Here are a few pictures of Parmarth Niketan ashram, situated on the bank of the Ganges....gorgeous gardens and statues of of the gods...Diana (my friend from yoga teacher training) and I are sharing a room here as well. Shiva watches out over the river towards the ashram. Every night there is an aarti ceremony on the ghat with prayers and chanting. We received a special blessing at the aarti from the Swami...(had to put in a request!) We were here for the Shivarati festival where hundreds of pilgrims come to the Ganges for a dip in the purifying water. The picture on the bottom is a photo of a Shiva Rea class that was devoted to honoring the god Shiva, the destroyer.
This is the chronicle of my trip to India to study yoga. I left Dec. 20, nonstop from Newark to Mumbai,(hence the title) to land in the idyllic town of Coonoor, which is situated in the Nilgiri hills in the state of Tamil Nadu.
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Thursday, March 3, 2011
Ma Ganga and the ashram
Here are a few pictures of Parmarth Niketan ashram, situated on the bank of the Ganges....gorgeous gardens and statues of of the gods...Diana (my friend from yoga teacher training) and I are sharing a room here as well. Shiva watches out over the river towards the ashram. Every night there is an aarti ceremony on the ghat with prayers and chanting. We received a special blessing at the aarti from the Swami...(had to put in a request!) We were here for the Shivarati festival where hundreds of pilgrims come to the Ganges for a dip in the purifying water. The picture on the bottom is a photo of a Shiva Rea class that was devoted to honoring the god Shiva, the destroyer.
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