The Aavya Blog

Why long-timers quietly love July and August in Rishikesh, and what the rest of us miss by skipping the season.

There's a pattern anyone who's spent real time here will recognise. You ask a long-timer, someone who's lived in Rishikesh for years, or returns every single se…

Mist, green hills, and a property that turned out to be made for this season.

Let's get the obvious worry out of the way. You're wondering if it'll just rain the whole time. Yes, it might. Some days it pours at dawn, holds off till noon,…

Some old ideas about summer made a lot of sense. We're borrowing a few — not all, not perfectly.

There was a time when summer wasn't something people tried to eliminate. They just… adjusted.

It isn't about perfect weather. It's about learning to live in it a little differently.

There's a moment when someone suggests Rishikesh in May or June…

People spend a lot of time asking why Rishikesh. The question, once you've spent any time here, starts to feel slightly backwards. Why not Rishikesh?

Every city has two versions. The one in the photographs and the one that exists when the photographs aren't being taken. Here is the other version.

The name itself tells you something. Rishikesh — from Hrishikesha, meaning Lord of the Senses, one of the names of Vishnu. This has been a place of pilgrimage a…

Most people who come to Rishikesh for the first time don't know Tapovan exists.