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Tag: Culinary Adventure in India

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Feb 25, 2012

Fire ceremony at Pillayarpatti

Today we went to the small town of Pillayarpatti in the heartland of Chettinad to an ancient Ganesha temple. The priests in the temple come from the best priest training school in South India and the ceremonies are conducted with incredible rigor and to the highest standard. Ancient Sanskrit prayers are chanted by legions of young priests, as their elders perform the ceremonies. We attended the fi...

Feb 24, 2012
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Bathing the Elephant

Driving down the road to Thanjavur, we crossed a river where a temple elephant was about to get one of her two daily baths. We leapt from the bus and hurried down to the river side to watch. Olga led the charge and quickly developed a special affinity with Shamala the eleph
Feb 22, 2012
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Lunch with a priest's family

The only way to taste true Tamil cuisine is to be fortunate enough to be invited for lunch with a family. We had that pleasure yesterday when we dined at the home of Kailas Deeksitar, a priest at the spectacular Chidambaram temple. We were greeted by his wife, son and daughter.
Feb 22, 2012
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Inside the sanctum of Chidambaram

Through our close connections with the priests of Chidambaram, we were able to go into parts of the vast temple that are rarely seen by outsiders. From an elevated balcony, we can look directly onto the golden roof that covers the inner sanctum where Shiva Nataraja is worship
Feb 20, 2012

Relaxed cows of Pondicherry

Pondicherry is a beautiful seaside French colonial town. Beautiful 19th century architecture and contented cows (although maybe not as Ben and Jerry envisioned them.)
Feb 20, 2012
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Eating with your hands

Eating with your hand is something that is common in Asia especially in India. The right hand is used and all meals are eaten with it. Today for lunch as part of our culinary journey we visited Sri Krishna Sweets, a restaurant in Pondicherry that is famous for its sweets on the g
Feb 19, 2012
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The sights of Mahabalipuram

Up early this morning with the morning mist still hanging over the swimming pool at our beautiful hotel. After a meditation class near the beach, we set off to see more of the sights of Mahabalipuram. First stop is the Shore Temple a 1200 year old temple perched just abo