An experience of divine: Ashwinikhadd!

Writing about this is as important as an artist paint the canvas putting his day and night on his thoughts for he is afraid that it might get lost with the passing day or will fade off with so much to do around.

Though cold is not my weather but hills always attract me. Maybe to end number of tourist for they spend so much time and money to visit all beauty around and be part of the list of being visitor to the nature's delight. This is about the sunday visit at Kasauli.

Day started on with the heavy pour of the rains and suddenly chandigarh seemed to be floating in its own pool. But thanks to the new Himalayan Express highway, we were on winds soon the moment we left Panchkula. Some 2hrs drive and we reached the famous visitor point of Kasauli- The Manki point or temple where lord Hanuman put his feet at time of carrying sanjeevani for Laxman. This feet shaped temple suddenly holds the serenity of the divine for the songs which played throughout the climbed somewhat not only pacified the mind but also made me feel refreshed n revived for sunday morning are late sleeps for me and current health is completely in demand for rest. Guess, sanjeevani did work not only for the mind but for the body too.

We missed on the sun-rise and sun-set point for neither we made it to the rise nor had any plan to rest till it set. Visiting one of the Graveyard there (thoughts here,maybe later!), we moved to the next destination decided for we had entire day with us!

Solan city is beautiful like any of the himachali town. Small compact and my companions decided to move to Ashwani-Khadd some12km from the mushtroom city. (I really don know, why they call it this but next time I will enquire for sure.)
Hills had been an usual drive for me for past 1yr.. Been there almost thrice n that too confidently taking praise from all my friends for my skilled driving. But, the challenge today were not the built highways but the real mountain.. Raw, unbuilt and dangerous.

The 12km of Blind curves, steep slopes and a car without a spare tire actually scared the hell out of me and if it would have been about the next paragraph I am moving to, I would have been punished for three murders today or kidnapping (if I would have decided to leave the 3 monkeys at the Khadd only).

So.. 12km from Solan, after the crazy drive, frustration and rest after parking the car, I entered Heaven!

Ashnikhhad.. A heaven in making , brought alive all my readings of myths. Getting in the architect excellance, I was just mesmerized... Life size status of every form of divinity I loved, making me more attracted toward them and falling me more in love. Work beyond words.. Creativity beyond excellence.. The heaven upholded me for all dreams, passions I always had!

For a moment,it seemed... This is what I want, this is where I belong.. Aura, filled with love, space beyond the creative imagination.. Shiva.. Again did he put me in trance .. Love, gratitude and honor. Tears could only express the feel for words left me for those moments, and if it wouldn't have been the companions, I would have never liked to express ever again with them.

And then, like dreams.. It all got over. I retrieved to my mortal world, my pschyic responsibility, my social accountabities.. I moved back to the world of traffic lights, noise,crowd..

A piece lost somewhere, I m back to my bed. Thinking about the world I left for the world I own...

Lots of Love! Anji