back to hyderabad

Kawadiyas ,the Lord Shiva worshippers who carry ganga water to various shrines of shiva and do abhisheka os the lord. sometimes they even travel on foot upto 150 kms carrying two pots or vessels of ganga water on their shoulders, they gathered at hardwar to collect the holy water and take a holy dip.

Huge and majestic statue of Lord Shiva on the banks of the holy Ganga.

very very beautiful banks of Ganga in Kankhal, near Hardwar, the place where divine mother Sati committed self immolation

hi all,

Iam back in hyderabad. and relaxing and resting.

here are some of the pictures which i took at hardwar.

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EKADASI CAVE

few vedios of my trip - see n enjoy

BACK AT RISHIKESH

HI ALL,
Iam back at my fav. spot Rishikesh. I have come yesterday night and would be comming to hyderabad on 13th.
he experience at Badari aws very thrilling and fulfilling and i think all you guys should experience this feeling. it was very memorable and i shall miss this experience of being at Badari which is really Go-Loka but for few adjustments and eligibilities which will have to be fulfilled in order stay here.
I tis said it gives 1000 times more result when a spiritual practice is performed here and it gives 1,00,000 times more when it is performed at satopanth 25 Kms badarinath towards further north (ref. Skanda Purana). So, Guysare you interested to go to Satopanth for a month next year? I have made all the necessary contants and have gathered information for the same.but the challenges are also going to be many as the whether is going to be extreme but we can adjust by staying there for 8- 10 days and doing sadana for 20-21 days. in all 30- 35 days . i think we atleast 5-6 of us should plan next year from now onwards. but this is not for cry babies or weak hearts but only for dare devils. but believe me the fruits are in comparable and the feeling is indiscribable. you will not feel like comming back once you get used to this place. its as if being in heaven. so do infrom if interested to come next year and plan from now onwards.
I shall up date this blog once in hyderabad.










on the way to Mana - the last village of india on this side of the border

Iam sitting at the spot where river saraswati joins River alakananda- on the way to mana.

my companions on the way to Mana.

a specimen of the rare natural beauty of Gandhamadana mountain ranges on which Badari is situated.

the Statue of Mother of Lord Badarinath -Sri Mata Murty.

the last shop of india.

Iam sitting in front of Sri Ganesh Guha where Lord Ganesha wrote Mahabharatha as dictated by Sri Vyasa maharshi.

in my back ground is the place from where the Holy river Saraswati is seen originating - and iam sitting on thr big rick bridge put across the river by Bhim sen of pandava brothers to enable them to cross over the river on there way to Swargarohini.

this is the holy Vyasa Guha - where Sage Vyasa wrote all the Sastras and Bhagawatam

This is the Ma Saraswati temple at Mana.

inside view of Brighu Guha

shops at rishikesh near Laxan Jhoola

really large set of real horns of mountain deer found in himalayas - put up at Lord GhantaKaran temple in mana village.

nag- nagin temple at Badari

my companions at Brighu Guha(cave) the place where maharshi Brighu did his tapas.

Evening view of Nara- Narayana Mountains.

iam sitting in at ekadasi guha (cave) the place where Ekadasi tithi was born out of maha Vishnu's Heart.

we at yamunotri with hyderabad couple

oddenna in worshipful mood at Gangotri

gomukh , the birth place of holy Ganges.

Sri Krishna Dham Aashram at gangotri and photo of Swamiji who Pridicted Oddenna's flight from Badari.

