Janakpur, Janaki Mandir temple by blauepics on Flickr.
The Ghats of Varanasi: The Rituals by AbhijeetVardhan on Flickr.

So for my Eastern Religion site visit, my mom and I went to a Hindu ceremony in honor of Vishnu and Lakshmi. This has had to be the third religious event in my life. The first two were Christian. Now this one may have been boring at times, but it was so nice. The brahmin explained everything going on to us and were super kind. Nobody cared that we were there. They even brought us into the ceremony like everyone else, offering a paper towel so we didn’t have to wipe our hand on our pants after taking the sweet honey milk. We put our hands over the fire, got the white dot on our foreheads, all of it. The incense smelled great, the prayers were even beautiful. I took a few photos too. I probably wouldn’t become a Hindu, but they are really open there. And it just makes me want to travel the world more to see  some beautiful cultures. :) Good thing I can keep my sanity by seeing some events here.

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