Think about an unfished story, an incomplete painting, or even a piece of music without a rhythm.
What do you think happens to them?
Why do they never get closure?
Where do they go?
When I went on the Brahmatal Trek, I felt a cosmic connection that gave rise to a lot of questions in me. The legends say that the almighty Creator Brahma went to the serene Glacial lake Brahmatal to meditate there. Unknowingly my mind automatically stepped into his shoes and tried to ponder the situation.
But, why here?
Why to Brahmatal?
If I need ideas to write or plan something, I either talk to people or research or even pray. But when the quest reaches god’s mode, where does he go?
He created humans, movable and immovable things, the cosmos, and everything in it which has an intricate connection through senses and mind.
Was he an artist?
Was he a sculptor?
Or was he a painter?
After waking through the fairyland filled with oak and rhododendron trees, sitting near the crystal green glacial lake, sleeping on the huge meadows which reflected the colors of the sun and the moon, and standing in iconic spots with a larger-than-life view of the Himalayan peak Trishul, I realized that he must have been a painter.
This trek was neither tough nor stressful. The path to reach the unknown or the almighty is not all that tough. Brahmatal is the perfect example of that. From kids to elders, everyone around me enjoyed it. There were layers everywhere, just like the patterns of a portrait. There were hues of different colors which created a natural frame of life in our mind. Some lights and shadows reflected the deep and darkest inner thoughts of our hearts. In short, the Brahmatal trek is a masterpiece.
The most alluring aspects of this trek are the two Glacial lakes : Bekaltal and Brahmatal.
Bekaltal Lake:
Bekaltal is a serene olive-green frozen lake with hues of light brown on it. Bekal means frog and Tal means lake. Bekal Tal means frog lake. As the mythological story goes, the locals believe that a snake deity protects them from calamities. That deity had a frog as a faithful servant. Because of its humble nature and loyalty, the deity made a lake for it.
When I sat beside the frozen green lake, the reflection of the tall oak trees dancing with the flow of the wind was mesmerizing to watch.
