Ndifikile eRikikesh ukusuka eDelhi-ndifuna kakhulu ukujonga esixekweni, ndapapashwa njenge "yehlabathi le-yoga". Apha nakanye ukuba "wabetha" kwaye wayehlala eAngrama, ebandakanyeke kwi-yoga kunye neendlela zokucamngca.
Ndilapha ke mna! Ngokubanzi, uRitshash yena yidolophu eqhelekileyo yaseIndiya. Abakhenkethi kukho indawo eyahlukileyo - ecaleni kwebhulorho i-lashkman Julia neRam Jul. Apho ndaye ndacenga ngokuqonda okokuqala kunye nokukhuthaza okokuqala ngishikesh-ndaqala ukubona iMagi. Owu, lo ngowona mlambo mhle ndidibene ebomini bam! Apha, ngolo hlobo lweHimalaya, amanzi eGanges icacile, unombala ohlaza okwesibhakabhaka, ingumkhenkce kwaye ukhawuleze, nasekukhawulezeni isanti yakhe yesilivere. Ewe, yena uyakhazimla elangeni, elibonakala lizenziwe ngezinyithi kunye namatye axabisekileyo. EGange, kunqatshelwe ukuqubha e-bikini, kuba lo ngumfuzisi ongcwele. Kwaye ngelo xesha ndandiseRishashsh, kwabakho ngokubanzi ukuqubha! Batsho ngenxa yezintlungu ezilusizi kwixesha elidlulileyo, xa abakhenkethi abanxilayo batshona kumkhenkce. IGanga ihamba ngokukhawuleza, itsala ukuhamba kwangoko, kunjalo. Kodwa kunokwenzeka ukuba i-splash kufutshane ne-bass (Ngubani oza kunyamezela amanzi abonakalayo kangangemizuzu emi-5?). Ke ndisaphuma, ngaphandle kwezithintelo-kwaye kungeyiphi enye into yokuphila?
ERishikeshsh, kukho i-ashram ezininzi, apho basebenza kwi-yoga. Ngelishwa, inxenye ibingagqibanga ukuba ndiye kuyo nayiphi na yona, ndacela nexabiso. Khange ndididekile (ixabiso lisezantsi, iNdiya, into malunga ne-150-200 i-chapees yesifundo), kunye nenyani yokuba babandakanyeka apho, ngokwemvelo, ngesiNgesi. Ndandisoyika ukuba ulwazi lwam alunakuba lwanele into enjalo njengeyoga. Ke ngoko, ndisandula ukuya eRishikha kwaye ndaphefumlela umoya wengingqi. Kwaye ungaqhelekanga apha!
URishikesh sisixeko esingcwele. Ke ngoko, kunqatshelwe ukutyesha inyama kwaye kusele utywala (kungathengwa kuphela kwidolophu ekufuphi okanye ukuthuthumela). Zonke i-cafes zinemifuno. Naphi na indawo egudleyo i-Sanders ezininzi - abantu abangcwele abahlala esitratweni kwaye batya kuphela oko bakufela. Oku kuyenza le nto kubuqaqawuli boThixo bakhanya iShiva (abamazinye abantu, baphi na eRishikesh). Kwakhona ujikeleze idolophu yasimahla yokuhamba kunye neenkawu. Kwaye ngokuhlwa eGange, kufuneka baphuhliswe i-puja (i-rite engcwele yeHindus).