MY VACATIONS
The summer holidays are the days of
recreation and rest since these days come after hard work. As the holidays
began, I was enthused to plan for the period. I was only thinking how to spend
the vacation pleasantly, in visiting places, in reading of literature. I sought
permission from my parents to pay a visit to Puri, a place that has fame all
over the world. I had a desire to visit an ancient temple. I had heard of the
attractive features of Puri with all its pictures and beauty from one of my friends. Its climatic condition on
account of its location close to the seaside further attracted my mind to pay a
visit in summer.
After taking my last exam I was extremely happy as I
would be going home after a long time of this hectic life. I had to wait for
another 2 days to feel the homely warmth as my tickets were not booked on the
same date. Until then I met my friends bade them good bye and wished them a
happy and successful journey. I enjoyed the last day of first year of my under
graduate program with my friends.
The day came when I boarded my train to my city
Kolkata. After few minutes the train finally departed for its destination. As I
was all alone I felt a huge amount of boredom after having my dinner and
texting my friends with my mobile phone I decided to sleep so that I could
breathe in the very first fresh air of my town as soon as possible. After reaching the station I stepped to the
platform and felt a great pleasure in seeing my very own people. My father had
come to receive me and we both went home. I touched my mother’s feet and hugged
her. I was very happy to see my family members. I got tired so I relaxed the
whole day. The next few days I met all my close friends and family members. I
was very happy to meet all of them.
My journey to Puri began with Talcher
Puri train. The journey was interesting. I reached Bhubaneswar first and there
I visited Lingaraj temple, the caves of Khandagiri and Udayagiri to know the
historical importance of the places. Next day I went to Puri from Bhubaneswar
by bus. The temple of Lord Jagannath is sacred for the Hindus. The temple has a
spacious yard surrounding it.
The attractive feature of the temple is
that even the lowest caste people can take the Prasad offered to the gods with
the highest caste people. The people of the highest caste do not reject to this
tradition.
The crowd the place draws during summer
is large. I offered my bhoga to the Lords. In the evening I spent the time on
the sea beach enjoyed the cool breeze of the summer nights. The heat of summer
was not felt there.
From Puri I went to Berhampur by bus.
There I lived in one of my friend's house. I visited the movie, held talks with
other friends. When I went Tara Tarini temple at Berhampur with my friends we
had to climb hills. The passing of the evenings on the sea beach was indeed
joyous. On my way back to home I did not miss the opportunity of visiting the
zoo at Nandankanan. It is historic zoo. One of its kind.
As the college was to be opened on 8th
July, I had to put an end to my pleasure trip there. I had no much money make
further journey. I had got the pleasure of sightseeing. I engaged myself in the
revision of my lessons of the previous year. I paid undivided attention to
studies in order to make up for the time lost. Since I spent the vacation in
moving new places I began my lessons with a refreshed mind and a cheerful
heart. I felt as if my journey to those Places increased my capacity for work.
The days passed at its
pace. The time was near to go back to college again. I have gathered all the
memories of my first vacations of the college life. It was really an amazing
experience. Finally the day came and I boarded my train back to Delhi where I
study engineering. I loved it from the
bottom of my heart and I wished to visit Puri again the very next holidays.
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