Vidakoti,a Place Stuck in Time

 

After a long time, I set out with my mother, accompanying her to her worksites in the Himalayas. One such place,we went to was vidakoti, Vidakoti was a historic pittstop on the old Chardham yatra trek,17^th to 20 th centuries,when people trekked by foot, and the rich went by palanquins, Until motor cars came and better faster roads.

It’s the place believed in Ramayana,where Sita was sent in exile to Sage Valmiki’s Ashram,and where she raised Rama’s two sons Luv and Kush.

 

Vidakoti,has a historic old temple, constructed and envisioned by Vidyadhar Dobhal in 1706 ,the Treasurer, of King Fateh Shah of garhwal.

It was also one of the five main pit stops for travellers and pilgrims on historic old chardham trail.

This was also an water spring,due to which vidakoti was an important pit stop for pilgrims on the old trail.

 

Vidakoti is so close yet so far from fast moving reality, as if stuck in time. On the way on a narrow bumpy road, it feels as if stuck in time, no traffic chaos, just silence and peace. Yet you can see the main highway buzzing with traffic on the other side of the alaknanda.