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Kagbeni in Nepal – Hansa Tirtha for performing Shradh and Tarpan to the Dead

Kagbeni is located on the way to the famous Muktinath Temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu in Nepal . Jhong Khola River flowing down from Muktinath joins the Kali Gandaki River at Kagbeni.  Performing Shradh, Tarpan and other rituals dedicated dead ancestors, parents and relatives here is considered highly meritorious. The place is also known as Hansa Tirtha. Legend has it that once people were making offerings to Lord Shiva during a Shivratri here. Suddenly a crow swooped down to pick up in its beak some of the offerings. Another crow chased the first to get a share and both tumbled into the confluence of the Jhong Khola River and Kali Gandaki River and emerged as swans (Hansa). Thus the Tirtha got the name Hansa Tirtha. There is a popular belief in Hindu culture that the dead arrive to take the share of the offerings made to them in the form of crows. This is a widespread belief in among many Hindu communities. The pitru paksha fortnight (September

Ganesh Baba Quotes

A collection of quotes of Ganesh Baba (Shri Mahant Swami Ganeshanand)  (1895 – 1987) Keep your back straight, breathe deeply, and all else will follow. Wise men don't love wise men, wise men love fools. Highly consummated human beings do not pray for results. They surrender the results to the will of Cosmic Consciousness. We are like water when we are on earth, like steam or vapor when we pass over into death. God is the supreme shopkeeper, his market is infinite. In Tantra, if one is a meat eater, we give him so much meat he will ask for dal and chapati. Polar switchback: when you reach the highest point of positivity you'll swing back immediately into negativity. Don't count time if you want to evolve; if you count time you will revolve. After death, the soul drifts through dimensions the materialist mind cannot comprehend. Everything in this world is linked to an octave on a musical scale. On the other side of death,