Tag: pilgrimage

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Celebrating Diwali “the Festival of Lights”
Celebrating Diwali “the Festival of Lights”

This year, on October 23rd, tens of thousands of Sikhs and Hindus will be celebrating one of India’s grandest festivals, Diwali – the Festival of Lights. Diwali is an ancient Hindu festival that signifies the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance...

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Thanjavur’s great temple
Thanjavur’s great temple

This morning on the way to the heart of the Chetinad region we stopped in Thanjavur to visit the temple built by the great south Indian king Raja Raja Chola. The temple’s name is Brihadeeswarar and is an architectural marvel. The 216 feet (66m) tower with its monolithic 80 ton dome is spect...

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Eating with your hands
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 ground floor of&he...

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200 Likes and off to India!
200 Likes and off to India!

Our blog received its 200th “Like”s today as I make my way to India to begin our spiritual adventure this Friday. Thank you everyone for all the Likes. If you haven’t Liked it yet please do so. Participants on the adventure have already begun their journey making their way from ...

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The Great Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India
The Great Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India

Here are more photos from our morning in the Great Thar Desert. After witnessing a spectacular sunrise our camel drivers made us some very delicious masala chai. A nice way to wake up in the morning. The night was chilly but they has supplied us with enough blankets to keep us warm. With no stray...

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A night in the Great Thar Desert
A night in the Great Thar Desert

Definitely one of the highlights of our trip so far has been the night we spent in the Great Thar desert. From Jodhpur we drove 300kms west to Jaisalmer, the last town way out in the Great Thar desert. From here we drove out on jeeps the next day another hour west, then got on…

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Our next Spiritual Adventure
Our next Spiritual Adventure

South India and Malaysia, Jan-Feb 2012 A spiritual adventure of festivals and ancient temples. This spiritual adventure is for those who are serious about making progress on the spiritual path. The journey is very much focused on visiting temples, exploring deeply the mysticism of Hinduism, meeti...

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A Kumbha Mela photo from the archives
A Kumbha Mela photo from the archives

I was going through some photos from last year’s Kumbha Mela festival in Haridwar, North India and came across this image of one of the sadhus and I thought I’d share it with you all.

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