25 Travel Quotes That Will Inspire You To Get On The Road & Lose Yourself To Finally Find Yourself

Every time some says that one sure shot way of finding yourself is by travelling, they are most probably right. When you are travelling, you are mostly out of your comfort zone - visiting places you probably haven't been to before, eating food that you have always wanted to, smelling the unfamiliar city air, getting on rickety buses and overcrowded trains with the vernacular tongue caressing your ears like unheard music that you have always been searching for. 

You are your true self when you travel. Uninfluenced and free. 

If one is fortunate enough to be able to travel, then they must grab that opportunity with both hands and never let go. Although it is highly likely that almost everyone will say the same thing, here are a few quotes by a few people whose words one should not take for granted.

Here's to travelling a little more than we think we can.

Things that change after marriage and how to deal with them...

1. The after effects of marriage

As you prepare to enter into marriage, you will need to unscramble and negotiate all kinds of issues between you and your partner. Marriage is also one of the biggest steps we all take in life. Along with this big step we have to make certain changes so that the person we tie the knot with is happy and content.

2. That flame dies out

It is true that after a year into the marriage the flame which keeps you two together eventually dies out. It all depends on the couple to reignite the love and make the marriage work.

3. Your health changes too

It’s been said that married men live longer, and whereas lives of women’s shortens after marriage. Whether or not this is true, marriage along with your lifestyle changes your health. Marriage can also alter your spiritual and emotional health. Your lifestyle and the way you live after marriage has an impact on your health whether for good or for bad. And a healthy couple generally develops a strong and lasting relationship.

4. Responsibilities become important

One of the major changes after marriage is the pile of responsibilities that knock on your door. Both the individuals have to work together and handle the responsibilities without burdening the other.

5. Changes goals, dreams, desires

Your goals, dreams, wishes definitely changes after marriage, however, for some it changes for the better and for the rest it changes for the worse. Some people have to give up their dreams and desires after marriage which makes them resentful. To have a successful marriage, make sure that you follow the latter and not let anything negatively impact your relationship.

6. When the fights begin

When two people from different walks of life are united in a bond of matrimony, chances are that they will bicker a lot. You must learn to understand each other more and more each day and learning to accept each other differences too are important.

7. Taking care of two families from one

Marriage is a bond not only between two individuals but also between two families, even between two cultures and religions. After marriage, the girl expects her husband to respect and take care of her parents equally to his parents and the same is expected by a husband from his wife. Marriage teaches to maintain a proper balance between the families and it is the most wonderful thing because it will stay with you till your death.

8. Your priorities change too

As long as you were single there was no one telling you what to do for you just did what you wanted to do. However, after marriage things change a lot and one of them is your priorities. You have to think about your spouse before you make a decision.

9. Work on your communication skills

The way we communicate changes in most of the cases. People become more calm and composed in usual cases after marriage. You react differently to situations than you used to when you were not married. You learn to express yourself better and fix things in a calm manner. This change comes because after getting married you realize that if you’re going to be doing this for the rest of our lives we have to find out how to communicate better otherwise you’re not going to get anywhere.

10. You develop a sense of security

After marriage, you develop a deeper sense of security as you will always have someone whom you can look forward to at any point of time, when you need them, someone to talk to. You will always have someone to lean on, go places with, and talk to, and share things with and to take care of you. You’ll feel more secured and comfortable.

11. You learn how to compromise

Before marriage, you just expect things to happen your way but once you get married, you simply can’t do things the way you used to. You have to learn to compromise and to give and take. Marriage is more about taking care of two instead on one. You’ll have to compromise your likings and interests which might be of going to a movie just because your partner wants to relax at home.

Is Lord Krishna's heart still burning somewhere on Earth?

1. What happened after Lord Krishna’s cremation?

Mahabharata was not just the end of Kauravas, but it was the beginning of the annihilation of Lord Krishna, the Yadava clan and Pandavas. Many of us have either read or heard about the curse of Queen Gandhari which led to the death of Lord Krishna, but no one knows that even today one pivotal part of his body remains on Earth.

2. Dwarka city submerged

Today in this story, not only you will re-live the tale of destruction post Mahabharata, the death and cremation of Lord Krishna, but the shocking truth about the existence of his heart, which even today resides on Earth.

3. Mahabharata destruction

On the last day of Mahabharata, the battle had come to an end and Pandavas were not rejoicing their win. They had lost not only their own sons and cousins, but several innocent warriors. The devastation was such that it left even Lord Krishna stunned and speechless.

4. Gandhari's agony

From far away, both Pandavas and Lord Krishna could hear a wailing shriek and in no time they realized it was none other than Queen Gandhari. As she came near the lifeless body of her first born, Duryodhana, she cried her heart out and bent over to hold her son’s body one last time.

5. Pandavas and Krishna arrive to meet Gandharii

When her aid, Sanjay, informed about the arrival of Lord Krishna and Pandavas, Gandhari enraged with pain, stood up and howled at Krishna.

6. Gandhari - Krishna samvad

“You, the King of Dwaraka, who I worshipped every day, as the avatar of the supreme godhead Vishnu, Are’nt you ashamed of your doings? Should’nt you have averted this war with your divine will and power? Is this what you do to your own creation? I have requested you, each and every day in the past troubled times to avert this disaster. Is this how you answer my prayers? Ask yor mother, Devaki, the pain of losing a child. She had seven of her children being killed at birth and now I have seen a hundred sons of mine being butchered to death.”

