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Rishikesh Memories with links for exploring
2008-01-02 14:39:00 Listening to NPR yesterday I heard a long forgotten place name on the globe: Rishikesh. I traveled to Rishikesh in the mid-1970s in the middle of my Peace Corps tour in Ghana. Imagine: West Africa, Egypt (stopover), 6 weeks of Northern Indian travel on third class trains, then back by way of the Middle East ...
Water Ceremonies, India: Rishikesh & Hardwar (part I) a poem by Janet Grace
2008-01-02 14:34:00 I. India Rishikesh Strolling on the banks of the Ganges Sacred gravel crunches underfoot. A sadhu* stretches boldly over high drop-off to collect holy water in just-cleaned leather pouch. I finger rushing stream just delivered from melting mountains. Then, pull out, fast. Frozen hot pink, finger drips a blessing to forehead, throat, and heart. ?Deliver me from myself,? my heart prays through my throat. Bottom ...
Pilgrims. Rishikesh. Uttaranchal
2007-11-10 19:44:00 Some pilgrims from Rajasthan coming to Rishikesh in Uttaranchal to bath in the Holy Ganges.I liked the almost "movie sequence" hereRishikesh represents the Gateway to the Himalayas in the splendid Tehri-Garhwal region of Uttaranchal. The spectacle of the Ganges rushing through the Himalayan foothills is an awesome sight. Several temples dot the banks of the river at Rishikesh, which represents the site where Vishnu vanquished the demon Madhu.
Rishikesh
2007-02-23 19:55:09 Rishikesh in northern India is known as the 'Yoga Capital of the World'. The small town on the foot hills of the Himalayas was placed on the world map when The Beatles came here to study Indian philosophy and meditation in the sixties. The Beatles, during the height of their fame, did what many of the generation's young people who had joined the hippie movement did; they dropped out of western society for a while to seek refuge and answers to life's eternal questions in India. The hippie movement has since long vanished, but Rishikesh keeps attracting a vast number of westerners coming to learn the ancient Indian art of Yoga. |
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