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Ardh Kumbh Mela: Parade of Saints
This is a top pick! ... as an auspicious devotion of giving to the gods. In the early morning, thousands of pilgrims moved through the streets of Allahabad towards the sangam under sodium lamps. I moved with them, carrying my backpack with me; all the hotels were either ...
Chitakrut and beyond...
This is a top pick! Not sure where I am actually on the map right now, writing from Allahabad, India. Left Chitakrut this am...another small very holy village in India. One of the branches of the Ganges runs through this town so there were many ghats and holy happenings ...
Mela Banquet ---More Details
... day before the banquet a team of persons hand-delivered about 1,000 invitations to their contacts and guests invited in Allahabad. These included without a doubt, some patrons and some people of influence (politicians and businessmen), as the Ashram ...
Of Detours & Food Prep & Sharing
The Mela continues to dominate my days (and nights). Each day I walk some 2 kilometres to the pavilion tent that the Kriya Yoga Institute set up for this occasion. Since I am practicing KY in this tent from 2-5:30 every day, a lot of my ...
towards the village
... Indians lack of privacy. Ive learnt to lock my door always as they have no qualms just wandering in. Yesterday we arrived in Allahabad...the nearest town to the village where I will be based for the next 3 months. Im not sure I like it too ...
Ailing in Allahabad
... once around the grand Victorian (Edwardian?) All Saints Cathedral. It looked like a lovely city, but R&R was definiately required. Allahabad hosts the Kumbh Mela every 12 years - perhaps we'll come back? Or perhaps not. To Khajuraho, by ...
Merry Christmas everyone!
... ganze Traube von Indern hinter mir, die ebenfalls zum ersten Mal die Graeber von innen gesehen haben. Das wahre Highlight von Allahabad ist allerdings die Disneyland Filliale. Es war aber recht wenig los, daher kein Wunder, dass Disney es nicht in ...
Independence Day at the Mela on the Ganga
... the Mela. Every year this grand gathering of some 12 million plus people under canvas for the entire month of January takes place near Allahabad at the sacred confluence of 3 rivers: ...
blessed the feet of those who bring the good news
... back in Canada at outdoor festivals this coming summer. So there you have it: foot by foot, a positive impression. In summary, I am grateful for the blessings the people of India brought me, both in person, and through their culture. ...
From the Depths of the Hindu-Ganga Culture
... , having spent the last 25 years there with his wife Vinay. (By the way, he was born in Fiji, where his ancestors from India went as indentured labourers.) And as our bus chugged up the far bank on the way home he observed wryly: O yes during ...
Mela from the Bridge and In the Riverbed
The Mela, which I understand to be the largest religious gathering in the world (i.e. the record goes to the super Mela, which takes place according to zodiac signs, every 12 years (2013 is next), continues to be the focus of my attention; even if I am ...
back on track
... as I can... I have come back to the school this week after celebrating diwali festival, (the festival of lights) in Allahabad. Crazy crackers and fireworks are set off and everywhere is decorated with lights. It is supposedly the happiest ...
Of Buddha, Banyan Trees & Humpty-Dumpty
Feb. 18/11 This morning I was drawn to the Banyan Tree. It marks the spot where Paramahansa Yogananda, (the famous Yogi who introduced Kriya Yoga to west during the first half of the 20th century) says that two of his predecessors: (Babaji and Sri ...
Rest time
... picture. Felt like we were in a different country for a couple days, which was just awesome. We did very little in Allahabad other than spend a good portion of our time in an air-conditioned room watching movies, doing laundry and nursing stomach ...
Banquet of Biblical & Indian Flavours
... tell the story, but I'd like to fill in a bit with what I thought. As so often happens here in India, as I absorb the values and beliefs underlying the Indian culture, cross-cultural comparisons are inevitable. So I thought I was experiencing ...
Surprise - Big and Small - B4 Walking & Bathing
Sometimes either on the bus or walking, you get surprised in Allahabad. A couple from Victoria B.C. Canada, brought their two children. This is the younger one and he is already drawn to driving the bus, much to the delilight of the Indian bus ...
Summing Up Allahabad
Feb. 26/11 Summary comments as I leave via overnight train: from Allahabad to Delhi, a journey of some 8 hours in a sleeper car. I've "entrained" overnight twice before and found it full of adventure, anticipation, and long. Not like some of ...
sheer determination
... to do today. im supposed to help organise the card-making business at the doctors in the next village but because its india it takes about 50years to do anything here.sometimes it makes me laugh but today its making me want to scream.SCREAM..and im ...
The Mela Banquet cont'd - Backgrounder
... started out with only 640 rupees. He came from a middle class family in a small village, I understand, in this part of India (Udar Predesh). His father was a naturopath doctor and he followed in his footsteps. He also grew up in a ...
Kumbh Mela.. not bathing in Allahabad
After Varanassi we made for Allahabad, one of the 4 auspicious sites where Vishnu is supposed to have spilt the nectar of imortality from the Kumbh (pitcher) that he nicked from warring gods and demons. Every 6 years there is a huge (oh yes.. i'm ...
Allahabad
The main sight to see in Allahabad was India's first Prime Minister's "Nehru's House" which was an elegant old colonial house in the centre of town. The house was set up as though he was still living there so you could see the bedroom as it was ...
Le festival Magh Mela a Allahabad
... nuits. Il est dit que pendant cette poursuite, des gouttes de ce nectar tombèrent à quatre endroits : Haridwar, Ujjain, Nasik et Allahabad. Du coup tous les 12 ans, des millions de pélerins viennent se plonger dans les eaux du Ganges à cet ...
A Million-People Camp
We planned carefully our schedule so that we would arrive in Allahabad by Jan 14. There is not much else to see in this city, except for the Ardh Mela, held in January every six years. This is the second largest religious gathering in India ...
The Rickshaws in our life!
Decidi ceder às maravilhosas máquinas (bombas, mesmo), que circulam pela cidade e que transportam as mais variadas pessoas. De potencia variada (dependendo da robustez dos canivetes que as impulsionam), o rickshaw é um bonito meio de transporte. ...
Of Buddha, Yogis, and the Sacred Banyan Tree
Feb. 18/11 This morning I was drawn to the Banyan Tree. It marks the spot where Paramahansa Yogananda, (the famous Yogi who introduced Kriya Yoga to west during the first half of the 20th century) says that two of his predecessors: (Babaji and Sri ...
Camping on the Ganges
... toilet facilities. The coach journey to the boat mooring which took several hours twisting and turning down every dirt track in Allahabad was a real test for everyone's stomach, but our two patients were real troopers and there was never any question ...
fucking hot und leichenverbrennung
wars.....47 grad und mehr...aber schoen...benares ist einmalig in der welt. Ich kann ja mal eine verbrennung beschreiben. Zuerst erscheint der Tote, getragen von 4-6 maennern auf einer bahre aus bambus. Der leichnahm ist umhuellt mit goldfarbenen ...
Roughing it!
... were provided with bed sheets and pillows, although we used our sleep liners too. We both slept really well. We arrived in Allahabad at 7am, feeling relatively awake and having enjoyed the experience of a sleeper train in India! We paid 100 rupees each ...
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