THIRTHA YATRA OF A LIFE TIME----- KAILASH MANASAROVAR

A pilgrimage - is a sacred journey . especially long one, has  a spiritual  significance.  it is a challenge  which brings  changes and  deeper understanding is attained.  Such pilgrimages are undertaken, once in a  life time.

this  divine thought was expressed by .our son -shankar.   we were so happy  we immediately accepted. as it was a desire always but never spelt. as  a person longs to see his birth place , shiva's  devotees long for this trip. we took advise from the experienced people for some tips which will be of help in our preparation.

First we need a tour operator.after analysing we decided to travel by ANNAPOORNI YATRA SERVICE  at chennai. it was nice talking to them over phone  .satisfied ,we reserved our seats.tickets to delhi and kathmandu was also booked. from there tour operators manage.

  

People told us about the high altitude. Bhuvana & Bharathi were very particular that we should  prepare our self, we need to do some exercise , meditation etc. .We have never been  regular in this.. finding the right place to suit our need was a real job .we decided to go with sri.vethathiri marishi's  simplified physical exercises.  here they teach simple exercises, massage ,acu-pressure and meditation. we were blessed to have teacher like sri.chandrashekar- who made this very easy for us . morning walk combined with  exercise class was good -.back home warming up with a  hot cup of coffee and biscuits , then starting our routine , really something different from our regular time table.we enjoyed this.

preparing the woolens and other dress for the yatra,was not difficult.

Making purchases for the trip as per the list given by the service people..sorting and  packing  getting small small gift items  to be distributed to the children in Tibet.

More than yatra we enjoyed the preparation . somehow we accepted this yatra mentally. so doing things was easy.

we started our journey enthusiastically and  with boundless happiness,  as if a small child is going to play in  the park , we enjoyed every moment of it.

yatra started at  kathmandu, we got introduced to the other yatri's. Tibet is full  of magnificent mountains,sacred lakes, water falls,lush green mountains , small small  hanging  bridges for people to commute .corn is widely seen here. we crossed small small villages.  one power generation plant was there. after nyalam contrast mountain of different colors, black, brown grey  were  seen.snow covered mountains looked nice in between them. 

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15 days went off  very fast. . we all enjoyed each other's company.  when parting  came, it was difficult. we cannot forget ANNAPOORNI HOT WATER ,  ANNAPOORNI TEA,  CHAAPPIDA VANGO, OF SHIVAM TOURS.

Our  trip to kailash went off well. We  do not know whether our sins are washed away or not, but  we got divine blessings . initiating the divine  yatra is on human effort,  but completion with darshan of holy kailash is entirely  up to his grace and  every body's  prayers and wishes. 

we are sharing our day to day  experience  also , with you ,  which will give a rough idea about this yatra . Preparing as per the list of the service people will make our journey comfortable. consult your family doctor , tell him about this trip. travel with  minimum cotton and sufficient  warm clothes   . besides  walking, doing physical exercise is a must. we should carry basic medicines.we should be prepared for  less appetite , lack of sleep , no bath through out the journey , lose of weight, (  good) .may be this is the effect of altitude sickness. eat as much needed avoid over eating.  liquid intake should be more.  extra  strong and rough bags to carry things. tour operator gives shoulder bag and big bags ..besides shoes carry slippers also . if not going for parikrama , carry  shloka (religious) books to keep you occupied.  don't at all expect luxury  but telephone facility is available through out. 
Travel with strong will power and belief in lord shiva - your yatra will be completed. 

       MANSAROVAR  AND  KAILASH  AT NIGHT

This word is derived from Sanskrit word MANAS AND SAROVARA. lord Brahma created this Divine lake in his mind first then  it  appeared on  the earth so it is MANASAROVARA. it is believed anybody drinks this water or takes holy bath in this lake will be washed off their sins and will attain RUDRALOK.  this is considered as shakti peetam also, as hands of SATI fell here.

 Buddhists and Jain also worship manasarovar and kailash. we can see HAMSA in the  lake which is considered sacred . It is worshipped for wisdom and beauty. which is attached to goddess saraswathi. near by rakshas tal is there , where ravana worshiped . no body goes near it.

