके सिंग , कुछ बर्तन से टंगे हुए थे और एक लड़की का ही बना पुतला दरवाजे से बाहर जो की कोई द्वारपाल सा लग रहा था। मन ही मन उस माहोल और जगह को प्रणाम कर अपने साथ लाये मिनरल वाटर की बोतल से उन्हें जल अर्पण किया और परिकर्मा कर बड़े इत्मिनान से वहां बैठ दूर दूर तक फैली वादियों और शान्ति का मजा लेने लगे। थोड़ी देर बाद सोचा के चलो ताल में नहाते है फिर कुछ खा पीकर गुफाओ को ढूंढ़ेगे।

पानी का ताल जो की थोडा और आगे था जल्दी ही दिखाई दे गया लेकिन वहां पहुँच कर नहाने का सारा प्रोग्राम चोपट हो गया। कारण उसमे पानी तो बहुत था परन्तु एक दम मटियाला। सो सिर्फ उसके साथ फोटो खीच कर ही मन को समझा लिया। अब बारी गुफा ढूंढने की तो लेकिन वहां चारो और दूर दूर तक कोई गुफा तो नहीं अपितु मकेक बंदरो के झुण्ड घूम रहे थे। जो की हम पर इतनी कृपा कर देते थे की हम जिस दिशा में जाते वो वहां से दूर भाग जाते थे। हम तीनो काफी देर अलग अलग होकर ढूंढते रहे पर हमें तो कोई गुफा नहीं दिखी सिर्फ शुरू में आते हुए एक छोटा सा गड्ढा नुमा दिखाई दिया था।
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बद्रीनाथ – गोबिंद घाट – घाघंरिया (गोबिंद धाम) : भाग 5
By Naresh Sehgal

जब भगवान विष्णु योग ध्यान मुद्रा में तपस्या में लीन थे तो बहुत ही ज्यादा हिम पात होने लगा। भगवान विष्णु बर्फ में पूरी तरह डूब चुके थे। उनकी इस दशा को देख कर माता लक्ष्मी का ह्रदय द्रवित हो उठा और उन्होंने स्वयं भगवान विष्णु के समीप खड़े हो कर एक बेर(बद्री) के वृक्ष का रूप ले लिया और समस्त हिम को अपने ऊपर सहने लगी। भगवान विष्णु को धुप वर्षा और हिम से बचाने लगी। कई वर्षों बाद जब भगवान् विष्णु ने अपना तप पूर्ण किया तो देखा की माता लक्ष्मी बर्फ से ढकी पड़ी हैं। तो उन्होंने माता लक्ष्मी के तप को देख कर कहा की हे देवी! तुमने भी मेरे ही बराबर तप किया है सो आज से इस धाम पर मुझे तुम्हारे ही साथ पूजा जायेगा। और क्यूंकि तुमने मेरी रक्षा बद्री रूप में की है सो आज से मुझे बद्री के नाथ-बद्रीनाथ के नाम से जाना जायेगा।
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Uttarakhand Sojourn – Ride in to the Wilderness (Camping in Deoban)
By Anandarup Nandi

Sitting there on the green patch overlooking Spider Colony, we felt exactly how a falcon would feel when flying high. For as far as we could see, there were just waves of misty mountains. Paahji and I felt lucky to be living our lives exactly the way we wanted to. On our back was an intimidating rocky wall, behind which lay Deoban.
A kilometer or so up from that place, we started spotting snow on the road side and then, all hell broke loose. The first 20-foot stretch of snow on the road made me really nervous. There were paths through the snow made by what must have been army vehicles, but those paths were strewn with treacherous black ice. Paahji looked nervously at me as I struggled through that stretch. He was slightly better off with his long legs working as outriggers. There was another such stretch in the next corner and then there was another. After a number of snowed stretches, we got to a Y point where the road on the right went to Mundali and the one on the left went to Deoban. We took the left one and as we got closer to Deoban, the quantity of snow on the road kept increasing. Fortunately, the road was not too steep and it was somewhat manageable. Suddenly, Paahji took a left turn and stopped. He asked me where we were heading. The road ahead had two feet of snow for as far as we could see and we definitely couldn’t take our bikes through that. Paahji looked at me with a huge question mark on his face. We got off the bikes and looked around. Wow! What a sight! The place was about 4 kilometers short of Deoban. There was a shallow gorge that slid down to a frozen pond. The slopes were heavily snowed on all sides except for the areas that were getting direct sunlight. There was a nice and flat green patch on the right of the pond where tree-cutting work must have been on till recently. Loads of firewood lay abandoned alongside freshly cut logs.
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