_giri baba
A week spent in the "mushroom cave" with the saddhu, Giri Baba. Thank you again friend....for the hospitality, dal bhat, laughter, views of heaven, humility and the endless smoke. I will see you soon....Om Namo Nahrayan.
Please see blog post of my first meeting with Giri Baba in 2015.
![Giri Baba smokes a bidi with hashish in his cave above Gangotri, Uttarakhand, India on September 21, 2016.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/1b307085-5d40-4531-923a-5e5e9fe477c1/0/0/0/0,0,1812,1200,1812,1200/0-0-0/262be1c2-fed3-4152-a7fe-5e96c5e04f52/1/1/01_5_IMG_7083_JPG.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037607140~hmac=441ced89ebfc8676a22016ada80c1169845d6f703fa671ed05387b3ab5e5bfd8)
![Giri Baba stands outside his cave overlooking Gangotri, Uttarakhand, India on September 22, 2016.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/1b307085-5d40-4531-923a-5e5e9fe477c1/0/0/0/0,0,1812,1188,1812,1200/0-0-0/292a19a5-5e67-4296-83e9-02b124a4e164/1/1/03_IMG_7557_JPG.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037607140~hmac=1f486d6db005772085faa643b04207bf88dbcc95339c1e245d3c2feb3356efd5)
![The Bhagirathi river (which will become the Ganges) cuts through Gangotri, Uttarakhand, India on September 22, 2016.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/1b307085-5d40-4531-923a-5e5e9fe477c1/0/0/0/0,0,1812,1198,1812,1200/0-0-0/5fe606e6-e1e9-4d01-a706-df6562768cc0/1/1/05_IMG_7803_JPG.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037607140~hmac=70aa9ace04f4658c69c24feb42a4efe7ef7ce66c03c99c0ca86c70f6c0e0607d)
The Bhagirathi river (which will become the Ganges) cuts through Gangotri, Uttarakhand, India on September 22, 2016. Giri Baba lives amongst the trees above the village.
![Giri Baba walks through town in Gangotri, Uttarakhand, India on September 22, 2016.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/1b307085-5d40-4531-923a-5e5e9fe477c1/0/0/0/0,0,1801,1200,1801,1200/0-0-0/1980c48d-436b-40c8-adab-54ae3e564736/1/1/07_IMG_7352_JPG.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037607140~hmac=62e4d38d27bdf55b9b889216b9be202fb3b4119882e086264d14ba7c4cbc7455)
Giri Baba returns from the market in Gangotri, Uttarakhand, India on September 22, 2016.
![Giri Baba walks toward his cave above Gangotri, Uttarakhand, India on September 21, 2016.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/1b307085-5d40-4531-923a-5e5e9fe477c1/0/0/0/0,0,1800,1200,1800,1200/0-0-0/6a2605eb-7749-4a03-acc8-45ab48f3eb37/1/1/08_IMG_6499_JPG.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037607140~hmac=73bc9856bd184393271a5f47d97be9ce42748f5466bd5e733309341537e4c836)
![Giri Baba prepares food inside his cave above Gangotri, Uttarakhand, India on September 21, 2016.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/1b307085-5d40-4531-923a-5e5e9fe477c1/0/0/0/0,0,1800,1200,1800,1200/0-0-0/722e2e82-b199-4614-b14f-ec4cc1a7716b/1/1/09_IMG_6821_JPG.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037607140~hmac=73bc9856bd184393271a5f47d97be9ce42748f5466bd5e733309341537e4c836)
![Giri Baba offers blessings to Shiva inside his cave overlooking Gangotri, Uttarakhand, India on September 22, 2016.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/1b307085-5d40-4531-923a-5e5e9fe477c1/0/0/0/0,0,1200,1800,1600,1800/0-0-0/7c55d507-2585-4206-b013-9a4937fcb7b1/1/1/11_IMG_7737_JPG.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037607140~hmac=4dd6ddb667269e47182bb02860ebcbead95e4d9a98224093d75e9e26b1647f7b)
Giri Baba prepares to eat a simple meal of dal bhaat inside his cave overlooking Gangotri, Uttarakhand, India on September 22, 2016. The small portion of rice in the foreground is for Shiva.
