Mes Secrets Inconnus

Sati’s tongue fell at Jwalaji and the goddess is manifest as tiny flame that burns flawless blue through fissures in the age old rock. Time and again scientists have tried to figure out the reason for this flames and even tried to douse the flame with thousands of gallons of water only to conclude this as a miracle by god. I was also spell bound by this. The complex as a whole is big one with Devi’s bed chamber across the courtyard and above the temple is the shrine of baba Gorakhnath. We are all still reeling under this beautiful scene while we left the Shaktipeeta to move to towards Chamunda devi.

Chamunda devi is another beautiful temple on the banks of Baner river. Though the river had dried up, there was enough for us to play and have fun. Chamunda devi is considered as the wrathful form of Durga. The word “Chamunda” has been derived from 2 words – Chanda & Munda who as per mythological legends were demons and Durga with her immense power made Chamundi to slay them.

My lil one as usual had enough fun for herself at the banks of Baner river. I get a feeling that she loves water sports.

Since we had some more time before the day ended, we decided we take a shot and move to Dharmshala. Once there, we stayed at the hotel for himachal tourism. The receptionist was courteous enough to give us directions and places of interest in the neighborhood. After quickly refreshing ourselves, we headed to the Dalai lama temple. I was flabbergasted when i saw the amount of foreign nationals. This place had more non- indians . The whole place looked gave me a feel that i was not in India – from the people, the restaurants, the shopping items for sale.  Some how we headed straight to the temple and had a good look. Some how i felt the Tibetan settlement at Bylakuppe a much better place.

The trip to the temple turned fruitful to us as we got a chance to meet Dalai Lama himself who had come to address the monks. We were lucky to get a real close glimpse at him as he walked past us.