Monday, December 31, 2007

Devi's Pics - Aarti/Fire Ceremony on the Ganges


Technically, Tristan took this picture but as it was taken on my camera we're just going to pretend it's mine anyway. This was taken in Haridwar on the Ganges at dusk. All of us ended up partaking in a fire ceremony or Aarti as they call it. They made us say some prayers in Hindi (which we couldn't understand but was cool anyway), bless each other with the holy water from the river and Tristan even had to wash our feet. After this shot was taken mom and dad gave our gift of flowers and fire to the river and we watched it float down the Ganges with all of the other glowing offerings. It was truly an amazing experience.

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