When i'm travelling in a train at night sitting near window seat...while the train running through the villages where i can see the beautiful stars in the sky..my thoughts runs on..this blog is about such a travel which i had recently...
It is inevitable that after every travel a part of you will change..! Your thoughts will change..!
sometimes your entire world will change...Whenever i'm running towards life's flow i always ask myself a question "Am i doing what i really want to do?" I never had a constant answer for this question. So to find the answer i have started to travel...in such a chain of travel stories..this one is about the mystery land with powerful god "Rishikesh".
Having no expectations but just to see the north india alone turned out to be the massively confidence building travel with magical moments in life..
Its all started with seeing "Ganga" The holy river for the first time..The stories that i have been heard about the ganga make me jump in joy that i'm going to see it for the first time. After taken a room in haridwar in a pleasant evening when the sun has started spreading its beautiful golden flares around the earth..
I walked in to the "Ma ganga" From somewhere long distance i can hear the beautiful song..
'Jai ganga mathaaa....ommm jai ganga maathaa....'where i stopped walking and just forgot the everything but the mesmerizing music and the voice or the song...After some time of walking i can see the most powerful river running very silently...But the force it is running is really amazing...i was little afraid to step in..But i had to take a holy dip to make my past sin count to zero :P
After that the magical moment of "Ganga Arti" where the people worship ganga by showing arti which is a daily event and very famous..it was strange that i was walking pointlessly somewhere then i have found the place where the arti is going to take place..i really think it is some power which wanted me to see the aarti because i was waiting in a wrong place for an hour then i dont know why i started moving but suddenly i started walking then reached that place...
Then by 7 Pm aarti begins...Again.
"Jai gangee maaathaaa.....ommm jai gangee mathaaa...."
This time the song literally put me in to different world while the hundreds of diya's which reflected by the ganga which made the moment very very magical..aarti was finished in 15 mins..it took me entire night spending and feeling about the aarti and my thoughts starts wandering around that beautiful moments..here's what i was thinking..
"Wow! what a ritual..where nature has been treated as god..Fire,water,earth,air,sky everything at a same place with the music it made the pure bliss..when you are in love with the nature it is actually got to give you whatever you wish for.." As a firm believer of universal law "If you think good only good will happen" It was such a memorable experience in my life which made me more close to the ganga and himalayas..
Next day i went to rishikesh "Adventure capital of india" First adventure in my list was to do the 83 meter jump called "Bungee jump"
I was thinking myself as a strong minded who doesn't get scared easily. But this experience showed me who i am really. waiting in the line we were attacked by hundreds of bees..At that height you should do literally nothing when you are attacked by bees.Worth lesson learned..
Then the final minutes before jump..I wasn't really scared till that time but at the second i was put at the edge of the pillar and when you start looking down..There is nothing till 83 meters
"Standing at the place mind was telling what if only your rope is loosen and make an accident? And all accidents i have ever seen came through my eyes"
In few second a ball started rolling in my stomach..heart rate increased..while mind is taking quick decisions..Suggesting me lets go back really that second i cant describe more..thinking of that making goosebumps even now..but putting all mind's blabbering aside and just let myself fall in to the biiiiiggggg falll...Zooooommm.....! In a second it was wonderful experience and i made sure i'm not yet dead!
It was really a confidence building experience where i was faced with big fear of being death and hell lots of doubts about the equipments..you have to believe in your guts to jump and faith in something (May be the organizers :P)
It was really next wonderful experience worth life time..Here's the video of the jump..
The same day evening i was sitting in ganga's lap which was an another mesmerizing experience..I always felt some connection with me and nature..i love to cry in rain..I always believe whenever im sad rain will come to make me feel good and 80% of time it happened in my life (Or may be my saddest part of life happened in monsoon :P) Its another wonderful evening near ganga..
Next day we went to near by trek where i met new friend abhishek who gave me new insights of life from his experience..It is always wonderful how quickly two nature lovers or like minded people get to know each others..We went to the trek for three hours it was really good time to learn things.since he roamed a lot there he gave me some some very good advice and restaurant to try..
The same day next adventure starts which was the
"The river Rafting" on abhishek advice i have opted for 24 km ride..which turned out to be one more best experience..
Its about team work in the hands of ganga our raft was started going..whenever the river take a turn that's where you face challenges and challenges are fun.. Wow! its a life lesson i learned in the river rafting whenever the raft is going in the smooth water we have no fun but when the rapid comes and hits us with its powerful wave and even tried to being the raft upside down..thats where the fun lies..! Its turned out to be another lesson "If you have no challenge you wont have any happiness" So keep challenging yourself to be happy. It is ok to fail but it is not ok to not to try..!
You can see the videos here.
with these lessons and a bit hand pain of rafting that day ends with another beautiful evening in freedom cafe.
