AFTER LEAVING MY HOME AT RAJASTHAN DUE TO SOME REASONS ON 30th JANUARY 2022, I WENT TO NEW DELHI. HAD ONE OF MY FAVOURITE CHOLA KULCHA AND DID SOME IMPORTANT WORKS. I WAS ABOUT TO TAKE A BUS FOR KASOL BUT GOD KNOWS WHY I HEADED TO DEHRADUN WHERE I BOOKED A DOUBLE OCCUPANCY ROOM IN A RETIREMENT RESORT/OXYGEN HOMESTAY/OXYGEN SENIOR LIVING WHICH GIVES FACILITY TO THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE OLD AGED PEOPLE TO LIVE ALONGWITH THEM ON PAYMENT BASIS.

WHILE IN DEHRADUN, I VISITED THE ROBBER’S CAVE AND ENJOYED BATHING IN THE RIVER TONS WHICH IS A TRIBUTORY OF RIVER YAMUNA.

AFTER FIFTEEN DAYS IN DEHRADUN, I LEFT FOR RISHIKESH WITH ALL OF MY ACCESSORIES TO PERFORM HOMA FOR ALL THOSE WHO MADE ME LEAVE MY HOME. IN SEARCH OF A SUITABLE SOLACE NEAR THE RIVER SIDE OR ON ANY MOUNTAIN, I SPENT 3-4 DAYS IN RISHIKESH BUT DIDNOT FIND ANY PLACE, IN THE MEANTIME I VISITED THE JHILL MILL CAVES, NEELKANTH MAHADEV TEMPLE, SIDDHA BALI TEMPLE, KANDAKANIKHAAL VILLAGE, KALI KUND, OSHO GANGADHAM ASHRAM, HAD ONE OF THE BEST SOLITUDE CUM SOULFUL TIME AT YARITOLI CAMPSITE BESIDE THE JONK RIVER.

WHEN IN KANDAKANIKHAL VILLAGE, A VILLAGER TOLD ME THAT THE HAWAN KUND IN WHICH DEVI SATI DIED IS PRESENT NEAR THEIR VILLAGE AND A PRIEST WITHOUT FAIL LIGHTS A LAMP THERE, HE ALSO TOLD THAT NANDI BULL TOO JUMPED INTO THE FIRE ALTAR IN ORDER TO TAKE DEVI SATI OUT OF IT, THIS IS A DIFFERENT VERSION OF STORY I HAD NEVER READ ANYWHERE.

HE ALSO ENLIGHTENED ME WITH THE FACT THAT ALL THE CULTIVATION OF CHILLGOZA/CHOONTE/PINE TREES HAVE BEEN STARTED BY THE MIGHTY BRITISHMEN, AS MOST OF THEM HAD TUBERCULOSIS DUE TO SMOKING, INHALING THE YELLOW POLLEN RELEASED BY PINE TREES DO NATURAL HEALING TO THE LUNGS.

WHILE SEARCHIMG FOR THE ACCOMDATION, I MANAGE TO SEE VULTURES/ GIDDH PRAJATI BEINGS, SINCE A COW DIED ON THE ROAD, A GRPOUP OF ABOUT 12-15 VULTURES CAME THERE TO EAT IT , VULTURES OR GIDDHS, WHATEVER THER WERE BUT WERE ABOUT FIVE FEET TALL AND WITH WINGS, I SUPPOSE THEY A LIGHT WEIGHT PERSON CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A FLYING RIDE ON THEM.

OSHO’S GANGADHAM ASHRAM WAS MANAGED BY GADHA GANWAR PRAJATI’S PEOPLE, I FOUGHT WITH ONE AND LEFT THE PLACE IN A DAY.

TOOK AN ACCMODATION NEAR LAKSHMAN JHULA FOR FOUR DAYS AT HOLY RIVER HOTEL AND CELEBRATED THE MAHA SHIVRATRI WITH THE ORAL CANNABIS PURCHASED FROM THE STREET VENDORS NEAR VEERBHADRA  SWAMI TEMPLE, RISHIKESH. AT THAT TIME PUTIN STARTED BOMBING UKRAINE AS PER THE MEDIA NEWS.

