Going Viral: This 68-year-old Woman's 2,200 km Bicycle Journey To Vaishno Devi Is Breaking The Internet

Devotion goes a long way and age is just a number. A similar incidence made rounds recently when a 68-year-old woman from Buldhana district, Maharashtra started her journey all by herself on a bicycle to Vaishno Devi. She is set to cover a total of 2,200 kilometres.

Vaishno Devi, a popular Hindu cave temple, is located near Katra at the Trikuta Mountains, Jammu. Millions of devotees visit the holy shrine during Navratri every year. As per reports the lady left from Khamgaon on July 24. She  covers almost 40 km a day and halts when it starts getting dark. She has crossed Madhya Pradesh this week.

A 68 year old Marathi lady is going to Vaishnodevi on her own, alone, by geared cycle. 2200 km from Khamgaon. Mother's power 🙏💐😇 #MatruShakti pic.twitter.com/TcoOnda2Zg

— Ratan Sharda 🇮🇳 (@RatanSharda55) October 19, 2020

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Video went viral immediately

After the video went viral netizens lauded the lady's courage and determination with which she is seen riding a bicycle and carrying essentials for the way.

The video was shared by a Twitter user by the name Ratan Sharda, who is a columnist as per the Twitter bio. The video was captioned "A 68 year old Marathi lady is going to Vaishnodevi on her own, alone, by geared cycle. 2200 km from Khamgaon. Mother's power 🙏💐😇 #MatruShakti" posted in 19th October.

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Twitter reactions

While some Twitter users appreciated the woman's devout belief, the others were apprehensive of the whereabouts of the family of the elderly woman.

Here are some of the tweets:

"Reaching the destination by cycling is her ultimate resolve we should support her through another means.... Like taking care of her fooding, night shelter n keeping track of her till she reach Vishnodevi."

Reaching the destination by cycling is her ultimate resolve we should support her through another means.... Like taking care of her fooding, night shelter n keeping track of her till she reach Vishnodevi.

— Gobin Chettri (@gobinchetry87) October 19, 2020

"Incredible I hope she completes the journey safely. Its hard to find the strength, courage and faith like her these days. We all have a lot to learn from our elders.

Jai mata di."

Incredible I hope she completes the journey safely. Its hard to find the strength, courage and faith like her these days. We all have a lot to learn from our elders.

Jai mata di.

— Rishabh Sharma (@rishabsharma131) October 19, 2020

"A salute to her determination and perseverance to attempt on her own a difficult task no doubt but an inspiring feat,the present generation shld learn.With Vaishnodevi’s blessing pray she completes her journey and has her darshan safely. FAITH is a powerful tool #MatruShakti."

A salute to her determination and perseverance to attempt on her own a difficult task no doubt but an inspiring feat,the present generation shld learn.With Vaishnodevi’s blessing pray she completes her journey and has her darshan safely. FAITH is a powerful tool #MatruShakti

— GEETHA SOHEAL SINGH BHATI (@Geethabhati) October 19, 2020

Shikha Chandra is an intern with SheThePeople.TV