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Dandapani’s Blog

Welcome! Sharing my reflections on the spiritual path.
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Mar 7, 2014

The Spice Plantations of Periyar, Kerala

After 5 busy days of temple hopping and classes in Tamil Nadu we head to the quieter and lush green hills of Kerala, South India. Kerala is famous for its hill stations, backwaters, spices and tea plantations. Periyar was our first stop, and after checking into our beautiful hotel the group toured a spice garden and then rode elephants. The spice garden tour was so fascinating as our charismatic ...

Mar 6, 2014 Spiritual Adventures

On the Spiritual Path

One of the main focuses of our spiritual adventure is the daily classes that we have that focus on the spiritual path. We define the goal, the path and the surroundings that are needed to be on the spiritual path plus share helpful tools that can be implemented in our daily life.
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Mar 5, 2014 Spiritual Adventures

A traditional South Indian lunch fit for a king

We headed down to Madurai and on the way stopped in at the Ideal River Lodge for a lunch fit for kings! Here we ate a traditional South Indian lunch called a Thali served on a banana leaf that you eat with your hands. The group got to play with their food and discovered that eati
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Mar 5, 2014 Spiritual Adventures

Jungle Hike and Tea Plantations in Kerala, India

Photos from our spiritual adventure that is taking place now in South India. We had a great morning trekking in the jungles of Periyar in the Sahyadri mountains and then later that day explored a tea plantation.
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Mar 3, 2014 Spiritual Adventures

Morning walk in a Village, South India

Day 3 of our spiritual adventure in South India. Quite a few of us took the opportunity to explore the village that our heritage hotel was located in. We were up early and headed off in different directions exploring the rural life. Here are a few photos from our morning walk.
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Mar 3, 2014 Spiritual Adventures

Thanjavur's Great Temple

On our way south to the city of Madurai we stopped briefly at Thanjavur to visit its great temple. The Brihadishwara temple dedicated to Siva was built by King Rajaraja Chola and completed in 1010. This 1004 year old temple is the crowning glory of Chola temple architecture with
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Mar 2, 2014 Spiritual Adventures

A beautiful ceremony in an ancient temple

And we’re off! After a big breakfast, we loaded up on our bus (the king of the Indian roadways) and headed south to the former French colony of Pondicherry. Here we stopped for a little shopping at the Indian chain Fab India…it really is quite fab! Then we headed down to Chidamba
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