We stayed in a tent at Panchtarni. The next morning we started our journey again. After walking for a few hours we saw the helicopters. This place was just near the cave: There was a queue to enter the Amarnath cave. This is just near the cave: That's the Amarnath cave: After nine hours in the queue we finally entered the cave at 5 pm. Inside the … [Read more...]
Amarnath Yatra: Part 2: Sheshnag mountain and Panchtarni
On the route we took another photo of Sheshnag mountain, here it is: There was a huge rush in the telephone booths, tents, and health centres. We were completely drenched at that time and were shivering. We took the tents and blankets for resting. After that we took medicines and went to sleep. Until late night I heard the announcements of missing people on loudspeakers … [Read more...]
Amarnath Yatra: Part 1: Pahalgam, Chandanwari, Pissu top and Sheshnag Lake
Date of Journey: 17/06/2008 Starting from: Bhilai Destination: Amarnath Crew: Pawan, Rajkumar, Rishikant, Santosh, Sudarshan, Kamal and Akhilesh. We started our journey at 6 pm on a train from Durg to Nagpur and reached Nagpur at 12 in the night. We took another train from Nagpur at 2:30 am for Jammu. We reached Jammu at 10 am the next day. From Jammu we took a 12 … [Read more...]
Shiv Mandir or Kempfort Shiva Temple, Bangalore: Part 2: Jyotirlinga Yatra
Then, we took two tickets for Rs. 20 to see the Jyotirlinga Yatra. Jyotirlinga or Jyotirling or Jyotirlingam is a shrine where Lord Shiva, an aspect of God in Hinduism is worshiped in the form of a Jyotirlingam or "Lingam of light." There are twelve traditional Jyotirlinga shrines in India. It is believed that Lord Shiva first manifested himself as a Jyotirlinga on the night of … [Read more...]