   

KAILASH IS THE ABODE OF LORD SHIVA AND PARVATHI. significance of kailash manasarovar is immense . KAILASH is situated towards the north of manasarovar . snow clad kailash looks like lord shiva is himself standing  covered with holy ashes. kailash can also be seen as swayambu shiva linga .  darshan of this peak fills our heart with his grace. .during the day when the sky is clear  , we can see kailash. 
as is the procedure, on our return we did samaradhana to lord shiva , followed by a good lunch to our relatives and friends . we gave the  manasarovar sand and mani(stones) with rudraksha as prasadam. 

  Our memorable yatra to the ABODE OF LORD SHIVA CONCLUDED WITH GOOD MEMORIES FOR THIS LIFE TIME. 

CALENDER OF EVENTS OF KAILASH YATRA

    OM NAMAHASHIVAYA                                  

  
  MANASAROVAR    

MOUNT KAILASH
                                               

 
                            

   

 All human being gets an opportunity once in a life time to experience which will be cherished for ever. In our life we got this opportunity in the form “Holy yathra to MANASAROVAR and Kailash”. This note is to share our- mine and my wife’s- experience about the recent Kailash yathra we had undertaken.

Well, some time in the month of June 2013, casually we were chatting about Kailash and when Prabha was talking to my son Shankar, he mentioned about this. When he suggested we can consider undertaking this Yathra, we started finding out the details. Then suddenly we became serious and started preparing. It is really amazing by July 1 st week , we have finalized our tour operator, made travel arrangements etc as also started preparing physically and mentally for the Great Yathra. We came to know that “Kailash and  MANASAROVAR “ yathra is supposed to be very tough and enduring  the toughness requires certain preparation through Exercises.

The Lord of universe- God Kailash attraction is so great that the moment we decided the mental preparedness comes automatically and last 2 weeks prior to starting, our entire mental focus has been towards “LORD KAIKASH” only.

Our Yathra would not have been possible at all without the support from our SON- CHI SHANKAR who was instrumental –financially, emotionally and in all aspects. My daughter Bharathi and Daughter in law Bhuvaneswari  also played major part in encouraging and preparing us for this great trip. It will be only fair that I should mention a word about Annapoorni Yathra (CHENNAI) and Sivam group (Nepal) who are organizing the whole trip. There have been few shortfalls during the yathra which could have been avoided. Nevertheless without their organizing such Yathra we would not have had such a great Darshan and experience.

 This is my attempt to share some of our experience, cherished moments of 15 days –day to day details which earnestly I hope can give all of you some idea about the Kailash and MANASAROVAR.

                          

                               11/8/2013

                    KATHMANDU AIRPORT

              

  

We left Delhi in the morning and reached Kathmandu by Flt. We arrived at the hotel by 2 pm and checked in. Evening slowly the group (yathris) started arriving. The group consists of 80 people – mainly from Tamilnadu. In the evening we just went around few streets to get the feel of the city.  After dinner we retired to our rooms.                                                    

                                                

                                         12/8/2013                    

                  

The excitement started today. We were informed early morning that there is a small tour to get the glimpse of Everest. Though it is totally different  from Yathra , we decided to try this. A charter flight – 17 seater takes you through various famous peaks including EVEREST. It is a one hour Flt around Kathmandu and we could see the great peaks. Since the weather was fairly good we could get to see a portion of EVEREST. The best part of the tour is each one of us is taken to cockpit of the Aircraft twice to get a better view of all the snow clad peaks. - Great tour.
                   

 After the Flt journey, we went for sight seeing in Kathmandu. The name Kathmandu means house of woods.the present day kathmandu was once a lake called nagdaha. the lake was drained by a carpentor MANJUSRI, with his saw-which is called DU  in nepali. hence KATHMANDU.                                                                                          

First we went to LORD PASHUPATHY NATH temple. That day being last Monday of SHRAVAN month, for local population consider this as the second greatest festival equal to Maha  Sivarathri. Hence the temple was too much crowded. However we could have good Drashan. Lord Pashupathi Nath is considered to be “head portion” and Lord in Kedarnath  as “body portion” of lord Shiva. At the entrance there is a temple of Adi Shanakra with his disciples.

                           PASHUPATH NATH TEMPLE ENTRANCE

                        

 Then we proceeded to  GUHYESWARI DEVI  temple which is one of the Shakthi peetam -a km from pashupathinath temple . From there we went to Budh nilkanth  temple. This is also called Jal narayan Temple. The story goes like this. In ancient days, a old farmer in this region (A follower of Bhudha) was tilting .one day he heard a sound of metal touching his instrument. Also he noticed Blood strain in the edge of the instrument. He got scarred and called the village people. They prayed and excavated further and found LORD MAHAVISHNU IDOL.

