I and my friend made plan to travel a beautiful mountain city from delhi to mussourie in uttarakand. We took the state transport conveyance in the night around 10pm and reached morning around 6 to the splendid city of mussourie , we were immensely please looking at sonic beauty, the snow fog surrounded mussourie my first acquaintance to the people dressed with blazer on Indian kurta appears to be a nepali kind of dress with the similar nepali hat came to us to take charge of our luggage and asking in a gleeful voice (saab hotel chaiye apko) do you need hotel sir, we were visitng the place for the first time and were struck to the grandeur of city that is joy for your eyes to keep looking around. We meet a a robust active gentleman by name bag singh looking after Hotel Minerva at the city who promised us to give best deal and ask us to follow . as we too got tried with our night long journey we thought to chose the services of Baagh singh and started walking behind him to hotel Minerva for our rest of stay.
We reached hotel Minerva with a walk from were the bus drop us barely spending 10-15 minutes walk and took the shelter to take some rest and refresh ourselves to visit the city, we visited mussouire with a purpose to visit the Lal Bhadur shastri national academy for administration, we were anxious to visit the academy before we hang around to other places. We quickly had our breakfast at hotel Minerva; the courtesy at our hotel and the staff was pleasing as they were so friendly with us that they never made us feel we are in a professional relationship. We than started for hotel to academy through the mall road the shops were just started opening their shutters, we were immensely feeling energetic as the day was getting unfurled and we took our way amidst the surrounding fog that gave us feeling like as we were walking in the sky; the city is surrounded with dense fog cloud through the stretch mall road that cut the heart of mountain were the city is located.
The rickshaw pullers at mall roads keep throwing at you invitation to chose them for your trip to company bagh, kempty falls, academy, they chase you to feel standstill but we thought to enjoy the beauty of city by walking our destination, the people at mussourie with pretty faces living in pure environment of mountain little kids cheering at your faces speaks how beautiful life is at mussourie, we were watching the resonance of innocence in the city and people were blossoming in joy. We were cross by tourist who had come to be part of this natural extravaganza to facilitate their lives happiness catching memories in camera and hearts.
We finally reached the academy that is situated in heart of city to train the best personnel and conditioned them to take the reins of executive in serving people, as I was still engrossed in the beauty of mussuorie, I found the climate of the place is paradise for writers to explore their creativity so why eminent writer like Ruskin bond found his home away home from Russia here to endeavor to explore his thoughts. The academy is a beautifully stretched premise that is one of the marvel place centre that stand as catalyst to accommodate different backgrounds and culture to unite in the campus. We got permission to step into the academy with the reference of a friend who was kind enough to bestow upon us the privilege to witness the premier Academy which is also called LABSNAA.
As our friend was engaged in his regular prior occupation we text a message of our surprise arrival and waited for him in waiting hall and later shifted to canteen, I was bit hungry to order a plate of hot samosa while eating the samosa I was looking the canteen that was simple but what titillated my mind was why and how the name as canteen came to this place?
Finally our friend came with a little tinge of surprise to see us at academy he was pleasant to us and we exchange greetings and it was getting noon than he took around to the hostels which are named after the Indian rivers; I thought the place itself like ocean were different culture come and melt similarly all the rivers accommodate members from all parts of country. We had delicious luncheon at the banquet hall and than our friend who had his next class has to depart from us suggested us to must visit the library. The library is temple were books with large volumes making it significant actually words cannot describe the value of library.
The library is a place were knowledge tryst with enlightenment. As I was going through the library carefully I found a special section on Gandhiji (a collection of books worth diamonds were standing proud narrating how instrumentally they speak about the freedom struggle and experiments in truth under Gandhiji. The role of books that reflects the emotions of life is unique and lively epitome invention of mankind. The library was purposeful with a various discipline and an exclusive compartment for magazine and journals. The prestigious assert of LABSNAA. This was unforgettable experience of life as we were over whelmed to watch the statue of LaL Bhaudur shastri in the campus that instantly reminded me the impact of his humility in personality and his solagan of Jai jawan and jai kisan. We than took pictures before the shastriji statue to remember our momentous visit.
While getting back to our hotel we thought of booking our tickets to return delhi through train and reached the railway booking office at mussourie that was another attraction to visiting the sets of malgudi days, a impervious old structure under two officers sitting and booking reservations. We got our tickets to bid our cherished visit to mussourie bye.
Mussourie is a beautiful place that has many attractions which we visited among which I have highlighted the academy that stands prominent may not be a tourist attraction but a centre for national importance. Everyone should take the time out to visit mussourie and if you can visit LABSNAA your visit is more than a recreation trip to a historic visit.
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