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Dandapani’s Blog

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Mar 7, 2012

Farewell Dinner on our Culinary Adventure

After two nights in Kanadukathan in the heart of the Chettinad district in Tamil Nadu, we headed west to Madurai, ancient Tamil capital of the south for the last night of our culinary and spiritual adventure. The beautiful Heritage Madurai resort was home for the last night and finale dinner. As is tradition on our trips, everyone gets dressed up for the last night. A sumptuous traditional Tamil ...

Mar 7, 2012 Spiritual Adventures

Wellness & Meditation Retreat in Indonesia

We'd like to announce our next spiritual adventure planned for September of this year to the islands of Indonesia. More details to come but the current plan is for us to travel, explore and retreat on the islands of Bali, Lombok, the Gili Islands and Java. Nothing like tropical i
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Mar 6, 2012 Spiritual Adventures

Indonesia Wellness & Meditation Retreat

We'd like to announce our next spiritual adventure planned for September of this year to the islands of Indonesia. More details to come but the current plan is for us to travel, explore and retreat on the islands of Bali, Lombok, the Gili Islands and Java. Nothing like tropical i
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Mar 5, 2012 Spiritual Adventures

A Chettinad Village, South India

We continue our coverage of our recent spiritual adventure though it concluded a few days ago. Here are photos from the last night in the village of Kanadukathan in the Chettinad district in South India. In the evening we took a walk in the village and we came across many amazing
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Mar 5, 2012 Spiritual Adventures

In the Madurai Airport

Madurai has a brand new state-of-the-art airport. But there are still some traditional Indian touches...
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Feb 29, 2012 Photography & Travel

Making a Kolam

Especially during the harvest season, you'll see many women making kolams outside their homes in the morning. Kolams are beautiful patterns made from rice flour. Besides for decoration purposes it was a way to feed birds and critters. A way to honor that all life is sacred and a
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Feb 26, 2012 Spiritual Adventures

Rice, food of the south

The harvest festival, Thai Pongal, takes place on the 14th of January and is celebrated predominantly in Tamil Nadu, South India. The festival is dedicated to the sun god, Surya, and marks the beginning of the sun's journey northward, uttarayana. Tamils thank Surya for a good har
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