Tag: mata vaishnodevi yatra
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Pilgrimage to Mata Vaishnodevi shrine #2: Adhkwari to Bhawan
Trek to Mata Vaishnodevi shrine is an arduous pilgrimage and often tests the endurance of the devotees to its limit. Yet year after year millions of devotees undertake the trek with unflinching devotion for the divine mother. Most devotees divide their journey (at least psychologically) into 2 parts – Ban Ganga to Adhkwari and then…
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Mata Vaishnodevi shrine at Katra #1: Ban Ganga to Adhkwari
A shivering cold night, mantras played on speakers are wafting in the air accompanied with zealous chants of “ZORR SE BOLO… JAI MATA DI…“, there are horses and mules rushing up and down the tortuous paths and there are enervated people climbing with their walking sticks, panting, struggling to catch a breath yet unwilling to…
Jolly Miles 