Rachna Chopra


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"Traveling is the only gauge of how much load we are carrying."



Rachna Chopra





Led by inner intuition and gripped by a divine restlessness, Ra spanned sacred places of power and pilgrimage across the globe for 18 years. This wandering continued to chisel Ra like a river moulding rocks, gradually making her shed the burden of the unnecessary. With her first travel column called In-Roads published in Life Positive Magazine, she pioneered the spiritual travel movement in year 2000, She is also an ITMI certified international tour director, and interpretive tour guide. She is passionate about guiding self-discovery journeys to places of power and pilgrimage through South Asia and American Southwest.


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SACRED SITES of South Asia





GLIMPSES OF PRESS CONTRIBUTIONS ON SPIRITUAL TRAVEL; 2000-2008


REFLECTIONS AT RISHIKESh,
uttarkhand, india
THRESHOLD OF UNION, DEVPRAYAG, INDIA
LITTLE TIBET,
dharamsala, INDIA
BLACK MOUNTAINS OF TIBET, tibetan plateau
STREETS OF KATHMANDu, nepal
BHRIGU LAKE,
HIMAchal pradesh, india
resurrection at DODITAL, garhwal, india
MYSTICAL moon lake,
spiti valley

SACRED SITES OF shiva



Glimpses of Press Contributions on Spiritual Travel, 2000-2008



WINTER ABODE OF SHIVA



Kinnaur Kailasha is a mountain range in the Kinnaur district of the Indian state Himachal Pradesh, at a height of 6050 meters. It is considered sacred by Hindus and Buddhists alike, and considered the winter abode of Shiva.


Kinnaur Kailash

UTTARKASHI, THE QUAINT SHIVA TOWN



Uttarkashi, meaning Kashi of the north, is a town in Uttarakhand, India. Uttarkashi means the Kashi of North and is also known as Somya Kashi. Uttarkashi is a religious place for spiritual and adventurous tourism. Uttarkashi town is also called as Shivnagri or Shiva's town, and you most certainly feel Shiva presence here.


Uttarkashi, Quaint Shiva Town

CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD



Mukteshwar is a village and tourist destination in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand, India. It sits high in the Kumaon Hills at an altitude of 2171 meters, 31 miles from Nainital, and 213 miles from Delhi. The village houses an ancient and rare idol of Dattatreya,


Mukteshewar, India

ANCIENT CITIES, CAVES AND PILGRIMAGE SITES



GLIMPSES OF PUBLISHED SPIRITUAL TRAVEL COLUMNS; 2000-2008



VARANASI MY LOVE



Varanasi or Kashi literally means “the city of spiritual light”, and is one amongst the seven holy cities of India. It's also the land where the Ganges changes its course and moves northward for 8 long kilometers, and its soil spells liberation from the Wheel of Saṃsāra.


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SHIVA'S UNDERGROUND CAVE TEMPLE



Be it the secrets of the universe or your own inner Self, take a trip down to the ancient cave of Patal Bhuvneshwar, the underground cave complex of Shiva. Legend and folklore have it that this cave enshrines Lord Shiva and thirty three types of demigods.


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MEETING KRISHNA AT HIS BIRTHPLACE



Mathura is a city in Uttar Pradesh, northern India, and the birthplace of Lord Krishna. Hindu temple of Sri Bankey Bihari is constructed here in the city of Vrindavan. The idol was discovered by a disciple of Tansen, the renowned Indian classical musician.


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sacred sites OF desertS, and seas




alone on a desert in jaisalmer, THAR DESERT, INDIA
CALL OF Arabian Sea,
GOA, INDIA

sacred GODDESS sites





Naggar, Manali, India


TRIPLE GODDESS SHRINE

Devalgarh, Uttarakhand, India


kashi for goddess worshippers

Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India


GODDESS OF WEALTH ON INDIAN COAST

SUFIS, SIDDAS AND MAHARISHIS





Maharashtra, India



BABA AND I



Shirdi is a town in the state of Maharashtra of western India. It's known as the former home of the mystic Sai Baba, and a major pilgrimage site. Devotees gather daily at the Sai Baba Temple to win his grace.


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Rajasthan, India



TRYST WITH SUFI SAINT OF AJMER



Ajmer Sharif Dargah (tomb) is a Sufi shrine of the revered Muʿīn al-Dīn Chishti, located at Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Chisti was a 13th-century Sufi mystic saint and philosopher, and his shrine is a deeply venerated site since March 1236.


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Tamil Nadu, India



CALL OF ARUNCHALA



Call of Arunachala or the beckon of Shiva are one and the same. So became my experience even before I read Raman Maharishi declaring the hill to be the spiritual center of the world, Adi Sankara calling it Mount Meru and Vedic texts describing it as "The Supreme Being abiding on earth in the form of Arunachala.


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Maharashtra. India



THRESHOLD OF STILLNESS



Ganeshpuri is a small village about 50 miles north of Mumbai, India. It was home to Bhagavan Nityananda from 1936 until he left his body in 1961. His samadhi shrine is now a focal part of the village and draws many pilgrims each year, especially at Guru Purnima.


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