Life with Lax

MEGHALAYA – TREK TO BEWILDERING DOUBLE-DECKER LIVING ROOT BRIDGE & RAINBOW FALLS #4

The 1st trek I have ever done! It was a freakish 3500 stairs one way down to this village. Yes, I have never trekked in my life. The only physical activity I have ever done in my life was Dance, but the level of difficulty that this trek posed was nothing near to the pain we go through while dancing. Here’s my story of the first trek of my life and how I accomplished it. 🙂 So, we started in…

MY FIRST SCUBA DIVING EXPERIENCE

Another Strike-off from my bucket list! Recently on an office trip to Bangalore with two of my friends and coworkers, I decided to extend my stay for 2 days and explore Bangalore. While searching the internet from end-to-end for what I can do over the weekend, I found Scuba Diving near Pondicherry which was only 358 km away from Bangalore. I was on cloud nine or maybe fifteenth. I skimmed…

VISIT PANCHA BHOOTA STHALAM

Earth – Bhumi Lingam – Ekambareswarar Temple – KanchipuramWater – Appu Lingam (Jambu Lingam) – Jambukeshwarar Temple – Thiruvanaikaval, near TrichyFire – Neruppu Lingam (Jyothi Lingam) – Arunachaleswara Temple – ThiruvannamalaiAir – Kaatru Lingam – SriKalahasti temple – Kalahasthi, Andhra PradeshAether – Aagaya Lingam (Akasha Lingam) – Thillai Natarajar Temple – Chidambaram

Badrinath Dham @UttarakhandDwarka Dham @Dwarka, GujratJagannath Dham @Puri, OdishaRameswaram Dham @Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu

MEGHALAYA – MAWLYNNONG VILLAGE, RIWAI LIVING ROOT BRIDGE #3

That night had one of the best dinners at Ka Bri War Resort, we reached the Mawlynnong village and spent the night in a homestay at the cleanest village in Asia. Even on the darkest night, we could see how clean the village was and how much positivity the place emanates. The next day we woke up early and set out to explore the cleanest village in Asia. Mawlynnong is located 90 km from Shillong,…

MEGHALAYA – SHNONGPDENG #2

But alas! within 1 hour of the journey our vehicle broke down in the middle of nowhere… We were really disappointed to know that we will not be able to complete our itinerary for Day 02. However, with some jugaad on the way, we managed to reach our endpoint ‘Shnongpdeng’. Shnongpdeng is a beautiful place in East Jaintia Hills where the serene river Umngot flows whose water is so clear that you…

MEGHALAYA – UMIAM LAKE, LAITLUM CANYON, AND MORE

Oh! what a beauty. Recently I visited Meghalaya on a trip with my friend. Here’s what I did and my experience of the place. Being culturally rich and naturally gifted in abundance, Meghalaya, the abode of clouds was all set to win my heart from Day 1. This time I travelled with the tourist company India on wheels which organised a 7-day trip covering the whole of Meghalaya. The Trip started on…

VISIT ALL 12 JYOTIRLINGAS

Somnath in Gir Somnath, Gujarat Mallikarjuna in Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh Mahakaleshwara in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh Omkareshwara in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh Kedarnath in Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand Bhimashankara in Pune, Maharashtra Kashi Vishwanath in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Triambakeshwara in Nashik, Maharashtra Baidyanath in Deoghar, Jharkhand Nageshwara in Dwarka, Gujarat Rameshwaram in…

VISIT ALL SHAKTIPEETHAS (ABROAD)

Bhavanipur Shakti Peeth || Shakti Aparna || Left anklet || Sherpur Village of BangladeshChandranath Temple || Shakti Bhawani || Right Arm || Chittagong, BangladeshSugandha Shakti Peeth || Shakti Sugandha || Nose || Situated on the banks of river Sonda, Shikarpur is km away from the Barisal town in BangladeshSri Shail || Shakti Maha-Lakshmi || Neck || Sri Shail at Jaunpur Village in…

VISIT ALL SHAKTIPEETHAS (U-Z) contd.

Alopi Devi Mandir || Maha Shakti Madhaveswari || Fingers || Prayagraj, Uttar PradeshPanchSagar || Shakti Varahi || Lower Teeth || Varanasi in Uttar PradeshShakambhari Devi Temple || Maha Shakti Shakambhari || Head || Saharanpur, Uttar PradeshShri Maa Lalita Devi Mandir || Shakti Lalita || Finger || Uttar PradeshVishalakshi Temple || Maha Shakti Vishalakshi || Earrings || in Varansi, Uttar…

VISIT ALL SHAKTIPEETHAS (L-T) contd.

Bhairavparvat || Shakti Avanti || Elbow || Ujjain in Madhya PradeshKalmadhav || Shakti Kali || Left Buttock || Shahdol district of Madhya PradeshMaihar || Shakti Shivani || Right Breast || Satna district of Madhya PradeshShondesh || Shakti Narmada || Right Buttock || at Shondesh in Amarkantak of Madhya PradeshEka Veerika Temple || Mahashakti Eka Veerika || Left hand || Mahur,…

VISIT ALL SHAKTIPEETHAS (A-K)

Kamakhya Temple || Maha Shakti Kamakhya || Genitals || Guwahati, AssamBhramaramba Mallikarjuna Temple || Maha Shakti Bhramarambika || Neck || Srisailam, Andhra PradeshBhimeswara Temple || Maha Shakti Manikyamba || Left cheek || Draksharamam, Andhra PradeshKukkuteswara Swamy Temple || Maha Shakti Puruhutika || Back || Pithapuram, Andhra PradeshMallikarjuna Temple || Shakti Sundari || Right Anklet…

BOOK REVIEW | THE SECRET OF NAGA BY AMISH TRIPATHI

After finishing the first one in the Trilogy, how could I stay sane without completing the second? It begins with these lines: Unlucky are those who search the sevenseas for paradiseFortunate are those who experience the only heaventhat truly exists, the heaven that lives in the companyof our loved onesI am truly fortunate. This reminds me how loved and grateful I am for everything I have and…

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT..

Respect, for me, is acceptance. Yes, when you think about it for a while, it does make sense. To respect somebody is to accept their way of life no matter how different they are, even when you don’t agree with them. Whenever you encounter someone different, there are two ways in which you can behave, either you respectfully accept their views, opinion, and perspectives or you become rude,…

BOOK REVIEW | THE IMMORTALS OF MELUHA BY AMISH TRIPATHI

It’s been a while I have been stocking books on my bookshelf to be read, and it was high time I should start reading those. Being an ardent lover of mythological texts, I wanted to fresh-start my reading journey from a much-hyped book about the God I love the most – Shiva, and what better book could it be other than the Shiva Trilogy penned by Amish Tripathi. This post is about the first book…

LEARNING TO DRIVE AT 25

Happy Women’s Day!! Being a woman, mockery for not being a “good driver” would have surely come your way and Women’s Day is all about breaking these Glass Ceilings. Recently, I uploaded a video of me driving a car. This was a moment of achievement as it has been one of the major bucket list items that I have been planning to tick off since a long time, partially because I am turning 26 soon…

MY VALENTINE’S DAY | SELF-LOVE AND MORE

“Today I want you to think about all that you are instead of all that you are not. Allow yourself to be proud of yourself and all the progress you’ve made. Especially the progress no one else can see.” Happy Valentine’s Day!! Yeah, the ‘most overrated holiday’, when our social media feeds are loaded up by posts of chocolates, roses, teddy bears and of course, some EXTRA love! No matter how bad…