Saturday, May 25, 2019

day 2 and final day , before we start back


16th May in Patna



We stared the day late, it was 830 before we were all ready and moved out by 0900 hours, Sager and Murtuza of BRS was there to take us for breakfast we hogged on Sandwich, kachori, lassi and jalebi, we were so stuffed after 3 lassi each, we took a break by the Gandhi maiden, and admired the artwork all around the places, Madhubani paintings adorned most of the walls and we had a good time walking around in spite of the heat before we set off for the day

The agenda was Gurudwara hopping
We set off to visit Guru ka bagh,


While we were on the way we started to cross Bihar museum to be precise and we could not pass it by, so we did make yourself culturally rich for 2 hours in the museum along with Sagar of Brs, before we met with Vikas Mehra, who accompanied us to the gurudwara Handi Sahib, I had langar for the first time, interesting they served Khichiri , and it seems that hey don’t serve Kichiri normally, and Kichiri is one of my favorite
The story here is : -
Where Guru Gobind Singh Ji And His Hundreds of Followers took Langar, From one small clay pitcher in the hut at the age of sixGurdwara Handi Sahib - Danapur is a cantonment station, 20 kilometres west of old Patna City. Guru Tegh Bahadur had returned to Punjab in April 1670 leaving his family behind at Patna. It was only after he had been at Kiratpur and Chakk Nanaki for a few months that he sent for the rest of the family to return. The family after leaving Patna Sahib made their first halt here. An old lady named Mai Pardhani served a kettleful (handi) of khichari (rice and lentils) to them after which the shrine subsequently built here was named as Handiwali Sangat, which is now called Gurdwara handi Sahib. It is housed in a small hall with verandah on three sides and a small brick-paved walled compound in front on the bank of a seasonal stream, Son Nadi.
This Gurudwara was built in the memory of Shri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji. As in 1728 Bala Preetam Ji with Mata Gujri and his family walked from Patna Sahib to Anandpur Sahib then Patna residents accompanied Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji to see off him. At that time Guru Ji was 5.2 years old. People walked about 12 miles and reached Danapur. It was night time. Sangat of Danapur gave them a warm welcome and entertained them. An old lady whose name was Mata Jasni cooked Khichdi for Guru Ji with love & affection and put the pot(Haandi) of khichdi before Satguru Ji and requested him to eat. Seeing all this Satguru Ji impressed with her. Satguru Ji ate the khichdi and also served khichdi to the Sangat. Jasni Mai requested him to always be here. Then Satguru Ji said, so long khichdi would be cooked in that Handi and would be served to sangat, you would feel my presence here. Fortunate Mata followed the Guru ji's words and converted her house to a Dharamshala. She kept cooking the khichdi in that Handi and kept serving to sangat. So this place is known as Haandi Sahib
( source:  sikhiwiki)






Next stop, Guru Da bagh, and boy the way was quiet a experience Google took us into fields and slums and roads barely wide for one car to go through, we prayed no car came from the other side or we would be stuck, backing would be a scene too,  
The story here is:
The holy visit of Guru Tegh Bahadur turned the dry and deserted garden into greenery. As this incident was reported to Muslim brothers they reached to see the revered Guru and their garden along with their courtiers. Guru Tegh Bahadur asked three times the nawab brothers about the ownership of the garden. The nawab brothers decided to donate it in the name of Guru as it was turned green because of holy and pious visit of Gurujee. They submissively requested to accept their little offer of the garden. It is about 4 kms from the Takhat Patna Saheb on Patna-Fatwah Road.
At present this garden is popularly known as "Gurudwara Guru Ka Bagh". There is a Sarowar and beautiful gurudwara. It was the place where Guru Tegh Bahadur met his son for the first time.



And then we found our way to Kangan Ghat and

Finally Gaughat,

It was almost 0700hours before we managed to find a spot where we could get ready for the evening and go meet up with the bride to be harsha

 and spend the evening making merry well into the night , almost till 2330 hours

 and then we were on our way once again, we descided to start off at night itself to avoid traffic and hopefully we would be back in Jsr by 1000 hours

we were once more accompanied to almost 60 km out of the city by some of the BRS guys and we sat around and chatted till almost 0200 hours , before we could start back on our trip

what a great 48 hours it had indeed been, 

sorry to say though  Hotel Panchwati where most buses stop, folks get a bite, the toilets here are so dirty,  All disease that exist can be found in these bathrooms, Though I wonder who to blame the passengers who are forced to use these unhygienic bathrooms, or are the hotel owners who are only interested in profits alone or is there a 3rd front I know not about.

 



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