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Saturday, April 24, 2010
Kumbh 2010
MahaKumbh 2010 - Trip to Haridwar
Place: HaridwarOccasion: Maha Kumbh Mela / Brother’s Marriage
Day: Shahi Snan (Royal Bath)
It's Kumbh again... time for people to get lost. Yap...thats what Kumbh is famous for atleast in Bollywood movies. Well jokes apart, being from Haridwar I know the importance of Maha Kumbh for devotees, lakhs and lakhs of people are ready to do anything for taking a "Holy Dip" in Ganga. Most of the people come from Rajashthan, Haryana, Punjab, Bihar, and other northern state, loaded on buses, trucks, trackers, trains, planes!!!. Well, this is my second Kumbh in life time (as it comes once in every 12 years). I don't remember much about the first one, but this one.... oh ho... life time experience. After attending my brother's marriage, I had to hit the road to catch the train scheduled at 6:00 am. I arrived at station well before, only to see that whole train was already overcrowded. Even with reservation I was struggling for a seat. People were getting in the train like animals. There was not even a single place untouched in whole train, from toilets to train engine, mob mob all around. Train delayed for 2 hours, So, I have to catch another mode of transportation. Missed my train, flight... What not happened on that day???
Normally there are only 3 platforms at Haridwar railway station, but during kumbh it’s 9 – 10.
This is a typical situation in Kumbh. Devotees enjoy being at Haridwar, but localite just hate this. I think, for these 6 months when Kumbh Mela takes place or at least on days of Shahi Snan (Royal Bath), residents can’t resist to think "Why I was born in Haridwar???" hahaha.... ;-)
Day: Shahi Snan (Royal Bath)
It's Kumbh again... time for people to get lost. Yap...thats what Kumbh is famous for atleast in Bollywood movies. Well jokes apart, being from Haridwar I know the importance of Maha Kumbh for devotees, lakhs and lakhs of people are ready to do anything for taking a "Holy Dip" in Ganga. Most of the people come from Rajashthan, Haryana, Punjab, Bihar, and other northern state, loaded on buses, trucks, trackers, trains, planes!!!. Well, this is my second Kumbh in life time (as it comes once in every 12 years). I don't remember much about the first one, but this one.... oh ho... life time experience. After attending my brother's marriage, I had to hit the road to catch the train scheduled at 6:00 am. I arrived at station well before, only to see that whole train was already overcrowded. Even with reservation I was struggling for a seat. People were getting in the train like animals. There was not even a single place untouched in whole train, from toilets to train engine, mob mob all around. Train delayed for 2 hours, So, I have to catch another mode of transportation. Missed my train, flight... What not happened on that day???
Normally there are only 3 platforms at Haridwar railway station, but during kumbh it’s 9 – 10.
This is a typical situation in Kumbh. Devotees enjoy being at Haridwar, but localite just hate this. I think, for these 6 months when Kumbh Mela takes place or at least on days of Shahi Snan (Royal Bath), residents can’t resist to think "Why I was born in Haridwar???" hahaha.... ;-)
(Photo by: VJ)
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