Trips with Abhinav

On the night of December 25th, I embarked on my journey to Thrissur in an Ambari Utsav bus. By the next day, around 8 AM, I reached Thrissur. From there, the event organizers had arranged for a bus to take us from the bus stop to Guruvayur. It was a one-hour ride through streets lined with magnificent houses, each showcasing unique architectural styles. Our destination, Guruvayur, marked the beginning of our yatra. I stayed near the ISKCON temple in Guruvayur. After enjoying a hearty breakfast, I visited the Kesavan Samadhi. The burial place, of a remarkable elephant. This was no ordinary elephant but a devotee of Lord Guruvayoorappan (Lord Krishna) named Kesavan. Kesavan was so devoted that he underwent initiation ceremonies just like human devotees do in various temples. The Samadhi was a short walk from the hotel. After paying our respects, we returned to the hotel for lunch.  For lunch, I ate the special delicacy of Kerala coin paratha skipping the day's Prasad at the ISKCON Gu...

 On the morning of 18th April we left to Madikeri on the new and modern KSRTC Power+ one of India's most modern buses. The bus has a controlled environment with an automatic lane-changing system that works on simple keys. Moving on with the trip we passed through the urban lanes of Bengaluru to the farmlands near Channapattana through the Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway to the town roads of Mysuru then the reserved forests of Coorg. The Bus journey was also a good experience. Then we checked in to the resort and took some time to freshen up and have lunch. We then left for the 1st destination of the trip, a walk through a coffee plantation that was filled with the scents of Arabica and Robusta codee plants and a bit of Sandalwood and even Arecanaut trees. Then we had a try of the special creamy Coorg filter coffee. This can be equalized to Starbucks's coffee (due to the sugar content). Popular Indian lore says that on a pilgrimage to Mecca in the 17th century Baba Budan, a Sufi sai...

 On the night of December 23rd, 2023 I left to to yet another group camp. This camp was also organized by my teacher with whom I went to Srirangam in the year 2022. Then me and 2 of my friends talked in the bus a bit and I just dozed off. The next day at around 5:30 AM we reached Fathima college at Madurai from where we had to take an auto to our Hotel. Then as soo as we reached our hotel, I just arranged my things and got ready for the next destination the ISKCON Thirupulai . There we had our lunch. Then we left for our 1st destination Nupura Ganga.  It was quite a good walk up the hill to this ancient temple. This place is believed to have the sacred water flowing past the Nupur of Lord Vishnu. The meaning of Nupur is anklet in Hindi and Sanskrit. The sources of the water from the stream which the well is filled with stays a mystery. It is said that this water has the power to Kill any sort of virus and bacteria.  Then we left to the Periya Alvar Thiruvarasu . This is...

  On the morning of October 19th, I and my dad left early in the morning for the Kempegowda International Airport. We had to go to the Terminal 2 of the airport to catch the 8:40 am flight to Delhi. Then we reached Delhi airport. We got our luggage and our 8-hour-long journey to Mussoorie started. At around 7pm we reached the foothills of Mussoorie and the view of lights was just breathtaking. We reached the hotel also situated on a mountain. Then we had dinner in the hotel. It was around 9℃ at that time. We turned on the heater feeling warm but after sleeping we had no feeling of the temperature dipping. The next day we woke up and thought of just going for a walk to the hotel for breakfast but as soon as we stepped out the views of the snow-capped Himalayas were just beautiful. Then we had breakfast and left for Kempty Falls the first destination. Nestled in the Indian Himalayas, amidst soaring mountains and sparkling air, lies Kempty Falls It is 1364 meters above sea level. ...