Finally, a full dip in the Ganges in Rishikesh—three times! 🙏 Over the Janmashtami weekend, surrounded by people carrying on centuries-old faith and traditions, I felt a profound spiritual connection, along with awe, humility, and gratitude. A truly unforgettable moment 🇮🇳

Be careful, Ambassador Sir. You will never be able to leave once you fall in love with Ganga ji and Rishikesh.

Rishikesh is 🤌

Japanese Ambassador To India just took three full dips in the Ganga at Rishikesh. Not from the steps. Not a symbolic splash. A real snan — chain in one hand, namaste before and after. Janmashtami weekend. Crowds carrying a faith older than most nations. He called it awe, humility, and gratitude. This is what respect looks like when it is not performed for cameras. Diplomacy can live in joint statements. Sometimes it lives in Maa Ganga. Thank you, @JapanAmbIndia. India noticed. 🇮🇳🇯🇵🙏 @MEAIndia @IndianEmbTokyo #Ganga #Rishikesh #Janmashtami #IndiaJapan #HarHarGange

Welcome to rishikesh 😊👍 I hope you felt peace at ganges, I'm lucky to live here ❤️🙏

So very happy to see this. Hopefully you go back remain a life-long cultural and goodwill Ambassador of India in Japan.

love that sir. thank you for respecting the culture

Collect your Hindu certificate from my office Tommorow by 5 pm , Mr ONO keiichi.

you are truly blessed excellency here is my offering to mother ganga when I visited last week 🙏

Born & Brought up on the banks of Maa Ganga and Yamuna - I see how cheerful & empowering you are feeling. India & Japan are very similar culturally and we believe in the sun, the moon, the rivers, the wind and most importantly the Mother Earth. Lovely to see you post this.

Very divine indeed! Thank you for sharing, Ambassador. For those who miss Rishikesh, South India offers an equally sacred Triveni Sangama, the confluence of the Kaveri and Kapila (Kabini) rivers at Tirumakudalu Narasipura near Mysuru.

Why did we Indians not adopts Japanese culture which is near to us, than western. Was it English language?

These Japanese ambassadors sure throw themselves into their host nation, same with the UK one!

Ambassador, While taking this "Triple Ritual Dip" one must also chant the following with each dip at a time - 1st Dip - Har Ki Pauri Ka Snan (हर की पौड़ी का स्नान), 2nd Dip - Neel Dhara Ka Snan (नील धारा का स्नान), 3rd Dip - Santon (Akadon) Ka Snan (संतों (अखाड़ों) का स्नान)! 😊😊😊🙏 👍

Bro.. just enjoying life in india

🇮🇳🧡🇯🇵 #JapanBharatFriendship

I hope this experience brings you closer to self-realization.

Did the right thing😊🙏🏻 At the right place at the right time

Heartwarming. It definitely is a positive experience.

Ganga is not polluted in Uttarakhand and West Bengal, especially in Uttarakhand!

God bless you.

हर हर महादेव 🚩🚩🚩

@MukteshaV Amazing to see such beautiful demonstrations of faith 🙏

WTF is this humiliation ritual

Wait until this clown comes out with rashes all over his body. He doesn't seem to have been warned that this 'sacred' river is fill of shit.

This is where Christian baptism is copied from. Christna-> Christ Hari ( savior) Christna ( Christ) Yashomati = Yash-Mati mother of Yasho . Yasho refers to Christna “The joyous one” = Yasho.( Sanskrit ) Yashoda = the on who brought up the joyous one ( Yasho)

Human Consciousness leap made tour starting with 0 from Bharat to Mesopotamia, to Europe with renaissance maths, physics to USA with modern Maths, Physics, Rockets & chips to Japan in electronics in later 20th to China in scaling it in 21st and coming back to Bharat from 2025.

Take care of your health. Get yourself tested for e coli bacteria

Nice people around the world respect other people’s cultures and religions. They don’t mock, insult, or make fun of things that are important to others.

Congratulations ambassador. Rishikesh is one of the most "Pavitra Bhumi" in Bharat. Maa Ganga is "Pawan" in "Bhartiya Adhyatmik" area.

That's cheating! It's not a dip unless you dip fully into the water. 😊

Jai shri Krishna 🙏

That's beautiful 😍

Namami gange