Category: Spiritual Adventures
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A Spiritual Adventurer shares her experience
The best way to gain an understanding about what a entails is to speak with someone who has experienced the trip. As we continue to highlight our March 2014 Spiritual Adventure, we asked former participant and now friend Amy Young to share her experiences of Chidambaram with us, particularly in t...
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Millenniums Old Tradition of Priests
In one of our previous posts we gave a glimpse into the grandeur of the Thillai Nataraja Temple located in the small town of Chidambaram in South India. It’s one of the places which we will be exploring during our 2014 South Indian Spiritual Adventure. An important aspect of the temple̵...
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Dancing with Siva in Chidambaram
The second stop on our March 2014 Spiritual Adventure will be the town of Chidambaram, famous for the grandiose Thillai Nataraja Temple, which we will be sure to fully explore. The temple expands across 40 acres of land and was rebuilt by the Chola Dynasty in the 13th century as a way to pay homa...
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It’s like sleeping on a South Indian cloud
Traveling to a new place, particularly one as culturally rich as South India, can be quite a nerve-racking experience. Understandably so, which is why we want to highlight some of the places we will be going on our 2014 South Indian Spiritual Adventure in order to quell as many fears as possible ...
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Best way to see Asia on a budget
Asia is one of my favorite places on this beautiful planet to travel. It is saturated with color and culture, and full of exotic foods, welcoming people and unending opportunities for photography. If you’d like to see Asia with a conservative budget, then Air Asia is your go to airline. The...
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Candy of the Earth in South India
Color, texture, vibrancy. Elements of vision that enrich experiences and make the world around you pop into life. One of the highlights of traveling through Southern India, especially the lush coastal regions, is the trips to local fruit and vegetable markets. You can get lost in the rows of the ...
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Edible Art in South India
And now for some harmonious street art! One of the foundational beliefs of Hinduism is that all life is sacred, from humans down to the pesky insects and creepy crawlers. This reverence and respect for all life forms is beautifully exemplified by South Indian woman and their creating of Kolams, ...
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The Awe-Inspiring Arjuna’s Penance
Mamallapuram is known for its captivating stone carvings, and Arjuna’s Penance is one that is not to be missed. The giant relief carving depicts mythological deities and animals, including a nearly life-size family of traveling elephants . Two of the prominent figures in the 96 ft by 43 ft struct...
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