Hello everyone, welcome!
So! What’s up?
I hope all is well.
You know what? I recently wanted to go for some outing.
So, let’s go!
So , me and a few of my family members decided.
Yes, my dear
readers, of course, you also are with me!
we booked the train tickets to our destination, Shegaon (Marathi शेगांव).
mainly known for the
temple or Samadhi of gajanan Maharaj, it’s a town in Maharashtra, India.
so we boarded the
train and the journey started.
we were having lots
of fun!
talking of here and
their things, cracking jokes, or sometimes making on somebody, laughing our
hearts out!
eating, watching the
people on the stations getting out or into the train, different kinds of
languages and dialects, etc.
the surprising thing about Maharashtra or I must say about India is that
every 15 to 20 KM, there is some or the other difference in the language of
people, in their way/stile of speaking it.
And it’s fun!
we reached shegaon
at around 5 or 6 AM, IST.
We had arranged restrooms beforehand, so went in and had a nice, 1/2HRS of
nap.
Refreshed, we went to the temple entrance.
Oh sorry, did I say The temple entrance? no no, to the entrance of a line
stretching to the temple.
of the few temples I have visited till now, i think that Shegaon was the cleanest.
Now, the people who devotedly work/serve here do not tell there name.
Now, the people who devotedly work/serve here do not tell there name.
They all only have one name in here, mauli. Meaning mother.
Whoever it may be.
And it took us nearly 5 hours to cross through the mandap/the path to the
temple’s inner passage.
गण गण गणात बोते.
Or gan gan ganat bote, the mantra/devotional recitation of the gajanan
maharaj.
when I reached to touch the feet/paduka of the Samadhi, I can’t tell you
the divine, soothing, peaceful feeling,
as if in a moment all my worries, sadness, everything just vanished into
nothingness.
I felt light, relieved.
Then we ate the Prasad or the divine food.
In the evening, we went to watch the famous fountain show!
And my god! it’s just to be experienced.
Water falling and rising in different shapes, fire, arrows, just
fantabulous!
A must watch, breathtaking, eye-gluing spectacle.
Then in the night of course, we all dined and sank into a divine, beautiful
sleep.
The next day, we again visited the temple. This time, we reached the
Samadhi within 4 to 5 minutes!
No long lines, no weighting, a quiet darshan/prayer.
Then we went to the famous park of shegaon, anand sagar. In Marathi/Hindi,
आनंद-सागर, means the ocean of
happiness.
Really, it’s not as big as the sea or the sagar, but it
definitely gives immense joy while wandering around!
As we walked around the garden through the warm sunshine,
we were able to hear the sweet chirping of birds.
Later on, to our pleasant surprise, the churping of birds
was coming from the small speakers that were installed along the path.
Simple, but nice. Isn’t it?
Then, we played on the slides, swings, rolled on the lawn,
etc.
yes, there was also a children’s play area.
Had a lot of fun!
Then we took the round of the anand-sagar in a train. There
is a train which takes you on a round of the park, which is beautiful.
It takes the riders on a jungle safari. Of
course, on an artificial jungle safari.
Beautifully created statues of the tiger, giraffe, zebra,
etc.
After the train trip, we all had a nice, tasty lunch.
Then, saying goodbye to shegaon, taking a quick distant
darshan of the temple, we left with delightful, divine memories.
Thank you.
