View to the other side

Leaving Rishikesh

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February 23rd 2010
The time had come to depart from the sweet serenity of the trafficless, small town and somewhat back-in-time feel of the spiritual center that is Rishikesh. Wonderfully, the side of the river that housed my ashram was almost exclusively accessible by foot traffic over a long bridge. As a result, aside from the handful of mopeds that could cross the bridge and the two or three cars that made way ... 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