Kedarnath Diaries...
As I kick start the story telling of one of the most exciting and awesome journeys of my life, lemme introduce myself. Am a bong guy with all quintessential elements being a bong. Well educated with a good lot of interest in religious scriptures and ancient texts. Deeply religious with a keen interest in mythology as well.
It can be said that this interest of mine was the only driving force for me accepting the proposal to travel to Kedarnath shrine at the first go. It was in the month of April 2017, when the plan for a trip to hindu pilgrimage shrines of Kedar & Badri was formed. A small group of five was formed for the said trip. Three out of the four excluding myself was known to me since good years. The fourth guy was a heard about guy but never met him personally.
Two of them Krishna & Sandipan has been to Kedarnath previously before the infamous natural catastrophe of 2013 took place. Even though they have been there quite a good number of times, everything seemed to have changed post the devastation of 2013. The third guy i.e. Abhijit is also new to such explorations and didn’t sounded to be much vocal in any case. The fourth and the new guy Sourav seemed to nod his head for everything provided his pocket kept on supporting him. The first meeting ended with a crucial date fixed i.e. 16 August 2017, we shall start from Kolkata towards Haridwar. The internary – even though it was just a draft was chalked out since everyone has got leaves to be sanctioned prior to avoid last moment issues. Krishna was entrusted with the job of scouting and finalizing a suitable travel coordinator to arrange for our stay and commutations during the trip.
To be continued…………