Today, many people, having heard the word "swastika", immediately imagine Adolf Hitler, concentration camps and the horrors of the Second World War. But, in fact, this symbol appeared even before new era and has very rich history. It has also become widespread in Slavic culture, where there were many of its modifications. A synonym for the word "swastika" was the concept of "solar", that is, sunny. Were there any differences in the swastika of the Slavs and the Nazis? And if so, what were they expressed in?
First, let's recall what a swastika looks like. This is a cross, each of the four ends of which is bent at a right angle. Moreover, all corners are directed in one direction: to the right or to the left. Looking at such a sign, a feeling of its rotation is created. There are opinions that the main difference between the Slavic and fascist swastikas lies in the direction of this very rotation. For the Germans, this is right-hand traffic (clockwise), and for our ancestors it is left-hand (counterclockwise). But this is not all that distinguishes the swastika of the Aryans and Aryans.
Also an important distinguishing feature is the constancy of color and shape of the sign of the Fuhrer's army. The lines of their swastika are quite wide, absolutely straight, black. Subject background - white circle on a red canvas.
But what about the Slavic swastika? First, as already mentioned, there are many swastika signs that differ in shape. The basis of each symbol, of course, is a cross with right angles at the ends. But the cross may not have four ends, but six or even eight. Additional elements may appear on its lines, including smooth, rounded lines.
Secondly, the color of the swastika signs. There is also diversity here, but not so pronounced. The predominant symbol is red on a white background. The red color was not chosen by chance. After all, he was the personification of the sun among the Slavs. But there are also blue yellow colors on some of the signs. Thirdly, the direction of movement. Earlier it was said that among the Slavs it is the opposite of fascist. However, this is not quite true. We meet both right-handed swastikas among the Slavs, and left-handed ones.
We have considered only the external distinctive attributes of the swastika of the Slavs and the swastika of the Nazis. But much more important facts are the following:
- Approximate time of sign appearance.
- The value given to it.
- Where and under what conditions was it used given character.
Let's start with the Slavic swastika
It is difficult to name the time when it appeared among the Slavs. But, for example, among the Scythians, it was recorded in the fourth millennium BC. And since a little later the Slavs began to stand out from the Indo-European community, then, for sure, they were already used by them at that time (the third or second millennium BC). Moreover, among the Proto-Slavs they were fundamental ornaments.
Swastika signs abounded in the everyday life of the Slavs. And therefore it is impossible to attribute the same meaning to all of them. In fact, each symbol was individual and carried its own semantic load. By the way, the swastika could be either an independent sign or be part of more complex ones (moreover, most often it was located in the center). Here are the main meanings of the Slavic swastika (solar symbols):
- Sacred and Sacrificial fire.
- Ancient wisdom.
- Home.
- Unity of the Genus.
- Spiritual development, self-improvement.
- The patronage of the gods in wisdom and justice.
- In the sign of Valkykria, it is a talisman of wisdom, honor, nobility, justice.
That is, in general, we can say that the meaning of the swastika was somehow sublime, spiritually high, noble.
Archaeological excavations have given us a lot of valuable information. It turned out that in ancient times the Slavs put similar signs on their weapons, embroidered on a suit (clothes) and textile accessories (towels, towels), carved on elements of their homes, household items (dishes, spinning wheels and other wooden devices). They did all this mainly for the purpose of protection, in order to protect themselves and their home from evil forces, from grief, from fire, from the evil eye. After all, the ancient Slavs were very superstitious in this regard. And with such protection, they felt much more secure and confident. Even mounds and settlements of the ancient Slavs could have a swastika shape. At the same time, the ends of the cross symbolized a certain direction of the world.
Nazi swastika
- Adolf Hitler himself adopted this sign as a symbol of the National Socialist movement. But, we know that he did not come up with it. In general, the swastika was used by other nationalist groups in Germany even before the emergence of the National Socialist German Workers' Party. Therefore, let us take the time of appearance for the beginning of the twentieth century.
