The Adventures of Bindi Girl: (2012) by Erin Reese

Author:Erin Reese
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
ISBN: 9780615547664
Publisher: Travel and Soul Media
Published: 2012-01-10T06:00:00+00:00

I have often wanted to converse with these babas as they go through their daily lives and austerities on the banks of the Ganges; I’ve been quite cautionary as I am, after all, a woman traveling alone, and such situations require sensitivity. A handful of sadhus enjoy socializing with the Westerners while wintering in Rishikesh. Granted, they are rewarded with constantly flowing chai, chapati, and companionship—a good exchange for all concerned.

My fourth day in Rishikesh, sitting in a café, I came to know “Krishna Giri,” which literally translates as “Mountain of Krishna.” Krishna Giri Baba is a warm soul, generous and open. Not only that, but his time with travelers has granted him with sufficient English skills, and we have been able to have short, but infinitely useful conversations.

Upon introductions and chatter, I told him my American name was Erin, but that I was given the name Sapna, and he could use that if it were easier for him to remember. Krishna Giri frankly dug that my name was “dream.” While we chatted over chai, he absentmindedly played with his black hair like a little child, forming new dreadlocks with his fingers. Amused, I noticed that dangling down from his topknot and over his forehead, the long, squirrelly lock of hair naturally formed the shape of a cobra spouting from his crown.

The cobra-fountain triggered a thought: Oooh, I should ask Krishna Giri about those snake dreams I’ve been having. “Can I ask you about my snake dreams, Baba?”

“Snake dream?” he responded, shaken from his reverie. “Snake dream, big dream!” declared Krishna Giri. “Yes, yes! Go ahead!”

So, I took the opportunity to ask this goodhearted sadhu, steeped in the living schools of mystery and devotion, about a series of dreams I had involving snakes and cobras, which began during my first journey to India:

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