Ngafika eRishikesh esuka eDelhi - empeleni ngangifuna ukubheka idolobha, ngikhangiswe ngokuthi "inhloko-dolobha yezwe ye-yoga". Lapha waze waba "ama-beatles" futhi waphila e-Ashrama, wenza ama-yoga nokuzindla.
Futhi ngilapha endaweni! Ngokuvamile, uRishikesh ngokwakhe uyidolobha elijwayelekile laseNdiya. Ukuze izivakashi zinendawo ehlukile - eduze kwamabhuloho uLashkman julia noRam Jul. Lapho, ngathola ukuqonda kokuqala nokuphefumlelwa kokuqala nguRishikesh - ngaqala ukubona uGangu. O, lo mfula omuhle kakhulu engihlangane naye empilweni yami! Lapha, ngo-Eva we-Himalayas, amanzi aseGanges acace bha, unombala omnene oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, kuyiqhwa futhi uyashesha isihlabathi salo sangempela sesiliva. Ngempela, wakhankasela elangeni, okubonakala sengathi kwenziwa ngezinsimbi namatshe ayigugu. EGange, kwenqatshelwe ukubhukuda eBikini, ngoba lokhu kungumfula ongcwele. Futhi ngaleso sikhathi ngangiseRishikesh, bekuvunyelwe ngokuvamile ukubhukuda! Basho ngenxa yezinhlekelele ezidabukisayo esikhathini esidlule, lapho izivakashi ezidakiwe zidonswa eqhweni amanzi. UGanga ushesha ngokushesha okukhulu, udonsela ukuhamba ngokushesha, kunjalo. Kepha kungenzeka ukugabha eduze kwe-bass (ozokhuthazela amanzi anamakha amancane imizuzu emi-5?). Ngakho-ke ngisaphuma, naphezu kwenqatshelwe - nokuthi ungasinda kanjani ngokushisa okuphezulu kweziqu?
ERishikesh, kukhona abaningi base-Ashram, lapho benza khona i-yoga. Ngeshwa, ngandlela thile angizange ngithathe isinqumo sokuya kunoma yimuphi kubo, ngaze ngabuza lentengo. Angingididanga (intengo iphansi nje, i-Indian, okuthile okungama-rupees angama-150-200 esifundweni), nokuthi empeleni bahlanganyela lapho, ngokwemvelo, ngesiNgisi. Ngangesaba ukuthi ulwazi lwami kungenzeka lunganele ngendaba engathi sína efana ne-yoga. Ngakho-ke, ngisanda kuhamba noRishikha futhi ngaphefumula umoya wendawo. Futhi uvamile lapha!
URishikesh uyidolobha elingcwele. Ngakho-ke, kwenqatshelwe ukudla inyama nokuphuza utshwala (kungathengwa kuphela edolobheni eliseduze noma kushushumbise). Wonke amakhefu anemifino. Futhi yonke indawo izulazula abaningi be-sadvu - abantu abangcwele abahlala emgwaqweni futhi badle kuphela lokho abakhonze. Lokhu bakwenza enkazimulweni kankulunkulu uShiva (imibhalo yabo, ngendlela, ikhona yonke indawo eRishikesh). Futhi ezungeze idolobha elihamba ngokukhululekile izinkomo nezinkawu. Futhi kusihlwa eGange, kufanele zenziwe uPuja (umhlanga ongcwele wamaHindu).