AFTER CELEBRATING MAHA SHIVRATRI IN SOLITUDE, I TOOK A BIKE ON RENT AND LEFT FOR BADRINATH FOR FINDING A SUITABLE PLACE TO PERFORM HOMA.

FIRST HALT WAS AT THE VASHISHTHA CAVES, SAW IT , SOME FOREIGNERS WERE TRYING TO MEDITATE INSIDE, FOUND NOTHING SPECIAL ALND LEFT THE PLACE. THE ONLY THING NEW I FOUND WAS LARGE SIZED EAGLES NEAR IN THAT AREA, I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT BIG EAGLES BEFORE.

BEFORE THE ROUTE TO THE THREE PRAYAG’S WHATEVER THEY ARE STARTED, THERE CAME A PLACE FROM WHERE I DIVERTED TOWARDS VYAAS CHATTI, SOMEONE TOLD THAT THERE IS A SHIVA TEMPLE IN THE SOLACE NAMED BAKHLESHWAR MAHADEV, SO I HEADED TOWARDS IT, FOUND A PERSON WITH SAFFRON ROBE, A YOUNGSTER WHOSE FACE RESEMBLED THAT OF AVIMUKTESHWARANAND SARASWATI , HE TOOK ME TO RAGHUNATH TEMPLE WHERE I KEPT MY LUGGAGE AND STAYED FOR THREE DAYS.

THE RAGHUNATH TEMPLE WAS ON THE ROAD AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD WAS BANK OF RIVER GANGA WITH A CLEAN SANDS BEACH, AS PER THE SAFFRON GUY A TIGER REGULARLY VISITS THE PLACE AND KILLS AND EAT THEIR CATTLES ESPECIALLY COWS.

THE SAFFRON GUY TOOK ME TO THE BAKHLESHWAR MAHADEV WHERE A PERSON NAMED CHOTU MAHARAJ USED TO RESIDE, HE HAD MANAGED TO GROW MANY HERBS, BANANAS AND VEGETABLES IN THE AREA FOR SURVIVAL IN THE SOLACE, I TOOK A BATH IN THE GANGES THERE TOO.

THE NEXT DAY I WENT TO THE NEARBY DANDA NAAGRAAJ TEMPLE WHICH WAS DEDICATED TO LORD VISHNU AND WAS HIGH UP IN THE MOUNTAIN.

THE THIRD DAY, I TOOK REST AND HAD A PLAYFUL TIME ON THE GANGA BEACH WITH MY THE THEN VIRTUAL TRIP MATE CUM CONSORT/SWEETHEART ” MISS MAWRA HOCANE “, YES BEING A DEPERSONALISED SOUL, I THINK WHATEVER I LIKE. I DONT KEEP ANY RESTRICTIONS ON MY THINKING PROCESS BECAUSE OF THE BONDS OF PHYSICAL REALITY.

MAWRA HOCANE REMINDS ME OF ” SANAM TERI KASAM” WHICH WAS THE ONLY FIRST MOVIE WHICH I SAW ALL ALONE IN THE MOVIE HALL AND THAT TO EXTREMELY HIGH ON HE ORAL CANNABIS, JUST AFTER CHANTING SOME 4 HOURS OF VAGLAMUKHI MANTRAS.  ANOTHER THING TO RELATE WITH HER IS THAT ACCORDING TO THE WORLD WIDE WEB, SHE’S BEEN BORN NEAR THE PLACE WHERE DEVI SATI’S BHRAMMA RANDHRA DID FALL.

AFTER THE THREE DAY TRIP TO VYAAS CHATTI, I TOOK MY BIKE(RENTED) AND LEFT FOR BADRINATH. ON THE WAY I FOUND ” BHEEM TAAL ” WHERE I TOOK A BATH IN THE WATERFALL. HAD A NIGHT STAY NEAR IT AND THE NEXT MORNING AGAIN STARTED THE JOURNEY, REACHED JOSHIMATH NEAR ABOUT 10 AM, VISITED THE NARASIMHA SWAMY TEMPLE. THE NARASIMHA WORSHIPPED THERE IS NOT THE UGRA (ANGRY) ONE AS PER THE PRIEST.

