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Tag: North India

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Mar 10, 2011

Kumbha Mela's Ascetics

In February of 2010 I was fortunate enough to be present at the Kumbha Mela festival that was taking place in Haridwar, North India. Thousands of Hindu ascetics (a person who leads an austerely simple life, especially one who abstains from the normal pleasures of life or denies himself or herself material satisfaction and dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices...

Dec 19, 2010

Quote by Walt Disney (Day 5)

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” — Walt Disney Photo: The Taj Mahal at sunrise. Agra, India.
Nov 17, 2010
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The Golden Temple of Amritsar

The Golden Temple in Amritsar, located in the state of Punjab, India, is the holiest shrine for Sikhs around the world. The temple was founded in 1577 by guru Ram Das (the fourth guru). I was fortunate enough to arrive this morning (4th Nov) in Amritsar. It's Diwali day and this
Oct 29, 2010
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Fun day of classes on meditation in the Himalayas

It's our last full day in Darjeeling and we spent a few hours of it in classes. Today it was everyone's turn to be a teacher. Each person was given a topic yesterday and it was left to them to teach the group everything they knew about it. I got to play the student with many ques
Oct 26, 2010
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Farewell Nepal! Namaste India!

Note: Though our spiritual adventure concluded on Nov 1st I will continue to post photos from the journey over the next 2 to 3 weeks. And when I return to the US I'll be uploading videos as well so please continue to follow along. Thank you. We began our last morning in Nepal wa
Oct 8, 2010
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Our Himalayan Spiritual Adventure

Only 7-days to go before we begin our 16-day spiritual adventure in the Himalayas of Nepal and North India. Participants of our group hail from the US, Australia and Germany. We will do our best to cover the journey as much as possible by posting photos and videos on this blog. T
Oct 6, 2010
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Tibetan Refugee Self Help Centre, Darjeeling, India

Darjeeling, like many other places in India, has played host to the hundreds of thousands of Tibetans that have escaped China ruling Tibet. Here, during our spiritual adventure in the Himalayas later this month, we will visit the Tibetan Refugee Self-Help Centre and meet some ama