Ganges, Godmen & Hallucinatiins 🕉 | ⏬ Read about my initiation to the #Divine 💫 . 📍Gaumukh, Gangotri Glacier: Headstream of Holy Ganga (4100 m) 📸 May, 2007 . This marks the time I was embraced into the world of infinite possibilities; my first ever #journey (Read Pilgrimage) to the 2 'Dhaams' of the Holy4 to be undertaken by every #Hindu in their lifetime. A young #girl, all of 20, far away from home, with beautiful souls who I met in the most magical way (An anecdote in itself 😅 Thanks again @vivekoberoi 🤗) . After days of #penance & #Ganga aartis at Parmarth Niketan, #Rishikesh; and after seeking blessings from Yamunotri & Gangotri temples, we started our 20km journey to Gaumukh, origin of the holy Ganges in the #Himalayas. . About 5-6 kms inside, at our #basecamp (pic1&3) by the Ganga, we witnessed the most spectacular #sunset followed by a dark #newmoon night that was filled with at least a trillion #stars, a hundred shooting stars at the blink of an eye, the milky way &what looked like other galaxies. Something stirred inside of me in that moment. . The following morning after the #blissful ganga aarti, we set off on the remaining 14 km (oneway) #hike on rugged dangerous, yet most peaceful & divine #terrain along the Ganga with her ever changing moods, all from fierce to calm. We even saw some #ancient looking #Sadhus & #mystics sitting in caves in deep 'Dhyaan'. Chanting the powerful hindu #mantras as we all walked up, there was a strange #mysterious energy engulfing & protecting us. The giant majestic #mountains, they all started to seem like Shiva sitting in #meditation. I started seeing forms of #Gods I worship, in the rocks, clouds, trees, everywhere. A non-believer may pin my hallucinations to my first time experiencing a very high altitude (14,000 ft apx.) . Finally I beheld the #sacred spot, Gaumukh, from where She flows... The air was different & the feeling unexplainable. The kind of peace & quiet I never knew existed. As I dipped my hand in the icy holy water, I realized my #soul has soaked, in some magical kind of divinity and in that moment, I knew that I have changed, forever. . . #lifeexperience #followthesigns #live #weip #hdigabtt ❤ (at Gaumukh) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9-FC0nBxb5/?igshid=imqy1w4oyr5c