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Where god and hooman collide

  • Writer: Shefali Singh
    Shefali Singh
  • Jan 23, 2019
  • 2 min read

An unbelievable connection between divine and reality embarked mystically onto two historical states of India.


An enigmatic yet sacred space manifests - an alluring attire, palate-pleasing meal, tidy and shiny room, types of shoes to boost, keepers junction, and finally, pilgrims' arrival. Period.


Well, these quintessential daily rituals (by believers) endure the life of a two entirely unique, and next to compare personas on planet earth, who eventually gets worshipped in their respective shrine till date and so on.


However, perplexing their intertwined collision in India, certainly with god's connection. Hang on! This collision of receiving similar nurturing is beyond.


Mysterious tales of Lord Krishna, Mathura





Dwelled in Vrindavan, Mathura the decades' old temple, also known as the birthplace of Lord Krishna holds several spiritual beliefs related to their life. To perceive 'grace of god' plus a glimpse of his mysterious tales, Nidhivan attracts lots of tourists.


The gates of a temple are closed after 5 PM cause' according to the Hindu priests, Lord Krishna appears every midnight with goddess Radha and gopies (friends) to dance (Raas-Leela), i.e., prohibited to see (of course).


The reason of which lies underneath the heart-wrenching story of a Krishna devotee, who hid in Nidhivan to see the glorious Raas-Leela. But when the gate was opened the next morning, he was found in an unconscious state and his mental balance got disturbed. Alas! In the end, whosoever attempts to stay at night inside the temple loses vision, hearing and speaking abilities.


A realistic tale of "Baba" Harbhajan Singh




On the flip side, another mystic tale takes through the Himalayas. Nestled in Nathula, Sikkim, near Indo-china border, a shrine of an Indian army soldier saint - Captain "Baba" Harbhajan Singh who died in 1968, yet he is still performing his duty. As it is believed by Indian army personnel posted in and around the Nathula that his spirit is guarding the country and every soldier present in the terrain of the Eastern Himalayas. Therefore, he is revered as Hero of Nathula.


Meanwhile, it's amusing that every year on 11 September, a jeep departs with his personal belongings to the New Jalpaiguri, railway station, bequeathing the backseat free from where it is again then sent by train with an empty seat along with 3 soldiers, who simultaneously chaperone the baba throughout the journey until the Kuka village, in the Kapurthala district, Punjab arrives.


Now, these spiritual and heavenly tales depict an odd realism through manifesting a shrine, where daily pilgrims pay the visit to embrace blessings and to see personal living of Lord Krishna in Nidhivan and Baba Harbhajan Singh in Nathula, carrying all the belongings from bed and food to clothes and books. In a nutshell, day-to-day life usage to feel alive and be present in the space from ages or decades.


Although, the collision of Mathura and Sikkim evince thousand of devotees footfall listening and witnessing alike stories, though the glitch of this pair emerges in unique identification of one being divine and other being human and still treated with same emotions.


Nevertheless, be it human or divine, in the end, it's a dignity that collides or brings them together. Hence, you can't see them besides they exist with different motto all-together.


"One to save the world and, one to save the nation".







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Shefali Singh is an antevasin and freelance writer who has previously worked with publications such as HT, UnciaTravel and NotOnMap. Having grown up in pan India, she got infectious to going places and now she's always on the lookout for wilder horizons.
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