We came to Rishikesh half-expecting a cliche and left completely converted. Mornings started with yoga on a rooftop overlooking the Ganges, still cold from the Himalayan snowmelt, and evenings ended at the Ganga Aarti ceremony at Triveni Ghat, hundreds of little floating lamps drifting downstream in the dark.
A short trek out to Neer Garh waterfall turned into an unplanned swim, and the vegetarian thalis in town were some of the best food of the whole trip, ashram-simple and completely satisfying.
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Places to visit
- •Ganga Aarti at Triveni Ghat
- •Laxman Jhula bridge
Places to eat
- •Ashram-style thali near Ram Jhula
Where this happened · Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India