An interesting fact: the person who suggested to Hitler to take the swastika as a symbol initially presented a left-sided cross. But the Fuhrer insisted on replacing it with a right-hand one.
- The meaning of the swastika among the Nazis is diametrically opposed to that of the Slavs. According to one version, it meant the purity of German blood. Hitler himself said that the black cross itself symbolizes the struggle for victory. Aryan race, creative work. In general, the Fuhrer considered the swastika an ancient anti-Semitic sign. In his book, he writes that the white circle is national idea, red rectangle social idea Nazi movement.
- And where was the fascist swastika used? First, on the legendary flag of the Third Reich. Secondly, the military had it on the belt buckles, as a patch on the sleeve. Thirdly, the swastika "decorated" official buildings, occupied territories. In general, it could be on any attributes of the Nazis, but these were the most common.
So in this way, the swastika of the Slavs and the swastika of the Nazis has tremendous differences. This is expressed not only in external features, but also in semantic ones. If among the Slavs this sign personified something good, noble, high, then among the Nazis it was true Nazi sign. Therefore, you should not, having heard something about the swastika, immediately think about fascism. After all Slavic swastika was lighter, more humane, more beautiful.
Mein Kampf - Hitler's autobiography, where he said that the swastika, as a symbol of the National Socialist movement, was his idea. As a child, Adolf most likely saw this symbol on the wall of a Catholic monastery near the town of Lambach. A cross with curved ends is a sign that has been widely demanded since antiquity. He was depicted on coins, household items and coats of arms from the 8th millennium BC. Then the swastika was a symbol of life, the sun, prosperity. Another place where Hitler could see her is the emblems of Austrian anti-Semitic organizations.
Calling the symbol Hakenkreuz (Hakenkreuz is translated from German as a hook cross), the dictator called himself the first to create this symbol, although in Germany it was used even before Hitler. So, in 1920, the leader of the Nazis, if I may say so, developed the logo of the party - a red flag, inside of which there is a white circle, and in its center a black swastika with hooks. So, red is Marxism, it came after the 120,000th demonstration of the left under the red banner. The Fuhrer also noticed how strongly the scarlet color affects the human psyche. In general, Hitler talked about all the influence of symbols on a person, about their meaning. This was to help him inject his ideology into the masses. When the Fuhrer used the color red, he turned the death of socialism. That is, so brightly he attracted the attention of workers who were already familiar with the red banner. By adding a black swastika to the already familiar scarlet flag, he, as it were, lured the citizens to his side with the help of bait.
Hitler has a red color - movement, white - the sky and nationalism, and a swastika - the work and struggle of the Aryans. In general, it is impossible to recognize the full authorship of Hitler in the creation of symbols. By by and large, he even stole the name of the party from the Viennese nationalists, he simply rearranged some letters. The use of symbols is the idea of the dentist Friedrich Krohn, he handed over the note to the leadership of the party back in 1919. But in his "brilliant" autobiography, Hitler does not say a word about the dentist.
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However, in the understanding of Kron himself, red was supposed to be the personification of love for the motherland, white - hatred for the First world war, and the black cross is sorrow for the defeat in the war. Hitler stole the idea and turned it into a symbol of the struggle against the "inferior" races. Jews, Slavs and all the rest blond beasts"should have been destroyed, the Fuhrer believed.
So, ancient symbol, which personified goodness, became overshadowed by its use in National Socialist symbolism. Later, in 1946, the mention of Nazi ideology and symbols became prohibited, as decided by the Nuremberg Tribunal. The swastika, of course, also fell under the ban. Today, the attitude towards the swastika has slightly lowered its degree. For example, in April 2015, Roskomnadzor acknowledged that its use outside of any kind of propaganda does not constitute extremist activity. However, at the sight of a swastika, any person first of all remembers fascism, you cannot erase history, alas. It is very difficult to return a symbol to its former meaning after such a serious humiliation of its meaning. Even today, many racist organizations actively use the swastika in their illegal activities.
