Kadia Dungar: Adventure in Buddhist Caves
“ I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery – Air, mountains, trees, people. I thought,” this is what it is to be happy.” – Sylvia Path
This was our trip in February when the scary second peak was not engulfing us in its flames. Though we were sacred of COVID the urge to meet families surpassed all our fears… we were a little bit relaxed…and with all due precautions, we had selected this place. Quiet, isolated and natural, and beautiful all the same.
With one sister dropping directly from Surat and the other joining us from Baroda, it was a much-needed family reunion. The place is as near to Baroda as it is from surat… This was our family meeting place. And just like that, this NEW experience became lifetime memory…
The Kadia Dungar is a small hill near Zagadia, Bharuch, with ancient Buddhist caves. You can climb it in two ways- one is stairs, and another is from the trail just before the main entrance. We preferred the second one. Please be cautious with kids.
The caves are really good but need more maintenance. While going down also we didn’t go through stairs, instead, just get down from the hill.
Behind the hill, there is a huge banyan tree spreading its roots and branches like a giant protecting everyone in its vicinity and also who is far away… It is amazing!!
In the vicinity of the hill, there is one serene lake also. Walk from the hill to the lake is via main road only.
So this was our small picnic with family and trying something new. Because we crave for NEW…But what is new?
New
Be grateful
Be grateful to the NEW
A new day
A new week
A new month
A new year
Those new drops of the dew on the grass
That new bud tingling to blossom
Those fresh leaves after winter
And also those old leaves with
New autumn colors
A new friend
A new song
A new home
A new task, you prolong
A new book’s smell
The new YOU that others repel
Be thankful
For all the new
New perfume fragrance
To the new food, you taste
New summer ice cream flavors
To the New dairy milk silk, you break
New phone app
New lengthy but robust rap
A new place you visit
A new quirky habit
New smiling eyes behind the mask
New helping hand before you ask
We crave new
They give us hope
Like shining light in the dark night
Like a cozy blanket in frosty wintertide
If not anything
They make us
Value, treasure, cherish
Our OLD…
Location: https://goo.gl/maps/K8puRZ1dtLKkpRZH8
Distance from Vadodara – 114 km
Time- 2 hours 7 min via main national highway
Point to consider:
- Please take food if you are planning to stay for more time because you won’t be getting anything nearby.
- Beware of monkeys. They will disturb you while climbing the hill also.
- It is a better place for monsoon and winter.
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Love
SaSha