Visiting temples and other religious
places have different connotations and purposes based on the phase of life we
are in. Sometimes, it is also about the state of mind that inspires you to make
it a routine to follow – based on the social values you inherit.
Based on my reasons (and
reasoning), I too, had this thing in my routine – visiting some temples that
fell well on my city itinerary during my school/college days in Varanasi –
Sankat Mochan, Durga Kund, Vankati Hanumanji and Lord Ganesh temple ‘Durg
Vinayak’ that is mid-way en route the Durga Kund-Vankatiji street.
That was once upon a time.
Then, during the course of my
life events, I shifted my base to Delhi. But as happens and as Varanasi is my
home town and as I feel a sense of belongingness here, the city keeps on
calling me again and again – and I respond to such calls with a ‘nostalgic
excitement’ always.
After many years, this time
around, when I am in Varanasi, I thought to revisit the experience of those
days – visiting these temples again – trying to follow the way it used to be in
my itinerary then – and I could do so – though with a different set of thoughts
in my mind – based on who I am and where I am in my life.
REVISITING THESE TEMPLES..
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