The life at typical Indian Railway Platforms...

The way to the village has been marked with many interesting images.... the first one is of the sky with a dry tree in the foreground.. I loved it as it looks like as reverse thunder in the sky...

My train journey to my village of 3000KM has taken more than 50 hours instead of expected 38 hours. Typically in India trains do get delayed and specially in the areas where there is no double tracks... so the trains wait on the platforms to let the oncoming train pass like this stoppage that our train took...

While waiting for the train to pass, I started taking in the life around me on the platform...we have an amazing collage of life on the typical India Railway platform. there were people leisurely doing their own job, in this case a baba making the coveted Sphatik Mala (Garland)

Then there is this old man waiting with his whole family for the Passenger train to come. You can actually see the expectations and wonder in his eyes...

Then most of times you will also see this typical scene of people getting off the train and taking off their bicycles that they have chained to the window grill of the train and travel another 10-15 KMs to reach their house in the interior villages, where there is no other mode of transportations...

And Sun sets on my 50 hour long journey.... and I looked forward to meet my friends, relatives and above all be in the presence of Pind Roop Durga Ji.

Well this also happens on the platforms...

But to just leave you all with a better Image than this, let me show you the beauty that is all around the journey.. this typical Indian field colored with mustard flowers among wheat fields... Lovely...

Om Namah Shivaya

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On the way to my ancestral village...

The 50 hour journey to my ancestral village from one end of India to another - A journey of 3000KMs was full of interesting sights and thoughts....

In the early morning mist, the Ghaghra River flows silently while the train thunders through the old metal bridge across it... the river has its own myths and stories related with the Ramayana and this river goes on to meet the most pious river of India - The Ganges

Along the way many temples dot the landscape and this one temple stood out with its vibrant color amid mustard fields...

Its very interesting to see the fields and the people how intermingled they are in their lives and the day to day activity around the religious symbols and worships....

Om Namah Shivaya

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Many places, Many thoughts...

When I look back to 2007, I realise that there are so many things that have touched me and changed me subtly. From the Highs of Phuket, Thailand to the lows of Colombo I have travelled many interesting places... many different places and some times indifferent places.

I will leave with you some interesting sunsets / sunrise from some of the locations...

This one is from Dubai next to the world tallest Hotel Burj Al Dubai...

Long time.. been travelling in South East Asia, Middle East now going back to my spritual roots...

HI I am surprised that I did not put up anything on the blog for almost a year...

Have been travelling a lot recently and now as usual my self has become toxicated with lot of materialistic things and needs to get this out of my system. Last year I took one very important step in life by making one very beautiful temple in South Indian Architectural style. This year too going to this very beautiful temple and also to my spritual roots that I have always been bound to .. the Durga Temple in my ancestral house in our village in the backyards of Northern India where not even the electiricity has reached..

Need to unfold my self, thoughts and manything that have been accumulating inside for almost a month.. so keep checking this page if you are interested in knowing more about it..

I will leave you with a very beautiful susnset in Abu Dhabi with the world highest Flagpost (recorded in Guiness Book of World Records)

Om Namah Shivaya

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