We started from Uttarkashi towards
Gangotri. On the way, we saw
a mountain with snow on the top. By coincidence, the shape of the
white snow seen from the van looked like the letter OM. The devotees
were thrilled.
We took bath in the hot spring at Ganganani.
We reached Gangotri in the midst of a major traffic jam. We were 2km
from the Gangotri temple. We decided to get down and walk. No sooner
than we had walked half a kilometer, when suddenly we saw a familiar
person coming towards us. It was Sri Sri Ravishankar. We bowed down
to him and made pranams. He greeted us with a smile and quickly went
on his way. We were standing wondering at our good fortune.
We went further and we found a very old lady accompanied by two other
ladies slightly younger to her, trying hard to walk towards Gangotri
with her heavy bag, etc. We took the bag from her and helped her to
the temple holding her hand. We felt blessed to be able to help them
at the holy place.
We offered prayers at the banks of Ganga at Gangotri. We had darshan
at the temple and started back to Uttarkashi.
On the way, Gopiji was having interesting discussions with our driver
Sri Prabhakar. Prabhakar was a young naughty youth with a good sense
of values, but short temper. Sometimes he gets calculative and tries
to get more money (natural). Overall he was a nice and interesting
person.
We reached Uttarkashi at nightfall. We had dinner at the ashram and
went to sleep.