Thank you!

I feel that completing the Navanu yatra is one of the greatest achievements of my life... and behind this personal success are lot of people. To fulfill my wish of embarking on Navanu, Naishadh not only gave me a lot of support but also gave me confidence and helped with even the smallest of obstacles (like creating navanu documentation to present to HR at work and creating a vidhi spreadsheet to keep track).

I could not forget to thank all my Cherry Hill Derasar friends who arranged an aarati-mangal divo at derasar and greeted me with Nariyel and a very thoughtful card. There was a small message from each family and they all divided each day of the week to pray to Dada and gave me strength. They also did 12 Logass Kausagg each day for my nirvigna yatra. I feel so special and lucky to have such a great friend circle in USA.

My many thanks to Pallaviaunty and Satishuncle from Cherry Hill Derasar. Aunty, you and uncle are amazing people. During my stay you not only called me a number of times to ask my shata and showed me your concerns, but also referred Sukan who was a great company while climbing. After my few days of stay at Palitana, I came to know about your way of helping people. It seemed that almost everyone I met at Palitana already knew you both and had the highest amount of respect for you. "Tusi ekdam great ho ji!".

I also thank all my family members, relatives and friends for calling me, visiting me at Palitana and posting comments on this blog. Special thanks goes to Premilamasi, Rameshmasa and Hemlatamasi who shared my 108th yatra experience with me.

Didi, Jiju and Neha: Thank you for your spiritual support... I thought of each of you during each Yatra. Didi, I always recalled our chauvhir chhath & 7 yatra when climbing gheti paag. Neha, the cap you gave me before I left provided me with shade during the hottest of yatras.

Last but not the least, I thank mom from the US who flew just for a week to India just to ask my shata. Infinite thanks to India mom who, in her Varshitap, stayed with me at Palitana. Without her, I wouldn't be have been able to complete my navanu in this short period of time. I love you Dad, you are the best. US dad, i know you were far but your mind and strength were always there for me.  I really loved the welcome back surprise at our house with all the uncles/aunties.  Vidhi and Neha- the decorations were incredible, I could barely recognize our home.

If, during my yatras or while writing on this blog, I have offended anyone or caused any harm : Mann, vachan, Kaya thi Michhami Dukkadam!