Vaishno Devi Yatra November 2010

This November we started our journey to Maa Vaishno Devi. Every year we go to have Darshan, but this time things were not easy.Our team had following members:-

1. Mr. Sunil Jain
2. Mr. Sanjay Tiwari (self)
3. Mr. O.P. Upadhayaya
4. Mr. Sanjeev Tiwari
5 .Dr. Vipin Srivastava
6. Dr. Anil Dixit
7. Dr. Pradeep Gupta
8. Mr. Sushil Kanaujia
9. Mr. Raj Kamal Tripathi

We took Puri Express from Kanpur on 21st November, it was 45 minutes late.We were quite satisfied as there was a sufficient margin of about 4 hrs.  It was scheduled to reach New Delhi at 5.00 PM. But suddenly some problems in Railway track arose, near Etawah and after that Puri Express ran like a Bullock Cart. It reached New Delhi at 9.00 PM. Our hearts were sinking and we all were praying for a  delay in Uttar sampark Kranti Exp.By the time we reached Platform no.7 Sampark Kranti Exp. had already gone.....
You know we were 9 people,and it was very- very difficult to come to common conclusion.Everybody had his own point of view.. Finally we decided to get our tickets validated from the station Master, and tried our fate in Jhelam Express. Jai ho Shera wali ki.... Usko ye Manzoor nahi tha ki uske Bhakt bina Darshan Ke Wapas Chale Jayen.... we all got bearths in Jhelam Express !! (  though some donation was given)
After this our yatra was very peaceful and comfortable......We had Darshan on 22nd November and came back to Kanpur on 24thMorning.....
One more thing to add, everybody in our group was tired, so wanted to have a shorter route to Katra, except Dr.Pradeep Gupta, who was willing to go Katra after having Darshan at Bhairo ji. We all started at 12:00 midnight for Katra, by a shorter route(Except Dr Pradeep Gupta) and reached Katra at 3:30 AM. It was a pleasant surprise for everyone to see Dr. Gupta waiting there for us..It was rare to see a person reaching Katra so fast..

JAI MATA DI.....

Here are some pictures.....