Our journey had brought us to Kashi, and this was my first visit to Kashi Vishwanath Temple.
We had travelled to India as a family for Appa’s seventh-year prayers. Along the way, we visited different places, but that was the reason we had come together for this trip.
And now, here we were.
I’ve visited quite a few temples, and sometimes I struggle to explain what each visit means to me. I end up using the same words.
The energy. The blessings. Being grateful to be there.
Maybe I repeat them because that is honestly how I feel. 😊 There isn’t always a new way to describe something so personal.
This was my first time here, praying at Kashi Vishwanath with my family. That alone gives me something to remember.
Looking through these photographs, there are the details I wanted to keep: the trishuls, Nandi, and the golden temple beneath that beautiful sky. Then there’s our group selfie. Everyone trying to fit into one photograph, with smiles all around. 😂❤️
I like having both. The place we came to visit, and the people who were there with me.
This trip will always be connected to Appa’s remembrance. These photographs now belong to that family memory too.
I don’t have a long explanation for how it felt to visit Kashi Vishwanath for the first time. I’m still searching for the words.
For now, I can say this much: my first visit, with family, feeling blessed.
That is enough for me. 🙏
Har Har Mahadev 🕉️
Just here.
— Thana
Beyond The Horizon 🌅
2 responses to “Kashi Vishwanath — My First Visit, With Family 🙏🕉️”
I see online that “the Kashi Vishwanath Temple is famous because it houses one of the 12 Jyotirlingas (the most sacred shrines of Lord Shiva) and sits in Varanasi (Kashi), one of the oldest living cities in the world where Lord Shiva is believed to reside.”
I also found that your closing, “Har Har Mahadev,” is “a sacred Sanskrit invocation meaning ‘Hail Mahadev’, praising the Hindu deity Lord Shiva as the supreme god and the remover of ignorance and suffering.’ You may not know that Sanskrit maha, meaning ‘great’, is related to Latin-derived English words like major and magnitude, and to the native English words much and mighty.
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Thank you for taking the time to read and share this, Steve! 😊 The word connection you mentioned is interesting. This was my first visit to Kashi Vishwanath, and being there with my family made it special. Lovely to have you here. 🙏
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