This feels like a piece of shit when you can’t even get a
friend to come with you to attend the great Shiva-Ratri which falls once a year
in Pashutpatinath Temple.
I was literally searching for a friend who wants to get this early morning
blessing from the Lord Shiva. Its 100
feelings you can actually only feel.
And I was like asking everyone around me including my own
sister.
It came as a disappointed not to have anyone around me, but then my sister
asked me what time do you want to go??
When I told her that I want to go around 2-3 early in the morning, she
completely freaked out and said No that is so not safe for only girls and that
was true in a certain way. ‘
‘But then I have been
to pashupati at such time on Shiva-Ratri and its so much of good feeling, fun
to see the devotees from all over the corner coming only for this day’ I replied.
I saw the cold response.
I didn’t even bothered to ask again, but I was looking for
someone to come with me, and I even asked to my only friend in here and she
directly said ‘No’. Wow that was a quick and a confident response so far. Disappointed
me, I went to ask other few people but then I saw no interest in anyone, what
the fish, this is Shiva-ratri and it falls only once a year and wonder why isn’t
anyone ready for this?
I have seen girls getting seriously ready for New Year eve
party like from a week before???? Why not Shiva-Ratri?
It was Sunday 10th
march 2013, a National holiday for Shiva-ratri and I was all home displeased
of the fact that actually the day was about to end and it was already 5 P.M.
And I felt like the day was about the end and so the
Shiva-Ratri, I should be staying like this, I made my sister and g Gyaltsen to
come with me to the Pashupati. And to my surprise they agreed.
We took a cab from Boudha
to chabahil, the roads were all blocked. We walked from chabahil and we
were a bit worried if it will rain and it did certainly. Thing always go wrong
in a wrong time, we had to take shelter in a hotel for rain to stop. It did
after few minutes. Thank-God.
We headed from there and we were there at last YaY, this was
such a wonderful and amazing feeling for me to see the Lights and the happening
numbers of saints and devotees in such an unbelievable way. I loved that
Feeling of getting something that you can’t explain.
I made my sister and gyaltsen line up in a long long queue to get inside the
Temple and they were seriously not ready since the lines were shockingly
long. But somehow we were clever enough
to slipped through the lines, we did waited for minutes in the another short
queue finally and Finally, I was there in
Temple. Wow, that was a Wow feeling.
We saw the saints from the corner of India who were there in
the Temple showing their tricks totally NAKED. And I was explaining my sister
and Gyaltsen about the naked saints.
How I wanted to take pictures inside of the naked saints but
was not possible because of the very tight securities.
It was such an Amazing feeling when I got out of the temple and gave my last
look at temple from the entrance.
It was just serene feeling. Peaceful feeling that made my
evening.
All thanks to Dolkar and Gyaltsen for bearing the rain, long way walk, and the
long queue in bare foot.
Productive evening.
Jai-Shambo…..
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| Standing there for a photo made me feel the feeling of missing my one crazy friend on this particular day who is over the oceans and far across the distance who couldn't make it this year.....Jai-Shambooo Nakali "Tsering" |
Mashutzo Writes.
