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Pawan Dham,Haridwar,India
Blog: My Travels My Experiences - 2 May 2011
On our way to Haridwar we stopped at Pawan Dham, a glass temple which one should not miss while visiting Haridwar. As the name implies,it is primarily a Hanuman Mandir(temple) but you will find almost all Hindu deities made of glass intricately carved. Also aesthetically designed glass work of deities are found on the temple wall apart from the glass idols. Thats where the beauty of Pawan Dham lies. This modern and untraditional temple is 2kms from Haridwar town.
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HARIDWAR in Pictures(2)
Blog: My Travels My Experiences - 2 May 2011
The Ganga aarti at the banks of Har-ki-pauri, a ghat in Haridwar is very famous. Its a mesmerizing, heart and soul touching experience, an experience I will never forget in my life.The Ganga arti(worshipping of river Ganga) is performed in the evening and the scene becomes livelier with hundreds of glowing lamps and garlands float along the waters of Ganga.And the sound of temple bells and mantras being chanted in the background makes it a magical sight which can’t be express in words.
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HARIDWAR in Pictures(1)
Blog: My Travels My Experiences - 2 May 2011
I tried to capture HARIDWAR, one of the holiest cities of India ......hope you enjoy it The pictures are of GANGA, one of the holiest and important river in India. Its not an ordinary river for millions of Indians(Hindu's)....Indians regard it as a Goddess and worship it.
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Haridwar, India
Blog: .:: MapaRiscado - 23 February 2011
Haridwar é uma cidade santa no norte da India a umas 4 horas de Nova Deli.Em 2006, depois de 4 dias num Raft baixando o rio Alaknanda (e depois o Ganges até Rishikesh), dei por mim nesta cidade á beira rio plantada. A gente do acampamento de Rafting deixou-me aqui ao meio dia e fui á procura de sítio para dormir. "Escolhi" um sítio manhoso , mesmo em frente á enorme estaçao de comboios é que no dia seguinte tinha uma viagem de 14 horas até Orcha e nao queria arriscar a perder a minha ligaçao.
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Encountering Elephants In India
Blog: Quillcards - 17 May 2010
Seeing Elephants Spotting elephants walking in the road is not the norm for a Western woman like myself. However, I am happy to say that I have now experienced that phenomenon in India. Marriage Partners Getting married in India means that the bride’s family gets out the great guns, and that is what led to my first sighting of [...]Encountering Elephants In India is a post from: Quillcards
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Watching The Sadhus
Blog: Quillcards - 11 May 2010
Sadhus are always interesting because they have cast off the normal obligations of life. As with our earlier encounter with them they are always visually interesting and exotic. I took this photograph in Haridwar in the state of Uttarakand in the north west of India during the Kumbh Mela (Hindu pilgrimage meeting) that took place there [...]Watching The Sadhus is a post from: Quillcards
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A Surprising Sadhu In Haridwar In India
Blog: Quillcards - 3 March 2010
The world is full of contrasts. Never is this brought home more strongly than when the contrasts cut across established ideas. For example, I have a certain image of sadhus. A sadhu is someone who has dedicated his life to achieving liberation. Within the Hindu religious system, this means escaping the otherwise endless cycle of life [...]A Surprising Sadhu In Haridwar In India is a post from: Quillcards
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Haridwar
Blog: Leave Me Here - 26 October 2009
We decided to go to Rishikesh for Diwali and to see the Ganges, except the only problem was we didn’t have enough time. The closest we could get was Haridwar, and upon reading that it was the much more spiritually significant than Rishikesh, and it was the beginning of the Ganges, it sounded a good [...]
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