Gujurat trip part 1

Yesterday went pretty well, we did lots. After arriving in Rajkot we went to my cousin's place. Shes married now with a son but he doesn't get along with new people much :P Then we drove about an hour to Virpur to visit the temple there. then we drove to Gondol to the B.A.P.S. temple. They have rooms for people to stay in (as long as you have a reference) so we rented two rooms (free) for the night. After that we went to another temple and then to the Bhuvaneshwari temple. We spent most of our time at that temple because we had to wait for the prayer session to start at 7pm. I sat cross-legged for about 15 minutes straight and I thought my legs would fall apart! But I endured and prayed. The big deal about this temple is that the bells hanging above the statue of Goddess Durga shake and vibrate during the prayer ceremony ("aarti"). I think its probably because of the loud drums, but it could still be magic ;)

Then we went to eat at the "Parotha House". Wow. That was awesome, I had Butter Paneer, parathas (like thin naan) and buttermilk ("Chaas"). I truly felt like I was on vacation.

Now we're on our way to another temple in Saranpur, we'll eat lunch at some place along the way.

-Me
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