There is one strange hypothesis, which is mainly distributed on the Internet, it says that the swastika came to Hitler from Stalin. The authors refer to Russian banknotes of the period from 1917 to 1923, where the swastika was depicted. The swastika was also found on the sleeve patches of soldiers and officers of the Red Army, it was recognized in laurel wreaths, where the letters “R.S.F.S.R” were also located. As for Stalin, he could "give" the swastika to Hitler in 1920, but this hypothesis is too vague.
In order to return to the ancient symbol of his original meaning may take another decade or more.
The swastika, that is, a cross with curved ends, has been known to many peoples, including the Slavs, for a long time. The ends of the swastika can be bent both clockwise and counterclockwise. Its color may be different different variants shapes and locations. Banned fascist swastika at the Nuremberg trials Nazi symbols. Our Red Army soldiers also once wore a swastika on their uniforms.
This symbol - the swastika was used by the ancient Aryans, Slavs and other peoples from time immemorial. It's just that Hitler made the swastika the symbol of his party, and when he came to power, the symbol of the Third Reich.
Denotes the symbol of the Sun, the Solstice.
The swastika is one of the most widely used graphic symbols that has been used by many peoples of the world since ancient times. This symbol was present on clothes, coats of arms, weapons, household items. In Sanskrit, svasti means happiness. In America, these are four letters L, four words Love - love, Life - life, Luck - fate, luck, Light - light.
Hitler made the swastika a symbol Nazi Germany and since then the attitude towards it has changed. She became a symbol of Nazism, barbarism, misanthropy. The Nazi swastika was a black hoe-shaped cross with the ends pointing towards right side and rotated at an angle of 45 degrees. After the Second World War, the image of the swastika was banned in a number of countries.
The German swastika appeared during the reign of Hitler. He approved it as a symbol of the Aryan nation.
But the swastika appeared before Nazi Germany, and denoted by many peoples the symbol of the Sun, solar energy. True, these two swastikas differ in that the corners of the cross are turned in the other direction.
The swastika is a cross with continued sides, both clockwise and counterclockwise.
It gained great popularity after the Second World War, when the Nazis made the swastika with the sides turned clockwise as their symbol and became famous all over the world ...
In fact, the swastika appeared a very long time ago and was a symbol of many peoples, mainly with positive side- meant movement, the sun or together: the movement of the sun, as well as light and in many ways well-being ...
Germany acquired this symbol in the summer of 1920, then Hitler approved it as a symbol of the party in which he was the leader ...
By the way, Hitler thought that this symbol - the swastika actually reflected the struggle of the Aryans and as a triumph of the victory of the Aryan race ...
Is the swastika an ancient graphic symbol? or ?, which was used by almost all peoples in the world, but Nazi Germany used the swastika sign as a sign of Nazism and because of this coincidence, everyone thinks that it is prohibited.
The German swastika is not just any swastika used by all peoples as a symbol of the Sun and prosperity.
The Nazi swastika has distinctive features- This is a quadrangular cross with corners bent at 45 degrees and turning to the right. For comparison, the Suasti (Kolovrat among the Slavs) is turned to the left. Well, the color scheme different peoples to designate the symbol of the sun is different
The Nazis took the idea of the swastika from Indian culture.
In India, the swastika is a visual embodiment of the sound Om:
The Nazis, without the knowledge of the Indians, took the idea of \u200b\u200bthis sign from them and distorted the meaning of the symbol.
Even the word Aryans is taken from the Indian Arya, which means supreme, pure.
In India, this word is used in positive value: suave, refined, scholarly, and the Nazis called the Aryans the highest class of people.
Many Germans behaved somewhat like Hindus. Himmler practiced yoga, called himself a kshatriya (the second most important caste in India), and claimed to have waged a just war.
