Bikes – Karizma, Pulsar(180), TVS Victor
Distance: 626Km
Days: 2
This trip was a devotional trip rather than an adventurous trip, as we covered 7 holy places, which include
Anandpur Sahib, Naina Devi, Chintpurni Devi, Jwala devi, Kangara Devi, Chamunda Devi & Dalai Lama temple
We started, after hectic office, around 8 pm, on 26th June on 3 bikes. To start our trip we pay our homage to Gurudwara Baba Deep Singh ji near Kurali.
Since this time we have 3 bikes which lead lot of confusion while driving. There was an incident where Tarjinder & I narrowly escaped an accident. Actually Tarjinder was leading & he overtook a truck & slowed down his bike speed. Since I was behind him, I also overtook that truck but at a high pace. When I saw Tarjinder is behind me i tried to slow down my bike but it was too late. My bike almost slipped of the road & tried to kiss the road, where lot of bajri was there. Us time mujhe ehsaas ho gaya ki jald hi mein bhi bajri ko chumne wala hun. Par Jain Sahab, jo bike par mere piche baithe the (Calm & composed as always), ko aabhas bhi nahi tha ki who kitne bade khatre mein jaa rahe hain. Then I applied my driving skills & tried to slow down bike slowly slowly as if I had applied brakes instantly then we both along with bike would have kissed the road. When we completely stopped then I find that Jain Sahab was sleeping (just kidding). After this storm then came a bigger storm named TARJINDER with his usual dialogs “Ithe Race lag ri hai. Jado mein kiya aage mein rahna hai tu overtake kyun kita. Hune dona ne marna c. Pata mein kina okha brake marya hai”. Since everybody knows about my Punjabi talent so I just nodded & understood that he was angry. In the mean while Kamleshwar overtook us with a high speed. Seeing him I started following him but Tarjinder was waiting for him to tell him about incident. So we all were dispersed. Then I catch Kamleshwar & we both went on. We stopped at Anandpur Sahib (as decided) but to our surprise Tarjinder had already reached there to welcome us with very warm wishes… Then Sanjeev told us that they reached there with only 100k speed which is very less for Karizma.
We were going to langar bhawan where our Vivek came to me with his usual rough looks and said to me “yaar mera rumal kho gaya. Sala har trip mein mera ek rumal kho jata hai. Maine ab koi trip nahi karni…” Ek acha dost hone k naate mujhe bhi uske itne bade loss ka dukh hua tabhi meri nazar uske sir par gayi. And to my surprise I found the thing that was just lost that is Vivek ka rumal. Then we had a little laugh over this issue & move inside to have lungar. After having lungar at anandpur shahib we went to sleep in open air in the park. Then came a typical Punjabi policeman & with his usual tone he said “…………………………………………” I just came to know that he was saying something about bike parking which we had already done. Then we put our bags on ground & started sleeping. But yeh ek aur tufan se pahle ki shanti thi. Tabhi Tarjinder ne goliyan manngi. Aur maine kahan ki “ abhi deta hun goliyan” In the meanwhile Sanjeev sir gave an idea about having snaps in that state. So Gaurav just stood up & start clicking camera. But there comes few warm words from nearby ladies. They were saying “************************************”. Sorry again, I didn’t got it what they were saying but Tarjinder told me ki who bahut aukhi ho rahi hai hamare attitude se. Unhone kaha ki “gaurav ko bula le aur jaldi soja”. So I did what he told me. Subah Kamleshwar ne kaha ki who hamari baton se & photo khichne se bahut gusse mein thi aur bahut gandi gandi galiyan de rahi thi jinhe mein samajh nahi paa raha tha varna usi waqt so jata photo nahi khichwata………. Thanks god I don’t know Punjabi, kyunki isi bahane photo to khich gayi…