TOOK A ROUND OF THE WHOLE TEMPLE COMPLEX WHICH HOUSED MANY SMALL TEMPLES. AGAIN LEFT FOR BADRINATH. REACHED TO THE ALAKHNANDA RIVER FRONT NEAR ABOUT 12 PM, TOOK A BATH IN THE RIVER,S COOL WATERS, AGAIN LEFT FOR BADRINATH UNTIL A PLACE KNOWN AS HANUMAN CHATTI WHERE THE LOCAL POLICEMEN STOPPED ME TO GO FURTHER.

I RETURNED BACK AND LEFT FOR JOSHI MATH .

FROM JOSHI MATH I PLANNED TO GO TO AULI BUT REACHED LATA VILLAGE & BHAVISHYA BADRI INSTEAD. THE WHOLE AREA WAS A COMPLETE SOLACE WITH VERY FEW VILLAGERS AND ARMYMEN, I FOUND NO HOTELS FOR ACCOMODATION BUT LUCKILY I FOUND A CAMPSITE RUN BY A GROUP OF YOUNGSTERS OF THE NEARBY VILLAGE WHO RUNS AN ADVENTURE COMPANY. THEY OFFERED ME THE LOCAL JAGGERY WINE, I TOOK A FEW SHOTS AND SLEPT IN THE CAMP.

SHARP, CHILLED AND STRONG WINDS BLEW THE WHOLE NIGHT, THE PERFECT PLACE TO HAVE A CAMP NIGHTSTAY .

THE NEXT MORNING , I WENT TO SEE THE RIVER DHAULI GANGA’S RIVER FRONT, CROSSED IT ON A BRIDGE, WENT TO THE OLD TEMPLE OF LATU DEVTA, SAY A MOUNTAIN GOAT WHICH LOOKED DIFFERENT FROM THE NORMAL ONE, TOOK THE SUPER AWESOME VIBES OF THE PLACE AND WENT BACK TO THE CAMPSITE.

NEXT DAY THE GUYS TOOK ME TO THE NITI VILLAGE WHICH WAS COVERED WITH HEAVY SNOW, THE CLEANEST SNOW I SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME. WAS ABOUT TO TREK TO A PLACE WHERE MORE THA 16-17 LINGAS LIKE AMARNATH ARE FORMED BUT DUE TO A LITTLE FEVER , I CANCELLED THE PLAN. CAME BACK TO THEIR CAMPSITE, TOOK MY LUGGAGE AND LEFT FOR JOSHIMATH AS I WAS SICK AND NEEDED TO EAT A HELL LOT OF FOOD TO KEEP ENERGETIC.

DIDNOT STOPPED AT JOSHIMATH BUT INSTEAD HEADED FOR AULI, REACHED AULI WHERE SNOWFALL HAD ALREADY BEEN OCCURED, TOOK A UTTARAKHAND GOVERNMENTS GUEST HOUSE_SKI RESORT, STAYED THERE FOR THREE DAYS. THE FIRST DAY I RELAXED, SECOND DAY WAS THE DAY OF RESULTS OF UTTARAKHAND GOVERNMENTS ELECTION, DHAMI LOST HIS OWN SEAT WAS A JOYFUL MOMENT. IN THE AFTERNOON, I TOOK A CAB AND WENT TO THE GAURI KUND NEARBY AND TOOK BATH IN THE HOT SPRING WATER, CAME BACK AND RELAXED AGAIN. THE THIRD DAY WENT UPSIDE MY GUESTHOUSE WHERE THERE WAS A ROPEWAY WHICH ENDS TO THE TOP OF ANOTHER MOUNTAIN WHERE THER’S A LAKE AND FEW MORE HOTELS AND RESORTS. WITHIN SOME TEN MINUTES, SNOWFALL STARTED BUT THIS SNOWFALL WAS ACCOMPANIED WITH RAIN, THIS COMBO IS ALL THE MORE DEADLY BECAUSE IT DECREASES THE TEMPERATURE INSTANTLY. YOUNGSTERS WHO WERE USING THE ROPEWAY WERE SCREAMING AS IF THEY HAD SEEN THE SNOW FOR THE FIRST TIME.

