Reaching Deogarh (Jasidih); stay for over 24 hours
Reach Jasidih at 3.40 am on a Sunday. Before i leave the train i tell the attendant that i can't trace the hand towel so i would pay the sum for the towel not sighted at that moment. That had to do with too much of movement in and around the seat i was in during night. As i deboard the coach, i take one final look at the list that still hangs next to the exit door so that on an another occasion with another set of guests who could be in dozen i could be extempore. The TTE with the name Surat who deboarded few stations before was exceptionally humble and has a fair share of friends who broach the subject of trains and reservations at 2.40 at a halt that is about 30 to 40 kms before Jasidih. Here another TTE has had some arguments with some passengers probably an hour or two before and this TTE is weighing the pros and cons of future course. Perhaps a better understanding and that too in the middle of night could keep things on a smooth plane.
Baidyanath dham station
Take a local and reach baidyanath dham station at 4.25. Stay put in the waiting hall a little after five as it would give me the advantage of checking into a hotel that goes by 24 hour check out time. After a search lasting and not liberating, i settle for Data ashram, the room fairly clean with attached bath. Morning hours has rush in and around the temple with those willing to get inside and those willing to get out not to be dismissed as a game of bout. After morning rush and temple outing keeping most fresh, i try to search for a cyber cafe that would hand me a ticket for Kolkata or Puri. Reach meghna puri lane, about 1 km from lodge, for rail ticket.
Challenges come in the way of a power cut as all preparations have to be in place for ensuring 24 X 7 supply for the upcoming festival. In the cyber café before one begins to rant, there is a reasonable reading of the ensuing rent primarily photostat rs1.50, voter card rs3, bijli na rehne par, photostat rs2 voter card rs4. I am told that the rail ticket can be duly collected once power comes notwithstanding who has a series of generators or a series of gems. Following this assurance, i settle for food from tower chowk. In bara bazaar, nimarish bhojanalaya sindh hotel plain dosa comes for 35 rs followed by soft drink small bottle coming for rs12. Hotel relax has magnolia rest’t with one of the best teas in town. Two cups for 40rs i hope the tea from roadside carts and other caravans too could be little helpful in not taking recourse to dripping in sugar as across country the tea that is exceedingly sweet can never be recorded as a feat.
And in late evening, meals from Mamata outlet in tower chowk is equally satisfying. I can spot among others those in uniform trying soft drinks with vehicle and pedestrian movement as soft as ever. There is something in tower chowk and nearby that suggests those with soft skills and soft voice would be equally heard in a place where each and every entity has an equal fort.
Jharkhand tourism welcomes you is a board that hangs outside the baidyanath dham station detailing the places and distance that calls for perseverance.
Vasukinath – 27km
Masanjar dam – 136km
Shiv pahar mandir 85 km
Ranchi – 275km
From Bara bazar clock tower if one has to proceed towards Mandir Gate, it comes the following way:
Bara bazaar clock tower
New meena bazaar
Jalsar road
Vip road (mandir gali)
Mind you there are four gates to temple each recording a flow depending on the hour one wants to get inside.
Near clock tower some sightings in stores and nearby came as follows
- Yahan kate phate note badle jate hai
- in a book store ssc English, ssc advance maths, railway bharti board pariksha, T. C/C.C./J.C., IBPS All India Grameen Bank, SSC Tier II (main)
At Baidyanath Dham Rlwy Station reaching pravesh dwar at 19.04 as i step inside there is information on rooms in Asansol and Durgapur. As for asansol:
Ac retiring room rs 300; Non ac retiring room 150
As for Durgapur:
Ac retiring room rs 300; Non ac retiring room rs 150
Other sightings in Baidyanath Dham Rlwy Station
- Booking centre
- Computerized reservation centre
- Fare table baidyanath dham
- Second class waiting hall , toilet for men, women, there is chai, coffee, tea stall shoodh doodh . Amidst these observations i Spot 63166U bdme jasidih local.
Before reaching Baidyanath Dham Rlwy Station in the evening i had collected rail ticket from cyber cafe who had to get the print out from a machine at a fair distance away.
The stay in Deogarh was free of hiccups with movements in and around town with no hassles. In the mornings, people running stores and lodges could be seen running their pump to get the requisite water; in some instances water overflowing and in others taking its time to fill the tank. Streets leading to temple and nearby locations are not wide enough and perhaps the two wheeler movement should be restricted during peak hours; something in operation in certain stretches.
A few of tea vendors who could get the tea of tranquility could be positioned in and around different streets. The search for a cap as i am supposed to take a Jan Shatabdi originating from Danapur/Patna and going all the way to Howarah was a necessity as 2S was the class with D2/ 94 the coach and the seat. The cap coming for a reasonable 50rs can be procured from a shop near Tower Chowk. Then there is one sweet shop with the name bhog and here the staff/owner have to develop accommodative spirit. Having huge sales with huge turnout of customers is ok but you have to look beyond that. The cyber cafe near Mamata eating joint was one which i could not try due to paucity of time and perhaps doing stories from this cyber cafe could be interesting.
On VIP road in Deogarh is a small post office which i come across on a Sunday while taking tea opposite the post office. As for bara bazaar road among other sightings, sale rs 85 fixed price shirts looks to be quite tempting and not to miss the lakhan baba ka dil bahar lassi outlet and billboards to the same at different points of the town.
