Going to Vaishnao Devi tonight. And believe me, it's only a picnic for me. A vacation in other words. So why the hype about the 'yatra'??
In Hinduism, as in many other religions and beliefs, there are ways and means of attaining enlightenment. One of them is by way of pilgrimage or 'yatra'. When a believer does one of the many pilgrimages then he may claim to have washed his sins and cleansed his soul with the blessings of the Almighty. And thus many Hindus would wait their entire life for the right time to make a visit to one of the sacred shrines across India. One of them being Vaishnao Devi.
So theoretically I'm going on a pilgrimage and also will receive blessings from God for accompanying my parents on their first pilgrimage. I'm satisfied and glad to be able to play a guide's role here.
Along with many other prayers in my list I'm surely gonna pray for my grand dad and his illness and for Vidhu and her struggle abroad. Everything else is somewhere or the other relayed to these two. So may God be with us on this trip.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
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