Rishikesh India Aarti Ceremony, Lady dancing or praying or ?

While waiting for the closing Aarti ceremony to get underway, I noticed a woman by the banks of the Ganges. At first I thought she was meditating until she started into what looked like possibly yoga and then just got worse from there. I am not sure if she was disturbed as evident by the blank stares and laughing at nothing, or if the whole act was well rehearsed in a bid for attention. Either way it makes for good video. Unfortunately what you can't see is the crowd of Indians behind me wondering what this white woman was doing.

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[Mantikor7]

she is ill! i know her!!!!!!

[fullstopindia]

yikes...is she still there?

[katiemberry]

Maybe it's drugs....looked like an acid trip to me...I dunno. Why didn't you ask her what she was doing?

[anawany]

i met her couple of times in feb 2010, she certainally is not ill or crazy.

[soniyamystical]

If you were in divine ecstasy..People would think you're crazy too

[mattiejnani]

I saw her up close in 2008 & from the look in eyes & the way she stared at everyone I felt for SURE that she was both mad & bad, possibly possessed ,like someone else has said. I was a bit scared actualy,& was relieved that she never noticed me.

[anuragchoubey]

I think even jesus,budha and mahavira was termed as ill and crazy !

[KKM1223]

i met her...she is beyond or thinking... she is so soft spoken kind hearted...

[jaibhavani21]

I think she knows Shiv Mahimna Stotram very well because her hands movement is like that........Moreover, she following the stanzas of Shiv mahimna stotram and reacting accordingly........

She is NOT SICK.......

[akhandbha]

I have seen her in 2005, 2006 at least two times, during arti, She might be possessed, as shown by her weird behavior.

[mescalinio]

dancing or praying or........... she seems nuts to me.