After paying our homage to Anandpur sahib we moved towards Naina Devi where another big storm is about to come. After devi dharshan, Tarjinder told us about Yam Dwar & story regarding that Dwar. Then we had some snaps & came back. When we were near to our bikes then I put my hand in my jeans pocket to take out my bike key & then………………………….mere sir par ek pahad gir gaya. Meri pocket mein key nahi thi…Being from religious Brahmin family the first thing came in my mind is that I have done something wrong jiski devi ne mujhe saja di hai…par ab baat yeh thi ki maine kya galti ki hai…kafi sochne ka bad yaad aaya ki galti se mujhse devi ka prasad gir gaya tha so one lesson learnt that kabhi prasad mat girao.…idhar Tarjinder ne phir se mujhe apni kuch warm wishes deni suru kar di tabhi unhone bhi apni pocket mein haath dala aur pata chala ki uski bike ki bhi chabi kho gayi hai…….tab mujhe thodi rahat mili ki ab mein akela nahi hun……phir mein aur Tarjinder wapas bhawan ki taraf gaye key dhoondte huye. Bhawan par pahunchte hi devi ki kripa tarjinder par ho gayi…aur unki key mil gayi…it was in his inner pocket…but mujhe laga ki devi mujhse kuch jyada hi naraaz thi. We made announcement by mandir committee & search here there but didn’t get the key. Finally I asked Kamleshwar to get some help from locals & break the lock of bike. After breaking lock the next hurdle was to start the bike. Aur yahaan par dimag lagaya Kamleshwar ne jisne ek wire hataya aur bike start ho gayi…ab meri bike goongi ho gayi thi par chal sakti thi… Maine bhi uska saath nahi chodda aur use chala kar Nangal ki ore chal diya. On the way we had our breakfast at Bhakra Dam. After having breakfast we move towards Nangal, to get my bike repaired. …apni bike ki halat dekh kar mujhe kafi dukh ho raha tha [Kya se kya ho gaya………bewafa tere pyar mein…] isliye nangal jakar sabse pahle maine bike ka lock change karvaya………..lock lagne k baad meri bike mein jaan aa gayi aur woh daudne k liye tayar thi. Maine bhi uski icha ko jaan kar Chintpurni ki taraf chal diya.
On the way to chintpurni we had our lunch at Bombay picnic spot. Yahan sabki halat kharab ho rakhi thi but after lunch everybody was once again geared up to move forward. We reached chintpurni. After devi dharshan I again did a blunder. Actually after dharshan there was an old person who was giving prasad & charnamrit. We all were in line. Charnamrit lete hi maine usse haath dho liye jise dekh kar woh pujari gussa ho gaya. Mere baad ek aur aadmi ne usse haath dhulane k liye kaha. Uska gussa out of control ho gaya aur woh jor chilaya aur kaha “Maine ithe tooti lagayi hai @#$%^&*(”. Main ab tak apni galti se anjaan tha par uske chillane se mujhe ehsaas ho gaya ki badi bhari galati ho gayi hai…Then we left for Jwala Devi…Aur raste bhar mere dimag mein bas ek hi baat thi…pichli baar galati ki thi to bike ka lock tuta tha, is baar bhi galati hui hai to pata nahi kya tutega………………
Finally we reach Jwala devi safely. After having devi dharshan, only kamleshwar got the khazana from pujari………so that means goddess is happy at least with one of our member. While returning Tarjinder asked me to take few snaps. Sabhi ki pic hone k baad Tarjinder ne kaha “hun mere akele ki bhi pic khich de”. Is par Kamleshwar aur baki group members uske saath khade ho gaye aur kahne lage ki “hun khich akele di photo”. Is incident k baad to jab bhi Tarjinder akele photo khichwane k liye kahta saare group members’ uske saath khade ho jate aur kahne lagte the “ hun khich Tarjinder ki akele ki group photo”…After this incident we had some tea…& then move forward towards Kangara devi. Hum apni masti mein chale jaa rahe the tabhi mujhe yaad aaya ki Tarjinder hamare saath nahi hai……maine aur kamleshwar ne apni-apni bike slow kar li aur wait karne lage lekin jab kafi der ho gayi tab humne Tarjinder ko phone lagaya to pata chala ki woh maharaj ulte raste chale jaa rahe the……then we stopped at one point & waited for him. Uske aane k baad then we move forward…
We reach at Kangara around 9:45 pm. we were looking for some parking space then one helpful shopkeeper told us that bhawan is about to close so take ur bike to bhawan. But since road have some steps on it we can’t take our bikes above. Then he said “Agar bike upar le jaa sakte ho toh ek rasta bata sakta hun par kafi difficult hai…” As we were road lions we took up the challenge. Tab usne ek sankri gali batayi jisme ek baar mein sirf ek hi bike aage jaa sakti thi. Hum chal diye uske batayi gali mein… Lakin ek mod mudte hi road ka inclination change ho gaya… ek toh gali patli thi dusre itni chadhai…. Par road lions aisi condition se darte nahi who aage badte rahe…aur jab gali khatam hui toh humne apne aap ko bhawan k dwar k saamne paya…unki bahaduri dekh kar devi khush ho gayi isliye bhawan k darwaje hamre liye khole rakhe... kyunki raat kafi ho gayi thi isliye dharshan karne mein koi problem nahi aayi……. Aur darshan karne k baad hum chamunda devi ki taraf rawana ho gaye………..
