THE TOUR {PART-2}

                        CHAPTER-2

                                                                               THE HAUNTING


Written By- Anusha Chauhan

So the next day, they all went for sightseeing and visited some famous temples.
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On visiting one such temple, Swati felt curiosity and went inside the center Santarem while all other students were outside taking pictures and enjoying the Prashad given by the priest. It was a temple of Mahakal. 
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Mallika saw her going inside alone. So, she went after her but before she could catch Swati was already inside center Santarem. There Swati saw a priest, wearing the only white dhoti, janeu and rudraksh mala in his neck. He was facing the idol of Mahakal. Swati could not saw his face as his back was on her side. 

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She folded her hands and started praying to the Lord Mahakal. Right then Mallika reached there and poked Swati, "Why you came here alone? You didn't even tell me." Swati replied, "Oh! I don't know what happened to me, I just forgot to tell you and came here. Ok let's go to the priest and take Prashad and blessings of Lord."

Mallika said, "But the Priest is outside already." 
Swati looked to the Idol of Mahakal, there was no Priest. "Where did he go? He was right here." Swati said shockingly.

There was no other exit of center Santarem. And Mallika didn't saw anybody going out.

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Mallika got worried now. "Ok let's go outside. Madam must be searching for us. We have to leave now." Saying this Mallika held Swati's hand and took her out of the center Santarem.

Swati was feeling something weird now. She was still confused, "But I saw him standing in front of the deity and praying." She murmured. Mallika was worried now. She was not getting good vibes inside the center Santarem. She said, "He must have left when you closed your eyes to do prayer and I didn't saw him coming outside. Or maybe there is some other door inside center Santarem. Don't think much about it. These are ancient temples, must be holding a lot of mysteries and secrets."

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Then they went on to see many more things like local handicraft items, beautiful hills, waterfalls, snow, soothing Sun and clicking a lot of pictures. Everybody enjoyed. Swati felt something heavy for some time but as she went away from the temple, this feeling of heaviness also vanished.

In the evening, they all came back to the hotel, had dinner and went to bed. They all were tired but excited and were discussing things that they did during the day. 

After everybody falls asleep Swati had a thought, "Who was that guy down there?" She saw a guy while having dinner. He was sitting in the corner, opposite to their group. Alone. Watching her. "He must be some hotel staff. I don't know everyone here afterall." She said it to herself and went back to sleep.

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It was cold so she glued herself to Mallika, who now was in deep sleep. 

Next morning, they got ready, had their breakfast and went for adventure sports. Swati wanted to go to the same temple with some fruits. She said to Mallika, "Let's ask Madam if we can go today also to the temple." Mallika was surprised, "Are you mad? It is very far away. Besides Madam won't allow us to go there alone and she definitely won't send us in the bus leaving all the group here. Why do you want to go there in the first place? What's in your mind?"

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Swati said, "I don't know I just want to go there and offer some fruits to Mahakal." Mallika explained to her, "It is a really bad idea. I am not getting good vibes by this wish of yours. Don't overthink about yesterday's episode. Let's go for the water sports. It is our turn now."

Swati didn't want to participate in any of the games but Mallika literally dragged her. They had fun and after some time, Swati forgot about all this.

(To Be Continued...)

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