I recently went to a pilgrimage place called Toda. Uh, it’s in. Located in the northern part of Gujarat, ah, state of India. Uh. We. I was with my family and uh uh, we went there to worship our God and offer him some gifts and uh, food. Uh, uh, the other thing uh, we had done there was to pray for uh uh, good health and wealth of our family and for the community and the society. But it was unusual because from that pilgrimage place there was another pilgrimage or a ah, very famous temple, uh, located um, just half a mile from there. However, when we reached to our destination the temple was closed. Uh, because it was afternoon and in our culture uh, there is a belief that we have to give God some time for. To race. So the God. The tour of the temples were closed and eventually when we read there uh, we can’t get the opportunity to see even the face of our deity, our uh, God. And uh. It was very difficult for us to you know, get uh, to the authority and uh uh, please them and wish them uh, they were, they were not very comply or they were not very compliann by the way. So we have to come from that place without seeing our or uh, without worshipping the God. That was very harsh by the way. And it had a long impact on me.
Band 7+: Describe an unusual holiday you had. What holiday it was? Who you were with? What you did? And explain why it was unusual
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I recently went on a pilgrimage to a place called Toda, located in the northern part of the Gujarat state in India. I was with my family, and we went there to worship our God, offer him gifts, and food. We also prayed for the good health and wealth of our family, our community, and society. However, what made this pilgrimage unusual was that there was another very famous temple located just half a mile away from Toda. We planned to visit both temples, but when we arrived at the second temple in the afternoon, it was closed. In our culture, there's a belief that we should give God some time to rest, so the temple was closed for the afternoon. We were disappointed because we couldn't even see the face of our deity. We tried to speak to the temple authorities to see if there was any way we could enter, but they were not very accommodating. Ultimately, we had to leave without worshipping at the temple. This experience was quite harsh and had a lasting impact on me. It made me realize that sometimes, even when we have good intentions, things don't always go according to plan. It also highlighted the importance of respecting cultural traditions and beliefs, even if they seem unusual to outsiders.
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