Reach Jasidih at 3.40 am on a Sunday. Before i leave the train i tell the attendant that i can't trace the hand towel so i would pay the sum for the towel not sighted at that moment. That had to do with too much of movement in and around the seat i was in during night. As i deboard the coach, i take one final look at the list that still hangs next to the exit door so that on an another occasion with another set of guests who could be in dozen i could be extempore. The TTE with the name Surat who deboarded few stations before was exceptionally humble and has a fair share of friends who broach the subject of trains and reservations at 2.40 at a halt that is about 30 to 40 kms before Jasidih. Here another TTE has had some arguments with some passengers probably an hour or two before and this TTE is weighing the pros and cons of future course. Perhaps a better understanding and that too in the middle of night could keep things on a smooth plane.
Baidyanath dham station
Take a local and reach baidyanath dham station at 4.25. Stay put in the waiting hall a little after five as it would give me the advantage of checking into a hotel that goes by 24 hour check out time. After a search lasting and not liberating, i settle for Data ashram, the room fairly clean with attached bath. Morning hours has rush in and around the temple with those willing to get inside and those willing to get out not to be dismissed as a game of bout. After morning rush and temple outing keeping most fresh, i try to search for a cyber cafe that would hand me a ticket for Kolkata or Puri. Reach meghna puri lane, about 1 km from lodge, for rail ticket.
Challenges come in the way of a power cut as all preparations have to be in place for ensuring 24 X 7 supply for the upcoming festival. In the cyber café before one begins to rant, there is a reasonable reading of the ensuing rent primarily photostat rs1.50, voter card rs3, bijli na rehne par, photostat rs2 voter card rs4. I am told that the rail ticket can be duly collected once power comes notwithstanding who has a series of generators or a series of gems. Following this assurance, i settle for food from tower chowk. In bara bazaar, nimarish bhojanalaya sindh hotel plain dosa comes for 35 rs followed by soft drink small bottle coming for rs12. Hotel relax has magnolia rest’t with one of the best teas in town. Two cups for 40rs i hope the tea from roadside carts and other caravans too could be little helpful in not taking recourse to dripping in sugar as across country the tea that is exceedingly sweet can never be recorded as a feat.
And in late evening, meals from Mamata outlet in tower chowk is equally satisfying. I can spot among others those in uniform trying soft drinks with vehicle and pedestrian movement as soft as ever. There is something in tower chowk and nearby that suggests those with soft skills and soft voice would be equally heard in a place where each and every entity has an equal fort.
Jharkhand tourism welcomes you is a board that hangs outside the baidyanath dham station detailing the places and distance that calls for perseverance.
Vasukinath – 27km
Masanjar dam – 136km
Shiv pahar mandir 85 km
Ranchi – 275km
From Bara bazar clock tower if one has to proceed towards Mandir Gate, it comes the following way:
Bara bazaar clock tower
New meena bazaar
Jalsar road
Vip road (mandir gali)
Mind you there are four gates to temple each recording a flow depending on the hour one wants to get inside.
Near clock tower some sightings in stores and nearby came as follows
- Yahan kate phate note badle jate hai
- in a book store ssc English, ssc advance maths, railway bharti board pariksha, T. C/C.C./J.C., IBPS All India Grameen Bank, SSC Tier II (main)
At Baidyanath Dham Rlwy Station reaching pravesh dwar at 19.04 as i step inside there is information on rooms in Asansol and Durgapur. As for asansol:
Ac retiring room rs 300; Non ac retiring room 150
As for Durgapur:
Ac retiring room rs 300; Non ac retiring room rs 150
Other sightings in Baidyanath Dham Rlwy Station
- Booking centre
- Computerized reservation centre
- Fare table baidyanath dham
- Second class waiting hall , toilet for men, women, there is chai, coffee, tea stall shoodh doodh . Amidst these observations i Spot 63166U bdme jasidih local.
Before reaching Baidyanath Dham Rlwy Station in the evening i had collected rail ticket from cyber cafe who had to get the print out from a machine at a fair distance away.
The stay in Deogarh was free of hiccups with movements in and around town with no hassles. In the mornings, people running stores and lodges could be seen running their pump to get the requisite water; in some instances water overflowing and in others taking its time to fill the tank. Streets leading to temple and nearby locations are not wide enough and perhaps the two wheeler movement should be restricted during peak hours; something in operation in certain stretches.
A few of tea vendors who could get the tea of tranquility could be positioned in and around different streets. The search for a cap as i am supposed to take a Jan Shatabdi originating from Danapur/Patna and going all the way to Howarah was a necessity as 2S was the class with D2/ 94 the coach and the seat. The cap coming for a reasonable 50rs can be procured from a shop near Tower Chowk. Then there is one sweet shop with the name bhog and here the staff/owner have to develop accommodative spirit. Having huge sales with huge turnout of customers is ok but you have to look beyond that. The cyber cafe near Mamata eating joint was one which i could not try due to paucity of time and perhaps doing stories from this cyber cafe could be interesting.
On VIP road in Deogarh is a small post office which i come across on a Sunday while taking tea opposite the post office. As for bara bazaar road among other sightings, sale rs 85 fixed price shirts looks to be quite tempting and not to miss the lakhan baba ka dil bahar lassi outlet and billboards to the same at different points of the town.
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