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परिवार अगर खुश तो हम भी खुश। हम परिवार के लिए क्या से कर दे वो भी कम ही है। हमारी पहचान तो हमारे परिवार से ही है। मेरे जीवन में भी मेरे परिवार का बहुत महत्त्व है। वैष्णव देवी जी की यात्रा एक जीवंत उदहारण हैं। बहुत दिनों के बाद एक पारिवारिक मिलन हो पाया, जब हम सब अपने काम काज से दूर माता के दर्शन करने गए। हम सब अपने जीवन की पहली यात्रा किए जिसमे रोमांच भी था, एक प्यार भी और अपनों का साथ भी। आज सब कुछ सम्भव है बस एक नेक सोच की जरुरत है और वो आपसी प्यार से ही आ सकती है। भगवान् का आशीष ही था और हमारे मौसा जी की एक पहल जिसने बहुत ही सुंदर अनुभव कराया।

जब सोच अच्छी तो उसका परिणाम तो अच्छा होता ही है। यात्रा तो कुछ रोज की थी पर उस यात्रा के दौरान मिली खुशियाँ अदभुत थी। आज भी मानो अपने परिवार के साथ ही घूम रहा हु, मेरे गलियारे की यही तो खासियत है। जब चाहो तब उन् पलों के साथ घूम के आ सकता हु , कुछ ऐसी ही मस्ती की हमारी अप्पू ने, जिसका पूरा वर्णन मैं बिना कैंची चलाये यंहा पोस्ट कर रहा हु. मन् ताजा हो जाता है.

-----------------------Those जय माता दी days of my life!!!
Foreword

The statement “If your life is worth living, it is worth writing” and my brother Ankur Sharan has inspired me to write the whole experience of our Vaishno Devi darshan, in a form of an interesting journey of words. Hope you enjoy reading it, as it had my great efforts writing.

“The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.” There is so much to love and hate in my life, and so is this live through no exception. There are characters to love, characters to hate, characters we love, characters we hate, characters we love and hate at the same time, and characters we love to hate. I can’t think when I’ve ever seen such a varied and more enjoyable cast of superstars (cum villains)!!

Lets have an Intro...
To begin with let me first introduce you with the cast and crew of our trip:
· Mrs. Indira Prasad, the eldest of all, our great NANI.
· Mr. Satyanarayan Shrivastava (Sattoji), the eldest mousaji, a great persona.
· Mrs. Pushpa Shrivastava (Babyji), his better half and our favourite mousi.
· Mr. Ajay Sharan (Ajayji), one more mousaji.
· Mrs. Sudha Shrivastava (Ruby), our mousi not to forget DILLI wali mousi.
· Mr. Shailendra Saran (Shailu), the organizer of this trip, and my supercool dad of course.
· Mrs. Seema Saran (Tunni), my mom and the youngest of all three sisters (a spoilt brat, seriously).

ये सब तो बड़े थे now let me introduce the बच्चा gang……

· There is Mr. ADB (आदम खोर भालू), now transformed into Swami Narayan bhakt, also named Ankur (मिट्ठू).
· There is “hey LOUI!” with his murderous sense of humor, Pratul (चीकू).
· Next had to be the chatter box Prateek g, better known as Jimmy but he couldn’t join us as he had his MBA classes (but let me make a note that we all really MISSED him!).
· There also is our very own Miss. Dentist, oops I mean Dr.Ekta (Lily di).
· Then comes my dear sissy, Shivani (rather called Shaab ji, I don’t know for what reason but people do call her this).
· There is lastly me Apoorva (अप्पू), youngest of all and not forget the author of this journey!!

Following was the schedule of our tour:
Start Day:
· Reaching Jammu: 12th June at 16:10
· (Stay at Jammu have been arranged)
· 12th June Local site seeing of Jammu
Day One:
· Proceed to Katra: 13th June at 06.00 AM ( by Taxi/Bus)
· Reaching Katra 13th June at 08.00 AM
· Proceed to Mata Vaishnodevi 13th June 9.30 AM. (By Helicopter ticket reserved for 12 person)
· Darshan Mata Vaishnodevi 13th Jun (Semi VIP Darshan for Helicopter visiters)
· Back to Katra via Bhairavji, Ardhkunwari and others 13th June ( By walk)
· Stay at Katra 13th June Night (stay at Trikuta Bhawan booked for 13th June)
Day Two:
· Proceed to Jwalaji, Chitpurna, Kangra, Chamba, Dharmshala, Mcleodganj 14th June ( by Taxi)
· Stay at Dharmshala, Mcleodgan 14th June Night (Hotel Cloud End Villa, Family Cottage have been booked).
Day Three:
· Local Site Seeing at Dharamshala & Mcleodganj 15th June 7:00 AM.
· Return to Jammu 15th June Evening ( Stay at Jammu 15th Night Booked)
End Day:
· Return to New Delhi 16th June2476 SARVODAYA EXP 11:15 AM.

Special conditions to be folloooooooooowed while on tour:
1. Sleep Less: (a person will not be allowed to sleep more than 5 hours that is only in nights)
2. Eat Less (please do not eat much otherwise you have go for shit more)
3. Bath Less ( save water and time for three days, dry clean yourself )
4. Anger Less ( NO GUSSA on BIBI /BACHCHE otherwise a fixed penalty of Rs.500/ per incidence)
5. Baggage Less: you have to hold your own baggage no coolie will be allowed to carry it. It also occupies space in Taxi/Car.
6. Purchases: NO purchases are allowed on tour as everything is available at your town.
7. Enjoy More: Talk, walk, laugh as much as you can.
“As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.”
Now since the carpet has been laid, curtain undraped, cast introduced and cams along with handy cams ready so let’s begin with the voyage.

Since every story has a history so let me take you back to where this thought of all of us going together to Mata Vaishno Devi set off?
Not long back just a month ago, 14th May I had my CG-PMT in Rajnandgoan, where dad proposed to plan a trip to Vaishno Devi for all of us, i.e., all 3 mousi’s with their families. Everyone said ‘yes’ but nobody expected it to happen so soon. Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved. Anyway जब माता का बुलावा आता है तो जाना ही पड़ता है!!

जय माता दी!!
जय माता दी!!
जय माता दी!!जय माता दी!!

Appu You Rock