Holy Heaven- Kailash (Manimahesh)

This page is about a very sacred but one of the most religious, holy and beautiful place that one must visit in a lifetime. It has left me entrenched with the beauty of nature and reclined my body and soul with such positive pulses that I will cherish forever and I am sure it will have similar effect on you also. And of course, nature has poked us again with the very obvious questions!

                                                   

                                              On the Way to Manimahesh

So, ever thought of taking a couple of days time off to beat all the stress, in search of a peace or with a heart full of wishes to pour it in front of Lord Shiva? Well that's what exactly I had planned when I decided to go to the holy place “Manimahesh” and "The Kailash" situated at the interiors of Himachal Pradesh to visit Gauri kund, Shiva Kund, Kamal Kund and finally the Holy Kailash Peak situated right in the heart of Kailash Range. But what I got back from that place was much more than I expected. Yes!

                                            

                                                    Hushing Water Falls

Day1:

With my packed bags, I started from Delhi on 01^st September and have started the journey towards Manimahesh in the early Morning of 02nd September with some of my friends, whom I joined in Ambala. We hired a Taxi to reach Hadsar, the starting point of the trek and so began our joyful ride right in the lap of nature on the Holy land of Lord Shiva. The very picturesque mountains and the rivers right across them greeted us and seemed more beautiful than anything we have ever seen in our lives. Not all is fun as lots of scary land slides, traffic prevailed along entire journey. After near 15 hours (@22:30 hours) of journey, we reached Hadsar and stayed there at night. The sky was overcast and it was drizzling that can be expected in any monsoon season.

                                          Beauty at its very best

Day2:

Early next morning we started the trek of approx. 10 to 12 KM’s to reach a place called Sundrassi which is our first halt point and we decided to stay there at night. The weather was awesome and getting colder and colder as we were going up the mountains with shower of rain in between. The trek was simple for first few KM’s but was getting tough and steep as we were approaching towards Sundrassi. The breeze was getting colder and the temperature was getting down at night!!!... We spent the night at camp. The clusters of stars appeared so close that one can caught them with hands.

                                                           Glacier's

                                                                  

Day3:

The water in the morning was too cold. We started the next part of our track from Sundrassi to Gauri Kund and from Gauri Kund to Shiv Kund. The trek was getting more steeper. We all reached Gauri Kund after doing a trek of 3-4 KM’s. Now the twist came, some of us decided to go to Kamal Kund and see the Holy Kailash from minimum distance. Rest of all directly went to Shiv Kund and did Holy bath in the Kund. Some of us including me started our trek of 3-4 Km’s towards Kamal Kund and Holy Kailash. The trek was moderate but very steep at certain points, finally we reached and the Holy Kailash was in front of us. Wow…that moment can’t be explained. The place was so clam and surrounded by many mountains, snow & flowers. The complete range of mountain was so beautiful, the cool breeze was sounding so melodious with crystal clear sky and golden rays of Sun falling on top of the snow and hills. The day was perfect to see the Holy Kailash, though it was very very cold. With heart full of Hope, Love and Trust, I decided to go further up and try to touch the Holy Kailash “The Home Of Lord Shiva” with my hands. I moved appox. 1 KM further and touched the Holy Kailash for someone very special. It gave me the satisfaction which no one in this world can explain. I moved back and we decide to go back to Gauri Kund and then to Shiv Kund. Trekked approx.. 5 KM’s to reach Shiv Kund, the place is well known as “Manimahesh”. It was again very cold and the body was getting freezed in few  seconds. We took a bath at Holy Shiv Kund. The temperature was getting too low with rain showers in between and there was no place in camps to spent your night. The group decided to move back to Gauri kund, spent the night there and start the downward trek following morning. We moved back to Gauri Kund and somehow get a place to sleep though no one slept as the camp was full of people. Overall the day was very tiring but was full of unforgettable experience which none of us will forget in your entire life.

                                                        Gauri Kund

                                                                 Kamal Kund

                                                      Shri ManiMahesh (Shiva Kund)

                                                              The Holy Kailash

                                                                   Holy Kailash Range

Day4/5:

This was the last day of our trek, we trekked approx. 13 KM’s towards the ending point Hadsar. It was too cold in the morning but it was getting warmer as day progressed. The main significance of day 4 was to see the SUN rise from the top of the Holy Kailash which appears like a Jewel (Mani), the moment was unbelievable and magical.  We reached Hadsar at late evening, did some rest and boarded our taxis to start the last part of the journey towards home.

                             Clouds are also saying "OM" at The Holy Kailash

My Special thanks to all my friends Deepak, Amit Singla, Rajneesh, Aman, Neeraj, Ankur, Satinder, Piyush, Booby, Abhishek and Nikhilesh without them this great journey of Bam Bam Bhole would never be accomplished. Thanks for your support, help, motivation, co-ordination during whole Yatra!..."Bam Bam Bhole".

“The Mountain Man: Dashrath Manjhi”

After watching “Manjhi” and reading about this Man “Dashrath Manjhi” proved me wrong that “Taj Mahal” is the only symbol of True Love. 

Here is a brief about the love story which I don’t think can be repeated again. The man “Dashrath Manjhi” was based out at Gehlaur village in Bihar state, India. 

