4:30 hours :alarm ringing tring tring....ooh shut up . m getting off my bed. total dark outside. it will be day in a hour or so. the day was going to be one of the best days of my life. and i was excited.
6:00 hours:left home at 6 with grandma's and mamma's blessings.'may god save you and your friends from all the difficulties my son-may this day be the best day.enjoy and take care'-my grandmother hold me tight in her arms and blessed me with her lovely words. the next moment i was at the door with my mom saying goodbye.here is a secret - my mother is always afraid when i am out alone [and i think it is a common feeling with every mother]- she had in her eyes but couldn't speak.
6:10 hours:its gonna be day in just another 15 min but the best is now. clouds covering the sky.pink sunlight shining and yes the lights on the roads are still on adding a contrast to the beautiful sky.waiting at the stop for the car and my friend goyal who has arranged it. and here he comes - its innova. thank god nice leg room for a fantastic 4 hour journey.
6:30 - 35 hours: picked rest of the friends namely saini,shobit,rahat,pulkit and luthra.now its full.7 friends on a journey-200 km from delhi to the city where the unending love of Shahjahan resides- Agra.its good to be with friends.they are precious.we had a lovely start with a good climate outside and nice music playing inside.
8:00 hours: the driver made us to stop at a dhaba on a highway. thanx to goyal's mom she had given breakfast for us.we just ordered some tea.enjoyed the lovely breakfast on a shiny morning.
than we left that place at a speed of 120 kmph :P
10:00 hours: here comes the Agra.our first stop was Akbar's tomb-sinkandra.it was like an ordinary tomb.we didn't get to see something exceptional [except some nice Asian chicks :P]. clicked a few of them.oohh....they were cute :P.on clicking one of them my friend told me - "rishabh galat baat" and i said "ek to aachi cheez mili hai uski bhi pic na loon?" hahaha....fuuny huh??? in short it was fun.
10:15 hours:15 minz later,we were at our main destination it was the symbol of love - Taj Mahal.rahat was standing in the queue to get tickets.there were people from all around the world to see the one of the 7 wonders of world.we got the tickets, now were standing in the main queue which will lead us to the security check and then to Taj.we entered from the west gate and made ourself to stand in front of Taj.It was awesome, truly a wonder.No doubt it was the romantic thing ever done by a lover for her love.beauty and shine was at its peak-breaking all the barriers.The secrets of Taj revealed that the architecture was designed keeping in mind the architecture of heaven as told by the philosophers of that time.
we clicked almost 200 pics over there.i clicked a few macro,and obviously Taj. we went inside the Taj to see the graves of mumtaz and shahjahan. but due to security reasons they were buried protected and we just have to see the artificial ones.
on our way back we hired a camel cart to reach the parking area.and then there was a blunder a honey bee bite saini above his left eye.he threw his camera [ which was later found beneath his seat and was on a verge to slide ],rahat took his keys and i rubbed it on that spot.it was paining but thank god nothin serious happened.
on our way back we stopped at agra fort,now we were bit tired. saw the place where shahjahan was prisoned by his son aurangzeb.we had some nice shots here.this time i didnt clicked the beauty rather we had some group photos and few individual.
15:00 hours:again in innova,we left for vrindavan- the sacred place where krishanji spend his childhood.this is one of the place which resides in the heart of almost every hindu.at around 16:30 we reached bankebihari mandir.it was still 1 hour more for the temple to be opened for public.so as to utilize our time we went to madhuban [ just a 10 min walking distance].it is the place where krishanji used to do raas-reela and is believed that it is still happening the same at night.after returning we had our darshan at the mandir.just felt very close to god.the moment was amazing and cannot be expressed.
after our darshan we went for a tikkis and two glass of lassis [buttermilk] each. then we went to our last destination the Iskcon.again a very holy place.the temple was beautiful and very well maintained by the iskcon followers from all around the world [including foreigners].
we made our darshan and prayed to god for our future and safe return to home.
