A spiritual aspirant’s journey is sprinkled with many battles overcoming mind over matter through different sadhanas (spiritual practices). One such sadhana is going on a pilgrimage, which provides challenges for the body, mind, and intellect. In 1948, a young sadhaka embarked on a rare pilgrimage of discovery through the splendour of Uttarakhand. Often going without food, sleeping where he puts his bundle down for the night, lashed by the cold northern wind, he established a deep communion with nature. The memoir penned by the sadhaka at the end of each long treacherous day is interspersed with humor, sketches, and poetry inspired by the majestic surroundings. This young sadhaka was Swami Chinmayananda. My Trek through Uttarakhand is a personal and delectable narrative of Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda s trek across the Himalayan terrain.