Dashrath Manjhi and his beloved wife Faguniya Devi, ran away from their homes and got married. Mr. Manjhi started work in farms for day to day expenses. Life was full of love and joy between them before a black storm came and changed their whole life. In order to deliver lunch to Mr. Manjhi in farms, Faguniya have to cross a big mountain, on one black day she was on her way to deliver lunch before she got slipped from the mountain and died before reaching the hospital which was on the other side of the mountain and require approx. 70KM's of distance to travel by road. Faguniya Devi died on the way.

Mr. Manjhi was so deeply disturbed that he immediately decided to carved a path through the mountain which took his only Love “his wife”. He started with his Hammer and Chisel, but it’s not a piece of cake to carve a path through 360 ft long mountain. He was all alone and people use to laugh at him,  some were saying him mental, some were saying him sick. But he never listened to anyone and kept doing the work with hammer and chisel. Many a times he got frustrated with negative thoughts, hot sunny days, rain, wind, cold, snake bite but his love never let him quit the job he started in memory of his beloved wife. Whenever he felt low, he always found his wife in front of him and start talking “how can someone love like this, isn’t it amazing?”. At last after 22 long years and with his all hard work and love towards his wife, he carved a path though hill all alone. 

Rightly said about him “Love’s labour brings down hill”, what a love! Impossible to explain. A person have spent his whole life for his wife just in dreams and converted impossible to possible all alone. Its next to impossible to find such a Pure and Unconditional Love in your life. May their “soul gets peace” and they start their new phase together in new world!...

"A Wish Tree"

“What do you want to do before you die” sounds crazy but believe me its having a great fun (a sort of satisfaction) to think of what would be that thing which you would like to do before you say bye bye to this great World. 

Will it be Love for someone, nahhh.. Why Love, for someone?. 

Will it be a fight with “The undertaker”..

Will it be a dinner with “Legend Sachin Tendulkar”..

Will it be a free fall jump from your building and you see you are still alive…

Bla bla bla… it may be anything.

Will it be the craziest thing which no one can even think of, It reminds me of an incident about one of my friend, he pulled of his pant in one of the busy streets and he said “this is what I dreamed of and I have done it…cheers”. Offcourse this is not his “before die” wish :-p. 

I read about the wish list of people and came across some serious wishes which even makes anyone to cry and some are so crazy that you can’t resist yourself to say Ohh Shit how can someone think like this. 

One of the serious wish of a person which touched my heart: "If I were to die now, my last wish will not be to see you once more my love, but my wish would be that you will forget me..."

On the other side some crazy wishes are:

“Crash a wedding. Look through the local paper’s wedding announcements to find a random wedding nearby. Rent a tux or dress up, and walk in like you own the place. Have fun with it!” 

“A person want to fly with wings like birds and want to do shit on his boss”

“some wants to Dye their hair with a crazy or unexpected color”, ….and so on.

What will be yours???.. did you ever think in your life what would be that thing which you would want to do before you die. 

Lets suppose this post like a “Wish Tree” and try to write down your “Before Die Wish”.  Just think what a satisfaction will you feel once your “Before Die Wish” gets fulfilled…

Don’t waste your time, think and write!!...:-)

"A Story of a Cook"

I met a person who is always having a big laugh on his face, a very active body language all the time you meet him, jolly in nature, optimistic, makes you to talk to him or atleast respond to his non-sense talks, “A Cook” by profession. “A Lord Shiva Devotee”, “True, innocent, loyal human being”, “A sketch maker”, “A Poet : Shayar”, “A tailor in childhood” and so many other things which he likes and have been associated with them from past, he is based out at Banaras “An Indian holy place situated at the bank of Holy River The Ganga”, his name is “Rohit”.

I met Rohit when he was preparing dinner at my friends place, A friend who is associated with me via my technical blogs since many years but this was the first time when we actually met.  And luckily I met two people same day whom I was not less than a stranger and same indeed is true from their side. Within couple of mins things changed and we started taking and it seems we have been known to each other since ages. 

Then again I met this guy “Rohit” on streets and we exchanged hello and 2 mins of talk, next day again we crossed each other and again some words exchanged. One Sunday evening I met this guy in Temple. Here the connection got closer, I sat with this guy in a Park for some time and we did some talks. Somehow I realize this “Big Laugh” and “big talking’s” are having very big blows and hidden pain in his heart and he wanted to pour this to someone but he is still searching for a person to listen to him. We started with normal conversations that how he came to this place and what made him to work in early age etc etc. He started telling his story. 

He is having 3 brothers, lost father at early age and his mother suffered with Cancer. During sickness of his mother his two brothers left the house with their wife’s and left Rohit and his mother alone. Rohit start working so that he can take care of his mom. He love his mom so much that even telling his story he was crying and made me to cry too. He tried his best to save his mom but things were at last stages and he lost his mother in 6 months of time. After that he started his journey of “Cook”.  He is having so much of pain in his heart but he keeps his face always full of smile. He told me about his love, who he always live with, in his heart but she got married to someone else. He tries to work at places where he can see mothers and try to get some love from them, that much he misses his mom. He said one statement which I used to say to myself since ages “don’t show your heart to others as others will just make fun of the things and play with your feelings for their gossips”. 

Everyone in this world is having a story to tell. If you are lucky enough you will find someone truly yours to listen to that. And if you’re the luckiest you will find them as your “Life Long Partners” to create your own storeis and if your love is so true you will meet again in “Heaven” too. True Love and relations never die they always Live!.