The Nazis received new spiritual knowledge from India from the spy Savitri Devi. She gave Hitler all the information about the customs of India, and the SS leader remade everything to his tune.
Repeating the traditions of the Hindus in his country, Hitler wanted to become the last avatar of Vishnu - Kalki. God in this incarnation was supposed to destroy everything impure and repopulate the planet. This was Hitler's key idea - he wanted to remove the unworthy and leave people of the highest rank on the planet - the Aryans.
Is the swastika banned?
The swastika is now prohibited only in the Hitlerite version. I am from Kyiv, and somehow I saw how people gathered in front of the building of the Verkhovna Rada strange people in identical outfits with an image very similar to a swastika. Turns out they were Hindus. Thus, they showed that you can put up with everything, and that you need to be wiser (I talked with them).
And never blindly believe in anything! The Germans believed Hitler, and what did this lead to? Analyze, don't be fooled and be fair. No philosophy or idea is worthy of existence if it divides people.
The German swastika is the opposite of the sun. It is prohibited everywhere. I know for sure that in Germany it is still banned. In many computer games the swastika was replaced by another symbol, especially for Germany.
In general, the swastika is a symbol of the Sun, good luck, happiness and creation. It was used at all times and by all peoples, and they probably began to ban it after the Nazis began to use it.
The swastika is a graphic symbol. In different peoples different time had their images of the swastika. The most commonly used 4-ray swastika. Hitler himself approved the German swastika as a symbol of the workers' party. She represented
Slavic swastika, its significance for us should be the subject of special attention. It is possible to confuse the fascist swastika and Slavic only with complete ignorance of history and culture. A thoughtful and attentive person knows that the swastika is not originally a "brand" of Germany from the time of fascism. Today, not all people remember true story occurrence of this sign. And all this thanks to the world tragedy of the Great Patriotic War, thundered across the Earth under the standard of a subordinate swastika (enclosed in an inextricable circle). We need to figure out what this swastika symbol was in Slavic culture, why it is still revered, and how today we can put it into practice. We remember that Nazi swastika banned in Russia.
Archaeological excavations on the territory modern Russia and in neighboring countries confirm that the swastika is a much more ancient symbol than the rise of fascism. So, there are finds with images of a solar symbol dating back to 10,000-15,000 years before the advent of our era. Slavic culture is replete with numerous facts, confirmed by archaeologists, that our people used the swastika everywhere.
vessel found in the Caucasus
The Slavs still retained the memory of this sign, because embroidery patterns are still transmitted, as well as ready-made towels, or homespun belts and other products. In the photo - belts of the Slavs different regions and dates.
Looking up old photographs, drawings, you can make sure that the Russians also massively used the swastika symbol. For example, the image of swastikas in laurel wreath on money, weapons, banners, sleeve chevrons of Red Army soldiers (1917-1923). Honor of the uniform and solar symbol in the center of the symbols were united.
But even today you can find both a straight and stylized swastika in the architecture preserved in Russia. For example, let's take only one city of St. Petersburg. Take a closer look at the mosaics on the floor of St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, or the Hermitage, to forged vignettes, moldings on buildings along many streets and embankments of this city.
Paul in St. Isaac's Cathedral.
Paul in the Small Hermitage, Room 241, History of Ancient Painting.
Fragment of the ceiling in the Small Hermitage, room 214, " Italian art late 15th-16th centuries.
House in St. Petersburg on Angliyskaya embankment, 24 (the building was built in 1866).
Slavic swastika - meaning and meaning
The Slavic swastika is an equilateral cross, the ends of which are equally bent in one direction (sometimes along the movement of the clock hands, sometimes against). On the bend, the ends on the four sides of the figure form a right angle (straight swastika), and sometimes - sharp or blunt (oblique swastika). They depicted a symbol with pointed and rounded bends of the ends.
