Three things that we need in life - Travel, travel, and more travel !!!

                                                                                 Radhe Radhe!!!  I planned a trip to Mathura and Vrindavan.  By God's grace, we started to Mathura (birth place of Shri Krishna), covered Gokul (where He spent his childhood days), moved on Vrindavan (where He did all the Kriyas), went to Govardhan (He picked up the mountain to save the villagers), followed by Barsana (Radha ji belonged to Barsana), and finally visited Nandgaon (this is the place where He shifted after two years in Gokul till the age of 11 years).   Shri Banke Bihari Mandir, Vrindavan The main idol at Banke Bihari Mandir of Shri Krisna.  Barsana - We stared our journey with Barsana. We reached there by 1 pm...

 Jai Kedar, Jai Badri Vishal!!! Kedarnath Dham is a place that most of us would like to visit. I must say that the very sight of the temple is so peaceful and takes away all the tiredness of the journey. It is nested in the mountains with a backdrop of the snow-capped mountains.  I visited the temple with my first cousin and his close friend. This was our first time to visit Kedarnath and it became a memorable one for all of us.  We took a couple of selfies as we successfully completed the trip and celebrated our 26 Km long trek one-way, which we completed on foot.  We started the journey with full energy from Gaurikund. It is 5 kms away from Sonprayag, where we had stated overnight. There is a Rs 50 charge of government vehicle per passenger for dropping the pilgrims to the starting point of the trek.  After clearing the frisking point by showing our Char Dham Yatra permit, we started our trek. We purchased the sticks for helping us in walking. Rates vary from ...

Haaron ka sahara, Baba Shyam Hamara!!!  I always heard about Shyam Baba. Finally, we had a privilege of visiting Khatu Shyam Dham from Delhi in March 2024.  Shyam Kund - At this place, the head of Barbareek was found at this place. It is believed that all skin diseases get cured by the water from this place. Earlier people used to take bath but now one can just go and wet feet at this place.    One of my friends insisted that after darshan I must try the Kachori Kadi which is offered by only one shop next to the clock tower. I also had it for tasting and it had an authentic flavor.  This queue towards darshan in the main temple complex. We found that there was not one, but multiple queues. However, later on we realized that only a few would allow to do darshan closely. In the rest of the queues, though the time taken would be less but darshan can be done only from a distance.   

                                                                                            Jai Shri Ram!!! I am staring this blog with "Jai Shri Ram" as this is the only sound that is coming from my heart. It was the chanting that could be heard as we enter the main temple complex for darshan.                                                 Temple view  This is a pictural depiction of the Temple. It has been placed at multiple places in Ayodhya. I took this picture near Lata Mangeshkar Chowk.  For me, the top places to visit are: Shri Ram Janambhoomi Mandir, Hanum...