Rishikesh, India. ऋषिकेश
This is an old photo. It was shot back in 2005 when I spent a few months in Rishikesh, India. I’ve done quite a bit of work on the photo.
Rishikesh was a great place to relax.
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ऋषिकेश Rishikesh
Cardinal Guzman 
Looks very serene 🙂
It is – once you get used to the 3 same mantra songs playing on repeat all over the place (plus all the people and the hustle and bustle that’s everywhere in India). 😀
Great texture on the water.
Thank you White. I blurred the water and tweaked the colors and the contrasts a bit on this photo.
Beautiful shot!
Dhanyavad Chaand 😀
the color of reflections in the water is so silky, gorgeous detail..
Thank you Alexandra. I blurred the water and tweaked the colors and the contrasts a bit on this photo.
It is such a gorgeous piece of work, C. Very natural, very seamless. India is such a beautiful country 🙂
Yes, after you learn how to ignore all the garbage that’s literally everywhere on the streets and all the pollution.
Rishikesh is close enough to the source of Ganges, so the water is still clean there, but the further down the Ganges you travel, the more disgusting the river becomes.
Looks like a great place to relax indeed. Want to walk into that beautiful photo and laze about on the steps by the sea.
Rishikesh is a “holy city” for the Hindus, so you can’t buy any meat or alcohol there. A lot of Hindus go there on pilgrimage and bring ‘holy’ water from the river Ganges, back to their villages.
Sounds like a good place to ‘cleanse’ as well as relax 🚫🍔🍺
The next city is also some sort of holy place, but in between the two places there’s a strip along the road where you can buy meat, eggs and alcohol – I guess you can call it some sort of Indian version of Las Vegas – so, all the backpackers, plus some locals, went shopping there. Plus India is full of ‘holy men’ that sells drugs, so basic human necessities were covered. 😀
(I was pretty wild back then) 😀
And I was going to ask if you went there again. I love the still water surface and the structure in the hills draws my eye further into the landscape. Beautiful place, beautifully captured.