{"id":81313,"date":"2020-01-03T05:54:26","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T04:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dandavats.tumblr.com\/post\/190030663256"},"modified":"2020-01-03T05:56:06","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T04:56:06","slug":"a-spiritual-trek-to-the-heart-of-the-himalayasby-anasuya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=81313","title":{"rendered":"A Spiritual Trek to The Heart of The Himalayas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81312\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads72\/189dc9230768458cf9cc33bda1b0415ae36d1a24.jpg\" width=\"404\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/189dc9230768458cf9cc33bda1b0415ae36d1a24.jpg 404w, https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/189dc9230768458cf9cc33bda1b0415ae36d1a24-105x187.jpg 105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Spiritual Trek to The Heart of The Himalayas<br \/>\nBy Anasuya dasi<\/p>\n<p>One of New Govardhana\u2019s main pujaris Dhanistha devi dasi recently embarked on a spiritual pilgrimage to the Himalayas. Along with friends, Bhuvana Mohini devi dasi and Madhu, Dhanistha braved dangerous slopes and high altitudes to eventually arrive at Gangotri, the origin of Mother Ganga.<\/p>\n<p>Their journey began with a day drive from Rishikesh to Janaki Chattion, a very windy, frightening road complete with treacherous mudslides. Next, the team hiked six kilometers to Yamunotri, a very steep, but beautiful climb 3,291 meters above sea level. Despite being exhausted due to altitude sickness, the team continued on, only relenting to ride a pony for the last kilometer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was particularly amazed at the inspiring local devotees, some of them quite elderly, who regularly make the climb. They smiled at our team and urged us onwards,\u201d says Dhanistha.<\/p>\n<p>From Yamunotri, the ladies followed on to Gangotri, driving two days to get there. Gangotri is nestled in the Garthwal Himalayas. The temple there attracts many pilgrims who also bathe in the icy cold pious waters of Mother Ganga.<\/p>\n<p>Dhanistha\u2019s pilgrimage into the Himalayas is inspiring to say the least!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/66.media.tumblr.com\/4f8048db6873099516ed3c19f06e36ab\/41547620367d0602-fb\/s500x750\/189dc9230768458cf9cc33bda1b0415ae36d1a24.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>A Spiritual Trek to The Heart of The Himalayas<br \/> One of New Govardhana&rsquo;s main pujaris Dhanistha devi dasi recently embarked on a spiritual pilgrimage to the Himalayas. Along with friends, Bhuvana Mohini devi dasi and Madhu, Dhanistha braved dangerous slopes and high altitudes to eventually arrive at Gangotri, the origin of Mother Ganga.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10650,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[152],"class_list":["post-81313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-media","tag-nectar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10650"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81313"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81319,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81313\/revisions\/81319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}