Hotel Alaknanda Haridwar

Belwala Haridwar, Uttarakhand, 000000, India

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The Great Heffalump Hunt

A travel blog entry by nshori

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... the direction of safety.

Spent the evening watching the aarti
ceremony again from the opposite side of the Ganges this time. Can easily get
swept up in the religious fervour of it all . Pressure for payment of money (
puja ) quite intense from priests , official donation collectors and beggars.
Getting better at saying no , though Mark did turn back and give some money to
an old guy and a one legged man before we left . Pilgrims come from all ...

Magical ganga and detoxing...

A travel blog entry by chrissiealex

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... and offer them to the gods by placing in the river, often to wish well for passed away loved ones.

It's so beautiful with the chanting and music and then it was Krishna's birthday so there were dances and performances on everywhere with costumes and lights and music coming from everywhere.. crazy how they are so devotional and celebrate constantly.

Loving it... next stop a visit to the Dalai Lama in Buddhism Land of the Tibetan refugees and some volunteering.. x

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Unimpressed with the pilgrimage town of Haridwar

A travel blog entry by matt.s.wise

... Mohan's Adventure tour agency to see if any safari tours were running tomorrow. There weren't any booked at this point in time but I was told to try again in the evening.

I wandered around the town, crowded with Hindu pilgrims come to bathe in, wash their clothes in, and worship, the wide Ganges River on which Haridwar stands. After some lunch I walked up to a hill-top temple overlooking the town and the river. I was decidedly unimpressed; the ...

Parmath Niketan Ashram

A travel blog entry by elenimia

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... a sign of welcome). When we were passed the plate of fire to wave in the air, Brian, I and the man held on together and the man had his family take a picture of him with us. At the end of the arati everyone goes to the Ganga to bathe and drink from the water and set little palm boats filled with beautiful flowers and a little flame. It is amazing how far the lights drift down the river before blinking out.
After arati we go to the guru's personal ...

Money-theism or the worship of wealth

A travel blog entry by coreihl

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... for that, with a specialty named "Ripping off worshipers by laking them feel guilty".... crazy!

Thought of the day: beware priests larking too much!

Slight modification to my post: I just wanna add that I met some good people out there, very open-minded. I am especially referring to that chai-wallah we met with whom we had this discussion about "people"! To sum it up, I just want to point out ...

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