Faith on Wheels -- Two Jharkhand youth to Vaishno Devi fly with roller skates. Pilgrimages are usually long walk-in-the-dark trips, bus rides and train trips in India. But two young men of Koderma, Jharkhand, are going on roller skates to get to this Shrine where Shri Mata Vaishno Devi shrine lives. They have inspired everyone in the country, the story as one of the largest public stories about a person through an entire country in each of whose years of struggle the struggle was truly real and lasting.
The two boys, both in 10th grade, went out from their home town Jharkhand with one purpose that was to visit the holy shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi. Instead of the everyday trip straight there and straight in, they put on roller skates and began their journey through highways, in towns and villages.
Starting Point: Koderma, Jharkhand
Destination: Vaishno Devi shrine, Trikuta Hills, Jammu & Kashmir
Distance: Nearly 2,500 km on roller skates
Their parents wanted to stop the journey at the first opportunity, concerned about safety and taking such large risks in their children. But the boy's persistence stayed in our path.
But travelling on roller skates is not quite so easy. The boys face the physical strain of skating long hours daily. These road safety risks with traffic and uneven surfaces. Weather-related issues of heat and rain and cold.
Nobody believed they were to go on and complete the journey; people who cast doubt on their ability to do so. With all of these obstacles, the pioneers are able to travel and still do so and we are in admiration of them.
And this journey also isn’t just another viral story it reflects youthful devotion to Mata Vaishno Devi. It shows discipline and endurance at achieving some kind of spiritual goal. It warms the heart for others to continue to achieve dreams where they are, and no matter how far they have gone there they came to a solution.
Their skating pilgrimage underscores that faith can take so many forms and determination will be able to transform even the most crazy journey into interesting works.
And they are, the two young men from Jharkhand who show us that nothing else is better than to have success on the road in every way, skate by skate. Vaishno Devi to Vaishno Devi trip 2,500 km is not less as if they have to overcome illness; on the contrary, it is not just a mission in spirituality but to work at the heart of resilience and courage and believing in a young, young future.
On the way, however, their story, inching closer to the shrine, continues to incite people across India.
