Trails to Bliss

11/09/2018

Homaan with a lens... Eh..who gives a s**t...!

06/08/2018

Everything one needs to know about Kinnaur Kailash Yatra...
A must read.

“Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith”, is a famous by Steve Jobs quote. That’s precisely what happened with us on our way to Kinnaur Kailash S…

02/08/2018

Save Bada Bhangal, Dist. Kangra HP.

Bada Bhangal is the remotest village of Himachal located in Baijnath Block of District Kangra.

Donate Here: https://www.bitgiving.com/badabhangal

Every penny matters. Your donation makes a difference.

The most remote village of Himachal Pradesh is on the brink of a famine. I am raising fund to provide food through alternative route.

21/07/2018

Every detail is brilliantly put together.
A must read for Shri khandmahadev yatries.


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“Ultimate faith or Ultimate will-power. Sometimes Mostly a healthy combination of the both,” that’s how I was introduced to Srikhand Kailash by Pandit Ji. Somewhere around 2013, h…

29/06/2018

Are we that disconnected from Nature that Koko had to tell us.. RIP Koko

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30/03/2018

Moments of solitude with Mother Nature is sunshine to a soul! 😊

15/03/2018

Did you get that vibe 🌄⛺⛰️?

13/03/2018

The Grey.

01/03/2018

Wild brings Peace! There's nothing quite like being deep in a forest. The only sounds are those of your own footsteps, the wind, rustling trees and the movements of the creatures who call the wild home.
Nature, in the purest sense, is where both serenity and wildness coexist in harmony. When we visit it, we feel both peaceful and uneasy all at once. Perhaps this is because all life began in nature and all life ends there.

01/03/2018

Why trekking is a necessity! 👇🏻

26/02/2018

Rays of light in the darkness! Mountains are sole source of happiness. ❤️

Welcome summers with sunsets in the lap of mother nature and book a trek with us!
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21/02/2018

There are some who say GLOBAL WARMING is a myth and some of us are slapped by its brutal impact.

Let's Pledge NOT to Waste WATER this summer.
Use as least as you can.
Save water.
Help replenish mother earth.

Else we are just another race awaiting extinction.

15/02/2018

An escape to Bahu.

28/01/2018

21/01/2018

An escape to Bahu.

Bahu is a small village at the height of astounding 2065 mtrs from sea level near the famous Tirthan valley.

This is one of the small distant villages that we look-up from a highway and wonder how people are surviving there. But this one is approachable via a Road, so you have the luxury now. 😅

This small place have a couple of grocery stores ( No sneakers, if you are getting any ideas! ), a tea shop, a vegetable vendor, BSNL exchange and a Primary school. That's it.. There's a small Hanuman Temple as well..

There are just handful of locals living.
There are some guesthouses for travellers.
Most of them are owned by people living in surrounding villages.

How to get there.:
By Road obviously.

Bus:
Get a bus till Aut from Delhi ISBT.
Deboard the bus at Aut(After you cross the tunnel).
Now you can get a local bus for Banjar and can even get a taxi for Bahu directly. Whatever suits your pocket.

If you are bus traveller like me, use the bus till Banjar . Then at the Banjar bus stand you can get another bus to Bahu or get a cab till there. The cab will cost Rs 600-700 .

After you reach Bahu:
As described earlier, small place, less people and mountains everywhere...

There is nothing must to visit, atleast from a trekker's point of view.
But you most certainly will get PEACE.

There is a temple nearby, Balo Temple, hardly 1.5 km from Bahu Primary school. It's a nice walk but the (dirt) road again provides the luxury of taking your small 4 wheelers.

After you reach the Temple premises you'll notice multiple structures. One of them is the biggest, that is the Temple and resting place for the local deity.

The Temple is beautifully decorated during a local festival each year, not certain of the name though. It is celebrated on the months of August - September. You can't be sure of the dates as the priests follow Hindu/Desi calendar and let all know of the 'tithi' (dates) to celebrate the festival.

Although it wasn't the festive season but I was in luck.
A local family had given sacrifice to the Gods and people from nearby villages were paying their respects to them and joyfully enjoying Prashaad.

The whole ceremony is quite a thing to observe.

Prashaad was obviously from the sacrificed Lamb. The sacrificed animal is cooked and nothing is wasted. It was accompanied with steamed rice and a glass of water from the nearby pond. And the water was red in colour.

This gives the essence of the Natural order but with the immense Respect to every being.

How? You think..!
In a way we use these animals, some at farms, some at home, just because we are more intelligent and quite strong as well. The Natural order..

But the respect for these Beings is developed when you actually look in their eyes. They know they are about to be slaughtered and you know they are aware of it but they stay there to give away everything.
Since you chose to kill, it is your duty to give it's death a Meaning by fulfilling it's purpose atleast.

I don't mean as if sacrifices are necessary or OK in any sense! This could be just part of superstitious beliefs, like someone was saying that the water is red because it is water from the Gods but actually it just had more quantity of iron in it giving it that color.

But you like it or not, it is part of the culture which has developed and evolved by the time and the reason(s) for such an brutal action(Animal sacrifice) have different meanings or atleast we can choose to give it a different meaning now.

For me, it means
- To give away the attachments .
- To come face to face with the reality of death.
- And to know of the Natural order (which is variable as per surrounding)

If you are in a jungle , away from civilization, filled with animals, you have to seep in the reality that a wolf may have the upper hand and you may become his meal. The order changes now. You being intelligent may help but not so much.

Any-who lets move on... I did what I was asked to as locals are quite strict with the rules and it's far better to abide by them, without showing any disrespect.

I know, India is a free country but respect is not.
You give it, you gain it.

We started exiting the temple premises and then I noticed that some kids were playing Cricket near a pond. This pond looked to have collected some rain water as well but locals said that the water seeped out of the earth as well. A common phenomenon in himachal. But this meant that either the ground water level was decreasing, since water was not draining out of the pond. Or it actually was to collect rain water.

The walk back to the guest house was quick as the sun was setting behind the mountains.

We had a cup of tea before heading to the accommodation. Our host had collected some wood and her son helped us lite the bonfire and to my surprise, the kid is just 6 years old.

All of us sat down together surrounding the bonfire and chatted for an hour or so.

The stars started twinkling and the moon looked bright, glowing the snow-layed peaks like silver.

Peace at last.☺️🙏
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All the views expressed are personal and don't mean any disrespect to ones beliefs and culture.

07/01/2018

Winters are here...!🐧

23/12/2017

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04/12/2017

https://theplanetd.com/himachal-pradesh-solo-female-travel-india/

One traveler describes why visiting Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh was perfect for solo female travel in India. She'll never forget these experiences.

03/12/2017

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HRTC हिमाचल में घाटे के रूटों को बंद करने की तैयारी में है। सर्दियों के चलते प्रदेश के दर्जनों रूट ऐसे हैं, जिनमें सवा?...

02/12/2017

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Ang Tharkay: The Greatest Sherpa Climber of All Times. To be called the G.O.A.T, I believe, you have to achieve something that’s never been done before and can’t be replicated in near f…

16/11/2017

Trekking – the act of walking through mountains on foot, for pleasure.

Trails to Bliss is blissfu

15/11/2017

08/11/2017

On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain, either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.

Breaking into serenity! 🙃


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