Torches swinging during the 'Ganga aarti' at Har-Ki-Pairi ghat in Haridwar

Holy Rivers and Jungles in Uttarakhand

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December 9th 2014
On the train to Varanasi, December 9, 2014 We stood on a track above a rural village with a steep ridge standing between us and Rishikesh. We were not in a good position. It was an hour's walk back to a temple where were may have been able to get a taxi. We could not see the path over the ridge even though the GPS showed there was one. It was getting late and we only got about 90 minutes o ... 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