It was a great opportunity for me to visit AYODHYA (UP) during my internship which was at Mussoorie a city in uttarakand.
So my journey started from dehradun railway station without knowing the place which is to be visited, I love to travel a lot But if it's alone it's a previlage opportunity for me to explore the places and get to know the things in a better way, and it was me alone started from dehradun railway station towards Ayodhya.
So my journey started from dehradun railway station without knowing the place which is to be visited, I love to travel a lot But if it's alone it's a previlage opportunity for me to explore the places and get to know the things in a better way, and it was me alone started from dehradun railway station towards Ayodhya.
It was Doon express in which i boarded at 20:30 from Dehradun, and the journey was not so impressive, it was highly crowded because the next day was RAM NAVAMI (the day on which lord RAMA took his birth at Ayodhya) as my ticket was booked earlier ,i had not come across any of the problems during my journey time.
The next day after my 16 hours of journey came to an end, it was 12 noon . and it was a memorable time for me to get down of my train at Ayodhya. Getting out from the railway station at Ayodhya was really a challenging task for me because i told you that next day was the holiest day ever there. finally got out from the railway station after an hour, it was already 1 noon ,so had some food nearby and started searching for a lodge there. i knew that it was a toughest job to get a room there on that particular day. Went to all the lodges at Ayodhya but could't find one for me coz all rooms were occupied. There i asked a person regarding the room, he showed me a small room where there was space to keep one single cot only and the room had no space to keep my bag, so kept it under the cot, took bath and went on a side-seeing, there I met a wonderful person "Rahul Pande" a student come guide, initially i did't allow him to convince me to take a side-seeing coz i thought he may financially exploit me but i asked him how much i need to pay him to take me to all the places at Ayodhya, As i was alone he decided to take me on his 2-wheeler and demanded me to pour petrol of 150 rupees and i did for 200 rupees.
Now a beautiful journey with a wonderful local person who knew each and every bit of the city Ayodhya started on his old 2-wheeler,sat with him with all the fear in my mind. He took me to a holy river SARAYU, there i took bath and moved towards MANI PARVATH people even now believe that there in some precious stones and dig the soil nearby.on that hill one can have a look over 360 degree of the city Ayodhya. Got down the hill, then he took me to a beautiful temple of lord HANUMAN , there you could find hanuman sleeping posture where it is not found anywhere else in india. as it is believed that one must visit Hanuman Garhi a temple of Hanuman before visiting RAMA JANMA BHOOMI, And i did the same. after 3 long hours in the Que whit passing 7 barricades, i came out successfully having the darshana of lord RAMA and came back to my room by giving him 200 rupees.
Next day morning i woke up at 3 in the morning due to the huge disturbance by people visiting Ayodhya early morning to visit RAMA JANMA BHOOMI. Then I started walking along with the crowd where they all move together, they took me again to the river SARAYU again i took a holy dip in the river SARAYU and stood with them in the Que to do darshana of RAAM JANMA BHOOMI again.
Came out of the place at 8 AM took my luggage and started towards my next destination ALLAHABAD. From Ayodhya i did not get a direct bus to Allahabad So from Ayodhya I had to travel to Faizabad in a shared auto by giving 15 rupees and its 20 KM far by the time i reached Faizabad it was 10 AM.
Contact information of the guide there at AYODHYA
Name : RAHUL PANDE
Contact no. : +91-9616234709
+91-9936584012
a temple of Hanuman
sleeping sculpture of lord Hanuman
near river SARAYU
sarayu river