Such symbols can mistakenly include a double, triple ("triskelion" with three rays, the symbol of Zervan - the god of space and time, fate and time among the Iranians), an eight-ray ("kolovrat" or "rotary") figure. These variations are incorrectly called swastikas. Our ancestors, the Slavs, perceived each symbol, albeit similar to something else, as a force that has its own separate purpose and function in Nature.
Our native ancestors gave the meaning to the swastika like this - the movement of forces and bodies in a spiral. If this is the sun, then the sign showed vortex flows in the heavenly body. If this is a Galaxy, the Universe, then movement was understood celestial bodies in a spiral within the system around a certain center. The center is, as a rule, "self-radiant" light ( White light, which has no source).
Slavic swastika in other traditions and peoples
Our ancestors of the Slavic families in ancient times, along with other peoples, revered swastika symbols not only as amulets, but also as signs of sacred significance. They helped people get in touch with the gods. So, in Georgia they still believe that the roundness of the corners in the swastika means nothing more than the infinity of movement in the entire Universe.
The Indian swastika is now inscribed not only on the temples of various Aryan gods, but is also used as a protective symbolism in household use. They draw this sign in front of the entrance to the dwelling, draw it on dishes, and use it in embroidery. Modern Indian fabrics are still produced with designs of rounded swastika symbols, similar to a blossoming flower.
Near India, in Tibet, Buddhists are no less respectful of the swastika, drawing it on Buddha statues. In this tradition, the swastika means that the cycle in the universe is endless. In many respects, even the whole law of the Buddha is complicated on the basis of this, as recorded in the dictionary "Buddhism", Moscow, ed. "Republic", 1992 Back in the days tsarist Russia, the emperor met with Buddhist lamas, finding much in common in the wisdom and philosophy of the two cultures. Today, lamas use the swastika as a protective sign that protects against evil spirits and demons.
The Slavic and fascist swastikas differ in that the former is not included in a square, circle, or any other outline, while on the Nazi flags we observe that the figure is most often located in the center of a white circle-disk located on a red field. The Slavs never had the desire or purpose to place the sign of any God, Lord or power in a closed space.
We are talking about the so-called "subjugation" of the swastika so that it "works" for those who use it at will. It is believed that after A. Hitler drew attention to this symbol, a special witchcraft rite was performed. The motive of the ceremony was as follows - to begin to rule the whole world with the help of heavenly forces, subjugating all peoples. As far as this is true, the sources are silent, but on the other hand, many generations of people were able to see what can be done with the symbol and how to denigrate it and use it to their advantage.
Swastika in Slavic culture - where it is used
swastika Slavic peoples found in different signs which have their own names. In total, there are 144 species of such names today. The following variations are popular among them: Kolovrat, Charovrat, Salting, Inglia, Agni, Svaor, Ognevik, Suasti, Yarovrat, Svarga, Rasich, Svyatoch and others.
IN Christian tradition still use swastikas, depicting on Orthodox icons various saints. An attentive person will see such signs on mosaics, paintings, icons, or attire of a priest.
Small swastikas and double swastikas depicted on the robe of Christ Pantokrator the Almighty - a Christian fresco Sophia Cathedral Novgorod Kremlin.
Today, swastika symbols are used by those Slavs who continue to honor the horses of their ancestors and remember their Native Gods. So, on the celebration of the day of Perun the Thunderer, round dances are held around the swastika signs laid out on the ground (or inscribed) - “Fash” or “Agni”. There is also a well-known dance "Kolovrat". The magical meaning of the sign was passed down from generation to generation. Therefore, understanding Slavs today can freely wear amulets with swastika signs, use them as talismans.
The swastika in Slavic culture in different places Russia was perceived differently. For example, on the Pechora River, residents called this sign "hare", perceiving it as sunbeam, Ray sunlight. But in Ryazan - "feather grass", seeing in the sign the embodiment of the elements of the wind. But the people also felt the fiery power in the sign. So, there are the names "solar wind", "flinters", "saffron milk cap" (Nizhny Novgorod region).
