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Spiritual Pilgrimage to India

with Sylvia Brallier
Director of the Tantric Shamanism Institute

October 10th-19th, 2008

The Mystery and Mastery of India

Experience the majesty and power of the Himalayan Mountains, and the mysteries of the sacred waters of the Ganges River.

In this sacred Himalayan pilgrimage, The town
of Rishikesh will be our home base that we will
live in and travel back and forth from.

Rishikesh is the first town that the Ganges enters on it's trek down from the head waters.

Rishikesh is an important spiritual center. It's name literally means "Place of the Holy Ones."

The town is filled with temples, ashrams and spiritual seekers who range from mountain sadhus, to Indian pilgrimagers to spiritual seekers from around the world. It is a place of peace and the beauty of nature.

This is the place in India that the
Beatles traveled to in order to experience
and learn about the power and grace
of dharmic spirituality.
(Photo from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Ashram)

We will visit the Mansa Devi Temple
(The Snake Goddess)
and the Chandi Devi (Durga) Goddess temple
in the holy City of Haridwar.

We'll experience Aarti (Hindu fire ritual) and evening worship on the banks of the Ganges at Hari Ki Pauri while we're there.

We will take a gentle trek through the jungle
to an ancient Shiva temple called
Neelkanth Mahadev up in the mountains.

We'll definitely see some monkeys, and maybe some elephants as well along the way!

We'll travel up the Badrinath road towards the headwaters of the Ganges to visit Kunja Puri,
an ancient Shakti Peeth temple. From the
temple grounds you can see almost all of the
Garhwal range of the Himalayas and the
snows of Tibet in the distance.

We will visit the 200 meter long sacred cave called "Vishitha Gufa" that sadhus have been meditating in for centuries. There, you will experience the deep peace that one can attain while deep within the Earth.

We'll attend spiritual discourses and meditations at the beautiful Hiranyagarbha Kriya Yoga Temple in Rishikesh.

and spend time by the Ganges river in
contemplation and meditation.

India is a culturally rich and vibrant place that will fill you with wonder and awe.

It will reawaken your profound awareness of the sacredness of life, and reveal the beauty and wisdom that can be found by witnessing a land and a people that is beyond anything you've ever known.