Hello friends Namaskar
Recently I visited my in laws at North Gujarat and it was very nice experience. It was 24th April, 2013 I reached at Thara and at the 28th April I came back to my home Ahmedabad (Chandkheda).
Entry in Thara.
I got engaged recently and after my engagement it was my first trip to my in laws. At 24th April, 2014 I took one motor jeep from chandkheda bus stand and reached to Mahesana and from there I got bus to Sihori (Kankrej), Banaskantha – Gujarat. After reaching Sihori I got the vehicle for Thara. At the evening 8:00 P.M. evening I reached at my in laws village, mini city THARA. My brother in law was already at there to bring me with Honda Splender.
Santalpur Visit
Santalpur - Halani Parivar
Santalpur
Santalpur is very beautiful village. It hardly takes one and half hour from Thara with 60 km per hour. It is religious place for Halanis (One of the cast found in Lohana cast of Gujarat).
There is temple of Maa Chamunda (Goddess Chamunda) who is kuldevi of halanis. It was very good day for me. There is very good temple of ma chamunda and as it was day of Poonam (Full Moon Day) there was social function of halanis. All halani family are coming together and meet each other and take food. I was really very lucky that I also become part of this big festival. There were some people to whom I know.
Santalpur is vbery big village. It comes under the district of Patan. There is dry land as Kuchh of Gujarat is starting from this village. I found very good peace at there. I found some people who were looking as like Kuchhis (People of Kuchh).
Dhatosan Visit
Dhatosan Hanumanji Temple
Dhatosan - Way
Dhatosan - Hanuman Temple
We came back from santalpur at 2:30 o’clock. We all were very tired so get good sleep. At the evening we planned to go at near by place where the temple of Hanumanji was situated and it was hanuman jayanti (Birthday of lord Hanuman) also. Name of that village is Dhatosan.
On the Honda splender bike we reached at dhatosan. After looking the place I realized true meaning of peace. Temple was situated in very wide area. There were lots of benches under the tree of Pipal. People were enjoying cool, fresh and open air at there in the evening. Some women were singing bhajans of lord hanumanji. Music was really very enjoyable. People from nearby villages were come together at there for Darshan of lord hanumanji. After Sandhya Arti (Evening worship) we took Prasad. There was Vada (Pakoda), graps and kansar as Prasad.
After enjoying all these moment I came back and reached at jalaram mandir which is in th way.
Jalaram Temple of Thara Visit
Jalaram Mandir - Thara
Jalaram Mandir has not been developed right now but there is one little roof as like zopadi made by grass and woods. It is also very wide area. There was one play group for the children. As it was full moon day (Poonam) all the thakkar families in the village were invited at there for dinner. I am also a thakkar so I was also eligible for the same. I took dinner as Jalaram Bapa’s Prasad. There was khichdi, Kadhi and Potato sabji. It was really very testy.
At the evening we came back.
About Thara
Thara is my in law place. It is very small village but still there is good development has been made by the government except one bus stand. Majority population in Thara is of Thakkar, Soni and Jains. It is merchant city as lots of businessmen from Thara have earned very well. It is very peaceful mini city. Villages around the Thara city are very beautiful. Majority there farmers are living in such villages. If one is going by bus and if he is looking outside the window of his / her bus, then he / she will view very wide and open farms besides the road.
If one is driving on the monsoon then he will really feel the heaven on the earth. As after my trip I would say that if you want to see heaven no need to go anywhere or no need to die you must come at North Gujarat.
In the Thara People from around villages are coming to purchase things of day today life. I feel the culture of North Gujarat in this city. People are living with each other very very peacefully.
About Tana
Tana - Amba Bhavani ma temple
Tana is one kilometer away from city Thara. There is very beautiful temple of Ma Ambaji. There is one vad tree which is very wide. People are getting very good peace at there and I am real example. I went at there with my fiancée and enjoyed very well peace. Tana is very famous for Ma Amba bhavani Temple. If you like to do meditation then as per opinion Tana is very good place for such mediation. If you are coming at North gujarat as tourist and if you are not visiting Tana and Totana then your trip is not completed as per my say.
Totana
It is a village which is away from Thara by 9 K.M. Actually it is my birthplace. But I am not writing here because it is my birthplace but I am writing here because of one of the saint named Sant Shree Sadaram Bapu.
Saint Shree Sadaram Bapu
Some time I am thinking and asking my mind that what is a Saint? And when I am thinking about the Sadaram Bapu I realized what is he.
Saints are as like a little child. Innocent, Non arrogance, always busy in improvement of society by lecture or bhajans. I am founding all these virtuous in Sadaram Bapu. I don’t know why but when I am looking them I am getting very well mental peace. According to me he is second avatar of Saint Jalaram Bapa of Virpur.
In the Totana there is ashram of sadaram bapu in the Ramji Temple. It is also very peaceful village. Recently I got darshan of Saint shree Sadaram Bapu. It was very very very very good experience for me. At today he is of 103 years old. Still he is busy with bhajans and satsangs. When he sings a bhajan all people around the bhajan are enjoying it.
He changed life of lots of people in the north Gujarat by only singing Bhajans. Still when I got darshan of Shri Sadaram Bapu I found that he is as like a child. Child is always divine and I found that divinity in him. It is very tough for any human to develop such divinity and innocence and if they are developed it is very tough to keep them for the long time.
I and my brother in law left Totana after the darshan of such divine saint and Ramji mandir. I revised some memory of my childhood at there and with very well experience we left out.
Some time we are thinking that whatever we are viewing it is true but it is not always as in our one view lots of factors are depended.
My visit to North Gujarat
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