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Published: February 4th 2006
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Hindu River Goddess
This is a carving of a river goddess. Notice how she looks like a river. Indian People have been coming to Rishikesh on spiritual pilgrimages for thousands of years. The river that runs through here, the Ganges, is considered sacred to Hindus. It is often referred to as "Maa Ganga" Mother Ganges and is believed to be a goddess on earth. Where I am in the foothills of the Himalaya mountains is where the Ganges River starts
There have been ashrams here for hundreds of years. An ashram is a place where people go to meditate and study. It's like a monastary for Hindus. Often nuns and monks live there. At the Yoga Niketan Ashram there are monks who live here and there are people like me who come here for a short time to learn about yoga.
Meditation means to take time to sit and think about God. Meditation is often thought of as a Hindu or Buddhist activity but Christians meditate too. You might recognize that word from chapel.
In 1968 the rock band The Beatles came to Rishikesh to study meditation.
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