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The Mysterious Turban
What appears to be an endlessly long piece of fabric wraps a countless number of times around the head of a Rajasthani man to form a massive turban. The turban known as Pagadis in the local language denotes a persons' caste, culture and profession. Each color within a turban has its own significance and importance. A traditional turban is usually 82 feet long and 8 inches in width. ...
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Aug 8, 2011 1 MINUTE READ
Guided Meditation in New York City
Join our evening guided meditation in a quiet garden in midtown close to Grand Central on Tuesday August 9th. This 30-min meditation will take you through some breathing exercises and a simple but effective meditation practice. Class is open to meditation practitioners of all l
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Aug 8, 2011 Colorful Rajasthan Turbans
Continuing our posts on Rajasthani turbans. If you don't know how to tie one you can always pick up a pre-tied turban which you can just slip onto your head. Our 16-day spiritual adventure to northwestern India is about 2 and half months away and for those of you who would lik
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Aug 6, 2011 1 MINUTE READ
Rajasthani Villagers
Despite the pretty colorless Rajasthani landscape this land is full of color when it comes to clothing especially the turbans that the men wear. I was in a jeep about 45 minutes outside of the town of Pushkar in a small village when I saw these two men having a chat on the vera
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Aug 5, 2011 Camel Driver of the Thar Desert
This photo was taken out in the Great Thar Desert. We had stopped to spend the night in the sand dunes and as the sun was about to make its way past the horizon I asked our camel driver to pose for a photo. He willingly obliged.
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Aug 5, 2011 Siva Bhajans/Kirtans
Here's a video of Muni Natarajan, one of the teachers, leading the youth in a few Shiva bhajans/kirtans at the Hindu Youth Camp in West Virginia that took place last week.
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Aug 4, 2011 1 MINUTE READ
The Great Thar Desert
We continue with our series of photographs from Rajasthan after taking a week long break to cover the recent Hindu Youth Camp in West Virginia that I was invited to teach at. Today's photo was taken at the Great Thar Desert also known as the Great Indian Desert. It is located i
