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Varanasi

Soulie Saturday #8: Is Death an End… or a New Beginning?

Arti June 10, 2017

He lies there, still, not a movement, eyes closed, a distinct calming aura radiating around his face… if peace is for real, this is it – I say to myself. Someone standing near, bursts in a bout of tears. A few others follow suit. The cries around break my attention from him, turning it instead, towards the sadness all around. The atmosphere is heavy, emotions …

Sunset

Soulie Saturday #4: Sunset with Mother Ganga, Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Rishikesh.

Arti May 13, 2017

There was still some time for the evening arti to begin; I sat on the ghats of Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh as close to her waters as I could. The atmosphere was abuzz with activity and one could hear incomprehensible murmurs all around. I focused my attention on the soft gurgling sound sound of River Ganga instead... Serene and calm, ah ... G…

Woman

River Ganga, Feminity and P.U.R.I.T.Y

Arti April 17, 2015

THEY say, SHE is 'Dirty' . SHE is infected. Contaminated. Poisonous. A piece of my heart chips. How can it be? I cry. SHE is my Mother! The Divine Feminine Energy. Haven't you heard... She roars down from the matted locks of The Shiva? The Supreme?! Haven't you seen Her... Oh, how joyfully she prances! Dancing gracefully. …

Yoga

International Yoga Festival, 2015 at Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh: Welcome Home!

Arti March 26, 2015

It is a chilly evening at Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh, it feels like a warm evening on the Ghats by the River Ganga. I can see golden yellow lights in the distance rising upwards, towards the sky, as if in awe to the hundreds of hands folded unitedly in celebration of the symphony of the divine Ganga Aarti. I close my eyes, breathe deeply and sense the cal…

Uttarakhand

Photographical Memories from the Himalayas: River Ganga...

Arti December 13, 2011

River Ganga holds a lot of charm and fascination for most believers and I am no different. I managed to catch up with Her many a times throughout the Char Dham Yatra of mine... Turning a few pages to see where and in what form... "Of purifers I am the wind, of the wielders of weapons I am Rama, of fishes I am the shark, and of flowing rivers I am the Ga…

Uttarakhand

My Tryst with the Evening Ganga Arti at the Har Ki Pauri Ghat in Haridwar

Arti October 17, 2011

Day 5 : Neelkanth Peak - Hanuman Chatti Temple - Exploring Joshimath - Enroute to Rishikesh (Joshimath to Srinagar) - Rishikesh Swami Dayananda Ashram - Haridwar (Where to Stay, Eat, Markets) - HAR KI PAURI GHAT, HARIDWAR (CHAR DHAM TRIP CONCLUDES FINALLY...) What better place there can be to conclude our Char Dham Yatra - virtually or otherwise – tha…