Attending A Wedding Ceremony
This time, the travelogue belongs to a different category than business. It is said that marriages are made in heaven. Recently, I had a huge opportunity to go for attending a wedding ceremony at Rani Hat, Kirtinagar, Uttarakhand. This journey was for one week. I sang, danced and enjoyed a lot throughout the journey. The excitement of going to a place other than my city, the curiosity of meeting new people, absorbing their culture and attitude, is enough for me to get going.
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18-11-2021, Thu, at 10:00 PM, I started the journey. Other three members of the family, spouse and both kids, also accompanied me. We had booked a travelling vehicle at 1200 Rs per passenger. I loosened my waist belt and sat comfortably. The atmosphere was pleasant and we were not feeling much cold. The driver of the vehicle stopped it at a dining place where kids had a veg thali of Rs 110, and I with spouse had home made dinner Roti-Sabzi which was cooked by me. Now, due to the hilly road, the condition of the body had definitely deteriorated and the vomiting had started happening.
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19-11-2021, Fri, in morning, arrived at Khusbu's home in Kundri village .
It was nice meeting with Aakriti, Samridhi, their mother and grandmother. Taking care of them while attending the marriage was the best thing for me to cherish.
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20-11-2021, Sat, in moning, arrival at destination, Athithi Swagat & Mahila Sangeet, at Rani Hat, Kirtinagar.
After reaching the destination, first good thing happened to me was meeting up with relatives, second, being served lunch as I was feeling a bit hungry, third, soon after, we were taken to Maa Dhari Devi Mandir in the afternoon, simply amazing. There was also an ancient temple of Maa Raj Rajeshwari near the wedding venue. Dhari Devi Mandir is the centre of faith for the people of Garhwal. It is located at Kalyasaur between Srinagar and Rudraprayag.
Late in the evening, joined the reception party, enjoyed meeting relatives, drinking, eating and dancing with them a lot.
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21-11-2021, Sun, Barat Swagat, at Rani Hat, Kirtinagar.
And, in the evening, before the barat swagat, got an opportunity to connect with nature by being on the banks of the Alaknanda River near the village Rani Hat. What a place for gaining mental serenity! Superb!
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22-11-2021, Mon, Doli Vidai, at Rani Hat, Kirtinagar
and at Kumhardhar with family on same day.
I lost my sleep in the morning at around 3:30 AM, decided to become fresh for the day as bathroom was free. While coming back, I had to wait outside for more than one hour for getting the door unlocked from inside. Though, I also tried connecting some numbers but of no use as all were in deep sleep. I decided to perform some exercises. Finally, one of the relatives unlocked it to come out and let me in.😂
In morning, we were given sweets and gifts to take to our homes. In breakfast, hot Chole-bhature were offered which were very tasty to the tongues. At around 10:00 AM, Doli Vidai, the most emotional moment happened in the presence of both sides. Before 12:00 PM, we had left the wedding venue for our own ways back to our homes. At Jamnikhal, decided not to go Khastal. I downloaded my UGC-NET admit card here while waiting for Vishwanath bus to Jakhanidhar.
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23-11-2021, Tue, stayed at Kumhardhar.
Spouse and kids had left for Khastal village after having breakfast and completing necessary jobs. I decided to provide Mom some help in getting banking transactions done on the day. We also cleaned and removed Peepal leaves from top floor of Jakhnidhar shop. I had morning's leftover Rice-daal at the lunch in late afternoon, so did Mom, requested Mom not to cook evening meal as I was full and wanted to sleep early, didn't forget shutting the doors today as yesterday I had forgotten closing them before 12:30 AM in the night. Thanks God, nothing wrong happened to me, the doors were wide opened.
I woke up at 1:00 AM today in midnight, checked my mobile for time, surprised seeing a miscall at 8:48 PM, wanted to find out the reason of it being there. Someone could be in emergency need or it could be a trap also.🤔
Legislative Assembly elections will be held in Uttarakhand in February 2022 to elect 70 members of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. The term of current assembly elected in 2017 will expire on 23 March 2022, was also on mind.
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24-11-2021, Wed, moving back to Delhi along with Mom.
We four decided to travel back to Delhi together. Unfortunately, from Khastal they could not get any transport on the day. Mom had to be in Delhi with family for next couple of months. At 1:00 PM in Jakhnidhar, we started the journey and at 11:30 PM reached Delhi. There was some difficulty in handling four more heavy bags along with Mom, otherwise, the rest of the journey was overall comfortable. Managed white chole-daal, daal-makhni, eight chapaties and salad for the dinner from a nearby Punjabi Dhaba. Enjoyed having it.
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25-11-2021, Thu, reserved day, now, I was back in Delhi.
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26-11-2021, Fri, UGC-NET in Second Half.
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Feasibility Study:
* Economic Feasibility: Travel expenses for the Journey, Newta and Gift for the Bride, Sweets or Fruits to carry with for the family, ...
* Schedule Feasibility
* Political Feasibility
* Social Feasibility
* Operational Feasibility: Physical fitness, Atharva's PT exam, Anurag’s online school classes, arranging winter clothes, transportation, ...
And, I was also happy knowing that soon Rani Hat will have metro connectivity. Its construction work, near the wedding venue could be seen in progress easily.
My heartfelt thanks to all the people, friends, and relatives who were present in the wedding for showing their love, affection, respect and hospitality, 🙏.
LOVE, ❤️
Diwakar Amola
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