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Dandapani’s Blog

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Jul 14, 2012

Collection of Kumbha Mela Photos by Anna Kastner

The grand 2013 Kumbha Mela festival is only a little over 7 months away. Quite a few people have signed up for our spiritual adventure to this festival and across north India and we hope you will too. Today, I'd like to share some photos taken by a dear friend of mine, Anna Kastner. She's attended the last two Kumbha Mela festivals in Allahabad (2007) and Haridwar (2010) and the collection of pho...

Jul 9, 2012 Photography & Travel

People of Nagaur, Rajasthan (India)

I enjoyed my time in the little town of Nagaur. Located 2 hours north of Jodhpur in state of Rajasthan, India, Nagaur is a little oasis in the desert with literally nothing around it. And there is nothing to do in this town other meets its people and get a flavor of local life. A
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Jul 5, 2012 Photography & Travel

Children of Rajasthan, India

I'm in a little town 2 hours north of Jodhpur in the state of Rajasthan, North India. On an excursion yesterday evening in town I encountered so many children with bright smiling faces and sweet shyness. Here's a small collection of photos for now. Thanks for a great evening kids
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Jul 4, 2012 Photography & Travel

Worship at the Madurai Meenakshi Temple, India (Part 3)

This is part 3 of our series of posts on the Madurai Meenakshi temple in Tamil Nadu state in South India. Today's images show Hindus worshiping in the temple. From statues carved into pillars to small shrines tucked away along the long corridors to the sanctum sanctorum, there is
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Jul 4, 2012 Food & Cooking

South Indian Cooking Class

As part of our south Indian cooking class that we has organized we learned about the different types of rice dishes that are prepared in the region. Well, we learned about three dishes at least. They were the curry leaf rice, tomato rice and lemon rice. And the best part is that
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Jul 3, 2012 Photography & Travel

An Indian Mango Odyssey (Part 1)

It's summer in India and it is as hot as heck. And it can get quite unbearable at times. But there is one reward to all this. It's mango season and I'm on a mango odyssey. So, over the course of my stay here I'll be sharing with you mango I am sampling and I plan to end my odyss
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Jul 2, 2012 Photography & Travel

Hanuman, Hinduism's beloved Mahadeva (Part 2)

Morning at the Madurai Meenakshi Temple. Tamil Nadu, South India. (Part 2) Within the walls of Madurai's famed Meenakshi temple we explore the area in front of the Siva Sanctum. The pillars in this area are amazing in beauty and in size, and probably the best in the entire templ
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