Foto's India

Photo made by Frans Vermost at Kanya Kumari (Cape Comorin), the most southerly point of India. I'm standing in the Indian Ocean looking towards the south pole with no land in between... The god Varuna?

Photo by Frans Vermost. Me and my Indian family at Bangalore. From left to right my Indian mother Sushila, my sister in law, Prabha, Atma Muni and my brother Gupta who is a lawyer...

Photo by Frans Vermost. With my Indian Family in Bangalore...

Me with my family in a shop in the entrance hall of Hotel de Paris in Varanasi (Benares). The Indian man is the shop keeper and tailor. He shows the different ways women can wear a sari... He was the secretary of Shyam Das, the hotel manager, and also a spiritual master. I had a very special and unforgettable conversation with him.

The iron pillar in Delhi, near the Qutab Minar. 7 m. high and 7 tons weight. The iron doesn't rust.

My Indian sister Aruna Ji (from Bangalore), devoted sisya of Maharaj Ji, sitting beside the river Lidder (Lambodari) in Pahalgam. On 16th of April 2017, forty years later she passed away. We became brother and sister in 1975 with a vedic ritual.

My sister Lalita Ji, also a very devoted sisya of Maharaj Ji. Sister of Aruna Ji. She is still in charge of a few Yoga Niketan ashrams.

My wife Rama Ji (she passed away in 2008) with Aruna Ji, during a trip through Kashmir with Maharaj Ji. On a boat on the Dal Lake at Srinagar.

My Family in front of a dispensary at Pathankot (Punjab) with Dr. Arun Khera. Dr. Khera is an eye surgeon who did his whole life volunteer work for the poor and for women.

My youngest daughter Daya (Debora) with Aruna Ji walking in the beautiful scenery of Pahalgam, Kashmir.

1975 - Amarnath Yatra - Atma Muni on Pisu top at 11400 foot or 3474 m en op 12 miles or 19,5 km from Pahalgam...

1975 - Amarnath Yatra - Krishna descents from a shortcut...

Road map of Amarnath Yatra - Pilgimage to the cave of Lord Shiva, connected to the legend of the origin of Yoga: Lord Shiva told for the first time in history the Holy Science of Yoga to his wife Parvati during there honeymoon...

1975 - School children in Ranbirpora, Kashmir before start of classes...

Pahalgam, Kashmir - Atma Muni stirs in the large cooking pots of the free food distribution for the sadhu's and pilgrims of the Amarnath Yatra...

1975 - Pahalgam, Kashmir - Atma Muni with a scantily clad sadhu Atma Muni met een schaars geklede sadhu

1975 - Pahalgam, Kashmir - Atma Muni with some sadhus - The man dressed with the white scarf is their Guru...

1975 - Pahalgam, Kashmir - Bunch of sadhus along the road...

1975 - Pahalgam, Kashmir - A scantily clad sadhu...

1975 - Pahalgam, Kashmir - Krishna in competition with a sadhu... Krishna wins gloriously...

1975 - Pahalgam, Kashmir - Krishna in competition with a sadhu... Krishna wins gloriously...

1975 - Pahalgam, Kashmir - Krishna with some sadhus - The man dressed with the white scarf is their Guru...

1975 - School children in Ranbirpora, Kashmir before start of classes...

Pahalgam, Kashmir - August 1975 - Ready for Amarnath Yatra - Pilgrimage to the Cave of Lord Shiva - From left to right: Lalita, Aruna, Krishna, Shankar Lal Sharma, Atma Muni and Sunanda

1980 - Pahalgam, Kashmir - Raksha Bandhan (Lalita Ji bindt de rakhi om de pols van haar broer)

1980 - Pahalgam, Kashmir - Raksha Bandhan (Lalita Ji plaatst de bindu op het voorhoofd van haar broer)

1980 - Pahalgam, Kashmir - Raksha Bandhan (De innige band tussen broer en zusters)

1980 - Pahalgam, Kashmir - Raksha Bandhan (Atma Muni, Rama en Lalita Ji)

1980 - Pahalgam, Kashmir - Raksha Bandhan (Aruna Ji bindt de rakhi om de pols van haar broer)

1977 - Pahalgam, Kashmir - Raksha Bandhan (Feest van broer en zusters)

1975 - Pahalgam, Kashmir, India - Atma Muni op weg om lezing te geven, met Leraars van Landbouwkundige universiteit van Ludhiana, Punjab

1975 - Pahalgam, Kashmir, India - Atma Muni geeft lezing over Yoga aan studenten van de Landbouwkundige universiteit van Ludhiana, Punjab

1975 - Pahalgam, Kashmir, India - Atma Muni geeft lezing over Yoga aan studenten van de Landbouwkundige universiteit van Ludhiana, Punjab 2

De beklimming van Mahagunas pas op 4419 m, het hoogste punt van de bedevaart of yatra...

Amarnath Yatra - 1984 - De pelgrims schuiven uren aan op de 155 hoge treden om hun Puja te voltrekken voor de swayambhu lingam van ijs....

Amarnath Yatra - De bedevaart van de onsterfelijke Heer - 1984 - De grot met aanschuivende pelgrims

Amarnath Yatra - 1975 - de Swayambhu Lingam of de uit zichzelf onstane lingem van ijs, achteraan in de grot. Hij zet uit en krimpt in met het wisselen van de maandstanden...

Amarnath Yatra - 1984 - Atma Muni on Pisu top, looking over the valley down...

Amarnath Yatra - 1984 - Nebula (fog) over the lake of Sheshnag - 3590m