The next day i have started back to mumbai..But a part of me is still there in the lap of ganga ma.. and i can hear the song still now in my mind.."Jai gangee mathaaa....ommm jai gangee mathaaa.."
Some random pics of Zostel,
Love nature you have a bright future :)
-Arumugam.P
It is inevitable that after every travel a part of you will change..! Your thoughts will change..!
sometimes your entire world will change...Whenever i'm running towards life's flow i always ask myself a question "Am i doing what i really want to do?" I never had a constant answer for this question. So to find the answer i have started to travel...in such a chain of travel stories..this one is about the mystery land with powerful god "Rishikesh".
Having no expectations but just to see the north india alone turned out to be the massively confidence building travel with magical moments in life..
Its all started with seeing "Ganga" The holy river for the first time..The stories that i have been heard about the ganga make me jump in joy that i'm going to see it for the first time. After taken a room in haridwar in a pleasant evening when the sun has started spreading its beautiful golden flares around the earth..
I walked in to the "Ma ganga" From somewhere long distance i can hear the beautiful song..
'Jai ganga mathaaa....ommm jai ganga maathaa....'where i stopped walking and just forgot the everything but the mesmerizing music and the voice or the song...After some time of walking i can see the most powerful river running very silently...But the force it is running is really amazing...i was little afraid to step in..But i had to take a holy dip to make my past sin count to zero :P
After that the magical moment of "Ganga Arti" where the people worship ganga by showing arti which is a daily event and very famous..it was strange that i was walking pointlessly somewhere then i have found the place where the arti is going to take place..i really think it is some power which wanted me to see the aarti because i was waiting in a wrong place for an hour then i dont know why i started moving but suddenly i started walking then reached that place...
Then by 7 Pm aarti begins...Again.
"Jai gangee maaathaaa.....ommm jai gangee mathaaa...."
This time the song literally put me in to different world while the hundreds of diya's which reflected by the ganga which made the moment very very magical..aarti was finished in 15 mins..it took me entire night spending and feeling about the aarti and my thoughts starts wandering around that beautiful moments..here's what i was thinking..
"Wow! what a ritual..where nature has been treated as god..Fire,water,earth,air,sky everything at a same place with the music it made the pure bliss..when you are in love with the nature it is actually got to give you whatever you wish for.." As a firm believer of universal law "If you think good only good will happen" It was such a memorable experience in my life which made me more close to the ganga and himalayas..
Next day i went to rishikesh "Adventure capital of india" First adventure in my list was to do the 83 meter jump called "Bungee jump"
I was thinking myself as a strong minded who doesn't get scared easily. But this experience showed me who i am really. waiting in the line we were attacked by hundreds of bees..At that height you should do literally nothing when you are attacked by bees.Worth lesson learned..
Then the final minutes before jump..I wasn't really scared till that time but at the second i was put at the edge of the pillar and when you start looking down..There is nothing till 83 meters
"Standing at the place mind was telling what if only your rope is loosen and make an accident? And all accidents i have ever seen came through my eyes"
In few second a ball started rolling in my stomach..heart rate increased..while mind is taking quick decisions..Suggesting me lets go back really that second i cant describe more..thinking of that making goosebumps even now..but putting all mind's blabbering aside and just let myself fall in to the biiiiiggggg falll...Zooooommm.....! In a second it was wonderful experience and i made sure i'm not yet dead!
It was really a confidence building experience where i was faced with big fear of being death and hell lots of doubts about the equipments..you have to believe in your guts to jump and faith in something (May be the organizers :P)
It was really next wonderful experience worth life time..Here's the video of the jump..
The same day evening i was sitting in ganga's lap which was an another mesmerizing experience..I always felt some connection with me and nature..i love to cry in rain..I always believe whenever im sad rain will come to make me feel good and 80% of time it happened in my life (Or may be my saddest part of life happened in monsoon :P) Its another wonderful evening near ganga..
Next day we went to near by trek where i met new friend abhishek who gave me new insights of life from his experience..It is always wonderful how quickly two nature lovers or like minded people get to know each others..We went to the trek for three hours it was really good time to learn things.since he roamed a lot there he gave me some some very good advice and restaurant to try..
The same day next adventure starts which was the
"The river Rafting" on abhishek advice i have opted for 24 km ride..which turned out to be one more best experience..
You can see the videos here.
with these lessons and a bit hand pain of rafting that day ends with another beautiful evening in freedom cafe.
The next day i have started back to mumbai..But a part of me is still there in the lap of ganga ma.. and i can hear the song still now in my mind.."Jai gangee mathaaa....ommm jai gangee mathaaa.."
Some random pics of Zostel,
Love nature you have a bright future :)
-Arumugam.P
