Travelogues

My trip to varanasi....i went to varanasi last year in the month of Aug  as i wanted to visit kashi bishwanath temple..

i took a train from new delhi to mughal sarai...my friend sanket's plc...i went to his house in manas nagar railway colony...from here my trip had started.it was so hot...so we made plan to visit varanasi nxt day after my arrival...nxt day...early morning...his family car driver came to his plc to pick us...sanket'mumma & bro ankit was  with me as i didnt knw anything about varanasi....we started our jouney at around 7:30 am....it took not more than 1/2 hrs by car...the day was monday....first f all we went to banaras hindu university...such a huge campus.we visted shiv temple inside the campus....it was a very big & beautiful temple.then we visited shankat mochan human ji temple...i was very much eager to visit this temple after knowing the horrible bomb blast there few years back.i was very upset to see the proper place of blast...dat day i was in fast and i decided not to hv anything b4 visit kashi vishawanath temple...but aunty forced me to have sumthing...then we went to a chat bhandar n u dnt believe...those chat platter were very very tasty......we had aaloo tikki & lassi....mouthwatering food.....its time to visit tulsi manas mandir...it was also a beautiful creation..

we took entry ticket to watch an exhibition inside the temple..it cost 2/ per head...the exhibition was all about krishna lila...i had njoyd a lot there.after that we went to aunty own place as c was basically from varanasi...we went to bhelupura....all his maternal family members were staying in huge building...we took rest for some time...after we started our journy to kashi bishawanath temple....aunty,maamiji & myself...ankit was taking rest....we took a rickshaw....and on the way it was raining heavily....the rickshaw pooler took us to a tea stall where we waited for few mins...when rain stop,we statrted our journey to kashi vishawnath temple we reached there at around 1 pm.the door was closed as puja was performing inside the temple by pujari.we had watched the live telecast out side the temple as one tv was fixed for all the deevoties...the way to main temple was very small & there were so many shops there....after performing pooja there we took prasad & i immediately request aunty to go to some shop to buy somthing...i took 1 set of shiva ling thali....4-5 diya & few pic of shivji....i really liked those street shops...now its time to visit the local market of varanasi....i was surprised to see the varanasi saarees......so beautiful...mind blowing....we went to chaat bhander & had lots of paani puri & chaat....i wont 4gt my foody day in varanasi...after the we retuned to bhelupura & had our lunch & took rest....in the evening we retuned from varanasi to mughal sarai.....when we crossed ganga river i njoyed one f the golden moment of my life .....sunset over river gange.......my tears wanted to come out but i passed a smile to sun say "i will miss you varanasi".ppl pls visit varanasi once in your life if you really love ur tradition....u will get everything there.....