Day 2
We were ready to leave toward ujjain at 7 am.
It was a very good morning, cool breeze, temple music and aarti made the environment more cheerful.
I went to the bus adda to bring the auto,
was surprised to see the scene at the place,
there were no auto, no buses, no taxi, nothing but stalls everywhere selling all sundry items.
Someone told me that the bus adda temporarily moved further 1 km to avoid traffic jam in the town as kartik punam celebration was going on that day.
Went to new bus stand/adda,
after looking at the chaos at that place, i was worried,
got hold of some autowallas to come to the resort but all refused,
police at that place simply refused to allow any vehicle further from that point toward city.
I was puzzled with what to do next,
saw one lal batti car [ car with red light on the top],
presumed that SP or DSP must be there in the car,
went ahead and requested the officer in car to allow a auto till Narmada Resort,
he nodded with a smile and wished me happy journey toward Dwarka.
Finally, we were at the bus adda for next journey toward Ujjan in a luxury bus,
but wait,
where is luxury bus?
what i saw, there were the overflowing buses with 30 seat capacity plying between towns and villages in rural area,
Asked one fellow about luxury buses and he simply pointed toward those 30 seater buses,
i got idea about the mess i am trapped in,
there were no empty taxis at all.
Made a quick plan,
got one auto and came to the town of Sanawat which is 15km away from om'war on Burhanpur-Indore highway.
From that place, it was easy to reach Indore in so called luxury bus.
came to Indore at 12 noon,
had lunch,
i must say that the rosy pic of Indore in my mind earlier was shattered after looking this dirty city,
again so called luxury bus to Ujjain,
reached Ujjain at 3 pm.
In short, i messed up the journey from Om'shwar to Ujjain in the assumption that i will get taxi or luxury bus.
I must admit that the road from Omkareshwar-sanawat-Indore is good, four laned Indore-Ujjain road is also best.
At Ujjain,
deposited the luggage at railway station cloak room,
started to explore the temples in a auto,
first stop Gadkalika temple which is little outside of city,
small and beautiful temple,
then visited Sitaram temple, Gita temple, Siddhi temple,[ beautiful temple with huge twin deepmaala],Ganesh temple,
and finally Mahakaleshwar temple.
At Mahakal temple, it was relaxed darshan as there was no crowd at all,
it was surprising for me as it was kartik punam day and in that part of country, it is celebrated in big way at temples.
Mom and dad in front of Mahakal temple.
It was 7 pm,
roamed in the nearby market and what i found was---
----bhang ghata and
---chilim selling freely at Ujjain.[btw, both items are favrite of the god, Jai Bholenath].
Had quick dinner at nearby Gujarthi/marwadi restaurent,
It was time to move back to train station for onward journey toward Somnath in Gujrat.
At 11pm sharp, Jabalpur-Somnath express started toward Gujrat,
heard little dialogue in the train,
''kem chho,''
''maja me chho'',
'' jiman huyo?''
'' ha, kadi, khichadi, khaman, fafada khayo''. Quote:
[ '' how are you?''
''i am fine''
'' had your food?'
'' yes, i had kadi, khichadi, khaman and fafda'']
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End of day two.
next post- 3pm today.