BABA BALAK NATH TEMPLE, GADKHAL, KASAULI, SOLAN HIMACHAL PRADESH

BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF KASAULI

Last Sunday I got a chance to visit the famous temple of Baba Balak Nath at Gadkhal.

Gadkhal! A place about 35 KM from Solan, near kasauli.It comes just 5 KM ahead of Kasauli,

FAMOUS TEMPLE OF BABA BALAK NATH

which is also a famous tourist spot, while driving from Solan. Gadkhal is a hilly area and is famous for the temple of Baba Balak Nath. The beautiful temple is situated on the hill top. One can reach there by bus or taxi.

People from all over the Himachal as well as neighboring states visit this temple especially on Sundays and in Navratras. People believe that all their wishes are fulfilled in this temple. Every Sunday, the priest of the temple “Baba ji” sits on his ‘Gaddi’ and answers all the queries of the followers. It is said that when he sits on his gaddi a supernatural power of Baba Balak Nath enters in him, then the Baba correctly tells about one’s past and gives exact predictions of the future.

I visited the temple with my family members. We set out early in the morning at 6.30 am by Taxi and reached at 8.00 am. It was a bright sunny day. We witnessed beautiful sunrise at the temple. The Scenic beauty of Gadkhal itself is awesome. About 300 people were already present there when we reached the temple. Most of them had reached the place on Saturday evening and stayed in the ‘Mandir Sarai’ to get the Token for ‘Darshan’. There are enough arrangements for the night stay of the Bhakts visiting the place.  The first line of about 80 people started at 5.30 in the morning. As one of our family members was there since Saturday evening we managed to get the 95th Token and we were at 15^th place in the second line. We had to wait for 1 Hour for our turn. After ‘Darshan’ and taking ‘Aashirwad’ of Baba ji we came out of the temple and captured some nice pics in my camera.

Then we went to the ground near the temple, and the holy ‘Langar’ was ready. We took the Langar and left the place around 2.30 PM.