Lord Badri Shaligram*
This is a very beautiful and faith-filled story.
I know that as you listen to it, your heart will overflow with joy!
This year, I undertook a walking pilgrimage to *Badrinath* with my children.
Our journey was *200 kilometers on foot!*
Every year, I have been blessed with the fortune of such pilgrimages —
be it the trek from *Rishikesh to Kedarnath*,
or from *Mussoorie to Gaumukh*,
or the *walk from Chopta to Badrinath* —
each of these journeys has been an opportunity to connect deeply with my inner self.
I undertook this journey with my children.
When the *guru’s faith in his disciples, and the **disciples’ faith in their guru* unite,
life becomes a continuous pilgrimage —
a journey that flows from this shore of existence to the other!
This year, in *June 2025*, I was blessed with the opportunity to embark on this divine yatra.
But this story truly begins in *March 2025*…
Let me begin from that moment.
In March, I went to *Rishikesh*, invited by a dear family to attend a spiritual event —
a beautiful *religious discourse on Lord Krishna*.
I attended the event, listening to the sacred stories and immersing myself in the bhajans and kirtans.
Yet, for some time, I had been a little upset with Lord Krishna —
and only *He* knew this.
As I sat there with my eyes closed, the *divine form of Lord Krishna* appeared before my inner vision.
Then I would open my eyes, look at His picture, and say,
“I am upset with You… so why do You keep appearing before me? Don’t show Yourself.”
But He did not listen.
Again and again, He appeared before my closed eyes —
in the same divine form as the pictures and idols we worship.
This continued between us — my gentle anger and His playful grace.
But what divine *leela* (divine play) He was preparing behind all this…
that, I will keep sharing with you day by day,
a little at a time. ????????????????