Anika Choudhary

How Rishikesh got its name: Som Sharma and Raibhya Rishi had been praying to Lord Vishnu (  Lord Vishnu is one of the three supreme lords in Hindu mythology). Lord Vishnu was pleased by their prayers and came in front of them and said that since both of them had did arduous tapa by having   control over their five senses (sight, smell, sound,.taste and skin), this place will be called Rishikesh ( derived from the Sanskrit word hrisheek  which means senses in English.

A beautiful picture of the purple evening sky with a papaya tree (extreme right), eucalyptus trees (along with a few other trees whose names I do not know) and the moon in the background.

Colorful Diwali lights with the moon and the North Star in the background.

Happy Diwali! This is an old "rangoli" that I made last year!