Bit by the travel Bug

An episode from The Puranas tells us that during Samudra Manthan “Churning of ocean”, when Amrita (nectar of immortality) appeared during the churning , the devatas and the Asuras fought for 12 days and 12 nights in the sky when drops of the nectar fell at four places on earth. To commemorate this, the Maha Kumbh Mela is held every 12 years in those four places : Prayag (Allahabad), Haridwar, Ujjain and Nashik. Millions of people from all over the country and abroad come to take the Holy dip in the rivers in these places to get purified from all sins. 14 Jan 2010 Thu Makar Sankranti Snan - First Snan (bath) 15 Jan 2010 Fri Mauni Amavasya and Surya Grahan (Solar Eclipse) - 2nd Snan 20 Jan 2010 Wed Basant Panchmi Snan - Third snan 30 Jan 2010 Sat Magh Purnima Snan - Fourth Snan 12 Feb 2010 Fri Maha Shivratri - Pratham Shahi Snan - First Royal Bath 15 Mar 2010 Mon Somvati Amavasya - Dvitya Shahi snan - 2nd Royal Bath. 24 Mar 2010 Wed Ram Navmi - Fifth Snan 30 Mar 2010 Tue Chaitra purni...

After packing our backpacks with the essentials for a 1 day trek me and my friend started for Devprayag at 2.00 pm on 24 th Dec’2009. After reaching the GMOU bus stand we found that there is no bus to Devprayag till next morning. So we decided to reach Rishikesh and see any alternative means. Luckily after reaching Rishikesh we got a Tata Sumo which was on its way to Rudraprayag. Reaching Rudraprayag would save us a lot of time and we did that. The dinner at Srinagar in Sainik Hotel was satisfying. We arrived at Rudraprayag by 9.00 pm and stayed in a GMVN guest house. Next morning we waked up and started for O khimath by bus at 11.00 am. Reaching there we did not find any immediate t r ansport to Sari village, so we moved down at Tala in the same bus going to Makkumath . From there we walked till Sari village where we had lunch at Ramesh Lodge and restaurant. We hired a porter cum guide to Deioriatal, Suraj Singh Chauhan. As we started walking up the steps we could see the va...