Kumaon is one of the regions of Uttarakhand, the northern state of India, also known as devabhūmi - the land of Gods. The name is appropriate and one can experience the same by traveling through the state. Given I have a deep connection with this place, it always excites and gives me peace that is hard to describe while being there in the nature and its simplicity.
This journey had a number of temples I hadn't visited. Since there are many places in this trip, I am splitting it into multiple posts, this being the first part with the experience of Dol Ashram.
We started for Jageshwar Dham from Dol Ashram. Follow the rest of the journey in other part.
We left home on Thursday around 7:40am. We went through Bhimtal towards Almora via Dhanachuli. Our first stop was at a tea stall in Dhanachuli. We had tea and bought some sweets. The weather change was quite visible by this time and the air was cooler.
Dol Ashram
From the tea shop in Dhanachuli we started for the the Dol ashram in the Kanara village. This was not planned in my itinerary but since it was on the way now, we decided to visit. I had heard a lot about the place from my family who had all visited and stayed there previously. It's a huge ashram nestled in dense forest surrounded by hills. We reached the ashram at around 11am. Ashram was preparing for the Bhagwat Katha starting from the week after. The ashram was built in 1990, founded by Baba Kalyandas ji who was born in Almora district and later took sanyasa. It is a beautiful Ashram with a temple of Shiva, Hanuman, 9 Durga, Krishna deities and a residential Sanskrit Vidyapeeth for Veda and Vedanga studies. In 2018, the ashram also established the biggest Shri Chakra weighting 1600kgs under the meditation hall in the temple.
Dol Ashram
From the tea shop in Dhanachuli we started for the the Dol ashram in the Kanara village. This was not planned in my itinerary but since it was on the way now, we decided to visit. I had heard a lot about the place from my family who had all visited and stayed there previously. It's a huge ashram nestled in dense forest surrounded by hills. We reached the ashram at around 11am. Ashram was preparing for the Bhagwat Katha starting from the week after. The ashram was built in 1990, founded by Baba Kalyandas ji who was born in Almora district and later took sanyasa. It is a beautiful Ashram with a temple of Shiva, Hanuman, 9 Durga, Krishna deities and a residential Sanskrit Vidyapeeth for Veda and Vedanga studies. In 2018, the ashram also established the biggest Shri Chakra weighting 1600kgs under the meditation hall in the temple.
We started for Jageshwar Dham from Dol Ashram. Follow the rest of the journey in other part.
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