Yesterday, we attended a "Fuja" celebration in Harki-Pairi on the river banks. This happens daily, with an amazing crowd of people all around a canal coming from the Ganga.
Harudwar is considered the exact place where the Ganga leaves the Himalayas and therefore, this is a very special and sacred place. People gather at sunset and give to river "mother" little banana leaves boats with flowers and candles inside. Then they sing and suddenly leave at the same time (it made me thinking about last summer U2 concert ... ).
The bazaar next to Harki Pairi is over crowded after Fuja with only local people (no tourist at all). Harudwar is a big city compared to Rishikesh !
Then I returned by train to Delhi, alone and tired.
One train ticket booked to Agra, departure within 2 hours. I plan to wake up very early tomorrow morning to visit the Taja Mahal at dawn, and hopefully before the crowd!
