The weather at Shimla has gone up drastically. Day time temperature on Saturday was 20. It was after a long time that I left my jackets and pullovers and went out in half sleeves. Mall was pleasant in the evening and it seemed that everyone was out anticipating the summers. Narkanda is still quite chilly. Further down the road to Kotgarh there is around 20 feet of snow on road side and avalanches coming down now and then. The orchards still are under snow making it impossible to get the work started.
Shivratri is around the corner and the preparations have started with lentils being dried up for the delicacies. Can hardly wait for the feast. But before the feast, Mahadev, as Lord Shiva is known in the hills, is decked up and pooja is performed. As kids, grandfather would ask us to offer some money to Mahadev and the next morning the amount used to get doubled! Read the rest of this entry »
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