FOR ME SNOW WAS NOT A BIG DEAL, SINCE MY CHILDHOOD, ANYTIME I WISHED TO ENJOY SNOW, I JUST OPEN THE ICEBOX OF MY REFRIDGERATOR AND USE TO SCRATCH THE WALLS OF OT TO GET FINE SNOW, USE TO EAT IT ALONGWITH SOME INVERTED AMARNAATH’S TOO BREAKING THEM.

WHILE THE TEMPERATURE WENT DOWN AND SNOW STARTED RAINING, I TOOK SHELTER IN A NEARBY MAGGI SHOP, HAD A MAGGI AND LEFT TO MY ROOM AFTER SOMETIME. THE NEXT DAY I LEFT FOR RISHIKESH, LEFT THE RENTED BIKE. TOOK A BEACH RESORT, RELAXED FOR A DAY, TOOK BATH IN THE GANGES ON THE NEXT AND ON THE THIRD DAY I LEFT FOR DEHRADUN.

IN DEHRADUN, I CELEBRATED THE FERSTIVAL OF HOLI  AND AFTER IT GOT OVER, AGAIN TOOK MY LUGGAGE AND WENT BACK TO  THE LATA VILLAGE, I SELECTED THE PLACE NEAR OLD LATU DEVTA TEMPLE TO BE THE PERFECT PLACE FOR DOING HOMA.

REACHED THERE AND FOUND THAT THE FOREST GUARDS HAVE RECENTLY SAW A TIGER NEAR THAT AREA AND THEY DONOT PERMIT TO HAVE A CAMP THERE.

RETURNED BACK BUT NOT TO THE DEHRADUN BUT RISHIKESH, TOOK AN ACCOMODATION IN SHIVPURI, THE PLACE DEDICATED TO CAMPING, ADVENTURE AND ENJOYMENT, STAYED THERE FOR A DAY BUT DUE TO EXTREME TEMPERATURE LEFT TO LAKSHMAN JHULA TOOK A ROOM IN THE BEACH RESORT, GOT CHILLED AND RELAXED. AGAIN TOOK A BIKE ON RENT AND  LEFT FOR THE GANGOTRI.

IDEA OF GOING TO GANGOTRI CAME FROM TWO INSTINCT, THE POSITIVE ONE BEING KI GANGAJAL BHAR KE LAUNGA TO PUREST OF THE PURE WALA & THE NEGATIVE BEING TOILET KARUNGA GANGOTRI MEIN.

VOHI JO SARI INDUSTRIES KARTI HAIN, UPSTREAM SE MAAL UTHAA AUR DOWNSTREAM ME KACHRA DAALNA, KHUD KA DOWNSTREAM KISI DOOSRE KA UPSTREAM HO JATA HAI ISI LIYE UTNA UPAR JAO JAHAM TUMHARA UPSTREAM KISI DOOSRE KA DOWNSTREAM NA BAN PAE.

HAD SEEN PEOPLE OF PARVATI VALLEY, KASOL DISCHARGING SEVERAGE WASTE IN THE PARVATI RIVER IN THE FIRST VISIT TO HIMACHAL PRADESH.

THWOWING GARBAGE AND SEVAGE IN RIVERS HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT SINCE AGES, THIS IS  ” INDIA “

FROM RISHIKESH, I LEFT FOR GANGOTRI, FIRST HALT WAS NEAR A PLACE KNOWN AS CHAMBA, SECOND HALT AT CHIPKALESHWAR MAHADEV, THIRD AT CHINALISAUR, FOURTH NEAR DUNDA AND FINALLY TOOK AN ACCOMODATION NEAR KACHCHADU DEVTA TEMPLE,  IT STARTED RAINING MILD SHOWERS, I ENJOY BIKING IN RAINS, AND FOR THE SAME REASON IO PURCHASED WATER PROOF MOBILE PHONES FROM DEHRADUN. WENT TO THE KACHCHADU DEVTA TEMPLE WHERE A HAWAN WAS PERFORMED SOME TIME AGO ANG THE WHOLE TEMPLE WAS FILLED WITH SUPER AWESOME FRAGRANCE OF GUGGAL.