We reached Chamunda at around 11:00pm. Now the biggest problem ahead of us is to get room for ourselves at that time. Kamleshwar & Sanjeev went out for searching rooms & finally got a wonderful room at reasonable price. On reaching room the first thing everyone was looking for place to sleep. Everybody was tired & just wants to take rest. All the bike riders had moov spray on their shoulders & back, as they were paining a lot.
I was the first to wake up early to have some snaps of the rising sun......kafi der intzaar karne ke baad …... jaise hi suraj uday hua mujhe refresh hone k liye jana pada is liye mein pics nahi le paya.... After refreshing ourselves everybody went to Chamunda temple where around 300 people were in line. After Chamunda devi darshan we want to have breakfast but since nobody was available for decision makeup Sanjeev got angry…. He had some warm compliments for Tarjinder who was busy on phone (I think all know the reason behind it). Then we decided to leave Chamunda without breakfast & have lunch in McLeodGanj.
After crossing Dharamshala we came across mountainous road with heavy traffic. As we were reaching close to McLeodGanj it was getting colder. Climate was really cool at McLeodGanj. We park our vehicles on road & had our lunch first since we were very hungry. After lunch it was Kamleshwar’s turn to show some talent. When he put his hand in his pocket he found that key of Gaurav’s bike was missing… We without telling Gaurav about the incident we went to have a look around but failed to locate key. Then Kamleshwar & I just leave the place quietly & rush towards the place where we park our bikes. To our surprise key was in the bike & ignition was on. Thanks god bike was safe as another bike of same model and color was parked there and that biker took only his bike. We decided not to tell Gaurav about the incident. After this incident we move forward towards Dalai Lama Temple where some chanting was done by hundreds of Buddhist monks. Then we had tea as we reach our final destination. Now we just have to return.
While returning from Dalai Lama Temple, at one place, there is a steep slope on road where Kamleshwar bike slowed down There comes one comment from Tarjinder “ki gal hun bike chadti nahi”. He even didn’t complete his words his bike stopped and started rolling backwards. Then we had some laugh and Kamleshwar told us about the reality of Tarjinder’s bike that it just contains body of Karizma rest engine is of CD-100(mixture of “CD Dawn” and “CT - 100”). That’s why it stopped, besides Tarjinder has custom gears in his bike, sometimes his bike's 3rd gear automatically starts acting as reverse. During rest of the trip we kept teasing tarjinder saying that “dekh CD100 kitni tej chal rahi hai”. While returning from McLeodGanj we also faced some showers that added to the beauty of that place.
Nothing so special while returning except at one place, where we did something different. There is one place on the way where Sanjeev asked us to take some snaps on mountain. Many other tourists were also taking snaps. I also stopped at a place where Tarjinder & Kamleshwar were discussing some thing. Actually they were discussing about taking bike on mountain. Then we decide to take our bikes on mountain. It was steep slope but we did. On reaching on top we had some snaps & also some video shoot. After doing this stunt we kept driving continuously. We stopped at few places only for some tea & dinner. While returning, there was great understanding between us & everybody was driving with constant (60 – 90 kmph) speed, keeping bikes close to each other so close that we can even listen to the whispers of our fellow bikers.
