More aartis

We left the ashram and stayed in Haridwar for a night. We went to see an aarti ceremony alongside the River Ganga at dusk, there was lots of fire and chanting and flowers being floated down the river as an offering to the Gods.

It was fun to watch, but we were the only Westerners and attracted a lot of attention from people selling stuff, beggars and enthusiastic donation collectors! My banana leaf of flowers to float down the river went from 20 rupees to 2,000 rupees! Pete got cross and gave him 10!

Sat by the river the next day:

From Haridwar we took an overnight bus to Agra. Ouch, twelve hours on a really uncomfortable bus. Never again.......