Wanderlust - Travelling to Tapovan (Our quest for Truth?)

I’ve always wanted to go to the Himalayas and I somehow managed to go really close to it. I landed in Tapovan. Chinmaya Tapovan is a modern day ashram situated at the foothills of the Dhauladhar ranges of the Himalayas. It is about 10 km from Dharamsala, in Himachal Pradesh (which is also called as the “little Lhasa”). Situated on the banks of Bindu Saras, the ashram was founded by late Swami Chimayananda. The ashram complex has a huge image of Lord Hanuman, a Ram temple, a meditation hall and a health and recreation center. Most people come here for getting a good feel of “peace and serenity”. One needs to book much in advance since the place has a lot of visitors. We were given a room that was right opposite the Himalayas. It was heaven. Really. In the night, we could see the brightly lit town of Dharamsala from the room. It was a nice curvy line of lights amidst the humungous patches of nothingness. We stayed there for 2 days (which caused a lot of sadness to the folks in the group. The booking was done for just 2 days. The guide was yelled at for assuming that we would probably like to visit other places rather than spending a week at a single place). We meditated, prayed, breathed fresh pristine air and prayed. This is one place one shouldn’t give a miss.