

Hemkund Sahib is the world’s highest gurdwara located at Uttrakhand, India. This vacations we get the opportunity to visit this holy place. The experience was so interesting that it encourages me to write a blog.
The thought to visit this holy place was of my son. He wants to go for trekking and also wants to go to Hemkund Sahib gurdwara. I was a little scared as it is a very tough trek. After his repeated requests we decided to visit the Gurdwara Sahib.
We booked a cab and started our journey from New Delhi to Sri Nagar Gurdwara situated at Uttrakhand. We stayed there for first night of the vacations. Next day we travelled by road and reached Gobind Ghat Gurdwara.
Both the days we travelled day long and second day rest at Gobind Ghat Gurdwara. Now was the day of trekking. The 3rd day we hired a cab which took us 4 km from Gobind ghat to the starting point of the trek.
We all were very excited and started the trekking. The trek was of 9 km. We started at 7 am in the morning. I was very tired and my son too after 4kms. Helicopter service is also available and you can go by pony also. Repeatedly asking my son that you can avail the facility of pony or helicopter but he was not ready to go by any means but by his own.We reached Gobind Dham Gurdwara by 5 pm in the evening.
It was very necessary to take rest so that we can be energised enough for the next day trek which was of 6 kms taking us to our destination HEMKUND SAHIB GURDWARA. The challenge here is due to high altitude and low oxygen levels no body is allowed to stay at GURDWARA HEMKUND SAHIB and everyone have to return back the very same day from GURDWARA HEMKUND SAHIB TO GOBIND DHAM.
This means we have to trek for 6+6=12 kms.
I was very scared and excited at the same time. We left our hotel room by 6 in the morning and took a pony each for 3 km trek after which the glaciers started and we have to go trekking by our own.

The experience can’t be expressed in words. We reached the GURDWARA HEMKUND SAHIB by 11 am and after bowing down before the almighty stayed inside the Gurdwara Sahib till 12:30 pm listening Gurbani.
The helpers of the Gurdwara Sahib announced the weather conditions are changing please leave for GURDWARA GOBIND DHAM. We left there and then. After we trek for 3 kms which was the glaciers part. We should have taken the pony again but we didn’t. This was the big mistake by us. It took so long to reach back and we were so tired. My legs were paining like anything. We reached Gobind dham 7 pm. I was unable to take a single step.
We reached our hotel had dinner and slept. Next day we have to go back from GOBIND DHAM TO GOBIND GHAT GURDWARA for which we took a pony each because we were unable to walk.
We started 11 am in the morning and reached GURDWARA GOBIND GHAT 4 PM.
It was a challenging experience though worth it. Now when I am writing this blog thinking as if it was really a dream.
6th Day morning we left for Gurdwara Rishikesh. After day long journey stayed there for a night and seventh day reached our home town New Delhi.
This was an experience which I will never forget my whole life.
Stay happy Stay healthy.
Ramneet Kaur










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