The Blog — 45 posts

South India

Every teaching, story, and reflection filed under South India.

Photography & TravelFeb 29, 20121 min

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…

Spiritual AdventuresFeb 26, 20121 min

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…

Spiritual AdventuresFeb 25, 20121 min

Learning Chettinad Cooking

Our spiritual and culinary adventure is coming to a conclusion and today we had our last cooking class. It was on two Chettinad style dishes. The first was "Mint Chutney" and the second "Kola Urundai…

Spiritual AdventuresFeb 20, 20121 min

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…

HinduismFeb 20, 20121 min

More on Chidambaram's Siva Nataraja Temple

Sacred to Saivite Hindus the world over, this majestic temple complex sprawls over 40 acres and is dedicated to the Hindu god Siva. Here Siva manifests as Lord Nataraja, the Lord of Dance. Although…

Spiritual AdventuresFeb 4, 20121 min

In the sanctum of a sacred temple

We look today at day 3 of our journey where we spent the morning within the sanctum of the Arunachaleswar temple in Tiruvannamalai, South India. The temple is thousands of years old and radiates a…

Spiritual AdventuresJan 24, 20121 min

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.

Spiritual AdventuresOct 8, 20111 min

South Indian Home Cooking

The best South Indian food is prepared in home kitchens. No restaurant or hotel can match the love and care that goes in to feeding the family. Family recipes, passed down through the generations are…

Spiritual AdventuresOct 5, 20111 min

South Indian Vegetables

In Erratupetta, Kerala, the vegetable merchants take particular pride in extravagant displays of local produce. Cabbages, pumpkins and squash make up the lower half of this particularly lavish…

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