The last halt of our voyage was Haridwar and Rishikesh via jolly grant and Rajaji National Park but failed to eyewitness any one of those mammoths or so anyways Haridwar was again so cluttered and clustered with tourists and unwanted illegal constructions the polluted water, high levels of pollutants could literally be felt in the holy water, so as to say holy and pious nevertheless people were busy taking holy dips, the Ghats were all but surrounded by sages and saints selling many hard to believe articles and the shacks and road side vendors selling fuming hot milk, and other eatables prepared by milk anyways we parted off visiting for a short while in Gayatri Dham and even donated a certain amount for the welfare of girl child in a girls ashram, departed from there for Rishikesh which was very serene and peaceful although there was that hustle and bustle of tourists, but still Muni Ki Reti was scantily crowded, and not to mention those white people who were frequently to be seen from Germany, Spain, etc, the Sadhus, the Ashrams were in their daily chores GC donated for the maintenance of an old age home and even met with the residents of that home to share some of their experiences about life, and even did two yoga sessions with a yoga Kendra and directed about the diet regime too.
Relaxing and basking in the sands of Muni Ki Reti was a very fulfilling experience, along with the adventurous thrills of white water rafting, it energizes from inside out and thrills you to the extreme and pushes your endorphin and adrenalin to its ultimate and even teaches one how to face, the challenges in day to day life and even that the minimalistic requirements of life, it’s very fulfilling to spend an entire night under the mighty roof of star studded sky which just no one can snatch or thief can rob from us…
to be continued…