Trip to Mahavirji 5: Mahavirji

My last visit to Mahavirji took place about 20 years ago, and not too much has changes over these years. The temples remain equally beautiful, clean and well maintatined. Outside, though number of shops selling religious artifacts have come back and some really bad restaurants have taken prominence, over simplistic dhabaas, in the name of posh ac restaurants. We ate our dinner in one of these and I can tell you right away that that was the worst food we had ever eaten. Masala milk and lassi remained tasty as ever though and these are must have if you are there.


Dharamshaalas have become more modern, as well. The bathrooms were very well mainted with a geyser and separate taps for hot and cold water attached to a shower. It was no less pleasuring as a shower in the west. The next morning, after taking darshans in several other temples, we arranged for a taxi which was not an easy job to do with lots of taxiwaalas present on the scene and we being the only customers. Our next stop at this point was Jhansi, town on the outskirts of UP. We wanted to rush
since it was a long distance journey and we wanted to be there before it was too late. Yet, we couldn't start before 1ish and decided to gulp down thick aloo paranthas - disgrace to their cousins, the chatpate paranthe of Mussorie. We bowed to Mahavir bhagwaan one last time feeling the satisfaction of a paapi having washed all his sins and started towards Jhansi settling down comfortably in the nice ac blast of the taxi.