Please see my post of August 7th, 2011 for the photos of Haridwar visit.
The main reason we included Badrinath was to visit Joshi Matt, which our travel agency did not include in 2006. Since it was one of the Shankar Peethams, Rao and Nirmala wanted to add to the number of Shankara peethams we visited. Second (my) reason is that we were in the vicinity anyway and for Bhuvana and Uma, this was their first time to this area and they were thrilled. Once we approached the TTD Devasthanams in Rishikesh, we found out that due to bad weather and land slides, the road to Badrinath was closed. Nirmala got us accommodation at the TTD facility. One room for all the four of us. Only two beds and a sofa were in the room. Uma opted to sleep in the varanda on the floor. His needs are always minimal. We had meals at Andhra Bhavan and prior to that we had darsans of Balaji and Chandramowli, both Temples are on the same street. No Temple bells this time. Remember in 2006, I woke up with the ringing of Temple bells at Balaji of TTD?
We decided to go to the Lakshman Jhoola early in the morning to take a dip in the Ganga waters.
Collected Ganga waters for our friends and family and the next day was to take a dip in Ganga in Haridwar, View the haarati there, visit Chandi Devi, Anjana Devi and Maansa Devi Temples. All this I briefly mentioned in my August posts. Photos of Maansa devi from another site.
The main reason we included Badrinath was to visit Joshi Matt, which our travel agency did not include in 2006. Since it was one of the Shankar Peethams, Rao and Nirmala wanted to add to the number of Shankara peethams we visited. Second (my) reason is that we were in the vicinity anyway and for Bhuvana and Uma, this was their first time to this area and they were thrilled. Once we approached the TTD Devasthanams in Rishikesh, we found out that due to bad weather and land slides, the road to Badrinath was closed. Nirmala got us accommodation at the TTD facility. One room for all the four of us. Only two beds and a sofa were in the room. Uma opted to sleep in the varanda on the floor. His needs are always minimal. We had meals at Andhra Bhavan and prior to that we had darsans of Balaji and Chandramowli, both Temples are on the same street. No Temple bells this time. Remember in 2006, I woke up with the ringing of Temple bells at Balaji of TTD?
We decided to go to the Lakshman Jhoola early in the morning to take a dip in the Ganga waters.
Collected Ganga waters for our friends and family and the next day was to take a dip in Ganga in Haridwar, View the haarati there, visit Chandi Devi, Anjana Devi and Maansa Devi Temples. All this I briefly mentioned in my August posts. Photos of Maansa devi from another site.
2 comments:
Thanks for sharing your experience with us . Its is wonderful . Badrinath temple is really beautiful . Mansarovar Yatra
I could not have done it now. Travel while you are still young and energetic.
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