pictures of my latest residence at Badari after the spirits episode

a unusual foggy day

more pictures

people bathing in the hot water natural spring at Badari

neelkant mountain

on the way to badari

HYDERABAD COUPLE WHO MET US AT UTTARKASI AND ACCOMPANIED US TO YAMUNOTRI

at gomukh

Oddenna on the way to gomukh

soul prompt

Hi Everybody,
This is my blog spot. My Travel blog for Gangotri , Yamunotri and Badrinath Via Rishikesh and Uttarkashi.
I started on 11th May 2009 from Hyderabad along with Oddenna.
We planned this tour to last for about 2 months and awnted it to be as natural as possible, stopping at such places where we could cook our own food.
We purchased the necessary kitchen items from Delhi and left for Rishikesh, incedentally this is my fav. town with lots of Aashrams temples and only little distance away from Haridwar.
Our first stay was at Rishikesh at Andhra Nirvana Ashram on the banks of Ganga at Triveni ghat. I must say the Ashram as well as the TriveniGhat is very very beautiful place.
We roamed about doing some shopping of Spatik Malas, etc and well there are always book shops. so I sent Oddenna to go about town indicating the book shops in which i can be found.
I really cant have enough of Rishikesk .This is my 5or 6th visit but still it feels so new every time i visit it. The morning and evening baths in the Ganga at Triveni ghat are unforgetable

(THIS IS TRIVENI GHAT)

we got delayed due to bus shortage and had to start after 2 days to gangotri and as we planned to visit Gomukh the actual birth place og Ganga which is about 19 KMs Trek in Himalayas from Gangaotri
we had to stop at Uttarkashi to secure permission from forest department for security clearence in view of terrorist threat to these spots. so we satyed there for 2 days and after the clearence we started for Gangotri and for there to Gomukh by walk the trekking was very tough and dangerous and very draining . my partner Oddenna colapssed on the road side creating few

(THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE OF THE DANGEROUS TREK ON THE WAY TO GOMUKH)

moments of worry but was ok the nexy day after some medication.
I must say while travelling in the mountains one must carry lots of glucon-d pakets for energy suppliment as one gets very tired very soon and one has to trek slowly spending as less enegry as possible and must carry warm cloths in amle numbers for the risk of cold stoke which could be lethal.
but the effort was well paid as the sights of nature and beauty of himalayas were simply splindid.but the trek was full of exitement owing to the dangerous tracks and threat of large rocks falling

ON THE WAY TO GOMUKH

on you any time.
from there we proceeded to Yamunotri. and on the way we were accompanied a telugu couple who shared the rest of journey to yamonotri back upto rishikesh.
Yamunotri is very tough to clime as it is a 7 kms trek on a vert steep way. we 4 stayed at the top of the hill at Yamunotri at night and started back after darshan to Rishikesh .
I and Oddenna Proceeded to Badrinath after 1 days stay at my fav. Rishikesh.
At badrinath we had to make a little effort to locate a suitable place of stay for about 50 days. But as fate would have it I was lead to Mahant Dharnidharwho oferd a place 1 Km away from badrinath, a remote enough place to carry out our planned spiritual practices. But the 'Kutiya' or a hutment as it is called there was vert small but sufficient for us . there was no electricity but for a small wooden cot not even sufficient for one.
As we proceeded to spend our day in the Kutiya we found to our horror 2 scorpions and Oddenna promptly decided he had enough of Badrinath and said he would proceed to hyderabad the very next day which he did.
today is my 8th day at Badrinath and i could luckily located chap who would rent his laptop so that i can send this mail. Ima attaching a few of our pictures. do respond.

IAM STANDING IN FRONT OF MY KUTIYA(HUT)
i think i would get a chance to update this every 4-5 days for the rest of 37 days of my stay at Badrinath. other details about my stay and my Kutiya in the next update.by the by i decided to stay put at the same kutiya as the place was beyond compare located exactly in between Nara

MY NEIGHBOUR AT KUTIYA

VIEW OF NARAYANA MOUNTAIN COVERED IN CLOUDS

and Narayana Mountains right on the banks of alakananda river which goes on the become Ganga as it mearges in few more rivers in the himalayas.
This place is known as Sanakadi ghat the place where Sanaka Sanandanas did there tapas.here only a few sadhus were staying. rest in next. bye
sanjay bharatha

MY KUTIYA INSIDE VIEW