My first trip to Vaishnodevi was unimpressive. Climbing was hard, and it only served to highlight how badly out of shape I was, while my in-laws managed to cope so much better. Further, I hadn’t quite realized that the cave experience wouldn’t be the same as I had imagined, since the original cave was only opened at certain times a year, and that we only entered a newly created tunnel, one far easier to access, and hence more manageable with the crowds that thronged the mountain shrine. The resulting experience at the shrine, for barely a fraction of a second, hardly compared to what I had expected / imagined / heard about. So, for me, Vaishnodevi was like any other temple, nothing to write home about, something that was reflected (though not explicitly mentioned) in the blog post I wrote then.
July was a quiet month, but August saw us going off to Mahabaleshwar for a short visit... We stopped at Wai on the way to visit the temples there....
and Mahabaleshwar itself was wonderful - it rained all the time, and visibility was very low. But the water pouring down the roads made the trip all the more memorable.
On the way back, we stopped at Alandi for a quick visit to the temple..
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and Mahabaleshwar itself was wonderful - it rained all the time, and visibility was very low. But the water pouring down the roads made the trip all the more memorable.
On the way back, we stopped at Alandi for a quick visit to the temple..
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i love mahableshvar..!!your photos are really v.good
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