Throughout our journey from Rudraprayag to Agastyamuni, the Mandakini river flowed to our left, quietly and gracefully. I felt a tinge of sadness since the Mandakini, after 20 kilometres, would cease to exist by merging itself with the Alaknanda river. After 70 kilometres, the Alaknanda too would join the river Bhagirathi at Devprayag to become the Ganga, the most revered river in India.
A few kilometres after Agastyamuni town, we began our steep climb to the school where the Azim Premji Foundation had organised a Bal-Shodh-Mela. The primary objective of such a mela