Here Lord MAHAVISHNU is Lying flat (full body) in the water – a great and rare posture – different from Pallikonda perumal or Adhi seshan-- on an area of 2400 sq ft –a gigantic site. This temple is also called BUDA NILKANT.

                            JAL NARAYAN TEMPLE                                         

                 

 We returned to hotel only around 4.30 pm .Evening all the yathri”s assembled and the tour operator explained about various aspects of the   proposed Yathra to MANASAROVAR and Kailash . We prepared packing only essential things for 13 days with lots of winter cloth, leaving behind our regular baggage.

                            MANOHARJI ADDRESSING         

                    

           

                                    

                                  13/8/2013

We started around 6 am from Kathmandu by bus. Our first leg of journey is towards China/Tibet border – a place called Kodari. This takes around 5.30 hrs. The journey was wonderful with both sides Green mountains. Breathe taking scenes. The Nature God at its peak of beauty. Small water falls, mountains covered with cloud, at a height of 6000 feet. Wonderful site and Nepal is blessed with such a beautiful range of mountains- all Himalayan range.

We were passing through Zugmu river/ forest range. Zugmu River flows here. We reached the border – KODARIaround 12.30noon. We had lunch in Nepal side of the border and changed our currency from Rupees to CHINESE YUVAN for expenses.                                                          

 Then all of us walked towards the Chinese immigration point by crossing a    bridge –   called Friendship Bridge.

       

                                            

 The immigration clearance for all 80 people took almost 2 hours and then our guide took us to Chinese side. There we changed to another fleet of bus.

The journey from here started to a place called NYALAM which is half way through to MANASAROVAR. This takes about 4 to 5 hrs. All the way only ranges of mountain – some time partially snow clad. Quite contrast to morning journey, here only Brown Mountain and not much of greenery. The range comes under Tibet/ China territory.Claimed further altitude.

We reached NYALAM which is almost 13000 feet height. The moment we got down from bus,all of us were hit by the altitude effect and most of us were feeling un comfortable . We entered the camp accommodation and it took ½ Hour to get adjusted to the altitude discomfort. The accommodation is just sufficient to sleep – in a room about 5 to 7 beds with very few toilets. The temp in the night touched almost   0 deg. However we were all provided with good bedding arrangements. After dinner all of us were given a tablet to over come the high altitude sickness and the same were continued twice a day for almost 7 days. However many Yathris suffered high altitude sickness. Some how we managed to sleep over the night.

                                        ENTRANCE TO NYALAM 

                            

               

                                   14/8/2013

                            STAY AT NYALAM

Got up in the morning and most of the people felt much better. After breakfast, we explored the small town, did some small purchase. It is a very small town surrounded by mountains. Most of the people bought walking stick, shoes, energy drink etc for further yathra. After lunch we had some Bhajan .

                      

                                          

                                

 Then I went for a brief trekking to a nearby mountain to get the feel. I felt good and confident about forthcoming Parikrama. In the evening we had elaborate Pooja – placing the Thirusulam to be installed at Kailash. It was divine feeling .Then after dinner retired to bed. I could sleep better than the earlier day.

                                     15/8/2013

We had breakfast and started the further journey. Our next leg was towards a place called TONGBA .Again we passed through  mountain ranges-  in between small stream or rivers. Both sides snow clad mountain, fantastic sight. Mountains of brown, black and mud covered, were seen.  Slowly we travelled to further altitude. We passed through a range where river Brahmaputra originate.

Ultimately after 5 to 6 hours drive we reached the camp at TONGBA around 4.30 pm..By now Prabha was completely down- vomiting several times- un able to take anything .Fortunately in this camp we got a good room only with two beds- good privacy. A doctor among the Yathri attended to prabha and gave her some medicines. But the vomiting continued. She had to manage only with COMPLAN drink that too very little. Lost all her energy and I was worried very much.

                                            CAMP AT TONGBA

                

There was some pooja and Bhajan going on but I could not sit there due to Prabha's condition. Then around 10 pm the vomiting stopped little and she could sleep. However became very weak because of no food for the past 24 hrs. We therefore decided to skip the Parikrama and were praying that at least we should reach Manasarovar and get kailash DARSHAN

                                            16/8/2013

Morning we got up and Prabha was slightly better but not fully recovered. She skipped breakfast and only I had little. Managed to pack and got in to the bus for further journey. I was worried about her health.  Started the journey towards MANASAROVAR at 5.30 am

The weather was very good. Again we passed through so many snow clad mountain peaks. We reached the entrance of MANASAROVAR where we have one check post sort of place where actually Kailash starts. We had a brief halt for 15 mnts and started the drive again along with ANASAROVAR Lake.

