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Dandapani’s Blog

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Dec 10, 2010

St. John meets Hipstamatic

A couple of weeks ago I was introduced to an iPhone app called "Hipstamatic". As a photography enthusiast it did not take much to sell me on purchasing this app. It happened to be the Friday after Thanksgiving and the app was being sold for $0.99 (normally $1.99). In summary, the app (as it says on its website) "brings back the look, feel, unpredictable beauty, and fun of plastic toy cameras from...

Dec 6, 2010 Photography & Travel

Border Ceremony or the Ministry of Silly Walks?

The closing of the gates and the lowering of the flags ceremony at the India Pakistan border is well worth seeing. Wagah, the town where the Atari border crossing is located, hosts a highly entertaining ceremony each evening. Border security forces from both nations, dressed in u
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Dec 5, 2010 Spiritual Adventures

A Spiritual Adventure in Kerala

We are happy to announce our next spiritual adventure, this time to the beautiful state of Kerala in South India in April/May of 2011. Kerala is a mellow and gentle introduction to India for all first time visitors. Bright, colorful and saturated in sounds and smells to tantaliz
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Dec 3, 2010 Spiritual Adventures

Got Milk...or a Paper Bag, Tin Can or Old Newspaper?

The Story of an Unexpected Friendship by Stacey Green It’s been several weeks now since my return from Vedic Odyssey’s Spiritual Adventure to Nepal and India. During this time several people have asked me why the cow is considered holy in these parts of the world. I had no ide
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Nov 28, 2010 News

Is yoga part of Hinduism? Why, of course!

The Hindu American Foundation has been courageously pushing forth a campaign called "Take Back Yoga" suggesting "that people become more aware of yoga’s debt to the faith’s ancient traditions." The Hindu American Foundation is not asking modern day yogis to become Hindus or for y
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Nov 27, 2010 Photography & Travel

Choreographed standoff at the India Pakistan border

Wagah, India-Pakistan border, November, 5th: It was midday in Amritsar as I was strolling along the streets weaving in an out of the maze of people and traffic when I was approached by a man who said to me "you want to see the border ceremony?” Sure I did but I wasn't entirely su
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Nov 22, 2010 Photography & Travel

Bathing elephants in the jungles of Chitwan, Nepal

For sure one of the highlights of our journey, our group had the rare opportunity to bathe elephants in the middle of a sub-tropical jungle in Chitwan National Park, Nepal, during Vedic Odyssey's spiritual adventures to the Himalayas of Nepal and North India in Oct 2010. A speci
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