Banaras

Published on 23rd December, 2018, in Mumbai Mirror. The holiness of Kashi, aka Varanasi, is perhaps related to its geography. In Kashi, the river Ganga, which normally runs from the Himalayas to the sea in the south, takes a turn and moves northwards. This reverse flow of the Ganga is considered spiritually significant because it is believed that one can manifest certain tantric ideas in such places. In tantra, all our bodily fluids move in a downward direction. We eat food which is transformed into flesh, blood and bone, and eventually, it is secreted in the form of sweat, semen and menstrual fluid, which move ..