Namaste Steemians,
I'm Nirmalya. Glad to be a part of the Steem Infinity Zone Community. By profession, I'm an Advocate. I'm relatively new to this platform. Joined last month. If you want to know me better here is my Achievement 1, Introduction. Enough about me. Let’s jump to my expedition.
Last Summer we visited a little town near Balasore, Odisha called Nilagiri named after Nilagiri Hill. It was a small town with rich history and heritage. This was a one-day trip.
Trip Collage
We were a five members team, Ashish, Amit, Tapas, Binay, and myself Nirmalya.
Nirmalya, Tapas, Amit, and Ashish (From left). Binay missing because he was washing his hands.
We started our journey from Balasore at the earliest in the morning at 09:00 AM. It took 3 hours bus ride to reach Nilagiri.
We were visiting a more than 500 years old Jagannath Temple. Temple was closed when we reached there. So we rented a dormitory. Temple will reopen after 14:00 PM. We showered in the Dorm then off to the Temple.
There were crafts and sculptures made of wood that was 500 years old. The temple's premise was completely white, it was completely wrapped with white marble. It was right in the valley of the Nilagiri.
The deity inside the temple was beautiful and we gave our religious offerings. It was prohibited to take pictures of the deity so I am not in possession of any image of the deity.
Nilagiri Jagannath Temple | Location: FQ87+CW Nilagiri, Odisha
It was scorching heat outside but Temple was Serene and Calm in spite there were lots of pilgrimages around. Worshipped and had Prasad there. The Prasad was fulfilling.
Prasāda (Sanskrit pronunciation: [pɽɐsaːdɐ], Sanskrit: प्रसाद), variably spelled as Prasādam, Prasād, and Prasāda, is a material substance that is a religious offering in both Hinduism and Sikhism. Most often Prasada is vegetarian food consumed by worshippers after worship. Mahaprasāda (also called Bhandārā) in Hinduism, similar to the langar in Sikhism, is the consecrated food offered to the deity in a Hindu temple which is then shared and eaten by the masses without discrimination. Sometimes this vegetarian offering will exclude the prohibited items such as garlic, onion, etc.
Then we visited a nearby Nilagiri Rock. Some people are climbing to the top but we skipped that as we had lunch earlier. We got to see monkeys roaming around on the streets. There was a King's palace next to the temple. We wanted to visit it but, it was already late.
Nilagiri
It was not a planned trip. We planned this trip just the night before we began our journey.
As everyone says, Unplanned trips are better than planned trips. I believe it is. The way our short summer trip to Nilagiri unfolded was one of those instances.
We headed back to our dorm. We didn't know our expedition might end so soon, I wanted it to last even more.
Thanks for reading this far. Hope you liked it.