An introduction!! Yamunothri was our first glimpse of The Holy Ganga river. At this point, I would like to mention that Goddess Ganga takes four names as she flows through and purifies the land. She is called Yamuna at Yamunothri, Bhageerathi at Gangothri, Mandakini at Kedarnath, Alakananda at Badarinath. We saw four dams along the way. The water was pure and the scenic beauty was breathtaking.
From Rishikesh, we passed Dehradun, Mussorie, The Yamuna Bridge, Nainbagh and Lakha Mandal to reach Barkot. Most of it was flat land. I think we travelled about 220 kms to Barkot. The lunch break was at Chinyalisaur. At the first meal itself we realized that rice, sambar, Idli and good coffee were on hold for the next two weeks. We should have enjoyed the good tea that was available - instead, we ordered coffee and criticized it for the rest of the trip.
The ladies from Gujarat started singing devotional songs in the back seats. The doctor from California was distributing her sample medicines to the fellow passengers suffering from coughs and colds. Nirmala was not included in that. She brought her own medicine from Tirupathi. The bus driver and the two conductors were paying lot of attention to the doctor and her group. Not only she was providing her services, but also their group were fluent in Hindi.
To be continued.............
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Sairam!! You should've had me there! Would've beaten her Hindi....hopefully!
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