The concept of "swastika" was transformed into meaning- "what came from heaven." Here are concluded: "Sva" - Heaven, Svarga Heavenly, Svarog, rune "s" - direction, "tika" - running, movement, the arrival of something. Understanding the origin of the word "Suasti" ("Swasti") helps to determine the strength of the sign. "Su" - good or beautiful, "asti" - to be, to abide. In general, we can summarize the meaning of the swastika - "Be good!".
It so happened that in the small, relatively secluded town of Rewalsar in the Himalayas, we arrived quite late, so late that it was hard for small, sleepy and lazy provincial hotels to bother with our settlement. The hosts of the hotels shrugged their shoulders, shook their heads and waving their hands somewhere in the direction of the night slammed the doors in front of our noses. But we were willingly, though not free of charge, accepted to live in a guest house on the territory of a Tibetan Buddhist monastery on the lake.
As is often the case in Tibetan places, an Indian took care of our meeting and accommodation, since Tibetan monks deal with money and worldly matters. In addition, the monastery had been immersed in night darkness for more than an hour, and the monks should have had enough sleep, so that tomorrow early in the morning they should go to meditation with a cheerful and pious face. The Hindu who gave us the keys to the hotel room told us about this and other sorrows of the world, and in order to somehow console himself, he strongly recommended that we visit this event at seven in the morning.
The main topics are below: buses and trains, flights and visas, health and hygiene, safety, route selection, hotels, food, necessary budget. The relevance of this text is spring 2017.
Hotels
"Where will I live there?" - this question is for some reason very strong, just terribly annoying for those who have not yet traveled in India. There is no such problem. Hotels there are a dime a dozen. The main thing is to choose. Further we are talking about inexpensive, budget hotels.
In my experience, there are three main ways to find a hotel.
Spiral
You will usually arrive at new town by bus or train. So around them there is almost always a great mass of hotels. Therefore, it is enough to move a little away from the place of arrival and start walking in a circle with an increasing radius to come across a lot of hotels. inscriptions "Hotel" designates a place where you can have a bite to eat in a large area of India, so signboards are the main landmarks "guest house" And Lounge.
In the zones of mass idleness (Goa, the resorts of Kerala, the Himalayas), the private sector is developed, well, as we have on the Black Sea coast. There you can ask about housing from the local population and focus on the signs " Rent". In Buddhist places you can live in monasteries, in Hindu places in ashrams.
The further you move away from the bus station or railway station, the lower the prices, but hotels are becoming rarer and rarer. So you look at several hotels of reasonable price and quality and return to the chosen one.
If you are traveling in a group, then you can send one or two people light in search of a hotel, while the rest are waiting at the station with things.
If the hotel is refused and they say that the hotel is only for Indians, then insisting on settling is practically useless.
Ask a taxi driver
For those who have a lot of luggage or are just too lazy to look. Or you want to settle near the sights, for example, at the Taj Mahal, and not at the station. Also in major cities there are places of traditional congestion of tourists: in Delhi it is Main Bazaar, in Calcutta it is Suder Street, in Bombay it is also called somehow, but I forgot, that is, in any case, you have to go there.
In this case, find a rickshaw or taxi driver and set the task of where you want to live, in what conditions and for what kind of money. In this case, you can sometimes be taken to the desired hotel for free, even show you several places to choose from. It is clear that the price immediately increases, it is pointless to bargain, since the taxi driver's commission is already included in the price. But sometimes, when you are too lazy or in the middle of the night, it is very convenient to use this method.
Book online
This is for those who like certainty and assurance, more comfort and less adventure.
Well, if you book in advance, then book hotels of better quality and not too cheap (at least $30-40 per room), because otherwise there is no guarantee that in reality everything will be as beautiful as in the photographs. They also complained to me that sometimes they came to a booked hotel, and the rooms, despite the reservation, were already occupied. The owners of the hotel were not embarrassed, they said that a client came with money, and there was not enough willpower to refuse the client with cash. The money was returned, of course, but it's still a shame.
