Tag: South India

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A South Indian Spiritual and Culinary Adventure
A South Indian Spiritual and Culinary Adventure

10 days of Sumptuous Meals for the Soul and Body For millennia India has drawn countless travelers in search of spices and spirituality. Our journey takes you on an in depth exploration of the rich traditions of South Indian cooking and to some of the most sacred temples in India as we learn abou...

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Temples and Festivals of South India and Malaysia
Temples and Festivals of South India and Malaysia

South India and Malaysia, Jan-Feb 2012 A spiritual adventure of festivals and ancient temples. The journey is very much focused on visiting temples, exploring deeply the mysticism of Hinduism, meeting the priests and monks, participating in mystical ceremonies in the sanctums of 1000 year old tem...

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South Indian Home Cooking
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 as numerous as the households of India, and each cook has individual specialties.  Here, puffy w...

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South Indian Vegetables
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 arrangement, while carrots, bitter gourd and beautiful red banana flowers peer through a dangling canopy...

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In the Backwaters of Kerala, South India
In the Backwaters of Kerala, South India

We checked into our beautiful resort. It’s tucked away in a village, almost hidden away on the shores of India’s longest lake. A lot of the hotel is built in the old Kerala style homes giving it an old world charm. Everyone loves it and are happy settle down here for the next few days...

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Understanding the Mind – a foundation for meditation
Understanding the Mind – a foundation for meditation

In today’s class we explored the 3 phases of the mind – the instinctive, intellectual and intuitive. Our study each day has been taking us deeply in to the understanding of the mind and to give us the necessary framework to begin successful meditation practice. We looked closely at ho...

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The Beautiful Drive to the Western Ghats
The Beautiful Drive to the Western Ghats

Certainly one of the most beautiful drives in south western India is the drive from Kochi to Periyar in the Western Ghats. During our upcoming 2-week spiritual adventure to Kerala, South India we will be making our way up to the Western Ghats. To learn more about this spiritual adventure or join ...

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Map of our Kerala Spiritual Adventure
Map of our Kerala Spiritual Adventure

View 2011 Kerala Spiritual Adventure in a larger map Vedic Odyssey’s 2-week meditation retreat in South India begins in Kochi marked by the blue plane in the upper left corner of the map. The international airport in Kochi will be where many of our travellers will arrive in. From here we jo...

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