Haridwar. I was sitting in a ghat in city (near Shankar Ashram chauk).Ganga river is always been close to me. SItting alone in a ghat takes you to somewhere else in thoughts. That was my last day in Haridwar (till now). After joining my job in hyderabad i went to Haridwar to get my degree from college, Gurukula Kangri Univeristy.
I had memorable two and half years here in Haridwar. Sitting in the same ghat again after getting the job was something else. Sound of flowing Ganga was taking me to memories of last two and half years of my college.Friendship, fights, plans, birthdays and on top of everything " the unexplored places of uttarakhand".
Haridwar , Rishikesh , Massoriee , Dehradun , Chila Jungle, nearby temples of city , Neelkanth etc. Gagnga river blesses these places.
Ghat Aarti at Har ki Pauri , streets , shops , music , crowd from different regions of India makes Haridwar a splendid place to visit once. When I observe people taking holy Dip in Ganga, i could feel the satisfaction on their faces. They came here after travelling miles and miles for this satisfaction only. Turn other way around, you will find Sadhu's (definitley in their own world). Some were having Ganja probably , some were busy in their laptops (not kidding :) ). Uttarakhand displays the kind of diversities as a nation we have. You will hear almost every regional language here.
In Haridwar , there are many more ghats where you can spend your evening just watching the flowing river.
Starting range of Himalayas , leaves us some small wildlife centuries near Haridwar. Chila jungle is part of them. We went unprepared there. Jungle was dense but beautiful. It was hot day and we were in search of water. Then we head a flowing water music coming from far , we followed , and again, it was a stream of river Ganga. Cleanest water. We drunk water like animals, took a small bath there and walked. Couples were enjoying the bullet rides though. River, mountains, greenry, birds , lots of birds. It was a bliss.Pure bliss.
Rishikesh is much richer when it comes to tourrism. Adventure activities plays big role in this. What i like most there i the cleanliness of Ganga river and its flow and the temples. This is the place for Yoga and Meditation. Beleive me , you won't find much better place than this to practice meditation. Tourist from other countries like Israil , Russia come here in search of peace. Mountains in Rishikesh are peacefull . Probably this place is the first choice of foreign tourists in Uttarakhand.
If you ever been to Rishikesh, Don't forget to visit neelkanth temple. It takes big heart to drive on such narrow roads which are revloving around cleab water of Ganga river. It was a thrilling journey.
Watching river from top seems like a line which is drawn by a notoriuos chlid.
Queens of Hill, Massoriee.A road trip from dehradun to Massoriee is famous trip. It's more enjoyable in Roadways buses. As we do. Delhi bus drivers don't beleive on slowing down the speed.Vallies re incredible in Massroiee.
Dehradun is a shopping place. I think every trend of fashion start from here.Tibet market , you can find almost everything here.Attraction is, boys with spikes hircut and girls with straight hair with dark kajal :)
Every village of Uttarakhand is worth viiting, they have some stories. People are so nice here.I cn talk to them for hours.Hindi in Pahadi accent is melodiuos.
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A small lighted pot passed by me. It was one of many which were flown in evening Ganga Arti from nearby Ghat. That light wakes me up from my last two and half year of thoughts.It was another sun set , but my last in Haridwar. I was blessed to stay here for such long time. Its not a place to visit for two or three days. It's immortability can be understooda when you become part of this city and state.
I stood up from there and went to station to get my train back to Delhi , then Hyderabad.
We should thank to almighty for this gift.
