We started early morning at 5:30 a.m. so that we could reach Agra or at least Delhi. We saw the lake on the rear side of our rooms. It was a very big lake. The lake looked like a sea, and that is why it is called ‘Govind Sagar’. It was very pleasant to take photographs of the lake from our rooms.
We took NH 21. We saw that there were water pools many places and where ever there was water, there were clouds above. We took the route Bilaspur – Swarghat – Roopnagar – Kharar – Bannur – Rajpura. We were traveling very slow till noon and could travel only about 50 kms. We were coming down the hill and there was lot of lorry traffic from Shimla and Manali side. In Punjab we saw Sutlaj river overflowing. The water was brown in colour. We took breakfast at Ropar. It was Bread, Omelette and Chicken tikka.
We decided to enquire at Rajpura about the route to be taken further from Bus or Lorry drivers coming from Delhi side. We had heard on TV, and from people, that near Ambala, Yamuna river is overflowing and Ambala is water logged. The water was released from Hathinipur Barrage near Ambala in Yamuna and at Delhi Yamuna river was flowing above danger mark.
We reached Rajpura and enquired from Lorry drivers coming from Delhi side. They said that there is no water of NH 1 and it is safe to go to Delhi. He even said that you can go to Dhaula kuan and then take ring road and reach Faridabad and go to Agra. He said that there is no problem at all. Taking his words, we decided to go on NH 1 via Ambala – Karnal – Panipat – Delhi.
The road was very, very good and there was no water any where. We decided to take quick lunch so that we could reach Delhi before the evening office rush hours. We saw McDonald at Karnal having Drive in facility. We Veg. Burgers and one Maharaja Burger.
We took advice from Mamaji to know the route to be taken in Delhi to avoid the peak office time rush. He advised us to take Azadpur bye pass and reach ISBT, then proceed to Red Fort (back side), Rajghat, ITO, Ashram and then Mathura Road to reach Faridabad. We were at ISBT at about 4:15 p.m. and then took the route to Faridabad as advised by mamaji.
We saw the Commonwealth Games stadiums which looks magnificent. We saw many red Volvo buses (may be 200 or more) parked in one compound. These are to be used in CWG. There was separate bus lane for CWG participants. We were impressed by the arrangements for CWG. Yamuna was overflowing. However, there was no water on any road. We could cross Delhi and reach near Faridabad by 5:15 p.m.
There was lot of traffic in Faridabad. It took one hour to cross Faridabad. NH 2 had started from Delhi.
We took advice from Prabhat bhaisahab as to where we should stay in Agra. He advised us to visit Vrindavan and have darshan at Vrindavan temple today and stay there. The temple would be open till 9:30 p.m.
We stopped at Palval and took tea and Pakora (Paneer as well as Aloo – Pyaz pakoras.) We got the Pakoras packed and we ate them as soon as the car started. It was really very hot and delicious.
We talked to Sarita jiji and Jijaji after we decided to visit Vrindavan temple. They visit the temple regularly. They tried to book Jaipuria lodge for us, but it was full as next day was very important day i.e. ‘Radha asthmi’. The temple at Vrindavan is about 6 kms. from NH2. When you turn from NH, there is a temple of Vaishnaudevi which has a very big ‘moorti’. We saw Iskon temple from outside. We were getting late for Vrindavan temple so we did not stop anywhere else.
We got very good darshan at Vrindavan. We then proceed to Mathura as there was lot of rush at Vrindavan due to ‘Radha asthmi’ next day. At Mathura, we stayed in ‘Hotel Madhuban’. The hotel is good and the food was also good. We took Friend rice and Curd for dinner.
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