NEXT DAY I LEFT FOR GANGAOTRI BUT TOOK A HALT AT SHIKHAR NATURE RESORT, UTTARKASHI WHICH WAS PROVED ONE OF THE BEST RIVERSIDE CAMPSITE, STAYED THERE FOR TWO DAYS, ENJOYED BATHING AND PLAYING IN THE RIVER, THE NEXT DAY VISITED THE KASHI VISHWANATH TEMPLE, UTTARKASHI. THE THIRD DAY MORNING. I LEFT FOR GANGOTRI. SAW THE MANERI DAM, KHEDI WATERFALL IN THE ROUTE, ENJOYED THE SHOWERS OF KHEDI WATERFALL, REACHED GANGNANI‘S GARAM PANI (HOT SPRING WATER) & A TEMPLE, HAD AFTERNOON LUNCH, HEADED TO GANGOTRI BUT TOOK A HALT AT KALIA NAAG TEMPLE, HAD A NIGHT STAY WITH THE PRIEST CUM BABA CUM VOICE ARTIST KNOWN AS GOVIND DAS(PRIEST). THE NEXT MORNING I LEFT FOR GANGOTRI BUT TOOK A HALT IN BAGORI VILLAGE AT JADUNG HOMESTAY MANAGED BY Mr. MATBAR SINGH NEGI, HARSHIL WHERE I STAYED FOR TEN DAYS.

YES BAGORI VILLAGE, HARSHIL BEING THE ONE OF THE BEST PART OF GANGOTRI TRIP, EXTREMELY BEAUTIFILL LANDSCAPES, FORESTS , TREES, ICE PEAKS, ICE WATER STREAMS, RIVER AND THE SOLITUDE, TO MY LUCK, I REACHED THERE IN APRIL WHEN IT WAS AN OFF SEASON AND VERY FEW PEOPLE WERE THERE, I ENJOYED THE SOLACE OF EVERYTHING.

WENT TO THE KYARKOTI JUNGLE TREK, BATHED IN STREAMS, PLAYED IN RIVERS, WANDERED IN THE JUNGLES, TREKKED TO LAAMA TOP, ENJOYED WATERFALLS AND ALSO MANAGED TO VISIT GANGOTRI TEMPLE & ITS RIVER FRONT.

YES, I VISITED GANGOTRI TEMPLE TWICE WHILE STAYING IN BAGORI VILLAGE, THE TEMPLE WAS NEITHER OPEN NOR CLOSED, THERE WAS A CURTAIN IN FRONT OF THE MAIN IDOL, I ALSO VISITED THE GARTANG GALI, GANGOTRI NATIONAL PARK AT BHAIRAVGHATI WHILE RESIDING THERE. I EVEN WENT AS DOWN AS GANGNANI TO TAKE HOT SPRING WATER BATH. SAW THE APPLE ORCHARDS OF HARSHIL, NATURAL BEAUTY .

FINALLY LEFT HARSHIL ON THE ELEVENTH DAY AND HEADED FOR YAMUNOTRI BUT TOOK A HALT IN BETWEEN AT BARSU VILLAGE, TOOK A ROOM IN DAYRA RESORT, STAYED THERE FOR THREE DAYS. THIS VILLAGE IS KNOWN FOR THE VASUKI NAAG TEMPLE, WENT THERE HIGH ON ETHANOL, THE ORIGINAL TEMPLE WAS CLOSED, I MIGHT HAVE VISITED THE VISHNU TEMPLE BESIDE IT.

THE DAYRA RESORT IS BUILT AT A VERY AWESOME LOCATION, WINDS FROM THE ICEPEAKS IN FRONT BLOWS FOR THE WHOLE DAY.

LEFT FOR YAMUNOTRI BUT TOOK A HALT AT BADKOT, TOOK A ROOM IN RIGVEDA RESORT, STAYED THERE FOR THREE DAYS, RELAXED FOR THE FIRST DAY, WENT TO AN EX ECO PARK THE NEXT DAY WHERE I TOOK BATH IN A WATERFALL, THE THIRD DAY TOOK A BIKE RIDE TO THE NEARBY MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE NAND GAON AND SOMETHING SOMETHING.

FOURTH DAY I HEADED FOR YAMUNOTRI, WHILE REACHING THER I SAW BEAUTIFULL WATERFALLS AND BURANSH TREE FORESTS . THE YAMUNOTRI HIMALAYAS ARE LESS CROWDED AND NEITHER MANY PEOPLE LIVE THERE NOR PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE DO MUCH INVERSTMENT THERE.

