Giridhar Hotel Haridwar

, 5-New Bus Stand Haridwar, Uttarakhand, 3704, India

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The Day We Went to Haridwar

A travel blog entry by kayci_davidson

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Well, I am happy to say this is my last entry and probably my one and only blog. Although I wrote my entries all over India, it takes a lot of work to get them ready and posted on the net. That's why I am still posting back in the states. So, with that said….I hope you enjoyed them mom and thanks for your support!

Haridwar houses many channels of one of the most holly rivers in India, the Ganges, or Ganga if ...

The Utkal Express

A travel blog entry by bootsmade4wlkin

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... one of the fat men took pity on us did anything happen. A few quick words in Hindi and everyone shifted just enough for us to fit ourselves in the lower seats and push our bags in the top bunk.

Everything seemed ok after that. And then another fat man practically sat on Jason, causing him to move up to the top bunk with my bag. I was enjoying my window seat, just gazing out onto the Indian countryside (as somewhat monotonous as it was) and ...

Arati

A travel blog entry by elenimia

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... tied our wrists with it, chanting chanting.

He gave us marigolds to hold while he spooned Ganges water into our

hands and told us to drink it ( we had to fake it) then washed our

hands with it. Then a woman in the front spooned ganges water onto a

torch that was lit. We all were passed the torch drawing circles in

the air with it while the others in the group chanted. Suddenly

hundreds and hundreds of bells started ringing and a man led ...

First meeting with India

A travel blog entry by marieloslo

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... utenfor lille huset hans, baade indiere og vestlige. Sterke energier under diss satsangene, og mange kloke ord, paradokser, inspirasjon og stoette i ord og sang som deles her.

Jeg har pendlet mellom de to, men har naa bestemt meg for aa holde meg til ShantiMai, hun er mer min type: Direkte, humoristisk, presis i sine formuleringer, innsiktsfull og hun naar baade hjertet og intelektet mitt med sine ord og sitt naervaer.

Ellers, ...

Spiritual

A travel blog entry by helfin

... busy streets,
stalls everywhere with suveneers, food, lots and lots noise, same same
but different, rickshaws, motor bikes, noise noise. I come to another
set of very constructed steps, it is attached to an ashram the other
side of the road (i realize later) I sit, its quiet, the sun is
warm. A guy in orange sits next to me and we talk, his name sounds
like AMERICA. He is a holy man and can do very good yoga and shows ...