It was a long time dream to go and worship the Endless God Lord
amarnAtha swAmy. With lots of prayers to the Merciful Lord to bless by permitting
to come to His holy abode, applied to a yatra service operating out of Chennai
to participate in the pilgrimage to amarnath, a yatra many people from various
parts do in love of their beloved Innocent Lord (! bhole nath).
There is a registration procedure from the local state government of Jammu and
Kashmir seeking the yatris to register themselves. The publication seeking this
gets published in the month of June and yatris could do this registration through
the J&K state tourism office in the major cities of India. The mind started
counting out the days and started dreaming in eagerness the holy place to go.
There were news about the landslides disrupting the path due to heavy rain.
By the grace of God that became alright in a few days and the yatris were permitted
to continue their journey. Subsequently came the shocking news that some brutal
barbaric islamic terrorists had gunned down many innocent pilgrims at pahalgham.
May the Lord bless the devotees who shed their bodies in this holy pilgrimage
and may the Supreme pashupati correct these misguided people to seek the God
in the path of love and wisdom. This massacre made the situation tense and the
yatra was suspended for a few days. Anxiously called up the yatra service whether
they would cancel the trip off ! But the Lord amarnath permitted this effort
to see His holy feet, so the journey was as per schedule and the dharshan for
the devotees also had resumed.
It was next a task of convincing the caring hearts about going ahead with the
yatra in spite of the troubles. The mind prayed, "Oh Lord, remove the obstacles
that come in the way of your devotees." Only with Its Grace this journey
towards It could happen. Finally when started off for Chennai, as some local
troubles settled down, it was a thankful still thrilled feeling.
