Mathura Agra Kashi Gaya Trip
Having visited the most sacred places of many religions, the Vatican City, The Dharamshala, Shravanabelagola and the Golden Temple, Amritsar, it was my earnest desire to visit Kashi, the most sacred place for Hindus, the oldest and the biggest religion across human mankind. On account of the notion that Kashi is visited only by elderly ones, many eyebrows were raised when I spoke about my desire. However, for me the enthusiasm is the same whether its Venice or Kashi. It’s just a matter of our frame of mind. I got a call from Vasu, my wife’s cousin that he and other members of the family are planning to visit Kashi, Mathura and Gaya in Oct 2017 through a packaged tour organized by one of our relatives. Gopi, the tour operator is a veteran in this field and has been doing this services for almost two decades. Our troop comprised around 53 people. I was the only participant from Bangalore and more importantly the second youngest participant (next to Vasu)....