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Going to Neverland
Temple run – Jatoli, Solan
Almost a year back, Nitin Thapa, friend, co-traveller and colleague whom we fondly call Thapa ji saw a facebook post about a colourful temple near Solan. He was quite impressed by the picture and insisted that we should visit this temple. A few days after he stated his wish, he saw the same temple in his dreams. The next day onwards he started pestering us to visit this place. However days went by and we forgot about this temple.
In the month of June, he told us that he has resigned from his job and that he would be leaving company by July end. Last weekend of July was fast approaching when we thought of giving Thapa ji a fitting farewell. He had been part of many wonderful road trips. I had also enjoyed his hospitality at his village at Dehradun many times where he treated us with his farm fresh desi chicken. It was time to payback and fulfill one of his wish to visit the Jatoli Shiv temple near Solan. He was very happy at this offer and accepted it gladly.
Well this was the background story of how we decided to visit Jatoli village near Solan, Himachal Pradesh.
We started early on 27th July 2019. Manish picked me up from my home while Thapa ji came to Raja Garden where he got picked up. He was late by half an hour from the scheduled time. By 7.00 am we were zooming on the highway – NH1.
The skies were heavy with clouds but didn’t look ominous.
Manish's Thar
Murthal called for a break. We gladly stopped at Gulshan Dhaba and had a hearty breakfast.
Manish and Thapa Ji enjoying a ride
After a break of 30 odd minutes or so, we were again back on the road. Traffic wasn’t much on the highway. We merrily munched miles before we took a break before Zirakpur for tea.
Almost a year back, Nitin Thapa, friend, co-traveller and colleague whom we fondly call Thapa ji saw a facebook post about a colourful temple near Solan. He was quite impressed by the picture and insisted that we should visit this temple. A few days after he stated his wish, he saw the same temple in his dreams. The next day onwards he started pestering us to visit this place. However days went by and we forgot about this temple.
In the month of June, he told us that he has resigned from his job and that he would be leaving company by July end. Last weekend of July was fast approaching when we thought of giving Thapa ji a fitting farewell. He had been part of many wonderful road trips. I had also enjoyed his hospitality at his village at Dehradun many times where he treated us with his farm fresh desi chicken. It was time to payback and fulfill one of his wish to visit the Jatoli Shiv temple near Solan. He was very happy at this offer and accepted it gladly.
Well this was the background story of how we decided to visit Jatoli village near Solan, Himachal Pradesh.
We started early on 27th July 2019. Manish picked me up from my home while Thapa ji came to Raja Garden where he got picked up. He was late by half an hour from the scheduled time. By 7.00 am we were zooming on the highway – NH1.
The skies were heavy with clouds but didn’t look ominous.
Manish's Thar
Murthal called for a break. We gladly stopped at Gulshan Dhaba and had a hearty breakfast.
Manish and Thapa Ji enjoying a ride
After a break of 30 odd minutes or so, we were again back on the road. Traffic wasn’t much on the highway. We merrily munched miles before we took a break before Zirakpur for tea.
