Journey to Sem Mukhem Nagaraja Temple | सेम नागराज
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Our Uttarakhand is really incredible. We were mesmerized by the greenery which is the essence of the routes. Entertained by the heavenly fountains we felt as if God's pouring his drink straight from his brink.
There were temples more than people in the area. Every milestone, every turn was addressed by a temple, hence the realisation hit us hard that Uttarakhand is indeed, the devbhoomi of the Indian subcontinent. Not only the majestic atmosphere, but even the inhabitants were hypnotising. As we were crossing this pretty little stream, we came across a girl, a common pahadi girl who we carrying a basket filled with clothes which were apparently heavier than her. Her body clad with worn out, torn clothes were definitely not complimenting her divine beautiful eyes. Big jade green almond eyes, so enticing that we were compelled to give some money as an offering. Conclusion, she seemed like someone who was beyond this mortal realm.

Shivank, who's bestowed with a vast knowledge of dev Sanskriti of Uttarakhand, was telling me about a local deity 'Naagni devi'. I hope we could visit the temple, because of Shivank's way of describing it heavenly. He knew nothing about the location of the temple. Out of nowhere in an unknown location, we stopped and asked a woman wearing her beautiful Garhwali traditional attire if she knows the way to the legendary Naagni Devi temple. She smiled and lifted her hands, pointing towards a temple right behind us and said " yun kanu tumaar pethar!" Which means "it's right behind you".

Call it coincidence or God's plan but it was kinda spooky.
We devoted our prayers to Nagini Devi and moved on we crossed pretty Khandkhal and Mukhem gaon. The realisation of the height we were on was the great white Himalayas in front of us kissing the seventh heaven. We parked our scooty in Talbala sem.
Without any further deliberation, we started the herculean effort of tracking to the Sem Mukhem Temple. It was one half of a track not for the soft heart The pointed stones and trees and turned with equality clink like snakes together, the track was so challenging that once we thought of giving up but suddenly the ringing of the pious Bells and chants going from the temple ignited our spirits and we moved our legs with double efforts and soon we were greeted with the Majestic 7 hood snake gate telling us that we have reached the destination the Sem Mukhem Temple.

Journey to Sem Mukhem Nagaraja | सेम नागराज
यह सफर लंबगांव से होते हुए आगे की और चला। लंबगांव, प्रताप नगर ब्लॉक में स्थित है। लंबगांव से कुछ दूर ही हमें नागनी देवी का मंदिर भी मिला जो की कोड़ार गाँव में है। कोडार से आगे चलते हुए हमें दीनगांव में कुछ आकर्षक घर मिले जो दिखने में अनोखे थे,उनकी बनावट हमारे टिहरी के गांव से अलग थी।
दीनगांव से आगे हमें एक घट मिला। घट एक प्राचीन पद्धति है जिसमे गांव के लोग पानी के बहाव को परिवर्तित कर के उससे मानव निर्मित चक्की को घुमाने में किया जाता है। घट का प्रचलन अब कम हो चूका है। सेम मुखेम अब हमारे करीब ही था। मुखेम गाँव से होते हुए हम सेम गांव पहुंचे। तलबला सेम से हमने पैदल यात्रा शुरू की जो की खड़ी चढाई है। दूरी सिर्फ 1.5 किलोमीटर आपको पैदल जाना होगा।
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