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Pilgrimage & Music Adventure
KOLKATA (Calcutta)
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal
Next to the Rabindra Bharati University in North Kolkata...
...there is a small hostel. See the white building behind Tagore’s statue...
...my room windows are those on the third floor. http://www.youthhostelkolkata.com
Nice, extremely clean rooms full of music students, attentive staff and helpful owners....
... view of gardens from my window...
Tidy neighbohood...
..and friendly neighbors.
The 4-day Dover Lane Music Conference...
...is famous and crowded. Concerts start at 8 pm and go until 6 am.
Ulhas Kashalkar is one of the favorites of the impressive list of artists.
An invitation to an Indian wedding from...
...my host in Kolkata, Samir Chatterjee (left), and family.
In Dakshineswar, above the Vivekananda Bridge by the Ganges (Huglī)...
...Dakshineswar Kali Temple http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Dakshineswar_Kali_Temple
This is where Shri Ramakrishna taught his disciples. His room is kept like it was then.
Sunday afternoon crowds
No photos allowed inside
Vivekananda Bridge and the ghat from where...
..ferry boats cross to the other side of Ganges.
Visiting a recording studio
Pan shop
Pan shop
A traffic jam in Kolkata
A deity jam
Post office honors RabindranathTagore.....the King of Kolkata.
By the ghat on the Ganga...
..waiting for a ferryboat to Belur Math, the headquaters of the Ramakrishna Order.
Shri Ramakrishna Temple and Swami Vivekananda's Temple seen from the river.
No photos are allowed inside, but you can see many at http://www.belurmath.org .
A ferry boat at the Belur Math Ghat
This is the Samadhi for Shri Ramakrishna which Swami Vivekananda built.
I was thrilled to learn there about the music composed by Swami Vivekananda.
Visiting Serampur with my host, Samir Chatterjee.
The Shri Swami Yukteswar Mandir. He is the Guru of Paramahansa Yogananda.
Bishnu Gosh is Yogananda's brother, the educator and yogi.....
..honored in Kolkata on his own right.
Garpar Road is a familiar name to all Paramahansa Yogananda devotees
I am looking for his boyhood home where many events in the “Autobiography of a Yogi” took place.
Hoping to be invited to sit in the attic room where he meditated
And yes, on this blesses day I also had the honor of meeting his family who sent me to......
...the Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (his organization name in India) Math by the Ganga http://www.yssofindia.org.....
...where I had music lessons with Raja, learning of Shri Yogananda's favorite music as well as his compositions.
Gardens
The supremely peaceful atmosphere is exactly the same and so familiar to me...
...from the SRF/Yogananda ashrams in the USA. Such is the great Guru’s presence.
View of the Ganga from YSS Ashram
Saraswati Day: The whole city is transformed with millions of Saraswati figures in public places and homes.
My neighborhood which normally looks like this....
The last walk around my neighborhood.... Will I ever be here again?
I guess I should see it before I leave.......Victoria Memorial http://www.victoriamemorial-cal.org
A monument and museum to the Ex-Empress of India...
..with its vast gardens in the center of Kolkata.
No photos allowed inside
I love Kolkata!
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