Hi everyone this is Sumit yet again I am here with my new travel blog which is a trip to Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir Katra. It is such a beautiful place to visit and again it's a hill station there are lots of mountains and when can feel the pure bliss.
So we started our journey at around 4:00 a.m. we caught the train from Delhi. Not only my family but also our relatives went with us. It was a journey of about 2 and a half days and indeed we were too tired.
After reaching to Jammu and Kashmir we reached our hotel (Kalika Bhavan) and as it was too cold weather but hotel selfie was must. We took our winter wears like jackets, coats and cardigans. There weather there was too cold and winds blew which shook us due to cold literally.
Standing on the heights felt like I am literally in a heaven as we can see the clouds going just above our head and the weather demanded a cup of coffee. I and my cousin went to a nearby stall and had a cup of hot coffee to keep ourselves warm.
The next day we were about to go for the darshan and we needed to sleep early so we ordered our pure veg food for dinner and having the same we slept off early.
We stood in a line of around 600 people and as we have to climb too much ladders crossing the line in a queue we need to stand so wherever if was possible we took selfie on the way to our darshan.
The morning view there was mesmerizing and the winds gave us lots of positive vibes. Though I am not a very spiritual person but there I felt the aura of the Devi the divine feminine. So I captured some pictures of the view.
All the views which I shares in the above pictures are early morning just before the sunrise and the time there was around 6:15 a.m. standing on the queue from 4:30 a.m. we all were getting impatient.
But it was the view which kept us refreshing and the best benefit was that we were with relatives so discussing and talking with each other did not let us feel bored. As I have generally say that we get bored while waiting in a queue. Our turn finally came at around 6:45 pm at the evening and I even captured some night and evening view.
We completed our darshan at around 8:45 pm and beleive me the aura I felt there was unbelievable. I cannot explain my feelings in word about the peace I got after getting into the Devi temple. I experienced the power within me and even for a second I did not felt the tiredness of the journey from hotel to temple.
Due to restrictions on photography of the temple and the goddess inside I was unable to capture the view inside the temple. But while returning I captured some pictures of the night view of Katra which I am sure you people will enjoy watching.
After reaching the hotel we were already too tired and having changed our clothes we took bath and ordered our food. We were in that level of tiredness where our body did not even allowed us to take a glass of water. Our dinner came by 10:40 pm.
The next day we had our train for returning so after having our dinner we packed our bags for the morning train and after getting up at 3:45 am we all took bath and got ready for reaching the station.
our photo while returning.
So this was one of the best spiritual trips which I had with my family and relatives and I definitely enjoyed the beauty of nature with the blessings of the feminine goddess without any delay our trip was successful.
About the author
I am Sumit Singh from India and all the pictures taken above was from the iPhone which I own and were clicked by me and my family. Hope you too will enjoy the bliss of nature with the beauty at its peak.