{"product_id":"tripping-down-the-ganga-a-sons-exploration-of-faith-paperback","title":"Tripping Down The Ganga: A Son's Exploration of Faith - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSiddharth Kapila\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'...mummy and I were always fighting about her obsession with faith and ritual...On\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eour yaatras, she would show such deep faith and perform such fevered rituals that the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhole exercise would leave me exhausted. Every time I told myself I'd never go with her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eagain. And every time I went. Again and again.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor as long as the author can remember, he's been a willing companion to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehis intrepid and devout mother on their countless journeys to sacred sites\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ealong the Ganga. As a young man, he travels to these on his own-seven\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ekey destinations from the snow-capped Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eexploring the faith of not only millions of fellow pilgrims but also his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Gangotri, he meets renunciant babas who are glad to share with him their\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estories, along with their meagre food. In Kedarnath, a sadhu tells him how\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Shiva temple miraculously survived the devastating floods of 2013. At\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBadrinath, he attends the wedding ceremony of a family friend to Vishnu, to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eundo a defect in her horoscope. In Rishikesh, he walks with the kanwariyas, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand at the Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj, immerses himself in the shadowy world\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the Naga sadhus. Varanasi, the city of light, offers diverse experiences, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom a bhang-induced revelry on Mahashivratri to conversations with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAghoris, who tell him why they sometimes drink blood. He also reflects on\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe ever changing cityscape of Varanasi-from ancient times to Aurangzeb to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe present-and the politics behind it. He ends his journey with a loop back\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto Ganga Sagar, where the Ganga finally meets the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn introspective memoir by a questioning Hindu, Tripping Down the Ganga is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esimultaneously a captivating account of a sacred river and her devotees. It is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ean ode to the mighty Ganga-sometimes turbulent and at others serene-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhich has nestled in her life-giving embrace for millennia believer and nonbeliever\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ealike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 440\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46765306544313,"sku":"9789354478536","price":62.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/thoobo.com\/products\/tripping-down-the-ganga-a-sons-exploration-of-faith-paperback","provider":"Thoobo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}