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YATRAS

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  • Journeys to higher planes

"For solid energy transfer to happen from the Master to the disciple, the energy field in which the transfer takes place is of utmost importance and these regions harbour pure and untouched energy, conducive for this."

  • Paramahamsa

Paramahamsa leads groups of people from time to time to the Himalayas, Varanasi, Tiruvannamalai and other high energy centers, giving them many profound experiences and expounding on the Upanishads and other Vedic scriptures during these trips. Devotees have been fortunate to have visited the char dhaam - the 4 main holy shrines in the Uttaranchal region of the Himalayas that are Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri as part of these travels.

Badrinath. Seen behind is the famous temple of Sri Badri Vishal
With the entire group in a boat in the sacred river Ganges in Varanasi

Rishikesh, holy town and foothills of the Himalayas

At Gomukh, the source of the sacred river Ganges, Himalayas

At Gomukh, the source of the sacred river Ganges, Himalayas
Haridwar

Haridwar

Kedarnath - The spot where Sri Adi Shankaracharya, the great enlightened Master left his danda - stick carried by holy mendicants symbolising the primeval Guru - and left his body mystically

Kedarnath - The spot where Sri Adi Shankaracharya, the great enlightened Master left his danda - stick carried by holy mendicants symbolising the primeval Guru - and left his body mystically

Welcomed at the Birla Mandir by the temple officials at Varanasi

Welcomed at the Birla Mandir by the temple officials at Varanasi

Uttarkashi - a discourse in progress

Uttarkashi

  • a discourse in progress
A meal on the banks of the river Ganges in Varanasi

A meal on the banks of the river Ganges in Varanasi

Gaurikund enroute to Kedarnath

Gaurikund enroute to Kedarnath

Malayappa Swami, the ashram deity that traveled with the group during the entire Himalayas trip 2006

Malayappa Swami,
the ashram deity that traveled
with the group during the entire
Himalayas trip 2006

Shiva homa at Kedarnath

Shiva homa at Kedarnath
At a spiritual store in Omkareshwar. Paramahamsa personally oversees selection of items for spiritual offerings

At a spiritual store in Omkareshwar. Paramahamsa personally oversees selection of items for spiritual offerings

Inside Vyas Guha, Badrinath, where Veda Vyas, is believed to have written the great Hindu epic Bhagavatam

Inside Vyas Guha, Badrinath, where
Veda Vyas, is believed to have written
the great Hindu epic
Bhagavatam

At India's last tea shop, Badrinath

At Varanasi,
dissolving the
ashes of his
beloved Father
who attained
enlightenment
and left the
body

At India's last tea shop, Badrinath

People performing rituals at Varanasi

Miniature forms of Sri Anandeshwar and Anandeshwari, presiding deities of the Vedic Temples of Dhyanapeetam travel all through the Himalayan trip 2007

Procession of deities

Inside the sanctum sanctorum at the Kasi Vishwanath Temple, Uttarkashi

Inside the sanctum sanctorum at the Kasi Vishwanath Temple, Uttarkashi

Gangotri

Gangotri
Offering arati to the sacred river Ganges at Haridwar
Joshimath. The Sikh community presents a sword which Paramahamsa accepts as a healing tool. He declared that the sword will be used to heal people who come to him
Kalabhairav Temple, Varanasi
Gangotri, Jul 2007
En route to Pandava caves, Gangotri
At Yamunotri

Seated with the group at the Triveni
Sangam, confluence of the three
sacred rivers - Ganga, Yamuna and
Saraswati. Ganga stands for wisdom
while Yamuna stands for devotion.
When wisdom and devotion merge,
enlightenment automatically
happens. River Saraswati stands for
enlightenment

Triveni Sangam
At the Birla mandir in Varanasi

At the Birla mandir in Varanasi

Himalayan trails

Himalayan trails...
In the footsteps of the Master
to Gomukh, Badrinath, Haridwar,
Gangotri and beyond...

With devotees at Sarnath, the first place where Gautam Buddha delivered His message to the public

With devotees at Sarnath
Procession of devotees
Group walking in nature
Manikarnika Ghat, at the very same spot where he had a conscious experience of death while in deep meditation, prior to enlightenment
Mahakaleshwar, Ujjain
Triveni Sangam, Allahabad
At a Tibetan Buddhist temple, Varanasi

Manikarnika Ghat, at the very same spot where he had a conscious experience of death while in deep meditation, prior to enlightenment

Mahakaleshwar, Ujjain

Triveni Sangam, Allahabad

At a Tibetan Buddhist temple, Varanasi

Taiwan

"Ocean of bliss,
ocean of
compassion,
ocean of wisdom,
ocean of love, we
bow down to you
and seek to
drown in your
i n f i n i t e
vastness."

In deep
gratitude and
eternal love,

Loving ones from Taiwan