Recently, the so-called yoga tours have acquired extraordinary popularity. The program of almost all of these tours includes a visit to a small town in the north of India - Rishikesh, which is completely natural, because this city is considered the global capital of yoga for a long time. I want to share very vivid impressions from visiting this small, but very energetically saturated city.
Rishikesh is located in the Indian state of Utranchal. It looks like this typical Indian proud - dusty and noisy. But it is worth walking along his ancient temples, stand on the shir of sacred gang, and the power and power of this city conquer you. Summills, yoga, astrologers and healers lived in this city. Today, the Rishikes can visit the Centers of Ayurveda, to undergo a course of treatment and rejuvenation, such as the course of Panchakarma - five simple, but incredibly effective procedures that return strength and youth and youth and healing from many diseases. In one of the numerous Ayurvedic pharmacies, you can purchase funds made on the basis of the healing herbs of Himalayas and other gifts of nature, which uses Ayurveda in the treatment of "Science of Life".
There are a large number of Ashram in the city where meditation can be trained, communicate with spiritual seekers, if desired, you can live in Ashra, participating in its vital activity. In one of these Ashram, Rishikesh at one time studied meditations Musicians of the famous group "Beatles", after which a new round of popularity of their works began.
The most ambitious and stunning thing I saw in Rishikesh is the morning and, in particular, the evening ceremony of worship of the sacred river Gang. Evening fire ceremony of the worship of Gangu is called Ganges Aarti.
Men from caste Bramins keep burning lamps in their hands, slowly brings them to the waters of Ganges. A stunningly beautiful action is accompanied by a mantel reading, at this moment you feel your concern to everything that is happening. Morning ceremony produces no less strong action when dozens of people together read men on the shir of sacred Ganges.