AFTER REACHING YAMUNOTRI, TOO A ROOM AT DEVLOK HOMESTAY, DIDNOT RELAXED AND TOOK A MULE RIDE TO THE YAMUNOTRI TEMPLE, MULES BEING THE ONLY VEHICLE PRESENT THERE.

SINCE IT WAS AN OFF SEASON, I WAS THE ONLY PERSON GOING THERE, THE TEMPLE WAS NOT CLOSED UNLIKE GANGOTRI IN WHICH A CURTAIN WAS HANGED IN FRONT OF THE MAIN IDOL, SAW THE SURYA KUND FROM WHERE HOT SPRING WATER EMANATED. YAMUNOTRI BEING THE ONLY PLACE WHERE NEITHER I TOOK BATH IN THE GALCIAL WATERS OF YAMUNA NOR HAD A SWIM IN THE HOT WATER POOL NEAR THE SURYA KUND.

WENT BACK TO THE HOTEL, RELAXED FOR AN HOUR, TOOK A BIKE RIDE TO THE NEARBY VILLAGE WHERE THERE WAS A HELIPAD, A TEMPLE ALSO KNOWN AS SOMESHWAR MAHADEV AND A TEMPLE DEDICATED TO SHANI MAHARAAJ. TOOK SOME JAGGERY WINE, WENT BACK TO THE ROOM, HAD THE WINE, HAD THE FOOD FROM THE DHABA BELOW AND SLEPT, THE NEXT MORNING I WENT TO THE TEMPLE NEARBY WHICH COMES IN FUNCTION ONLY IN OFF SEASON, IT WAS CLOSED BECAUSE IT HAD AN OPENING – CLOSING TIME, AND I REACHED THERE BEYOND THEIR TIME.

LEFT YAMUNOTRI, IN THE WAY, I AGAIN TOOK A HALT IN BADKOT AND STAYED IN THE SAME RESORT FOR TWO DASY, RELAXED IN MY WAY,  AANDHI TOOFAAN ALSO ACCOMPANIED MY ENJOYEMENTT, COZ I LIKE BOTH OF THEM.

” I LIKE AANDHI, TOOFAN, THUNDER & LIGHTENING AND THE RAINS VERY VERY MUCH “

AFTER TWO DAYS I LEFT FOR DEHRADUN VIA VIKASNAGAR ROUTE, THE ROUTE IN WHICH AN ADAMKHOR TIGER KILLED A MAN A NIGHT BEFORE, I TOOK MY SMALL BUT DEADLY KNIFE WITH ME BUT TO MY ASTONISHMENT, THE ROUTE WAS FULL OF PEOPLE FROM DARKNESDD OF 4 AM TO THE TIME I DONT KNOW, DUE TO SOME EXAM OR SO, I SAW MANY PEOPLE WALKING ON THE ROUTE IN THE DARK TOO.

AFTER REACHING DEHRADUN, INSPITE OF GIVING THE GANGA AND YAMUNA JAL TO MY MOTHER AND OTHER HOUSEMATES OF THE RETIREMENT RESORT, I WENT BACK TO SHIVPURI , RISHIKESH WHERE A PERSON HAD MANAGED TO FIND A HILLS SIDE PLACE NEAR NEELKANTH MAHADEV FOR ME FOR PERFORMING HOMA.

SINCE MY PERFORMING HOMA ( VAGLAMUKHI MAARAN) IN RISHIKESH WAS NOT LIKED BY MANY BASTARD TANTRIKS OF RISHIKESH AND UDAIPUR, I FOUGHT WITH THE PERSON WHO ARRANGED THE SAME TO ME, HIGH ON ETHANOL, I TOOK A CAB AND LEFT FOR PARVATI VALLEY, HIMACHAL PRADESH.

INSPITE OF GOING TO KASOL, THIS TIME I WENT TO THE TOSH VILLAGE WHICH HAVE A TEMPLE DEDICATED TO THE JAMBADAGNI RISHI, FATHER OF Mr. PARASHURAM. THE VILLAGE WAS HEAVILY CROWDED, THE AMBIENCE I SAW THREE YEARS AGO WAS LOST.

