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Feb 19, 2012

Exploring the Basic Beliefs of Hinduism

We had an hour long class this afternoon sitting in the lovely courtyard of our hotel facing the Bay of Bengal across from the Promenade in Pondicherry. Today's topic was to explore the basic beliefs and get some understanding of the world's oldest religion, Hinduism. Here's a couple of the few basic beliefs that we covered. Hindus belief in a one, all pervasive Supreme Being. Hinduism is monoth...

Feb 19, 2012 Spiritual Adventures

No Plate Big Enough

After class we took an evening walk along the promenade in Pondicherry which always seems to be bustling with people. Then we headed into town walking past a lot of the colonial type structures that are very much part of this section of Pondicherry. We ended up in Surguru restaur
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Feb 18, 2012 Spiritual Adventures

Our spiritual adventure begins!

Our spiritual and culinary adventure has begun. Our orientation gathering just took place under some shady trees by the beach. Now we are off to our first excursion.
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Feb 18, 2012 Spiritual Adventures

Welcome dinner and cooking class

Our South Indian Spiritual and Culinary Adventure officially started today with an inspiring visit to the rock cut temples of Mahabalipuram and a cooking class taught by Chef Nagarajan and his colleagues. We learned three classic South Indian preparations and then sat
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Feb 18, 2012 Spiritual Adventures

Mamallapuram's Ancient Carvings

Our first excursion on our spiritual and culinary adventure was to explore some of Mamallapuram's ancient rock carvings in particular Arjuna's Penance. It was built by the Pallava kings in the 7th and 8th centuries.
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Feb 10, 2012 Spiritual Adventures

Thaipusam Festival at Batu Caves

We were fortunate to attend the Thaipusam festival held at Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur on February 7th. It's a Hindu festival dedicated to god Muruga and is held once a year during the Tamil month of Thai. The festival is celebrated grandly at Batu Caves and it was very special to
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Feb 4, 2012 Spiritual Adventures

In the sanctum of a sacred temple

We look today at day 3 of our journey where we spent the morning within the sanctum of the Arunachaleswar temple in Tiruvannamalai, South India. The temple is thousands of years old and radiates a spiritual power that is extremely palpable. Our group was blessed to have the oppor
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