Thread by @iyer_prasanna

Day 1. Boarded train from Delhi and reached Haridwar on time. Had to wait for my taxi guy to pick up. Once we started journey to barkot, witnessed huge traffic due to holiday season and people driving on hilly areas. It took some 2 hrs to get out that mess and finally reached… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Day 2: started trek from Janakicheti around 9:30 am. The climate was sunny and breezy. The trek is about 6 kms ( as per sign board) one way. Crowd was there and walking was pleasant. After check point the way become little steep and breathing gets difficult. Due to narrow way and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Moving to uttarakashi now to take next dham #gangotri

Day 3: Not much activity after reaching uttarakashi. After checking in the room, had a sound sleep to get rid of the tiredness due to #yamunotri trekking. Had early dinner and went to sleep. My next station is #gangotri

Day 4: left around 7 am to Ganga maiya dharshan which is approx 110 kms from uttarakashi. The driving through ghats of a hilly region requires discipline and awareness as it is not as easy as city driving. Lot of narrow curves and bends one has to steer through is no body game.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Day 5: leaving for another challenging trek #babakedarnath now.

Day 6; Reached Sirsi which is on the way to Kedarnath. Had an early dinner and went to sleep as next day is to visit #Kedarnath. Tired, but had anxiety how we manage to reach his place to have a darshan.

Day 7: Got up early morning at 1 am. By 2 am, we were ready and our driver took us to Sitapur and dropped there. Have to stand in a queue to check the Yatra registration and moved to another line which will take us to Gaurikund. Government approved taxis shall pickup from that… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

I prayed hard to have a dharshan of Kedar after going through hurdles to reach there. The moment was arrived and he somehow managed to put us in a queue for dharshan. We went inside temple in a nearby stampede status and had his dharshan in a glimpse. Crowd was mad chanting Har… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Leaving to #badrinath Jai Sriman Narayana 🙏

Day 8: After having breakfast, left sirsi to reach #Badrinath for the last leg of #chardam visit. Had to travel nearly 7-8 hours by car to reach the hotel in pipalkot for night stay. Had dinner and retired early to leave for #Badri dharshan early morning #traveldiaries… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Day 9: Started our journey at 5 am in the morning to reach as fast as we can. On reaching the place, we have to stand in a serpentine queue which is almost 5 kms from the temple. It took us approximately 5 hrs to have divine Dharshan of lord #badrivishal amid chaos and crowd… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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