A little bit of context before you begin reading this book review. I have recently enrolled for an MA in Philosophy at the University of Mumbai. Philosophy is something I have been getting interested in, over the past few years, as those of you who have been reading my blogs and Instagram posts would know. During the pandemic, I thought long and hard about what I wanted to do next, and this is what I eventually came up with. It has been a challenge, getting back into academics as a student at this age, especially in a subject I have no academic background in. However, it has also been very exciting, especially thanks to my wonderful classmates (who, surprisingly, are of all age-groups, including some quite near my own) and my teachers, who have been very supportive and understanding. How well I will do is something that remains to be seen, but so far, I am enjoying this new journey and look forward to where it leads. Now that you know the background , you probably get an idea of how
A bull which drove away
invaders, three buffaloes said to be demons, a lake once said to have been
filled with ghee and a temple once covered in lime to protect it – we couldn’t
help but smile as we listened to these stories about Achalgarh. We had a day
free at Mount Abu and were in the mood to explore, so we headed out for the
tourist circuit, trusting our driver to take us to some interesting places.
Achalgarh turned out to
be the first on his list, and as we headed along roads with farms interspersed
between the mountains, with scarcely a person to be seen anywhere, I wondered
about the place we were going to. I had heard a bit about Achalgarh before we
started, and knew that it had once been the capital of the area. The name
indicated the presence of a fort, but our driver told me that there was no fort
there. “Bas, mandir hai, Madam” he
said. ”There is only a temple there.” I felt my enthusiasm droop at the idea of
visiting yet another temple, but we had already turned on the road to
Achalgarh, so there was no turning back.
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interesting.. we had gone to mount abu too but i think i forgot about this temple. i loved mount abu trip
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