Trip to Mahavirji 6: Road to Jhansi

Barren land was the constant feature of the trip. I was longing for the greens of Doon.

I wouldn't call the car trip from Mahavirji to Jhansi a pleasant one. First of all, the road couldn't be worse. It didn't seem it was ever maintained once built. Surprisingly we didn't spot any cars throughout the journey. Perhaps, that's the reason the road wasn't maintained because it was hardly used (or perhaps the bandits of chambal once terrorized these roads resulting in complete deserting of this area). Also, there was not a single village, hotel or rest stop anywhere on the road until after almost 5 hours into the trip. Finally when we entered into MP, the scene got a bit better and the new highway system near Gwalior gave our bruised bodies from bumpy road, some rest. The driver made a quick stop right after we hit the Morena region and we noticed of couple of guys closing in on us. Suddenly, the images of the bihaad days became fresh. The likes of the Phoolan devi and Malkhan Singh appeared before the eyes. We were standing on the piece of land that was once frequented by the bandits riding on their horses carrying big rifles with extra cartridges wrapped around their bodies. Nothing evil happened this time though and we peacefully moved towards Jhansi.

We spotted this temple on the top of the hill. Why are temples always at the top of a hill? Phoolan devi must have frequented this temple with his crew to get some piece of mind.

While passing through Gwalior, I thought it was a nice and posh city. In general I liked MP; this was my first trip in that region. We once again entered UP towards the final stretch of our journet to Jhansi. It took us almost 10 hours to cover Jhansi from Mahavirji. By the time we hit mamaji's house, it was almost 9 in the evening. We settled down comfortable in mamaji's new house and ate some good food served by mamiji.

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