Finding, checking in and staying in cheap Indian hotels can be an adventure in itself, a source of fun and sometimes not so fun memories. But then there will be something to tell at home.
Settlement technology
- Get rid of the presence of "Hindu helpers" and barkers, their presence automatically increases the cost of settling.
- Go to a hotel that seems worthy of you and ask how much it costs and decide whether it is worth living there, at the same time you have time to appreciate the interior and helpfulness.
- Be sure to ask to show the room before checking in, show dissatisfaction and indignation with all your appearance, ask to show another room, most likely it will be better. You can do this several times, achieving everything better conditions accommodation.
Those who are interested in the energy of Osho and Buddha, meditation and India, we invite you all to travel to the places where you were born, lived the first years of life and gained enlightenment greatest mystic 20th century Osho! In one trip, we will combine the exotic of India, meditation, absorb the energy of Osho's places!
The tour plan also includes a visit to Varanasi, Bodhgaya and possibly Khajuraho (subject to availability of tickets)
Key Travel Locations
Kuchvada
A small village in central India, where Osho was born and lived for the first seven years, surrounded and cared for by his loving grandparents. There is still a house in Kuchvad, which has remained exactly the same as it was when Osho's life. Also next to the house is a pond, on the banks of which Osho liked to sit for hours and watch the endless movement of the reeds in the wind, funny Games and the flights of herons over the surface of the water. You can visit Osho's house, spend time on the banks of a pond, stroll through the village, soak up that serene spirit of rural India, which undoubtedly had an initial influence on the formation of Osho.
In Kuchvada there is a fairly large and comfortable ashram under the patronage of sannyasins from Japan, where we will live and meditate.
A small video "emotional impression" from visiting Kuchvada and Osho's house.
Gadarwara
At the age of 7, Osho moved with his grandmother to live with his parents in small town Gadarwara, where they pass it school years. By the way, classroom where Osho studied still exists, and there is even a desk where Osho sat. You can go to this class, sit at a desk, where our beloved master spent so much time in his childhood. Unfortunately, getting into this class is a matter of chance and luck, depending on which teacher conducts classes in the class. But in any case, you can walk along the streets of Gadarvara, visit the initial and high school, the house where Osho lived, Osho's beloved river...
And most importantly, on the outskirts of the city there is a quiet, small and cozy ashram, where there is a place where, at the age of 14, Osho experienced a deep experience of death.
Video from Osho Ashram in Gadarwar
Jabalpur
Large city with over a million inhabitants. In Jabalpur, Osho studied at the university, then worked as a teacher and became a professor, but the main thing is that at the age of 21 he gained enlightenment, which happened to him in one of the parks of Jabalpur, and the tree under which this happened is still growing on old place.In Jabalpur we will live in a quiet and comfortable ashram with a magnificent park.
From the ashram it is easy to get to the Marble Rocks - a natural wonder where Osho liked to spend time during his stay in Jabalpur.
Varanasi
Varanasi is famous for its cremation fires, which burn day and night. But there is also a surprisingly pleasant promenade, the famous temple Kashi Vishwanath, boat trips on the Ganges. Near Varanasi is the small village of Sarnath, famous for that there the Buddha read his first sermon, and the first listeners were ordinary deer.
Bodhgaya
The place of Buddha's enlightenment. In the main temple of the city, which is surrounded by a beautiful and extensive park, a tree still grows in the shade of which the Buddha gained enlightenment.
In addition, Bodhgaya has a wide variety of Buddhist temples erected by followers of the Buddha from many countries: China, Japan, Tibet, Vietnam, Thailand, Burma ... Each temple has its own unique architecture, decoration, and ceremonies.
Khajuraho
Khajuraho itself is not directly related to Osho, except that Osho often mentioned the tantric temples of Khajuraho, and his grandmother was directly related to Khajuraho.