THE NEXT DAY I LEFT  FOR MANALI BUT TOOK A HALT IN A CAMPSITE NEAR JARI. BOKKED A SMALL PIECE OF LAND IN AN ORCHARD FOR PUTTING MY CAMP FOR PERFORMING HOMA. DID IT FOR THREE DAYS BUT THE WEATHER CHANGED ABRUPTLY AND IT BECAME TOO HOT THERE. AFTER LIVING IN MY TENT FOR SEVEN DAYS, I LEFT FOR DEHRADUN, AFTER TWO DAYS, ITOOK MY MOTHER AND WENT TO JIM CORBETT NATIONAL PARK, RAMNAGAR WHERE I STAYED FOR ABOUT 6 DAYS AT TIGER HUT RESORT, AFTER HAVING DONE THE SAFARRI TWICE, AND HAVING SEEN THE GARJIYA DEVI TEMPLE FROM OUTSIDE, THE KOSI RIVER IN WHICH I DIDNOT TAKE BATH, I TOOK A BIKE ON RENT FROM RAMNAGAR AND LEFT FOR RANIKHET, ALMORA AND KAUSANI.

STAYED IN BAY BERRY RESORT IN CHILLIYANAULA, RANIKHET FOR THREE DAYS, LEFT FOR ALMORA ON THE FOURTH DAY, IN THE WAY SAW THE KATARMAL SUN TEMPLE WHICH LOOKED LIKE KEDARNATH, WENT TO ALMORA BUT FOUND IT WORTH NOTHING SO I WENT TO KAUSANI, STAYED IN KAUSANI FOR THREE DAYS IN BURANSH RESORT. WHILE RESIDING THERE, I WENT TO THE NEARBY TOWN KNOWN AS BAIJNATH WHICH HAD A TEMPLE NAMED BAIJNATH AND SHARES A SIMILAR STORY OF THAT OF BAIJNATH OF HIMACHAL PRADESH WHICH IS LOCATED IN KANGRA DISTRICT AND ALSO BAIDYANATH OF DEOGARH, JHARKHAND.

CAME BACK TO JIM CORBETT, RAMNAGAR. PURCHASED KITCHEN ITEMS FROM THE MARKET AND WENT TO CHILLIYANAULA RANIKHET WHERE I BOOKED A ROOM IN WHITE HILL GUEST HOUSE MANAGED BY BITE N TASTE BISTRO, STAYED THERE FOR TWO MONTHS, LEFT THE PLACE BECAUSE OF SCARCITY OF WATER.

PACKED THE LUGGAGE AND WENT TO THE SAME PLACE IN KULLU  WHERE I INSTALLED MY CAMP NEAR JARI IN PARVATI VALLEY. STAYED IN THE KATHI HOUSE/WOODEN COTTAGE/ RODRIGUE’S GYPSY HOUSE FOR NINE MONTHS.

HAD A FIGHT WITH A LOCAL BASTARD DELIVERING AMAZON PRODUCTS, LEFT THE PLACE. TOOK MY MOTHER TO OXYGEN HOMESTAY, DEHRADUN , LEFT HER THERE AND HEADED TO KERALA FOR  LEARN KALARIPAYATTU, THE ART OF FIGHTING, MEDICINE & MEDITATION WHICH LORD PARASHURAM TAUGHT TO THE ANPADH AND GANWAR KERALITES.

STOPPED LEARNING KALARIPAYATTU DUE TO DEVELOPMENT OF BACK PAIN, WENT BACK TO DEHRADUN, TOOK REST FOR FIFTEEN DAYS, TOOK MY MOTHER TO HARSHIL’S BAGORI VILLAGE TO MAKE HER SEE AND FEEL THE BEST PART OF UTTARAKHAND. 

WENT TO JHARKHAND TO TAKE A DUPLICATE DEGREE CERTIFICATE. AFTER COMING BACK, HAD TWO TRIPS OF DATURA STRAMONIUM, AFTER A FEW DAYS PACKED OUR BAGS, TOOK MY MOTHER AND WE LEFT FOR ” SOUTH INDIA “