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The preparations and calculations for the eclipse of 21 June 2020 began a decade earlier. The

antumbral path of the eclipse crossed many exotic locations in the Himalayas. The point of

Greatest Eclipse was in the Nanda Devi National Park. We thought of climbing to the top of

Hardeol Peak, or see the eclipse from the holy hindu location of Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet. A

far simpler but still exotic was the location of Gorson Bugyal, where we could trek to with all

our equipment.

All the exotic plans were laid to rest when the covid pandemic struck all over the globe. There

was a lockdown to all travel. Some of the times you could travel within the state of your

residence, but not cross the border to another state in India. We live in the state of Haryana in

India and quite lucky that the path was crossing our own state. Neelam and me took night

scouting drives through the countryside to locate a proper place for the solar eclipse

expedition. The final location for our eclipse expedition was Sirsa in Haryana, India.

Our talk 'The Solstice Indian Pandemic Annular Solar Eclipse' will showcase the efforts that

went behind and the results that we obtained.About Solar and Lunar Eclipse are a family affair for us. Every eclipse since 1995 that we have

travelled to, was with the family. Various eclipses take us to places that we would never

normally think of visiting. Maybe he does not remember, but we distinctly remember the first

eclipse our younger son went to. The Turkey eclipse in 2006, when he was 2 years old. We

were together on the Eclipse Flight in the total eclipse of July 2009, when we flew over the

monsoon clouds prevalent all over India. A Lunar Eclipse Family Expedition to Benital in the

Himalayas, to photograph the rising lunar eclipse over the Trishul Peak, on 31 January 2018.

Now awaiting for the next Solar Eclipse over India in 2034.

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