My Guru’s foundation runs a Shibhir near the Triveni Sangam for the Mahakumbh in Prayagraj. I’ve signed up for the batch that runs during the special snan of Mouni Amavasya happening on the 29th. It starts on the 27th which is a Monday.
I figured it might be better to come ahead of it and do the Kashi visit prior and then head towards Prayag.
And that’s what I’m doing. Right now I’m in Kashi.
Today we (me and Shivam – we were together in few of Sir’s retreats) reached the Varanasi airport by 615 pm. Our hotel booking wasn’t paid for and hence decided to explore somewhere close to our friends’ stay.
Exploring this became a pain. Finally after an hour and half of search we checked into a hotel which was okay for the night.
At 9pm, we started towards the Kal Bhairav temple. He is protector deity of Kashi. We are supposed to first visit Kal before Vishwanath.
The queue was long enough that it took about 2.5 hrs for us to have darshan and get out. The locals told usually it takes 15-30 mins. Also many people don’t know about Kal Bhairav but it wasn’t true today.
I was fasting today for Ekadasi and hadn’t eaten anything. So after the darshan I was pretty hungry. Shivam was too. We had a box of dry fruits in our bag. After the beautiful darshan of Kal Bhairav and seeking HIS permission to be in Kashi, we started scouting for food.
The restaurants were full of crowds and were shooing away customers as they couldn’t serve dal roti. We were turned down by more than 5 food places when finally one of them said we ll serve dal rice.
We said okay and ate. It was hot and we were hungry. We finished our dinner by 12:30 pm.
Came back walking and reached our room by 1am
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