Ancient temple in Jaspur : Perfectly imperfect place…
“Girata hai gulmohar khwaabon me raat bhar,
Aise khwaabon se bahar nikalana zaroori hai kya?”
Aise kyun- Mismatched- Gazal version….
The lyrics… The soothing music and mainly the hypnotizing voice…this song is on repeat mode in my playlist now. I love the slowness in my life, which is like the sweetness of this song. When you listen to the soothing voice of Rekha Bharadwaj ji, you want to drown in those emotions. You want that voice to take you away, far away from all your surroundings, where no one, not even yourself, can reach. Being true to us is difficult, or dare I say, being of this species in this era is difficult.
Basically, I am a perfectly imperfect person. I love to cook, but messiness while cooking is okay for me. I’m not too fond of the picture-perfect living room or dining room. I must have some books on the sofa or irregularities saying, “Yes! this is my home, and it is not some hotel room.” Those little imperfections are part of my kids and me. Satva is a perfectionist, and I admire and respect his virtue. Shaurya is more like me in that sense.
These imperfections reflect in our travels also. Not all Sundays are the same. Not all trips are perfect! All things, including our life and us, are incomplete and imperfect. Some of our treks are about something other than summit, while sometimes, one kid is not in the mood. And sometimes it’s just weather doesn’t want us to go ahead, or sometime we can’t go at all. Do we stop our Sunday rituals due to this? No! Do we stop trekking due to this? No!
So we went to this perfectly imperfect place this weekend. It is an old temple at the bank of river Mahi in the village of Jaspur. (Jaaspur).
You can take a car just a few meters from the temple. But we parked our vehicle at Dhobikuva Jaspur primary school, and then we walked along the narrow sandy lanes with dense shrubs and trees on either side. The road was quiet, and we heard the drumming sound of a woodpecker hammering its bill against the tree trunk. That sound was unique and loud. We just stood there for a few minutes and listened to it. Now for such little yet huge and innocent pleasures, you have to ditch the car and walk on those dirt roads.
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After walking straight for a few minutes, you will reach a Dargah and take a left turn from there. Go straight for a while, and you will have two roads. If you want to go to Jaspur fort wall, go on the right side, and if you want to go to the temple, take a left turn. And when we turned left, we realized they were making a concrete road, so the drive would be easy if you didn’t want to walk a few kilometers.
After walking on that road, you will see an abandoned fort-like building, take a dirt road on your right side and again follow the trail…and then you will have a view of this temple. The temple is small and serene. Peaceful and unique. It was closed when we went there, but equally meditating.
The entire trail from the primary school to the temple is appx 1.9-2 km, one way. But it is worth it. If you visit this place, tell us about your experience in the comment section below. And remember to share this page with your friends and family.
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Were bored what to do around with lot of negativity around the previous week !
Wanted a small break where no one. Practically No one is around and this seems the place !
Sometimes the best journeys are those, that start when we do not plan, continue how we do not expect and are taking us places we do not know.
JAIMIN
It is our pleasure. Yes we also love similar places where no one is around. Just us and Mother Nature.
“Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone.”
– Buddha
Yes!!