The MANASAROVAR Lake is 53 km dia and circumference of appx 165 km- A great lake. During the entire stretch- the water is very clear. Few place four different colors –blue, green, brown and white which is very rare sight. Manasarovar looks like great SAGAR.

                                    MANASAROVAR LAKE

               

 On the way we were shown the peaks where Lord Subramaniya and one more where Lord Ganesha were born. We were thrilled to see. We were also shown the “Rakshasa lake” where Ravana has been meditating.

After about 6 to 7 hrs (around 1.30 noons) we reached A SPOT –BANK OF 
GREAT MANASAROVAR LAKE-- and stopped there. The weather was very good – sunny. The moment we got down from bus, most of us removed our winter cloth and headed towards the water. First we felt the water very chill (almost 0 degree temp) then after getting the feel, most of us had a dip and complete bath. It was a great feeling. The water was very pure and holy- in fact the purest water you will get in the world. Because of chillness immediately after quick bath   all of us came out of the water. 

Prabha had Prokshanam only.

                                                HOLY DIP

                 

 Then I did my Sandyavandhanam, siva panchashri jabham etc for about ½ hour. It was great feeling as the belief is even you touch the sand of MANASAROVAR, you wash off all your sins committed in your life.

 Very glad that I could have complete bath. We also had a glimpse of Kailash from there.

Then all of us had lunch there itself and it was really great with the lake in front of you and bright sunshine. We started our journey further and already we have claimed the altitude of almost 17000 feet. We reached MANASAROVAR camp around 4 pm for the night stay. Here few Tibetian women rushed to the camp with items like Spadigha mala, etc for sale. We bought few items. After Dinner we slept. Around 11.30 pm we got up as we were told all the Devathas – like INDRAN and others- (stars) will come down to lake to offer prayer to Lord Shiva. Since it was raining slightly and the cloud was not clear we could not see anything. Hence returned to room.

However, again I got up around 2.00 mid night. Few of us holding Umbrella rushed to half way towards shore of the lake. It was pitch dark and the cloud was fairly clear. After closely watching in silence for few minutes, I could spot two STARS coming down to the lake. Immediately after that moment I felt some buzzing sound in my years. Very thrilling experience and one should experience to believe .After some time I returned to bed.

                                         17/8/2013    

All the Yathris got up morning around 6 am and immediately after tea, started preparing for a big HOMAM to be performed. First we carried all the Murthis, Siva lingams brought by various people from home and also carried the Thirisulam brought from Chennai to the lake. There we did Abhishekam to all, did pooja on the bank of MANASAROVAR. Though we did not carry any of our poojas from Bangalore, I was fortunate that I could carry one GANESHA for an old lady. Then all the Moorthis, lingams were brought back to the camp in a procession – chanting Thirumarai, Rudhram etc.

                                          ABHISHEKAM ON THE BANK

                                                      

                                          PROCESSION FROM LAKE    

                                             
                             

                                       

 A big Homakundam was made and all the murthis were placed around. Most of the yathris sat around and performed various homams- chanting all manthras, did abhishekam of Pancha amritham, milk, honey, all types of fruits etc.  It was good serene atmosphere. Every body was chanting mantras and abhishekam. This took almost 3 hours. I am happy that I got the opportunity of chanting RUDHRA DIRUSATHI on behalf of all Sivanadiars.

                                   HOMAM IN MANASAROVAR

                            

After lunch we started our last leg of journey towards Kailash. First we almost completed the MANASAROVAR Valam’

                          

                                MOUNT KAILASH FROM BUS

                     

                                    

              

We  reached Darsan camp by evening. This is in fact the BASE CAMP of MOUNT KAILASH before starting the Parikramha ( Giri Valalm).This place is at the height of almost 19000 feet.

                             

                                    18/8/2013

We started in the morning around 8 am by bus and after few km drive reached the point called YAMADWAR. The parikrama actually starts from here only- for people who go by horse as also by foot. It is advisable that all ladies to take horse and also aged people. In addition to horse all are advised to take a helper with them –helpers are called Sherpa’s. In fact it is a belief that they only lead us towards Lord shiva safely. Their only lively hood is through this and that too during the season- may to sept. The cost of engaging horse and helper is definitely more but as mentioned above, people do not generally mind in incurring this.

