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Dec 23, 2011

Day 3 of Pancha Ganapati Festival

We continue with our five-day celebration of Pancha Ganapati. Today, day 3 of the celebration, Gurudeva shares from his book "Loving Ganesha" DECEMBER 23, RED The family sadhana for the third day is to create a vibration of love and harmony among business associates, the casual merchant and the public at large. This is the day for presenting gifts to merchants and customers and to honor employers...

Dec 23, 2011
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Day 4 of the Pancha Ganapati Festival

We continue with our five-day celebration of Pancha Ganapati. Today, day 4 of the celebration, Gurudeva shares from his book "Loving Ganesha" DECEMBER 24, GREEN The sadhana of day four is to draw forth the vibration of joy and harmony that comes from music, art, drama and the da
Dec 22, 2011
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Avial

A classic preparation from Kerala, Avial is a light, easy-to-make dish of vegetables cooked with coconut and yogurt. It goes particularly well with Pallapam. Preparation should take no more than 15 minutes, even faster if you use the microwave. Ingredients 1 1/2 cups choppe
Dec 22, 2011
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Day 2 of Pancha Ganapati Festival

We continue with our five-day celebration of Pancha Ganapati. Today, day 2 of the celebration, Gurudeva shares from his book "Loving Ganesha" DECEMBER 22, BLUE "The family sadhana (spiritual practice) for the second day of Pancha Ganapati is to create a vibration of love and har
Dec 21, 2011
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Happy Pancha Ganapati Day 1

Pancha Ganapati is a modern Hindu festival of the Five-Faced (pancha means "five") Ganesha. My guru, Gurudeva Sivaya Subramuniyaswami says in his book "Loving Ganesha", "The winter solstice has always been a festive time of year in all countries and religions, among Hindus esp
Dec 18, 2011
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Palappam

South Indian cooks make breads from lots of different ingredients more or less unknown in the west. This unusual and delicious bread from Kerala uses a fermented batter of rice flour and coconut milk. This is called Palappam, although often you just hear it referred to as appam
Dec 16, 2011

Spiritual and Culinary Tour of India

Explore the locations we will be visiting on our Spiritual and Culinary Adventure This map takes you through the route of our spiritual and culinary adventure in South India next February 2012. Use Google's interactive map below to zoom in on towns, explore neighboring villag