April 30, 2023
See other parts of this journey - part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5.
From Katarmal Sun Temple, our plan was to go straight to Someshwara and then to our native village, Nakot which is 10 km from Someshwara. We arrived at Someshwara around 11:20am. After making a quick stop at the market we started for our native temple of Goljyu at Chaura.
The temple is located along side of water stream in a somewhat open field. It's a short 2 min walk from the main road. I was surprised to see that there is street view (picture below) for a stretch of the village in the area.
All my memories from my childhood visit came to surface. There has been some construction since then to make it more accessible but the main temple remains pretty much the same. The simplicity of the people and culture is much visible in the temple itself.
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| Golu dev temple |
The temple is by the side of a river stream. Since this wasn't the rainy season, there was less water flowing in it. Long ago, there wasn't a proper concrete bridge to reach the temple crossing the river and one had to use the narrow bridge made of wood poles. I have vivid memories from the time when I was 5 yrs old and the fear a child can have crossing this bridge.
The view from the temple courtyard was awesome as one can see the village around.
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| The village around the temple |
From the temple we went to our native village home which is 2.5 km from the temple. There is a trail that takes one from the main road to the home.
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| Way to our native home |
It is a typical village home built long time ago with whitewash and blue doors and windows. There are around 100 houses in the village each with its own space for some farming and storage. Some of the newer houses are cemented and look like typical city houses. I didn't take a picture of our native house but they all look similar. The neighbor's house that was visible from far is below.
The house reminded me of childhood memories of bringing back bags full of apricots and kaphal. The state of villages is now much different as there are more wild animals which trouble the people and also causing people to think of migrating. The houses on the other side of village were visible from our village house.
Our next destination was Kausani town which is about 18km from the village. It is famous for its scenery and also a destination from where you can see many Himalayan peaks closely. More here.
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