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Making a Kolam
Especially during the harvest season, you'll see many women making kolams outside their homes in the morning. Kolams are beautiful patterns made from rice flour. Besides for decoration purposes it was a way to feed birds and critters. A way to honor that all life is sacred and a tribute to harmonious co-existence. During our recent meditation retreat I captured this lady decorating the area in fr...
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Feb 26, 2012 Frams Torners....letters in disguise
Occasionally I'll post something totally random like this that I've seen while on the road. This one I saw in a little village in a pretty remote part of South Eastern India in a road side shop. As soon as I saw it I knew I had to blog it. Ok, I've heard of Transformers - robots
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Feb 25, 2012 A gorgeous sunset in Chettinad
A flashback to yesterday evening, about an hour or so after we arrived in Chettinad and checked into the mansion, Markley and I went for a walk and we were blessed with an extremely gorgeous sunset over old mansions, a Siva temple and it's temple tank. Here are a few images we ho
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Feb 19, 2012 PC or Mac for Ganesha?
I've always wondered (not really) if Ganesha had a lap top would he choose a PC or a Mac. Well, today while walking around Mamallapuram I finally found out that Ganesha is a Mac guy. Nothing but the best for the Patron of Arts and Sciences.
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Feb 19, 2012 Pondicherry Temple Elephant
The Ganesha temple in Pondicherry has a very friendly elephant named Lakshmi who will happily trade a blessing with her trunk for a few coins.
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Feb 18, 2012 Java's Buddhist Sanctuaries
More photos from our morning of visiting Borobudur. Since we were staying Yogyakarta we had to be up at 3:30am to drive away at 4am to get to Borobudur. An early start indeeed but oh so worth it to watch the sun rise over this magnificent edifice. Truly memorable and a must for t
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Feb 18, 2012 Auto Rickshaw ride in Chennai
A short video showing part of my Rickshaw ride through the city of Chennai in South India. This Rickshaw driver had outfitted his ride with an awesome stereo system.
