Gaumukh-Ma Fav place in abu

GAUMUKH -GURU VASHISHTH ASHRAM

Gaumukh is about 3kms away from town. The place cannot be covered in your routine sight scene era, as almost you need a half day to visit this place. The road is in between the woods, surrounded by the Aravali Range, touches the edge of Rajasthan to the highway for Gujarat.

Reaching to the place, is itself a fantasy, and the place is just heaven. Deep into the jungle, you need to climb down for about 75o stairs." yes, itzz a place, where we need to go down the hills". The stairs are well constructed, with proper masonry walls, so no fear of falling down in the valley. The downstairs are well cluttered with bushes, trees and huge rocks. different kinds of fruits can be found on your way, to keep u well feed. Certain kinds of fruits can be found like, mangoes, blackberries, falsa, bae'r and karooonda(the local fruit) which are dam mm tasty.

On reaching Downstairs of about 700 steps, there is a pond of Natural unknowing water. It is natural, because it is pure and it is coming straight from the Aravali mountains. On the other hand, itzz source is still a suspense, because till date, nobody is able to find itzz source. No matter how drought is in abu, weather there were no rainfall, the water supplied in this pond regularly round the year. The water is so pure and sweet, that we cannot stop our self away from drinking.

The cow is considered a sacred animal by those who make religious pilgrimages to the Gaumukh Temple and a spring that is believed to have emerged from the mouth of a rock that is shaped similar to a cows head. A large marble statue of a cow has been built on the site. The bull is representative of Nandi, who was Shiva’s vehicle. There is a stream of water that flows from the mouth of the marble bull. that is the reason the place was Christianize as "GAUMUKH".

The Gaumukh Temple was built in its location as a dedication to Guru Vashishth. It is believed that Saint Vashishth performed a yagna there that created the four major Rajput clans. There is also a tank that you should visit- the Agni Kund. The Agni Kund is believed to be the site of a sacrificial fire which Saint Vashishth used to perform the yagni from which the four clans were born.

Fifty steps to the pound is the main Guru Vashishth's Ashram, this is the place where the PANDAVA's, on their exile took lectures from Guru Vashist. In the temple you will find statues of Nandi, Saint Vashishth, Lord Ram and Lord Krishna.The Ashram is said to be about 5500 years old. The Place is so beautiful, surrounded by high rising mountains, with clear call of true nature. the ambiance is so clean and silent, that one gets mix to the silent green ambiance.

All the facility is provided by the Shadus, if you wish to stay for overnight in the Ashram. You can cook your own food if wish, using the jungle wood, all the utensils are provided, but you need to carry all grains and vegetables for your convenience. Food is too provided by the Ashram, if you are staying back with no arrangements.

The worst thing is going back, looking at the mountains where you need to climb, is little challenging, but it is a great fun.

So Come and feel the place.

For more on Ashram VISIT @ http://www.gaumukh.org/


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Abu @ 40 degrees

Hello Friends... Something unique and shocking to read about MOUNT ABU...
Yes, very true.. the thermometer is reading 40 degrees...
It is first time in the history, mount abu is facing so much heat during summers. It is very difficult to measure the difference between a hill station and the busy city roads. The Heat is just penetrating to the skin, not only to make your color dark,but its an indicating alarm for the future seasons of mount abu.

The pinching heat just started after the mass forest fire around the aravali range few days back. Its is almost an month now, but forest guys are unbale to take a 100% control over the forest fire. The raw rocks of the Aravali Range, are just tasting the taste of the direct sun, and getting hot, making the ambiance very very hot.

Tourist this year decreased to 70% comparing last year, because of the high rising mercury in the town. Not only locals but the tourist are also not able to make the difference of the hot city to a hill station like mount abu.. which is just known for itzzz alll chill pilll seasons..

Last but not the least... we all are waiting for the showers to make the people chilll this monsoons.. or people has to face not only heat but the draught next year..

Corruption - On The Name of "Supreme Court's BAN"

Hiii friends... i know that i m too late to start with the issue of corruption of city municipality, But there is always a hope for a new beginning.

To start with the issue of the Ban of Construction at Mount Abu.

With the ban, all the officers out here of both the offices(including municipality and the SDM office), had set up their shops to allow illegal construction in the city. Legally u cannot repair your bath room, and on the other hand, u can build bungalows, multistory apartments, if you had paid a good amount in the office.

The story does not only end here, the officers have become the almighty of the town, they say "we are the owners " itzz all with them, the powers to justify everything, weather it is against the law. They have stop allowing the building materials to enter in the city area, without the prior permission of the commissioner. As, in India people has right of "free trade anywhere" in India, regarding, they are not trading prohibited goods. Above to that, the local business alliances has a order copy of the Court, that they are permitted to do the trading of building materials, without any interference in any manner,but the officers, deny the court orders.

To the question that, being the ban of construction from the supreme court , why so much, construction is been done at Mount Abu, instead of stopping the people to construct illegally, why are you stopping the trade?, its being the same thing that don't allow the bar to sell liquor cause after drinking the customer can be destructive? Answer to this was given in a very polite way, that it is there duty to see, what is right what is wrong, people have no right to interfere in there work.

This make clear, officers are blind in making money, hoteliers and people who has money can get their job done, as they say, they pay them..
But, is anybody there to hear the local voice.
the voice of the local people who wants to get his bathroom repaired, want to add one more room because his son is getting married, or no. of family members has been increased in last 15 years of ban,and he needs a room. What he should do??