We don't need roads,
We have found your footprints..
After about 9 hours of travelling, a hill temple located about 500 kilometers away from Udaipur city with 635 stairs and a very high peak touching the sky, before reciting the story of it. If I say I didn't know about this place two hours before I stepped on the first staircase here, you'd probably barely believe it!!! well too, because after a few days when I had When I miss this incident, I have to convince myself that yes, such trips do happen.
When we go on a long journey, there are sometimes places in the middle where some of our own come to meet, ask about our well being and a little loving meeting to the enthusiasm and energy of the rest of our journey. It increases a lot. I had seen in human relationships but goddess powers also hold hands like this for some time, give blessings with affection by putting hands on head, this was my first experience of such a fascinating face and I always have devotion and wonder for this Will be full of.
We were on a journey from Udaipur to Girnar (Junagadh) which we have talked about before. This plan was what we were lacking so just time!! Me and my partner Meenakshi had decided not to look here or there for the whole journey because when we travel by our vehicle it is a good place in the middle My mind is shaking again and again and nowadays, the fucking photography is the nature and all of us are in our heads, then what to say. This makes all the time targets we've been carrying dilapidated, and we weren't in a position to do it this time, so we were on our way targeting Girnar in our own tune.
Had to stop letting the mind flow but can there be a ban on watching?? We noticed on the way that a group of people were going somewhere shortly before Ahmedabad. Red flags in hands, stick in someone's hands, something else in someone's hand, it was decided that it was all about the aim of a goddess journey. Almost all areas have places where people reach by walking with great faith. We gave our mind this answer to ourselves and didn't pay much attention to it. After a while we saw more group. Then thought yes, the location was somewhere close here and we diverted attention.
We were surprised when we could see groups of people leaving even after our several kilometres journey by car. The biggest question in mind was if the same place where all these people are going then the groups we first saw, will they reach here by walking so much??? The distance was about 200 kilometers, And now we were unable to satisfy ourselves with our own answers. I thought that I would ask the place from any group I see now. What is wrong with this!!
Meanwhile, some more people were seen but we stopped - till then we went forward and backwards. Finally we stopped and asked the two boys who were carrying the same flag in hand and walking stick. He said there will be a town called Chotila where there is a Chamunda Mata Temple and all the people you saw are going there. The temple is at the height and we can see it from our main road. Happy to hear this because we have immense attachment for hill temples and glad that even from a moving vehicle, a good place will be seen.
My mind was calm, but I don't know what effect started from here that I looked at my partner Meenakshi and she smiled after understanding my point. Then we didn't talk to each other for a while but it's sure we were both thinking the same. Group on group of people still showed up along the way but now we know the answer. Finally this famous place where hundreds of kilometres of people were reaching by walking was in front of our eyes. We both got out of the car without any special discussion but the discontent was intact... However when we have been traveling for the last 8 hours, the decision to climb suddenly may be our heart wants to, maybe body and lot Steady legs lately don't prepare themselves for it.
We were mistaken to consider ourselves the organizer of this trip while we had no idea when the goddess powers included this highly revered and recognized place in our plan as a bonus blessing. Nothing could have happened now. Our minds were completely ready to visit this place anyway. We both thought we would go to where the stairs start once and see if it felt right. If felt very difficult, will come back.
What can I describe the grandeur of this place!!! Usually there are large markets in the bottom of Mata temples where worship materials are found like prasad and chunriya etc, but there was a different town settled here. Inside a grand entrance there were countless shops, lots of food items and lots of people on the very wide long street. Although people were educated and understanding and social distancing was being followed fullly, it was a unique opportunity to see so much love and devotion for a place.
Where the first ladder was starting, a guard was sitting there. Once again wit knocked on the flowing mind and we asked the guard how many stairs are there??? He replied you come up, I'm sitting right here, when you return I'll tell you how many stairs. The answer was weird but we took it as a divine signal that when so much has happened we no longer need to think and analyze again and again, what will happen will be seen. Start to climb.
You might think this place wasn't tough but the truth is it was tough, yes it wasn't remote, there were stairs at the end and tin sheds up the stairs which gave us full heat relief. There is no question of stopping and resting, we continued to climb. We got tired, tired, sweaty.. but it was certain that something supernatural was about to come and that power was pulling us up. Went up and saw that there is a grand temple with a statue of Chamunda Devi. The whole atmosphere was full of devotion. The surrounding scenery was very beautiful from the mountains. Although Chotila is the name of the town, there were countless braids on a very large railing, which women tie in their hair (also known as Parande) they offered. The mountain was very green, the temple was huge and grand and very large red letters had a cutout with the word Mother with a trident shape that is not only visible at the bottom of the temple but from a distance.
After visiting the mother, we came down feeling her full affection and affection till our soul. The information gathering series we run before going somewhere happened in reverse order this time. Come see lots of images and videos of the place. Knowing about the Aarti, fairs, festivals, rules, beliefs and fame happening there... Actress Twinkle Khanna has also travelled here many times.. Read stories, listened and now we realize that We have visited a wonderful place. What life shows and teaches! We still miss that place and feel like laying our head on mother's lap for a while in a fast running life!!!
