Indore Journal 10 - Super Sunday

Haylo people again!! Its been quite some time now. Was bored out of my wits except for Super Sunday! I wish there were a lot more Sundays. :D The problem is that in Indian calender there are no holidays during May-June. How ridiculous is that, arre bhai chuttiyan thodi evenly distribute karni chaiye na! Anyways back to super sunday. One of my colleagues wanted to go to Ujjain, so I happily joined in. I think she prayed for something and that happened and in return she must have took a vow to go to Ujjain because she just wanted to go to this one temple and return asap! I so wanted to hang out a lot more, so we decided that she returns back after that one temple and I carry on.

So we head out for Ujjain at 7:30 am and took a bus from Indore. We reached there by 9:30 am. From the place he dropped us we had to take a shared auto but it was not exactly a normal auto. It was like one of those automobiles that you can use if you were planning to make Transformers in Hindi. hahahahaha. It was a huge, rusty, old styled tempo like thing with only one tyre in the front and two rows of seats in the behind in which people face each other. I was so fascinated with that Transformers auto ride. :D If you still didn't get a visual of what I am trying to explain then click on this link: http://www.loupiote.com/photos/4160382936.shtml

We finally reached Mahakaleshwar Mandir or simply Mahakal as locals call it. It is one of the Jyotirlingas out of the 12. The scene inside the temple was truly mesmerizing. The rush, people chanting 'Om Namah Shivayah', beating of drums and cymbals, absolutely mesmerizing. All I could do was fold my hands and gaze at the absolutely amazing Shivlinga. The Shivlinga there was exactly like we see in the movies and how we have read in old stories. Perfectly elongated dome shaped which would for once make you think that it may be carved by some person but such is the magic of nature, it creates things that are beyond human imagination. It was nice to see milk dripping onto the Linga from a Kalash kept over it and the saint performing his mantras and occasionally pouring some sacred water over the Linga. Finally they made something like eyes on the Linga with red powder and lit the lamp and chanted mantras to mark the end of the Aarti. I think just to watch that Shivlinga was enough to compensate the rickety bus ride and the heat. The only sad part that we were not allowed to go close to the Linga or the Nandi statue. We were made to stand some 30 feet away from the statue and made to witness the Aarti from there. At the entrance you could see a board saying, 'Bhole Baba ke darbar me sab ek hai', but that was not the case there, some people were allowed to go ahead of the point where the barricade was kept while others had to see it from a distance. Unfair, I want to touch the Linga too!!

We got of the temple decided to eat something. I had samosas! :D But to be frank street food in Indore disappoints me, I don't know why but I am not quite satisfied with the street food here. I don't know whats the use of putting sev over every single item you prepare. That is just dumb! :P The best item I've had after coming here is Sev Tamatar though. Its a must have if you ever come to Indore. I decided to skip the rest of my journey and headed back home owing to the ridiculous heat! I am saying this, can you believe that! For a person who loves summers more than winters, when he says it was ridiculous heat, it means it was RIDICULOUS HEAT!! lol. It makes no sense but whatever it was very hot outside.

We took a bus back home and that asshole bus driver was honking every 15 seconds as if he had put that horn just a day before and was showing off to everyone that see I have put a new horn in my bus. Alright dude I get it its your new thing but the ears I have are not fucking yours, they are mine. Don't subject me to this you fucking moron! Whatever! I decided to sleep but hooooooooonnnnnkkkkkkkkkk hoooooooooooonnnnnnkkkkkk!! Crazy driver!! I had to put my earphones and play music the loudest I could to remotely sway away that noise. Drivers here honk way too much!

I came back home and slept off and woke up around 7 in the evening. We decided to cook dinner tonight instead of going out. :D Flatmate and the lady I went to Ujjain with got vegetables and stuff and we started the process. I, being the youngest wasn't expected to do much! Haha, I love being the kid! :D But I wasn't feeling very good about not contributing. I made Bhel Puri. No! Don't be in any misconceptions that I made all the things and made Bhel Puri, I had got a Haldiram Bhel Puri mix when I had come for worst case scenario sake (no food available) but worst case scenario hadn't struck yet so it was lying spare. I made Bhelpuri and it was Yum! Thanks to Haldiram, there isn't much that I do in it, except cutting onions and boil a potato (which my flatmate did for me) and mix the masala and stuff and nicely mix all the ingredients. lol.

Finally they were done cutting all the veggies and we decided to make mix-veg curry, rice and curd. It was super yum! I couldn't believe that we made all that stuff! What a satisfaction. :D
It was fun weekend! :D