Temples at Rishikesh.

A plunge into the Ganges

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May 3rd 2008
Rishikesh, another holy place in India. Here the Ganges comes down out of the mountains. It’s fairly full of silt as particles suspended in the water, so it’s not limpid, but it’s clean and very cold. No brass monkeys in sight anywhere and with good reason. Snowmelt mixed with glacier water. Reminded me of swimming in Lake Superior. What’s key to remember here is not the cold. In Goa I w ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more