Pounta Sahib

Situated on the banks of river Yamuna, Pounta Sahib Gurudwara was an intrinsic experience for me last month. I stayed inside for 2 days.....langar....kirtan....yamuna.....what else could i have wanted....

Nearby is the Kirpal Shila gurudwara where the rock on which Gurujee meditated around 300 yrs ago still is worshipped......a serene place......delicious langar and jaljeera!

Thanks to a friend, I just happened to discover Pounta Sahib and got a peek into more of my root culture-Sikhism.......Guru Gobind Singh jee used to have a KAVI DARBAR in the olden days....still held every full moon night.....

Back in Chandigarh today I just close my eyes and am transported back to Pounta Sahib!

Kalesar Mahadev

A serene path......leafy, earthy leads to this beautiful forest temple of LORD SHIVA...I heard locals saying a magical medicine is prepared there called shiv amrut.
a herbal concoction which is made by the ayurvedic doctor.....People come from near and far with dreams of healing......the pundit claims the lingam in the temple is 4000 yrs old.....As i walk I look at the Yamuna river, dreaming back to the days when this temple must have been first created.....

I take the medicine-infallible hope in power of nature remedies:)
Its black liquid, very bitter! yet strong enough to evince an interest in my sense of inquiry.......There is aboard which says diseases like cancer, arthritis can be treated successfully...............


Shiv amrut-nectar of the gods the very name gave me healing sensations/vibrations.....
I return tomorrow after 15 days.......this time not for the amrut but for Shiva himself......

Reflection

Time out.........to reflect...........to ruminate..........
the days have slipped to minutes and now moments..............experiencing each moment with awareness.......its a new vision.............its a mixed blessing.......
the journey intensifies........and with it comes a space....

Mcledo Ganj Nisbat

I visited Mcledo Ganj in March this year.......It was love at first sight....the narrow streets, the misty mountains, the international pot pourri of people ....it is enchanting and quaint......
I was back in June with my mother......I will return in August to work with JAAGO REE an ngo which works for rural women,......a tryst with real life......:)
Mumbai seems so distant now.....the land of Shiva beckons...

NAKO NISBAT

hey friends....am back after hibernation......have been traversing India's northern beauty....LAHAUL SPITI VALLEY.....this photo is at NAKO...gods own land.....I visited the temple with PADMASAMBHAVAS FOOTPRINTS......A BODDHISATVA OF MERIT.....
the lake here is so calm.........u can feel it.......vibrations of simplicity and peace and love resound in this small Tibetan village.....prayer flags carry messages of hope and cheer.........do visit it when u have the chance.....I can guide u how to go and where to stay........................lots of love

nisbat with self

As i travel back to mumbai.....wondering in the universe.....where is my home....
this year amsterdam /uk/mumbai/pune/chandigarh/Bir were primary homes at various times......definitive? no.......permanent ? no.........purpose ful.........yes surely.......as i live moment to moment watching my own emotions-thoughts-in wondrous glory i marvel at my creator,,,,,our creator.....the khuda/god/deva/energy/light of which I am a part.....when problems get overwhelming or rather situations I open an atlas....and behold try to search for earth and then me.....yes i have my rightful place as all of us do have.....and yet the galaxies interconnect........and merge....
as the waves in the ocean.....the notes in musical masterpieces and in the voices of people around me.....the whispering of the trees......the sound of silence.....depths of my emotions......i watch wait breathe watch feel melt merge.....communicate around me with me in me....:) life is a miracle unfolding every moment.....

kasauli connect

THis picture is in Kasauli
nice slogan on Nature....my niece and myself were taking evening walk here....
lovely weather......and feeling good here...in the lap of nature

sisters in love

Sometimes in life we come across people who are connected to us instantly....love at first sight..thats what happened with my sister in law pratima.....sisters in love.
its been many yrs since i first met her....though physically distant....there was underlying nisbat.....this photo has been taken in Bhagsunag....near Baijnath.....
our current favourite photo:)