Rishikesh, India Travel Blogs

Om
Apr 27, 2005

... was really beautiful! We also went up to Mansi Devi and Chandi Devi- two of the temples there. And now we are here in Rishikesh- famous for attracting the Beatles here to study in an Ashram- but also, one of the holy cities on the Ganges, that is sacred ...

Hmmm....
Apr 12, 2008

... in my A/C chair class train and slogged over to the bus station across and down the street to pick up the local bus to Rishikesh.  It left about 5 minutes after I jumped on and we were on our way!  The scenery changed from browns and tans to ...

Bond, The Beatles and the teachings of Mr. Bob
Feb 26, 2004 (30 photos)

... of Rajasthan. By lucky coincidence, one of them happened to be our former trip leader who continued to plan everything for us. Rishikesh is situated in a bend of the Ganges river surrounded by hills in all directions. In the morning the wind blows down ...

Trekking and stuff
Jun 10, 2003 (10 photos)

... yesterday. We somehow emerged from a chaotic (and I mean SERIOUSLY chaotic) 6:00am attempt to find a way from Almora to Rishikesh with a semblance of a plan to catch a government bus at 8:00am. Awaiting that bus on a fly-infested and Winchesterian set ...

Pondy to Gangees
Oct 30, 2004 (6 photos)

... it was a full moon and we saw a flyer for a full moon party. Considering I don't smoke hashish and you can't drink alcohol in Rishikesh as its a holy town I was intrigued as to what the party would be like for me. As it turned out, after we walked up a ...

Yoga Capital of the World
May 2, 2008 (4 photos)

Rishikesh is the yoga capital of the world (or so it calls itself) filled with ashrams & yoga-aficionados. There's plenty of westerners roaming about cloaked in sheets fulfilling their 2-week spiritual odyssey, which is a bit annoying; ...

Living in Israeli Paradise
Apr 28, 2008

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Yoga Capital of the World
Mar 25, 2006 (6 photos)

... 't I interest you in Chakra-dousing, aura-readings, yoga classes, meditation meetings, ayurvedic cooking classes, perhaps an enema? Rishikesh is so full of unwashed westerners in turbans and dhotis lolling about with a hippy gait saying things like, "My ...

Rishikesh
Jul 7, 2008

... with the river flowing right off my back porch, with views of cloud-covered mountains in the background.   Rishikesh is a nice town, full of foreigners, nice temples, cows, and stalls selling everything from bangles to incense holders. It ...

Shout Out #27
Nov 5, 2007 (21 photos)

... Krishna's life and he does his best to operate with 'unconditionable' love.     Renting, a motorcycle, in India.  They are renting, a motorcycle, in India.  India.  Motorcycle.  Well, motorbike...the motorcycles were ...

Shout Out #29
Dec 9, 2007 (9 photos)

... of the abundance of so many spirits an enterprising individual can easily feed on the collective confusion found in places like Rishikesh.  Those individuals were easy to spot.  Ash's favorite was 'The Jheri curl Prophet'.  He wandered the ...

Yoga Capital of the World
Jul 10, 2007 (5 photos)

We have spent the past two days in Rishikesh, just north of Haridwar on the Ganges River.  Rishikesh is where the Ganga flows out of the Himalayas so in addition to the heat, we now have added hills to the mix.  It is beautiful here, although it ...

Rishikesh, Uttaranchal
May 10, 2007

An overnight sleeper train from Delhi to Haridwar was 8 hours and from there another one hour to Rishikesh by bus.

Back In Uttaranchal
Oct 21, 2007 (47 photos)

... with sweaty sticky underpants and greasy hair. Just about fitting in with all other world travelers, the 15 rupee bus ride to Rishikesh was nothing short of a bouncy of the wall cramped airplane ride to funsville. Don't get me wrong i love every moment of ...

Into the hills
Oct 23, 2005 (5 photos)

... Clare and we got away from Hotel Dive and across the river to Laxman Jula where all the old and new hippies dwell. Rishikesh holds a special place in my heart as my mediation founder Maharishi started off the TM movement here. I've been practicing 10 years ...

Yoga and music
Feb 28, 2009 (20 photos)

... , to transport our bags.  Getting the bags down was another story altogether! There are 2 riverside communities in Rishikesh situated around the Ram Jhulla and Laxman Jhulla bridges which are suspension bridges.  We found out that the Ashram ...