                                        YAMADWAR

We  wished all the Yathris good luck for the parikrama and about 15 of us who were not undertaking parikrama proceeded towards YAMADWAR CAVE. To reach this place had to walk a KM. It is a small room without a door and we go inside and lit a lamp, pray and come out from other side. The general belief is that by lighting the lamp here one can get rid of fear of death.

After this 15 of us returned to base camp- Darsan. Had lunch and relaxed                              

as the weather was not that very good. Around 2.30 noon I came out of the room –outside the camp hoping that the sky would be clear and possible to have Darshan of Kailash. I was very lucky to see clear sky and could have a very neat and clear view of Mount Kailash. I rushed inside and called every body out.

LORD KAILASH is a peak always covered with snow and ice and only during these four months –that too when it is sunny and cloud is clear near the mountain, the snow melts partially. Then the peak looks like the shape of Lord Shiva with Goddess Parvathi. No other peak in Himalaya has got this feature and uniqueness. This can be witnessed only in  Kaiash peak –at any time the snow will not melt completely.

We had a fantastic DARSHAN of Kailash from 2.30 noons to almost 5.30 pm –sky being very clear. All of us were very much thrilled and excited with our good fortune.When you are fortunate, you will have darshan of Lord Shiva in the ROOPAM you wish earnestly in your mind. Me and Prabha  had wonderful Darshan – LORD SHIVA with full face , two eyes and  third eye  also (Netri kan) . Jadha mudi, on the right DEVI PARVATHI. For few minutes we could not believe our eyes. It was the most exciting 2 hours in our life.

                              OUR GREAT DARSHAN                

   

 I had a feeling of complete peace and detachment.  In fact we pulled few chairs and sat on the open ground. I was meditating with Gayathri jab and  Rudhram etc. The most satisfying time in our life. Even the small amount of disappointed feeling we had in the morning for not able to do Parikrama got washed off with this great Darshan. We are really blessed with such a great thing to happen in our life. After the sun set we had dinner and gone to bed.

Though we did not undertake parikrama  I wish to add about it – the experience as told by my fellow SIVANADIARS who undertook parikrama.The total distance to be covered is appx 48 km in 2 ½ days.

                                  PARIKRAMA STARTED                 

                               PARIKRAMA IN PROGRESS

On this day after walking from Yamadwar for about 5 hrs appx 10 km, reach a camp called THIRUBUK. Here overnight stay for a day. In the morning when you get up, if the weather and sky is clear and Sunshine directly on MOUNT KAILASH, you get a darshan – LORD KAILASH glowing like complete gold- GLITTERING KAILASH... However on that day, due to weather being bad, it could not be experienced. Due to bad weather and toughness, almost 35 yathris returned to base camp –Darsan. Only 20 people proceeded further

 On second day they reached further altitude and reached DOLMA PASS. On their way they hoisted the Flag, installed the THIRUSULAM. and saw GAURI KUND. Here they collected the holy water .

The Dolma pass is supposed to be top most point in the parikrama and here the level of Oxygen is almost ZERO. Another uniqueness about DOLMA PASS is that here the cosmic energy is 100 % as we were told. All the parikrama yathris stayed in a camp called ZUDULPUK.

Next day they started claiming down and reached the base camp around 10 am.

                                     19/8/2013

Morning  almost 35 yathris returned to the camp as mentioned above as they could not continue the parikrama due to bad  weather, health condition etc.  

We had complete rest in the base camp. Since most of the time it was cloudy and slightly raining we were not lucky to have Darshan except for few minutes in the late after noon we saw partial Kailash.

We did some shopping in the market – no body understands any language except Chinese. We some how managed and bought few items. We also called children and back home – to Delhi, Chennai. Returned to camp in the evening.

               

                                      20/8/2013

Morning being Upakarma day, I managed to have my Upakarma very simple in the room itself. Prabha managed to make some prasadam and distributed to few people.Around 10 am balance 20 people returned to base camp after successful parikramha .

After breakfast we started our return journey. We were supposed to reach MANASAROVAR in the evening and do Pournami pooja and also take bath. Unfortunately after half way, we were told by the tour guide that we are skipping MANASAROVAR due to some reason , heading back to Tongba camp. All of us were very much upset and even agitated. We reached TONGBA and the camp was not at all good. Dark, no light, really a bad camp. People were really angry as even tea, food etc got delayed. However we had no choice. Some how we managed the night with great difficulty.