![Giri Baba washes pots outside his cave above Gangotri, Uttarakhand, India on September 21, 2016.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/1b307085-5d40-4531-923a-5e5e9fe477c1/0/0/0/0,0,1800,1200,1800,1200/0-0-0/2c293c47-c30a-4dba-8033-608973c622e9/1/1/12_IMG_6562_JPG.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037607140~hmac=73bc9856bd184393271a5f47d97be9ce42748f5466bd5e733309341537e4c836)
![Giri Baba outside his cave in Gangotri, Uttarakhand, India on September 20, 2016.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/1b307085-5d40-4531-923a-5e5e9fe477c1/0/0/0/0,0,1812,1200,1812,1200/0-0-0/4a22c72a-df47-47ee-b845-e4975519c04f/1/1/13_IMG_6097_JPG.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037607140~hmac=441ced89ebfc8676a22016ada80c1169845d6f703fa671ed05387b3ab5e5bfd8)
Giri Baba smokes a bidi outside his cave in Gangotri, Uttarakhand, India on September 20, 2016.
![View from Giri Baba's cave overlooking Gangotri, Uttarakhand, India on September 22, 2016.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/1b307085-5d40-4531-923a-5e5e9fe477c1/0/0/0/0,0,1812,1200,1812,1200/0-0-0/ecc33d4b-3fdc-4724-bf65-e7880aaf49d3/1/1/15_IMG_7706_JPG.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037607140~hmac=441ced89ebfc8676a22016ada80c1169845d6f703fa671ed05387b3ab5e5bfd8)
![Giri Baba sits on a rooftop in Gangotri, Uttarakhand, India on September 22, 2016.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/1b307085-5d40-4531-923a-5e5e9fe477c1/0/0/0/0,0,1800,1200,1800,1200/0-0-0/4eb4d433-53d2-4e37-838d-2c0fddeb7865/1/1/17_IMG_7306_JPG.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037607140~hmac=73bc9856bd184393271a5f47d97be9ce42748f5466bd5e733309341537e4c836)
![Giri Baba walks toward his cave above Gangotri, Uttarakhand, India on September 21, 2016.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/1b307085-5d40-4531-923a-5e5e9fe477c1/0/0/0/0,0,1800,1200,1800,1200/0-0-0/fc6b3141-9013-4134-8c8d-18931b4f668b/1/1/19_IMG_6475_JPG.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037607140~hmac=73bc9856bd184393271a5f47d97be9ce42748f5466bd5e733309341537e4c836)
![Giri Baba prepares food inside his cave in Gangotri, Uttarakhand, India on September 20, 2016.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/1b307085-5d40-4531-923a-5e5e9fe477c1/0/0/0/0,0,1812,1190,1812,1200/0-0-0/d1beecee-f0d3-4d67-aee3-b01bd792ea8f/1/1/21_IMG_6343_JPG.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037607140~hmac=3a4cc9c07b7bf18f8bce4cdf3c30bcafac671492b95a9e6602e8c3f54d13ee11)
![Giri Baba smokes a hashish bidi inside his cave above Gangotri, Uttarakhand, India on September 21, 2016.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/1b307085-5d40-4531-923a-5e5e9fe477c1/0/0/0/0,0,1812,1177,1812,1200/0-0-0/1edcd08b-b950-41e8-a233-1ee4a347dcae/1/1/23_IMG_6884_JPG.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037607140~hmac=ac1efc46db18a40d8912ed8dd0af9795e1dcf7c6a3fa1c354d7699d3cd71d1a6)
![Giri Baba looks out into the mountains outside his cave above Gangotri, Uttarakhand, India on September 21, 2016.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/1b307085-5d40-4531-923a-5e5e9fe477c1/0/0/0/0,0,1800,1200,1800,1200/0-0-0/a2eb7cdb-0379-458e-b74b-e92be6765bd8/1/1/25_IMG_7173_JPG.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037607140~hmac=73bc9856bd184393271a5f47d97be9ce42748f5466bd5e733309341537e4c836)
![The Bhagirathi river cascades down into Suryakund in Gangotri, Uttarakhand, India on September 22, 2016.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/1b307085-5d40-4531-923a-5e5e9fe477c1/0/0/0/0,0,1812,1185,1812,1200/0-0-0/e9f194e9-225a-468e-87aa-eeb68a07af72/1/1/27_IMG_7829_JPG.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037607140~hmac=a9e15c54c8c277ca9e225a42d780216a024058e95e85da0243be1f304f3b4677)