Day 17 - Rishikesh & head shaven by 13yr old boy
Oct 16, 2009 (3 photos)

Met Raj in the morning and walked down to the Lakshmanjula area. (Nitin had taken his car back to Haridwar yesterday to spend time with his family.) Bought a mp3 CD with the latest Hindi film tracks on it, had breakfast at a tourist friendly 'German ...

Rejuvenating Rishikesh
Apr 26, 2008 (18 photos)

... stop, and I responded with "Shukria; Namaste!" and a wave good-bye and nearly everyone waved back!... so here I was in Rishikesh, gateway to the Himalayas! I still had nearly 5 kms to go before reaching my destination of Laxman Jhula, so I shared a tuk- ...

Om
Mar 21, 2007 (4 photos)

... and there were lots of touts. We made a dash for the prebooked taxi office and enjoyed a 27km white knuckle ride to Rishikesh. This gave us a real opportunity to see the rules of the road in practice. In India size really does matter. The smaller gives ...

A new day
Feb 2, 2007

Well, today I finally got myself out of bed at 7am and went running. Felt good though in two days I will be hurting and not feeling so good. I have been surprisingly productive today as I have already been for a run, had breakfast, done some much needed ...

A Perfect Day in Rishikesh
Mar 5, 2009 (3 photos)

... small pot of marsala chai (spiced milk tea), and return to my little terraced garden to sip on it while enjoying the lively, Rishikesh dawn. The heaving trees flash with streaks of the new day's light once the pinks disappear. And the air is alive with ...

Shout Out #30
Jan 21, 2008 (36 photos)

... in Railey Beach, Thailand was the first extended stop. It offered a constant setting by which I could gain some perspective. Rishikesh was a similar opportunity taken to a much deeper level. In the meditation course in Jaipur I came to a level of ...

A chill in the hills
Feb 12, 2007 (5 photos)

... the intense and serious Haridwar, for the first time in India we could properly relax. In fact, relaxation is somewhat of a Rishikesh speciality. Known as the "home of yoga" and the place The Beatles chose as a venue for thier spiritual journey of yoga, ...

Headed for the Hills
Jun 21, 2005 (2 photos)

... Akshay took me out for our last coffee yesterday evening, and drove me back to Main Bazaar in time for the night bus to Rishikesh. The meeting point for passengers was a hotel, where we would be collected at 8.45 and taken to the (supposedly) waiting bus. ...

Shout Out #26
Oct 22, 2007 (24 photos)

... digging behind layers of something that can't be read, written, or spoken of.     Their quest led to Rishikesh in the lower Himalayas.  The main attraction is actually the three communities up the river- Laxmanjhula, Swarg Ashram, and ...

Ommmmm
Mar 17, 2008

... Doch abgesehen von Verrenkungen, Meditation, Massage, Ayurveda und diversen spirituellen Dingen kann man hier noch mehr unternehmen. Rishikesh ist auch ein Ausgangspunkt fuer Trekkingtouren und Rafting und letzteres habe ich heute gemacht. Es ist zwar nur ...

Sleeping in Rishikesh
Apr 22, 2009

... cups of tea and a tasty Palak Paneer. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Was soon introduced to probably the only thing I don't like about Rishikesh - the unrelenting mass of aggressively 'alternative' folk who stay here. A Spanish hippy dressed in rags and a mass of ...

Enlightment! Some how not.
Jan 10, 2008

... some courses there but knowing do them on nice warm beach, i gave it a miss for now. While in Rishikesh I was trying to plan where to head next in India, but my mind would keep difting off ,to me sitting on the beach under a palm tree with a cool ...

Shout Out #28
Nov 21, 2007 (13 photos)

... nbsp; The circumstances are of little importance.  The crucial distinction rests in one's relationship with those circumstances.  Rishikesh is quiet, Ash isn't accustomed to long durations of stillness...he buys a ticket across the country, a 30- ...

de l eau de l eau!!! c la mousson
Aug 5, 2007

voila je suis partie d agra pour rishikesch une ville au nord de delhi, dans les montagnes.ici c chaud et humide, nous avons eu droit a la mousson. il pleut depuis plusieurs heures, une pluie tres forte, la douche dehors lol, si forte que le courrant en ...