Golconde: The First Modernist Building in India
A 1945 dormitory for members of a spiritual commune in southern India is an enduring example of architecture’s capacity for nuanced experiences.
A travel guide that explores over 500 places of spiritual interest for the modern traveller
A 1945 dormitory for members of a spiritual commune in southern India is an enduring example of architecture’s capacity for nuanced experiences.
Article by Tsem Rinpoche. A curious, yet ethereal photograph of Lord Buddha has been in circulation for quite some time. Supposedly a photograph taken of Siddhartha Gautama, also known as Buddha Shakyamuni, it raises a lot more questions than answers. According to rumours, the photograph was taken by a devotee visiting the holy site of Bodhgaya. After taking a …
Theos Casimir Bernard’s life story is one filled with adventure, spiritual encounters and a worthwhile determination. He pioneered expeditions to Tibet including the famed city of Lhasa in 1937, at a time when Tibet was closed to foreigners due to a policy of self-isolation. He was only the third American ever to set foot in …
Ashrams of India: Volume 2 Chapter 21 Uttarakhand, Crank’s Ridge Former haven for hippies and mystics during the 60s and 70s Alfred Julius Emmanuel Sorensen (October 27, 1890 – August 13, 1984), also known as Sunyata, Shunya, or Sunyabhai, was a Danish mystic, horticulturalist, and writer. He lived in Europe, India and America. The son …
Granddaughter of Indra Devi’s friend Ruth Taylor, Francesca Rheannon speaks with Michelle Goldberg about Indra Devi. Her biography is The Goddess Pose: The Audacious Life of Indra Devi, the Woman Who Helped Bring Yoga to the West.
Article by Richard, Hatha Yoga in America, from its introduction in Chicago back in 1893 to its contemporary proliferation across heartland USA. https://www.beezone.com/YogainAmerica/yoga_in_america.html
Article by Kendra Sand who is a writer, yoga teacher, and world traveler with an affinity for orchids, hardcover books, and dancing in the moonlight. https://www.yogiapproved.com/yoga/classic-yoga-babes/
A traditional residential school for girls in India’s holy city of Varanasi stands out for its singular history. Ma Anandmayee Kanyapeeth is like a cloistered hermitage for girls and is one of the few places in the country which caters to the educational and spiritual training of young girls. In many ways, it is a …
One of the few foreigners to stay back in Rishikesh during the lockdown, the author notices that the Ganga is cleaner and purer than it has been in a long time. “It was not until I landed in Rishikesh with no means to leave, for weeks on end, and living on the Ganga amidst quietude, …
Today, I have the pleasure to introduce Yael Bloch, Yoga teacher and author of the book Ashrams, Journey to the Sources of Yoga. I read this book recently and it inspired me a lot. A real motionless journey, from my rocking chair, the park or my bath, to discover these magical places bathed in spirituality and sharing. I …
Ralph Abraham. University of California, Santa Cruz. 3 November 2015. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284190331_Entheogens_in_the_Himalayan_Foothills/link/564fa3f608ae1ef9296eb892/download Abstract. Reporting a miraculous week of entheogens and sadhus in a temple in the montane jungle of the Himalayan foothills in 1972. 1. Introduction In the Fall of 1968 I arrived in Santa Cruz, California, to begin a tenured position as Asso-ciate Professor of …
By Ganesh Dass The day was ending at Madhuban Ashram, as the sun’s last golden rays shined out as it nestled its way down between the peaks of the Himalayan valley. Just miles from Kainchi and Nainital, Madhuban, the Himalayan branch of the Shri Aurobindo ashrams, posed a logistical launching point and picturesque backdrop for …
Paramahansa Yogananda: Inner Culture, October, 1935. All knowledge comes from the inner source, from the soul without limitation. How are you going to find out all the mysteries of the body and all the mystery of divine things in one short span of human life if you do not tap your inner source, which is omniscient? …
Inspired by Ginsberg, writer Akanksha Singh visits India’s meditation capital. Rishikesh is many things to many people. It is where the Ganges is, in some sense, the purest – having just slowed its path from the meltwaters of the Gangotri. To Hindus, Rishikesh is a site of pilgrimage. To aspiring yogis, it is the world’s …
BBC News 12 Sept 2020, by Soutik Biswas, India correspondent A Canadian backpacker’s meeting with The Beatles in a spiritual retreat In India half a century ago is the subject of a new documentary. For filmmaker Paul Saltzman it was a “life-changing” experience. When a 23-year-old Canadian man arrived at an ashram near India’s holy …
BBC News 14 may 2015 by Soutik Biswas BBC News, Rishikesh. In the wooded hills near India’s holy city of Rishikesh, a 67-year-old British man trudges gingerly through a forest. He is on his way to a derelict ashram where his musical idols once stayed. He first saw the Beatles in the summer of 1963, …
Thursday, 26 June 2014. It hosted the world’s most-famous popstars as they went on a journey of spiritual awakening that transformed their music forever. It was the home of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, guru to the Beatles, who they visited in 1968 and where, it is thought, they penned most of the White album, including …
Anna writes that by the end of March 2007, one of my long-wished dreams came true – I spent a week in Rishikesh, India. In this blog I would like to tell you the exciting story about searching and finding the ashram where about 39 years ago The Beatles, their relatives, friends and girlfriends arrived …
Do you want to know what my daily life was like in India, what it is like to stay in a Hostel, to know more about Rishikesh? A new video has arrived, for us to continue the vlogs of our travel routine and our travels around the world! Rishikesh is a major center of study and …
Extract from Ashrams of India Volume 2 Chundiwala Mataji Ashram Ashram of a breatharian monk who has lived without food and water since 1940, saying that the goddess Amba sustained him. Ambaji Area: Near Gabbar Hill Saint: Prahlad Jani aka Mataji (13 August 1929 – 26 May 2020). Indian Saint Prahlad Jani was formally known …