Trip to Amritsar

I was in Amritsar last week with my family, to attend a cousin's wedding. The wedding was on April 11th, and we were supposed to head to Jullundhar the next day to meet some relatives but decided to checkout the city a little bit before starting our journey for Jullundhar.

On April 12th. the day after the wedding, we decided to skip the b'fast at the guest house and eat at "Bharawan Da Dhaba" a much recommended restaurant in Amritsar famous for its Amritsari Naan.

We reached there past noon and ordered the speciality thalis with their famous naans along with sweet lassi (without malai, of-course :)). After having all the yummy food, we decided to head to the Golden temple, a truly magnificent house of god built in the middle of a lake.

The sublime peacefulness of the place was contrasting with the heavy traffic outside. I was amazed to see the number of people in line, standing in sun, to say their prayers. 

Baisakhi (the harvest festival of Punjab), was the following day and it was adding to the crowd at the temple. People came a day before and sat in the corridors to say their prayers the next day. It was amazing to see the willingness and the faith amongst people.

We took a round, around the lake where the temple is built, said our prayers and returned. So glad we checked it out, definitely one of my favorite sacred places now!

Kerala - a paradise!

I recently did a trip to Kerala with my husband for our fourth wedding anniversary. An amazingly beautiful place! I couldn't believe i was there, a place i had always wanted to visit. We spent our first day at the backwaters in a houseboat, which was an amazing experience, just water and lush green trees as far as you can see! Pictures don't do justice to its beauty, but i'll still add one for you to check out.
The next day, made a stop at the Varkala beach on our way to Kovalam. Reached Kovalam late afternoon where we checked into Leela, a beautiful resort. I could spend all the time there, doing nothing, just being at the pool, taking a dip and reading my book, but we decided to checkout the "Vivekanada rock" at Kanyakumari, the next day. I would say, skip it and just chill at The Leela! :)