Decided to do the pitra puja which is a prayer and offering for all dead ancestors...almost like we still remember you and giving you offerings for your existence wherever it is... the day being amavasya was an auspicious day as told to us by an astrolger so radhaji, a sadhavi did it...these are the sari towles fruit grain offerings
Nanis pix in the pind thali
pind is made of wheat and milk, and dipped into black til and whole wheat grain.. apuja is done with offerings to ancestors and gods and then the pinds offered to the Ganga and the sari etc given away
Me walking in the mountains... before sasha says mom some pix of you
these are 2 naga sadhus who were initiated the day before... theone on the left is japanese, and he has been in Tibet and India for 3 years doing seva in the ashrams cutting veggies and washing.... now he is getting into the juna akhada... we saw his teacher driving a jeep... a thin fiery man with energy,,,... wow
this is a lativian couple... at theor reception at the old gurus... they are dressed as radha and krishna and go through various poses of the two ... they got married indian style on shivratri night,,, have their story in video... the sweetest couple
their guru, the 118 year old saint from nilaki (or something like that) akhada... he is answering a question i asked about bhrama and atman...long shpeel on tape... i think i understood 10 percent......
thisis bhagawati.. a sadhavi of juna akhada... she is australian and was with Osho for 7 years... now is part of a tradition, t"time and tested" way of doing sadhana, and not experimental... as Osho is...got a interview ont ape too
SHakti the manager at the guest house has been taking me for rides on his motorcycle.... this place is amazing cause there are literally hundreds of places which you can drive too and each has a story and are usually high in the mountain where you have to trek up... went to a shakti peeth (where peices of satis body fell on earth );;up on a hill had to walk 350 steps..
was in hardwar ..and we went to pilot baba camp... he is into having lot of art around .. an ex pilot thats why hes called pilot baba
the entrance of pilot babas camp.. he has an enlightened japanese woman giving darshan also
thisi s 24 hours havaon at soham babas place which will go on alll through the 4 konths of kumbh... amazing fragrance of herbs, and chanting going on
SOham bab giving darshan.... cant be photographer and interviewer at same time, was so into photgraphy that i forgot that i could have asked him for an interview... anyway.... hes qute approachable asked me where i had come from, and is generally smiling away... indian but settled in Holland.WHoo... another hour passed.... am leaving on tuesday to delhi and to mumbai on wednesday...want to edit the videos and to make a short quick cut, which lets see if we can get cash to do a documentary...also want to meet sis Rima before she goes tot he states for 3 months..so thursday will be in mumbai, if ashi books my tatkal ticket tom
Wow, good coverage.
ReplyDeleteGiven the nature of content, I don't think a traditional paperbook will do justice to this content. I am sure you would have already considered that.
Either an eBook or a full fledged website will suit this.
I also recommend that you include a wiki sort of thing where people can add their knowledge to the topic. You can always control what gets displayed. Like history of Juna Akhada, Nagas, the history of procession in Kumbh, why smoking grass is not considered evil and so on ... will become a good reference to the topic for ever.
Just my thoughts. :)
Shakti Dhar
thks shakti.... going back...and is there anyway that you suggest that i get people to add... i would bemost interested....
ReplyDeletehope you are feeling better