23 Hours Sacred Travel to Rishikesh from New Delhi, India

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http://anilmahato.com/23-hours-sacred-travel-to-rishikesh-from-new-delhi/ People who are interested in studying spiritual knowledge, know about India and in India Rishikesh is one of the prime location for this. Rishikesh is more famous among Westerns than Indian for Yoga, Meditation, Reiki & Peace. For it is famous due to Holy Ganga river and many temples. SUBSCRIBE ME ON YOUTUBE : http://goo.gl/CuN7j https://plus.google.com/+AnilMahato http://facebook.com/TheAnilMahato http://twitter.com/TheAnilMahato http://pinterest.com/AnilMahato http://www.anilmahato.com Rishikesh is situated in a state of northern India called Uttarakhand, in short some people also call it UK. This is a lovely town situated in the bank of Holy River Ganga ( please don't call it Ganges). The near by famous city are Dehradun & Haridwar (another scared place). How to Reach Rishikesh, India ? There are several ways to reach Rishikesh - by train, by bus or by plane. 1. By Train - Rishikesh is well connected with Indian Railways from major Indian cities. Most of the tourist make their trip from New Delhi or Agra. In the train you can take sleeper class or above ticket. General Boggies are very horrifying to foreigners and there is no safety of you and your goods. 2. By Bus The bus fair can be little expensive than train. There are Uttar Pradesh Government Buses running from various cities of Uttar Pradesh & also from New Delhi to Rishikesh. Govt. Buses are in very poor condition with bad smell coming all the time, but for the price you pay, no complainable. It's cheaper than private buses. To book a ticket for nice bus I will suggest you to book ticket from MakeMyTrip.com , RedBus.in etc. The journey time will be between 5 hours to 7 hours based on bus you select from New Delhi. 3. By Aeroplane If you want to fly by Airplane then, you will fly upto Jolly Grant Airport, Dhoiwala. And from there either hire a cab or take a ride in tuk tuk. Its not so far around 20 Km from there. 4. By Personal/Hired Car If you are in New Delhi and want to go Rishikesh this another amazing option you have. I took my ride to Rishikesh by car too. It took me almost 4 hours. You have a nice road and you can get plenty of gas station as well as fuel station in the way. Its about 225 KM from New Delhi to Rishikesh. Well, if you ask me this question, I will answer in one two words - listening music. Hehe... listening old Hindi Gazals to modern filmy songs. All night listening and stopping near by for chair or for fueling or while delivering local newspaper in the major cities. Till we reach Rishikesh, we delivered 80,000 copies of The Hindu hehe. When our car was passing by Haridwar , the feelings was amazing ... sun was rising, pilgrims in reddish orange color dressed walking on the side of the road in line, and people doing morning walk , chaiwalas busy in serving people in small roadside huts tea shop. Silent and cool breezing .... while some young lads selling garland and flowers for praying to Ganga. They will come nearby your car or bus and ask you. .... It was amazing ... Things You can Do in Rishikesh Except Yoga & Meditation 1. Rafting ( cost 350 INR - 6 US$) 2. Bungy Jumping ( 3350 INR - 55 US$) 3. Jungle Safari 4. Swimming in Holy River Ganga 5. Trekking & Camping. How was my Trip to Rishikesh Laxman Jhula There are many temples, small and big near by laxman jhula and you will see pilgrims worshiping to Holy River ganga all the time. Crowd is more at evening and day time. While some tourist including Indian, just laying down on the sand at the bank of Ganga river and looking the beautiful flow of river and greenery above it. We did it too. On the Way To Ram Jhula When I started moving to Ram Jhula, I was already in pressure of peeing :P I was holding it for a long time. But I saw no place to pee and I don't wanted to pee like we do mostly anywhere anytime :p because of the respect for Holy Ganga & sacredness of it. So I my prime focus of the eye was to see the washroom to be honest but still the magnificent path with chanting matra was giving me peace. nation. There you will see the name of the people who made it. Ram Jula Finally we reached, Ican see crowd more there than in Laxman Jhula may be because many temples are more here , yoga centers are more here, Gita Bhawan ( the house of Gita chanters) is here and also is first place from Rishikesh. It comes before Laxman Jhula when you travel from Rishikesh city. Swimming on Ganga River This is the most interesting thing for me. Water was clean only sad was mixed. It has got so many places to take bathe. Almost everywhere from Laxman Jhula to Ram Jhula you will see taking shower or at least just they deep there body. People are scared while some are swimming even upto middle of the river, which is not allowed by tourist.