To come to Almora earlier this year even surprised me. It wasn’t planned neither i was travelling in its direction yet all kept happening wherever Maharaj Ji moved.

Maharaj ji had come to India after 6 Years, for Mahakumbh in Prayagraj. And after a short sojourn across the country, he was staying at a Gurukul in Udaipur. The place I got initiated into Yantra Sadhna all those years ago. Apart from innumerable things, Rajasthan is known for its baking Summers and coolest nights, ones that come after touching 50 degrees Celsius the same day. Maharaj ji arrived here thinking he would only be here for a week but time kept him here, stretching days like a chewing gum turning into two months when on a whim he decided to leave Rajasthan for the Himalayas, before he could go back to his Ashram in France.

We left Udaipur after paying our respects to Mataji, students, teachers and all the caretakers. Vishwa Ji had arrived from Karnataka in time and we all started for a long journey to Kasar Devi. It took two road days and around 1000 kilometres. The air kept changing from muggy to hot to polluted in Delhi to cold by the time we reached Vishwa’s home in Almora. But coming back to Almora is not like it must have been during the times when Vivekananda and so many other masters were visiting. It is too fast and now too big for finding peace. Yet there are hamlets of joy, here and there. Hence for me, the feeling was similar. Just how I had left it few years ago.

After spending a day walking in the jungles with Maharaj Ji, It was at this time when I decided to visit some of the places that I had heard about but could never visit even in my previous visits to Almora.

You can read those Articles here : A Short Visit to the Museum of Almora- Life and Struggles of G.B Pant

and

Life and Home in Almora- A Brief History Of Travellers Seeking and Importance of Kasar Devi Temple

And

The Grand Night of Shiva and a Day of Beautiful Meanings

Sharing some images of the times with Maharaj ji.

This time even though I wasn’t very excited somehow because of Work and also the pressure of going back to college and studies, I did take out a day to visit Jageshwar. Yet as I moved, I was stopped by the remarkable Lakhudiyar Caves and later my intuition took me towards a temple I did not know even existed yet it became the highlight of my travels. Sharing the YouTube video of my time at the legendary Vridh Jageshwar Temple.

Vridh Jageshwar, Vridh(Old) and Jageshwar(the awakened one) is a temple founded by Shankaracharya in 7th Century AD. Yet it is said that Lord Shiv is being worshipped a lot before Shankara arrived there. It’s a beautifully kept Stone built Old temple where Shiva sat meditating for Vishnu, hence both the Lingams and Shaligram are kept side by side.

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Vridh Jageshwar

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