7. Gandhari: Dutiful wife, and devotee

Lord Krishna with a gentle laugh tried to console her by saying that he indeed cautioned Duryodhana, and his brothers of the destruction. This even ranged her more and she cursed him saying, “If my years of Vishnu Bhakthi have been true, and if my Pathi Bhakthi since my marriage has been unshaken and strong, then, may you die in 36 years from today.”

8. Gandhari's curse on Lord Krishna

She continued, “May Dwaraka be flooded and may every one of your Yadava kin perish by killing each other, just as you made the kins of Kuru kill one another. Since the Yadavas cannot be killed by any other race, they will die at each other’s hands. May the Yadavas die out…. may the Yadavas die out….”

9. Krishna consoles Gandhari

When after her yelling, Gandhari fell down on her knees at Lord Krishna’s feet; he lifted her up and accepted her curse. After the coronation of King Yudhishtra, Lord Krishna returned to Dwarka, where he for the next 35 years enjoyed his mortal life with wife Rukmini and son Sambha.

10. Samba: Lord Shiva's boon to Krishna

When Rukmini was pregnant, Krishna had request Lord Shiva for a son like him (knowing that he was the Lord of Destruction); thus Sambha was born. Lord Krishna knew when the time would come; he will play his part in the destruction of Yadava clan.

11. Yadava dynasty

The Yadava clan was living in such bliss that they forgot the true meaning of humility, love, discipline, and moral. And, when it was time for the curse to finally take place, an unexpected series of event took place.

12. Saptrishis arriving in Dwarka

Once Sapt Rishis were visiting Dwarka to meet Lord Krishna and his brother Balrama, and seeing them approaching Sambha along with his friends devised a prank. He dressed up as a woman and planted an iron belt over his stomach, to pretend pregnancy. He wanted to test the power of rishis.

13. Samba mocking sages

He asked them, “O’ mighty sages, with your divine powers, will you please tell me the gender of my unborn child?” Hearing him, one of the sages was quick to realize they were being fooled. In his anger, he cursed him, “May the very thing that he bears in his stomach be born to him. And that thing will lead to the extinction of the entire Yadava clan.” Sambha and his friends ran away laughing at them.

14. Yadavas's destruction weapon

Next day, Sambha complained of intense abdominal pain and Lord Krishna was informed. When he and Balrama came in to see him, they saw a large piece of iron mace kept next to Sambha. The latter and his friends then informed every one of the Sapt Rishis’ curse. Akroora and Ugrasena immediately ordered the mace to be crushed to powder and cast into Prabhas River. All, but one triangular piece of the maze was crushed and thrown into the river.

15. Fisherman story from Dwarka

The powder deposited near the bank and led to the growth of plush grass. However, the left out metal piece was later swallowed by a fish, which was hunted by the fisherman nearby. He cooked the fish and while eating, found the big triangular iron piece. In order to reshape his harpoon, he used the same piece.

16. Yadavas ensued battle

One day all the men of the Yadava clan gathered on the banks of Prabhas River for a merry night. They drank all night and got intoxicated. Satyaki and Krithavarma, who were also present and highly intoxicated, started fighting over the acts of each other during Mahabharata war. All the men were divided into two groups- Satyaki’s and Krithavarma’s. They began pouncing on each other, and soon a war ensued.

17. Krishna destroying Yadavas

Lord Krishna was nearby and knew the time had come, so the discreetly plucked the plush grass and threw it amid the fighting men. In their ignorance, the men started throwing the grass on each other, which unbeknownst to them, was the same iron mace, which was predicted to be the destruction of Yadava clan. One by one everyone was killed.

18. Lord Krishna's death

When Lord Krishna was sitting in grief over how it all ended, he was struck by a harpoon, pointed on him by the fisherman, who thought it was a deer. Knowing of what he had done, he apologized and cried in front of dying Krishna, who consoled him and made him remember that in their previous births they were Lord Rama and Bali.

19. Cremation of Lord Krishna and Balram

When Arjuna had arrived to help with the rest of Pandavas, they saw both Balrama and Krishna dead. Quietly, they cremated them both, while Balrama’s mortal remains were burnt to ashes, Lord Krishna body too turned into ashes, except his heart, which still kept burning. Following the rituals, Arjuna washed their ashes and the burning heart in the river.

20. Dwarka engulfed by sea

And after Pandavas left, taking along all the women and children to Hastinapur; entire Dwarka submerged under the sea, and with it everything was swept away including the burning heart of Lord Krishna, which by now was turned into a soft iron rod.

21. King Indradyumnaa's dream

King Indradyumna was a devout worshipper of Lord Vishnu, and incessantly asked him to pay him a visit. One night in his dream, he was told of that he will find his lord in the form of Nila Madhava. Next morning he ordered a search of Nila Madhava. When he located it, he brought it back with him and setup Lord Jagannath temple.

22. Mystery of Lord Jagannath

While bathing in the river, one day, King Indradyumna was astonished to see a soft iron rod floating. When he picked it, he was whispered by Lord Vishnu, who told him that it is his heart that would remain on land forever. Indradyumna immediately rushed with it to the Lord Jagannath idol and discreetly placed it inside him. He banished anyone to ever touch or see this rod ever.