                                       21/8/2013

We got up at 3 am thinking that we will be taken directly to Kathmandu and started the journey. However after break on the way for breakfast and 6 hrs drive around 2.30 noons we reached back NYALAM. Here were told that we are not proceeding to Kathmandu border instead will be staying in NYALAM for the day. Heated arguments with guide did not yield any result and we had no choice but to stay there.Evening some other groups staying in the same camp at NYALAM were doing homam, pooja etc.which we witnessed. Our people were narrating their Parikramha experience which was good to hear.

 Before dinner our group arranged some entertainment program which was fun. We had good dinner and slept.

                            ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME                 

                                                                  

                                      22/8/2013

Left  NYALAM early morning and reached the China- Nepal border- Kodari around 11.00am. Immigration and crossing took again almost two hrs. Then in the Nepal side of the border we had lunch in the same hotel. Then around 12.30 noon by Nepal contract bus we headed towards Kath mandu via the same route .We reached the same hotel around 4.30 pm and with this one day earlier than the schedule we reached Kathmandu back- gaining one extra day at Kathmandu.

Immediately after checking in to the room, we spent almost 45 mnts in taking bath. For almost 8 days we did not take bath at all except a dip in MANASAROVAR. So it was a refreshing to have bath today. Evening we just had a small walk on Kathmandu road and returned to hotel for dinner .Meanwhile me and prabha with one of the Yathris – Mr. Narayanswamy who became close- arranged for a full day taxi for the next day for Kath mandu sight seeing.

                                         23/8/2013

Morning  after breakfast, three of us left by taxi. First we went to Pasupathinath temple to have good darshan. There was no rush at all and we could have very good darshan. We had the view of swamy (all five faces from both sides. There are also 68 lingams by the side of main temple which we visited. Pashupathinath temple is situated on the bank of the river Baghmati. We spent more than 2 hrs in the temple and totally satisfied.



Then Prabha did some shopping. From there we drove to a place called Nagar kot- drive to the further   height of almost 2000 ft. Here if the weather is very clear, there is a possibility that we can view EVEREST from the hill top of Nagar kot view point. Unfortunately the sky was not clear and hence we could not site everest.However the surrounding peak, scenes etc were fantastic.

                

 From there we went to a place called Bakth pur- supposed to be one of oldest kingdom, palace and town in Nepal. They have preserved as a heritage town. We went around the palace – wonderful place and architecture.

                                        BAKTHPUR KINGDOM

            

                      

      

We had lunch here in one of the Dabha type hotel and then started towards kath mandu city. We reached Bodhgaya- one of the biggest Bhudha monasteries. But the place was terribly crowded as that day was, I was told is one of the biggest Buddha festival and hence procession etc. Some how half way we managed to return.

                                         PROCESSION

                       

    

Then we proceeded towards Swayabu nath. We reached this place around 5 pm. This is actually one of the beautiful Buddha temples on a hill.

                               SWAMBUNATH TEMPLE

                       

 After this we returned to hotel around 6.30pm.

There was a concluding function organized by the tour operator and all of us attended. Many people spoke about their experience of YATHRA especially parikrama. Then all were given a certificate individually with some citation and photo. Nice one.

                                CONCLUDING FUNCTION

 

 After dinner (which was in fact a feast) returned to room.

                                     24/8/2013

                  WAITING TO RETURN HOME

                               

Being last day, got up leisurely, went out and had tea. Part of the group was starting for Muktinath Yathra which many of us already opted out.

Then after breakfast group by group, depending upon their travel schedule started leaving for Airport. Since our flt was only at 1.30 noon we finished our lunch and left for airport. Reached Delhi at 4 pm. came out of the airport and Prabha”s brother came there to meet us with hot coffee and Idlis. After spending an hour took the flt at 8 pm and reached back Bangalore by 10.45 pm. Finally reached home around 12 midnight.

 We pray LORD KAILASH for his blessings to one and all and wish that every body gets a chance to experience this great Yathra.

We had wonderful 15 days in life, experiencing some very divine moments.

We will cherish every moment of these 15 days and we are very fortunate that this is made possible due to our wonderful son CHI. SHANKAR. What more a parent can get from their son.

We sincerely pray LORD KAILASH and sure all of you will join us in blessing/ wishing my children for a wonderful life ahead.