Day 13 - 16 June 2006

In the morning, Swamiji gave a leaf of a plant to chew.
He said that chewing that leaf had a better cleaning
effect than the modern toothpaste and toothbrush. We
had some herbal tea in the morning and left. Many of
the devotees donated jackets, shawls, biscuits and
dry fruits to Swamiji, which he promptly distributed
then and there among the villagers. He was truly a
great example of renunciation. He seemed to know
each person in the village intimately and knew who needs
what.

We reached Kailash Ashram in Rishikesh in the evening.
Anjaiah and Radhakrishna wanted to go to Delhi soon
and decided to carry on.

We went to Paramartha Niketan and saw the Ganga Arati
in the evening. It was a great show. There was great
pomp and grandness. The puja was not impressive, but
the music was good. We left the place after the main
arati. We went to visit some old sadhus living in
Rishikesh. Gopiji knew them personally. We could meet
two of them.

We came back to Kailash Ashram in the night.

Day 14 - 17 June 2006
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